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2023 World Orienteering Championships

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2023 World Orienteering Championships
LocationSwitzerland Flims/Laax, Switzerland
Dates11–16 July 2023
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The 2023 World Orienteering Championships were held from 11 to 16 July 2023 in Flims/Laax in the Canton of the Grisons (German: Graubünden), Switzerland.[1]

The championships consisted of six forest competitions: middle distance, long distance and relay, for women and men, respectively. A total of 18 medals were shared among five nations. The host nation Switzerland won three of the six gold medals, with victories in the women's long distance, men's middle distance, and men's relay. Sweden won two gold medals, winning the women's relay and the women's middle distance. Norway won one gold medal, in the men's long distance. Finland and Austria were also among the medal winners.

Schedule

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Date Event Comment
12 July Middle – Qualification
13 July Long distance
14 July Rest day
15 July Middle distance – Final
16 July Relay

Medal summary

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Middle distance[2] Matthias Kyburz
 Switzerland		 38:19 Joey Hadorn
 Switzerland		 40:19 Jannis Bonek
 Austria		 40:26
Long distance [3][4] Kasper Fosser
 Norway		 1:33:06 Matthias Kyburz
 Switzerland		 1:33:57 Olli Ojanaho
 Finland		 1:37:37
Relay[5]  Switzerland
Daniel Hubmann
Joey Hadorn
Matthias Kyburz		 1:57:16  Finland
Topi Syrjäläinen
Olli Ojanaho
Miika Kirmula		 1:57:59  Sweden
Albin Ridefelt
Gustav Bergman
Emil Svensk		 1:58:13

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Middle distance[2] Tove Alexandersson
 Sweden		 37:26 Natalia Gemperle
 Switzerland		 39:44 Hanna Lundberg
 Sweden		 40:00
Long distance[6] Simona Aebersold
 Switzerland		 1:21:43 Tove Alexandersson
 Sweden		 1:22:14 Andrine Benjaminsen
 Norway		 1:29:03
Relay[5]  Sweden
Hanna Lundberg
Sara Hagström
Tove Alexandersson		 1:47:26  Switzerland
Elena Roos
Natalia Gemperle
Simona Aebersold		 1:51:54  Norway
Marianne Andersen
Marie Olaussen
Andrine Benjaminsen		 1:57:25

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Switzerland*3407
2 Sweden2125
3 Norway1023
4 Finland0112
5 Austria0011
Totals (5 entries)66618

Results

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Women's long distance

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WOC 2023 – Long – Women (11.0  km, 23 controls)[6]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Simona Aebersold  Switzerland 1:21:43
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tove Alexandersson  Sweden 1:22:14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrine Benjaminsen  Norway 1:29:03
4 Natalia Gemperle  Switzerland 1:29:09
5 Sara Hagström  Sweden 1:29:23
6 Elena Roos  Switzerland 1:30:09
7 Megan Carter Davies  Great Britain 1:30:50
8 Marie Olaussen  Norway 1:31:47
9 Venla Harju  Finland 1:33:13
10 Marianne Andersen  Norway 1:36:31

Men's long distance

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WOC 2023 – Long – Men (14.0  km, 35 controls)[4]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kasper Fosser  Norway 1:33:06
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matthias Kyburz  Switzerland 1:33:57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olli Ojanaho  Finland 1:37:37
4 Emil Svensk  Sweden 1:37:51
4 Tomas Krivda  Czech Republic 1:37:51
6 Daniel Hubmann  Switzerland 1:38:30
7 Joey Hadorn  Switzerland 1:38:33
8 Ruslan Glibov  Ukraine 1:39:53
9 Miika Kirmula  Finland 1:41:02
10 Milos Nykodym  Czech Republic 1:42:35

Women's middle distance

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WOC 2023 – Middle – Women (4.8  km)[2]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tove Alexandersson  Sweden 37:26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Natalia Gemperle  Switzerland 39:44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hanna Lundberg  Sweden 40:00
4 Ane Dyrkorn  Norway 41:49
5 Andrine Benjaminsen  Norway 42:01
6 Venla Harju  Finland 43:11
7 Sandra Grosberga  Latvia 43:14
8 Tereza Janošíková  Czech Republic 43:46
9 Sara Hagström  Sweden 44:11
10 Evely Kaasiku  Estonia 44:48

Men's middle distance

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WOC 2023 – Middle – Men(5.9  km)[2]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthias Kyburz  Switzerland 38:19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joey Hadorn  Switzerland 40:19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jannis Bonek  Austria 40:26
4 Albin Ridefelt  Sweden 40:51
5 Gustav Bergman  Sweden 40:59
6 Olli Ojanaho  Finland 41:03
7 Kasper Harlem Fosser  Norway 41:43
8 Eskil Kinneberg  Norway 41:50
9 Lucas Basset  France 41:54
10 Emil Svensk  Sweden 42:16

References

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  1. ^ "Event information: World Orienteering Championships 2023". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2023 - Middle - final". eventor.orienteering.org. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  3. ^ "VM-gull på langdistanse for Fosser". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b "World Orienteering Championships. Long Men – Final Results" (PDF). archive.o-worldcuo.ch. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2023 - Relay". Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b Women's Long Distance
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