1968 World Orienteering Championships

1968 edition of the World Orienteering Championships

1968 World Orienteering ChampionshipsHost city| Linköping

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Country|  Sweden
Events| 4

← 1966 Fiskars

1970 Friedrichroda →

The 2nd World Orienteering Championships were held in Linköping, Sweden, 28–29 September 1968.[1]

The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women.

The men's individual course had 18 controls over 14.6 kilometres, while the women's individual course had 10 controls over 7.8 kilometres.[2]

Swedish Television (SVT) broadcast the entire individual competition live. This was the first time ever orienteering was shown live on TV in Sweden,[3] or in any other country in the world.[4]

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's individual[1] |  Karl Johansson (SWE) | 1:48:19  |  Sture Björk (SWE) | 1:49:38  |  Åge Hadler (NOR) | 1:50:13
Women's individual[1] |  Ulla Lindkvist (SWE) | 1:04:55  |  Ingrid Hadler (NOR) | 1:10:35  |  Kerstin Granstedt (SWE) | 1:11:27
Men's relay[1] |

Sweden (SWE)

* Sture Björk
* Karl Johansson
* Sten-Olof Carlström
* Göran Öhlund

| 4:25:19  |

Finland (FIN)

* Rolf Koskinen
* Veijo Tahvanainen
* Juhani Salmenkylä
* Markku Salminen

| 4:25:28  |

Norway (NOR)

* Per Fosser
* Ola Skarholt
* Stig Berge
* Åge Hadler

| 4:42:31
Women's relay[1] |

Norway (NOR)

* Astrid Rødmyr
* Astrid Hansen
* Ingrid Hadler

| 3:17:53  |

Sweden (SWE)

* Gun-Britt Nyberg
* Kerstin Granstedt
* Ulla Lindkvist

| 3:18:07  |

Finland (FIN)

* Pirjo Seppä
* Tuula Hovi
* Raila Kerkelä

| 3:42:15

## Results

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### Men's individual

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WOC 1968 – Individual – Men (14.6 km)[1] Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time

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| Karl Johansson |  Sweden | 1:48:19
| Sture Björk |  Sweden | 1:49:38
| Åge Hadler |  Norway | 1:50:13
4 | Juhani Salmenkylä |  Finland | 1:51:18
5 | Ola Skarholt |  Norway | 1:51:48
6 | Sten-Olof Carlström |  Sweden | 1:53:37
7 | Jostein Nilsen |  Norway | 1:54:16
8 | Stig Berge |  Norway | 1:54:32
9 | Pauli Reunamäki |  Finland | 1:55:27
10 | Veijo Tahvanainen |  Finland | 1:55:30

### Women's individual

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WOC 1968 – Individual – Women (7.8 km)[1] Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time

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| Ulla Lindkvist |  Sweden | 1:04:55
| Ingrid Hadler |  Norway | 1:10:35
| Kerstin Granstedt |  Sweden | 1:11:27
4 | Pirjo Seppä |  Finland |
5 | Raila Kerkelä |  Finland |
6 | Vibeke Bøgevig |  Denmark |
7 | Jitenka Sevcikova |  Czechoslovakia |
8 | Birgitta Larsson |  Sweden |
9 | Inga-Britt Bengtsson |  Sweden |
10 | Astrid Rødmyr |  Norway |
11 | Tuula Hovi |  Finland |
12 | Katharina Mo |  Norway | 1:28:50

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "World Orienteering Championships 1968". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
2. ^ Berglia, Knut; Brohaug, Tom-Erik; Staver, Kristoffer; Thuesen, Kaare; Strandhagen, Torgeir, eds. (1987). Orienteringsidretten i Norge gjennom 90 år (in Norwegian). Norwegian Orienteering Federation. p. 340.
3. ^ VM Orientering 1968, retrieved 2022-01-19
4. ^ Idrottsåret 1968, retrieved 2022-01-19

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