Orienteering at the 2025 World Games – Men's middle distance
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The men's middle-distance competition at the 2025 World Games took place on 8 August at the Eastern New Area Orienteering Venue in Chengdu, China.[1][2]
| Men's middle distance at the 2025 World Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Eastern New Area Orienteering Venue, Chengdu, China | ||||||||||||
| Date | 8 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 45:22 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The competition was characterized by extreme heat, with temperatures of 37 degrees Celsius seen out on the course.[3] During the competition, Italian orienteer Mattia Debertolis collapsed and was taken to hospital, where he died two days later, receiving international attention. He was classified among 12 athletes that did not finish in the official results.[4][5]
Competition format
A total of forty athletes from twenty-one different nations qualified, based on a point system, taking in consideration both the Orienteering World Ranking and the results from the 2024 World Orienteering Championships.
Results
The results were a follows:[6]
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Riccardo Rancan |  Switzerland | 45:22 |
 | Francesco Mariani |  Italy | 47:43 |
 | Vegard Westergard |  Canada | 47:48 |
| 4 | Tim Robertson |  New Zealand | 48:09 |
| 5 | Michał Olejnik |  Poland | 48:27 |
| 6 | Zoltán Bujdosó |  Hungary | 52:12 |
| 7 | Jonatan Gustafsson |  Sweden | 52:24 |
| 8 | Yannick Michiels |  Belgium | 53:40 |
| 9 | Tino Polsini | Switzerland | 54:41 |
| 10 | Jim Bailey |  Great Britain | 55:25 |
| 11 | Bojan Blumenstein |  Germany | 56:13 |
| 12 | Alastain George |  Australia | 56:16 |
| 13 | David Rojas |  Spain | 56:31 |
| 14 | Matthias Reiner |  Austria | 57:58 |
| 15 | Joseph Lynch | New Zealand | 59:33 |
| 16 | August Mollén | Sweden | 59:35 |
| 17 | Uldis Upītis |  Latvia | 1:00:14 |
| 18 | Tang Jianda |  China | 1:03:07 |
| 19 | Fabian Aebersold | Switzerland | 1:03:11 |
| 20 | Martin Roháč |  Slovakia | 1:03:41 |
| 21 | Douglas Schmitz |  Brazil | 1:04:49 |
| 22 | Illia Otreshko |  Ukraine | 1:05:45 |
| 23 | Liu Xiaoming | China | 1:11:20 |
| 24 | Freddie Carcas | Great Britain | 1:12:09 |
| 25 | Kento Kato |  Japan | 1:13:32 |
| 26 | Damian Konotopetz | Canada | 1:13:35 |
| 27 | Shin Futamata | Japan | 1:17:48 |
| 28 | Ma Lok Hin |  Hong Kong | 1:20:07 |
| Angus Haines | Australia | DSQ | |
| Leandro Nascimento | Brazil | DNF | |
| Joshua Au | Hong Kong | ||
| Endijs Titomers | Latvia | ||
| Piotr Parfianowicz | Poland | ||
| Anselm Reichenbach | Germany | ||
| Jakub Glonek |  Czech Republic | ||
| Quim Vich | Spain | ||
| Mattia Debertolis | Italy | ||
| Tomáš Křivda | Czech Republic | ||
| Ferenc Jónás | Hungary | ||
| Jannis Bonek | Austria |