2017 World Orienteering Championships

2017 World Orienteering Championships
Host city	Tartu
Country	Estonia
Opening	30 June 2017
Closing	7 July 2017
Website	www.woc2017.ee
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Host cityTartu

Country

Estonia

Opening30 June 2017

Closing7 July 2017

The 34th World Orienteering Championships were held in Tartu, Estonia in June/July 2017.^[1] The official name of the event is Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2017 after the title sponsor Nokian Tyres.

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Date	Discipline	Location
30.06.	Sprint Qualification	Tartu
30.06.	Opening Ceremony	Tartu
01.07.	Sprint Final	Tartu
02.07.	Sprint Relay	Viljandi
03.07.	rest day
04.07.	Long Distance	Rõuge
05.07.	rest day
06.07.	Middle Distance	Vitipalu (Nõo)
07.07.	Relay	Vitipalu (Nõo)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's sprint^[2]	Daniel Hubmann (SUI)	14:30.6	Frederic Tranchand (FRA)	14:33.5	Jerker Lysell (SWE)	14:35.8
Women's sprint^[2]	Maja Alm (DEN)	13:55.5	Natalia Gemperle (RUS)	14:32.5	Galina Vinogradova (RUS)	14:34.2
Sprint relay^[3]	Sweden (SWE) Lina Strand Jerker Lysell Jonas Leandersson Helena Jansson	1:03:32	Denmark (DEN) Cecilie Friberg Klysner Andreas Hougaard Boesen Tue Lassen Maja Alm	1:04:02	Switzerland (SUI) Elena Roos Florian Howald Martin Hubmann Sabine Hauswirth	1:04.26
Men's middle distance^[4]	Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA)	33:12	Fabian Hertner (SUI)	33:37	Oleksandr Kratov (UKR)	33:42
Women's middle distance^[4]	Tove Alexandersson (SWE)	32:34	Marianne Andersen (NOR)	34:44	Venla Harju (FIN)	36:44
Men's long distance^[5]	Olav Lundanes (NOR)	1:45:25	Leonid Novikov (RUS)	1:47:15	William Lind (SWE)	1:47:38
Women's long distance^[5]	Tove Alexandersson (SWE)	1:19:10	Maja Alm (DEN)	1:20:42	Natalia Gemperle (RUS)	1:24:46
Men's relay^[6]	Norway (NOR) Eskil Kinneberg Olav Lundanes Magne Dæhli	1:34:50	France (FRA) Frederic Tranchand Lucas Basset Thierry Gueorgiou	1:36:06	Sweden (SWE) Johan Runesson William Lind Gustav Bergman	1:36:53
Women's relay^[6]	Sweden (SWE) Emma Johansson Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson	1:41:12	Russia (RUS) Anastasia Rudnaya Svetlana Mironova Natalia Gemperle	1:43:53	Finland (FIN) Venla Harju Marika Teini Merja Rantanen	1:45:35

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	4	0	3	7
2	Norway (NOR)	2	1	0	3
3	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	0	3
3	France (FRA)	1	2	0	3
5	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	1	3
6	Russia (RUS)	0	3	2	5
7	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
8	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		9	9	9	27

v t e World championships in 2017
Summer sports & indoor sports	American football (women) Archery Aquatics diving high diving open water swimming swimming synchronized swimming water polo Athletics cross country Badminton Baseball (men) Basketball (3x3) Beach soccer Beach volleyball Bowls Boxing (men) Canoeing slalom sprint marathon Cricket (women) Cycling road track mountain bike cyclo-cross BMX Urban Fencing Floorball (women) Futsal (AMF women) Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampoline Handball men women Inline hockey Judo open Minifootball Modern pentathlon Nine-pin bowling Orienteering trail Rowing Rugby league men women Rugby union (women) Shotgun shooting Softball (men) Squash men women Table tennis Taekwondo Weightlifting Windsurfing Wrestling Wushu
Winter sports	Alpine skiing Bandy (men) Biathlon Bobsleigh / skeleton Curling men women mixed mixed doubles Figure skating Freestyle skiing / snowboarding Ice hockey men women Luge Nordic skiing Speed skating allround sprint single distances short track
Cue & mind sports	Chess women rapid blitz Darts BDO PDC Draughts men women rapid / blitz Russian version Pool Nine-ball Snooker six-red
Motor sports	Air race Endurance racing F1 Powerboat Formula One Motocross men women team MotoGP Moto2 Moto3 Radio-controlled 1:10 off-road Rally Rallycross Speedway individual team Sidecarcross Superbike Supersport Touring car

2017 World Orienteering Championships

Results

Medal summary

Medal table

References

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