2023 World Orienteering Championships

Orienteering event in Switzerland

2023 World Orienteering Championships

Location|  Flims/Laax, Switzerland
Dates| 11–16 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

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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

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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

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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)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Switzerland*| 3| 4| 0| 7
2|  Sweden| 2| 1| 2| 5
3|  Norway| 1| 0| 2| 3
4|  Finland| 0| 1| 1| 2
5|  Austria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (5 entries)| 6| 6| 6| 18

## 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

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| Simona Aebersold |  Switzerland | 1:21:43
| Tove Alexandersson |  Sweden | 1:22:14
| 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

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| Kasper Fosser |  Norway | 1:33:06
| Matthias Kyburz |  Switzerland | 1:33:57
| 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

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| Tove Alexandersson |  Sweden | 37:26
| Natalia Gemperle |  Switzerland | 39:44
| 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

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| Matthias Kyburz |  Switzerland | 38:19
| Joey Hadorn |  Switzerland | 40:19
| 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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