1966 World Orienteering Championships

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1966 World Orienteering Championships
Host cityFiskars
Country Finland
Nations participating11
Teams participating10 (men)
9 (women)
Athletes participating58 (men)
35 (women)
Events4
Opening ceremony1 October 1966 (1966-10-01)
Closing ceremony2 October 1966 (1966-10-02)

The 1st World Orienteering Championships were held in the village of Fiskars, Finland, 1–2 October 1966.[1]

Participants from eleven nations competed in the championships: Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, Finland, Great Britain, Hungary, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The medals were distributed between Sweden (3 gold, 1 bronze), Finland (3 silver, 1 bronze), Norway (1 gold, 2 bronze) and Switzerland (1 silver medal).

The men's individual course had 11 controls over 14.1 kilometres, while the women's individual course had 10 controls over 8.1 kilometres.[2]

The first individual world champions in orienteering came from Norway and Sweden. Winner of the men's competition was Åge Hadler from Norway. Hadler regarded the eighth control, which was located in thick forest, as the most difficult, where the last part of the leg required meticulous map reading and frequent checking of the compass.[3] Ulla Lindkvist from Sweden won the women's competition. Sweden won the men's relay, which had four legs, with a margin of nearly eight minutes. Sweden also won the women's relay, which had three legs, with a margin of 21 seconds to silver medalist Finland.[1]

The championships were attended by President of Finland, Urho Kekkonen, who was present at the finishing area.[4]


Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[1]  Åge Hadler (NOR) 1:36:05  Aimo Tepsell (FIN) 1:38:47  Anders Morelius (SWE) 1:40:05
Women's individual[1]  Ulla Lindkvist (SWE) 52:45  Katharina Perch-Nielsen (SUI) 1:00:30  Raila Hovi (FIN) 1:00:51
Men's relay[1]
 Sweden (SWE)
 3.51.42
 Finland (FIN)
 3.59.34
 Norway (NOR)
 4.26.35
Women's relay[1]
 Sweden (SWE)
 2.42.58
 Finland (FIN)
 2.43.19
 Norway (NOR)
 2.54.29

Results[]

Men's individual[]

WOC 1966 – Individual – Men (14.1 km)[1]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Åge Hadler  Norway 1:36:05
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aimo Tepsell  Finland 1:38:47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anders Morelius  Sweden 1:40:05
4 Dagfinn Olsen  Norway 1:40:37
5 Juhani Salmenkylä  Finland 1:40:38
6 Göran Öhlund  Sweden 1:41:05
7 Rolf Koskinen  Finland 1:41:11
8 Stig Berge  Norway 1:42:23
9 Karl Johansson  Sweden 1:42:48
10  Finland 1:45:38
11 Erkki Kohvakka  Finland 1:45:52
12 Ola Skarholt  Norway 1:45:57
13  Sweden 1:48:10
14 Jostein Nilsen  Norway 1:48:26
15  Finland 1:49:10
16 Alex Schwager  Switzerland 1:50:08
17 Bertil Norman  Sweden 1:50:26
18  Norway 1:50:30
19  Sweden 1:51:19
20  Denmark 1:54:41
21  Denmark 1:55:16
22  Denmark 2:00:16
23 Svatoslav Galík  Czechoslovakia 2:03:41
24  Switzerland 2:06:06
25  Denmark 2:07:20
26  Switzerland 2:08:57
27  Switzerland 2:12:02
28  East Germany 2:12:26
29  Switzerland 2:12:27
30  Denmark 2:13:17
31  Czechoslovakia 2:13:25
32  Denmark 2:16:21
33  East Germany 2:16:45
34  Hungary 2:17:42
35  Czechoslovakia 2:17:47
36  Czechoslovakia 2:20:03
37  Hungary 2:20:34
38  Czechoslovakia 2:27:27
39  Bulgaria 2:30:05
40  Austria 2:32:08
41  Switzerland 2:32:27
42  Great Britain 2:33:09
43  Hungary 2:33:27
44  East Germany 2:33:37
45  Bulgaria 2:36:06
46 Gordon Pirie  Great Britain 2:43:48
47  Hungary 2:45:48
48  Great Britain 2:47:07
49 John Disley  Great Britain 2:48:56
50  Bulgaria 2:51:24
51  East Germany 3:01:56
52  Austria 3:05:55
53  Great Britain 3:16:52
54  Austria 3:23:57
55  Great Britain 3:29:12
56  Bulgaria 3:55:30
DSQ  Bulgaria
DSQ  Austria

Women's individual[]

WOC 1966 – Individual – Women [1]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ulla Lindkvist  Sweden 52:45
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Katherina Perch-Nielsen  Switzerland 1:00:30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Raila Hovi  Finland 1:00:51
4 Kerstin Granstedt  Sweden 1:01:30
5 Eivor Steen-Olsson  Sweden 1:02:54
6 Ingrid Thoresen  Norway 1:03:29
7  Switzerland 1:04:58
8 Anja Meldo  Finland 1:05:06
9 Sarolta Monspart  Hungary 1:05:25
10 Gunborg Åhling  Sweden 1:05:33
11 Ragnhild Kristensen  Norway 1:09:36
12  Denmark 1:11:44
13  Hungary 1:12:18
14 Astrid Hansen  Norway 1:13:07
15  East Germany 1:14:05
16  Denmark 1:16:20
17  Czechoslovakia 1:16:59
18 Pirjo Ruotsalainen  Finland 1:17:38
19  Finland 1:17:50
20  East Germany 1:18:08
21  Czechoslovakia 1:19:40
22 Karin Ågesen  Denmark 1:23:10
23  East Germany 1:24:29
24  Czechoslovakia 1:28:23
25  Bulgaria 1:28:44
26  Switzerland 1:29:15
27  Norway 1:38:05
28  Bulgaria 1:39:35
29  Bulgaria 1:40:52
30  Czechoslovakia 1:44:52
31  Switzerland 1:49:34
32  Denmark 1:51:43
33  Hungary 2:10:58
34  Austria 2:25:14
35  Hungary 2:25:59

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "World Orienteering Championships 1966". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  2. ^ Berglia, Knut; Brohaug, Tom-Erik; Staver, Kristoffer; Thuesen, Kaare; Strandhagen, Torgeir, eds. (1987). Orienteringsidretten i Norge gjennom 90 år (in Norwegian). Norwegian Orienteering Federation. p. 339.
  3. ^ Berglia (1987): p. 228–229
  4. ^ Berglia (1987): p. 228


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