2006 World Orienteering Championships

The 2006 World Orienteering Championships, the 23rd World Orienteering Championships, were held in Aarhus, Denmark, 1 –5 August 2006.^[1]

The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's sprint [1]	Emil Wingstedt  (SWE)	13:35.3	Daniel Hubmann  (SUI)		Claus Bloch  (DEN)
Women's sprint [1]	Hanny Allston  (AUS)	13:13.3	Simone Niggli-Luder  (SUI)		Kajsa Nilsson  (SWE)
Men's middle distance [1]	Holger Hott Johansen  (NOR)	35:49.4	Jarkko Huovila  (FIN)		Jamie Stevenson  (GBR)
Women's middle distance [1]	Simone Niggli-Luder  (SUI)	33:58.1	Marianne Andersen  (NOR)		Tatiana Ryabkina  (RUS)
Men's long distance [1]	Jani Lakanen  (FIN)	1:45:01,0	Marc Lauenstein  (SUI)		Andrey Khramov  (RUS)
Women's long distance [1]	Simone Niggli-Luder  (SUI)	1:19:50.4	Marianne Andersen  (NOR)		Dana Brozková  (CZE)
Men's relay[1]	Russia (RUS) [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]]	2:11:41	Finland (FIN) [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]]		Sweden (SWE) [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]]
Women's relay[1]	Finland (FIN) [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]]	2:21:05	Sweden (SWE) [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]]		Switzerland (SUI) [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ ]]

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