1997 World Orienteering Championships

The 1997 World Orienteering Championships, the 17th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Grimstad, Norway, 11–16 August 1997.^[1]

The championships had six events; the classic distance (formerly called individual) for men and women, the short distance for men and women, and relays for men and women.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's classic distance [1]	Petter Thoresen  (NOR)	1.40.15	Jörgen Mårtensson  (SWE)	1.41.58	Kjetil Bjørlo  (NOR)	1.43.04
Women's classic distance [1]	Hanne Staff  (NOR)	1.12.56	Katarina Borg (SWE)	1.13.40	Hanne Sandstad  (NOR)	1.14.34
Men's short distance [1]	Janne Salmi  (FIN)	26.05	Timo Karppinen (FIN)	26.17	Bjørnar Valstad  (NOR)	26.27
Women's short distance [1]	Lucie Böhm  (AUT)	25.15	Hanne Sandstad  (NOR)	25.29	Hanne Staff (NOR)  Marie-Luce Romanens  (SUI)	25.57
Men's relay[1]	Denmark (DEN) [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]]	4.18.58	Finland (FIN) [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]]	4.19.14	Norway (NOR) [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]]	4.24.27
Women's relay[1]	Sweden (SWE) [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]]	2.51.41	Norway (NOR) [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]]	2.52.56	Switzerland (SUI) [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]]	2.56.28

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