Orienteering at the 2022 World Games

Orienteering

at the 2022 World Games

Venue| Birmingham Southern College, Oak Mountain State Park, Railroad Park
Dates| 15–17 July
No. of events| 5
Competitors| 77 from 24 nations

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The orienteering competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham, United States, at the Birmingham Southern College, Oak Mountain State Park and Railroad Park. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

## Qualification

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Main article: Orienteering at the 2022 World Games – Qualification

## Participating nations

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* Australia (4)
* Austria (4)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (4)
* Czech Republic (4)
* Denmark (4)
* Egypt (1)
* Estonia (4)
* Finland (2)
* Germany (4)
* Great Britain (4)
* Hong Kong (4)
* Hungary (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Lithuania (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (5)
* New Zealand (1)
* Poland (4)
* Switzerland (5)
* Sweden (5)
* Ukraine (4)
* United States (4)

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Switzerland| 3| 1| 1| 5
2|  Norway| 1| 1| 1| 3
3|  New Zealand| 1| 0| 0| 1
4|  Sweden| 0| 2| 1| 3
5|  Czech Republic| 0| 1| 1| 2
6|  Great Britain| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 5| 5| 5| 15

## Medalists

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Sprint  | Tim Robertson
New Zealand | Martin Regborn
Sweden | Tomáš Křivda
Czech Republic
Middle distance  | Kasper Fosser
Norway | Matthias Kyburz
Switzerland | Martin Regborn
Sweden

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Sprint  | Simona Aebersold
Switzerland | Tereza Janošíková
Czech Republic | Elena Roos
Switzerland
Middle distance  | Simona Aebersold
Switzerland | Karolin Ohlsson
Sweden | Ingrid Lundanes
Norway

### Mixed

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Sprint relay  |  Switzerland
Simona Aebersold
Joey Hadorn
Matthias Kyburz
Elena Roos |  Norway
Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad
Håvard Eidsmo
Kasper Fosser
Ingrid Lundanes |  Great Britain
Cecilie Andersen
Ralph Street
Jonny Crickmore
Charlotte Ward

## References

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1. ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-27.
2. ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-27.

## External links

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* The World Games 2022
* International Orienteering Federation
* Results book

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Events at the 2022 World Games

* Acrobatic gymnastics
* Aerobic gymnastics
* Air sports
* Archery
* Artistic roller skating
* Beach handball
* Boules sports
* Bowling
* Canoe polo
* Canoe marathon
* Cue sports
* Dancesport
* Duathlon*
* Finswimming
* Fistball
* Flag football*
* Floorball
* Flying disc
* Inline hockey
* Ju-jitsu
* Karate
* Kickboxing
* Korfball
* Lacrosse
* Lifesaving
* Muaythai
* Orienteering
* Parkour
* Powerlifting
* Racquetball
* Rhythmic gymnastics
* Road speed skating
* Softball
* Sport climbing
* Squash
* Sumo
* Track speed skating
* Trampoline gymnastics
* Tug of war
* Water skiing
* Wheelchair rugby*
* Wushu*

* Sports selected by the host city and added to the official programme (no longer separate)
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