2017 World Orienteering Championships

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

Event dates and locations

Tartu

Viljandi

Rõuge

Elva

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Event locations within Estonia

Date	Discipline	Location
30.06.	Sprint Qualification	Tartu
	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)

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's sprint	Daniel Hubmann (SUI)	14:30.6	Frederic Tranchand (FRA)	14:33.5	Jerker Lysell (SWE)	14:35.8
Women's sprint	Maja Alm (DEN)	13:55.5	Natalia Gemperle (RUS)	14:32.5	Galina Vinogradova (RUS)	14:34.2
Sprint relay	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	Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA)	33:12	Fabian Hertner (SUI)	33:37	Oleksandr Kratov (UKR)	33:42
Women's middle distance	Tove Alexandersson (SWE)	32:34	Marianne Andersen (NOR)	34:44	Venla Harju (FIN)	36:44
Men's long distance	Olav Lundanes (NOR)	1:45:25	Leonid Novikov (RUS)	1:47:15	William Lind (SWE)	1:47:38
Women's long distance	Tove Alexandersson (SWE)	1:19:10	Maja Alm (DEN)	1:20:42	Natalia Gemperle (RUS)	1:24:46
Men's relay	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	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

Medal summary

Medal table

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
	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

References

1. ^ Official webpage
2. ^ ^{a b} "Official results for Sprint".
3. ^ "Official results for Sprint Relay".
4. ^ ^{a b} "Official results for Middle".
5. ^ ^{a b} "Official results for Long".
6. ^ ^{a b} "Official results for Relay".