2012 World Orienteering Championships

World Orienteering Championships 2012
Host city	Lausanne
Country	Switzerland
Nations participating	46
Opening ceremony	14 July 2012
Closing ceremony	21 July 2012
Website	woc2012.ch
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The 29th World Orienteering Championships was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 14 to 21 July 2012.^[1]^[2]

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sprint details	Matthias Kyburz Switzerland	Matthias Merz Switzerland	Matthias Müller Switzerland
Middle distance details	Edgars Bertuks Latvia	Valentin Novikov Russia	Fabian Hertner Switzerland
Long distance details	Olav Lundanes Norway	Matthias Merz Switzerland	Edgars Bertuks Latvia
Relay details	Czech Republic Tomáš Dlabaja Jan Šedivý Jan Procházka	Norway Magne Daehli Carl Waaler Kaas Olav Lundanes	Sweden Jonas Leandersson Peter Öberg Anders Holmberg

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sprint details	Simone Niggli-Luder Switzerland	Maja Alm Denmark	Annika Billstam Sweden
Middle distance details	Minna Kauppi Finland	Tove Alexandersson Sweden	Tatyana Riabkina Russia
Long distance details	Simone Niggli-Luder Switzerland	Minna Kauppi Finland	Annika Billstam Sweden
Relay details	Switzerland Ines Brodmann Judith Wyder Simone Niggli-Luder	Sweden Annika Billstam Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson	Norway Silje Ekroll Jahren Mari Fasting Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg

Participating countries[]

A total of 46 countries participated at this World Championships.^[3]

Results[]

Sprint[]

The sprint finals were held on 14 July 2012 at Lausanne-Ouchy.^[4]

Men's sprint[]

WOC 2012 – Sprint final – Men (4.2 km)^[1]^[4]
Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Matthias Kyburz	Switzerland	15:32.0
	Matthias Merz	Switzerland	15:49.5
	Matthias Müller	Switzerland	15:59.0
4	Scott Fraser	Great Britain	16:11.2
5	Andrey Khramov	Russia	16:22.7
6		Finland	16:32.9
7		Lithuania	16:33.8
8		Hungary	16:39.5
9	Søren Bobach	Denmark	16:43.7
10	Vojtìch Král	Czech Republic	16:45.0
11		Great Britain	16:46.1
12	Anders Holmberg	Sweden	16:49.9
13	Jerker Lysell	Sweden	16:51.2
14		Romania	16:52.7
15	Jonas Leandersson	Sweden	16:59.2
16	Tomáš Dlabaja	Czech Republic	16:59.5
17		Poland	17:02.5
18	Vincent Coupat	France	17:04.2
19		Russia	17:05.2
20	Rasmus Thrane Hansen	Denmark	17:07.7
21	Robert Merl	Austria	17:08.2
22		Hungary	17:12.7
23		Finland	17:15.4
24	Andreu Blanes Reig	Spain	17:21.0
25	Vilius Aleliunas	Lithuania	17:28.1
26	Jan Procházka	Czech Republic	17:30.0
27		Ireland	17:35.2
28		Germany	17:37.4
29	Ulf Forseth Indgaard	Norway	17:38.0
30		Spain	17:42.2
31	Yannick Michiels	Belgium	17:43.1
32		Australia	17:50.3
33	Tim Robertson	New Zealand	17:51.7
34	Simonas Krepsta	Lithuania	17:52.4
35		Bulgaria	17:54.4
36		Canada	17:54.7
36		New Zealand	17:54.7
38	Dmitry Nakonechny	Russia	17:55.4
39	David Brickhill-Jones	Australia	18:00.6
40		Austria	18:01.2
41		Germany	18:11.0
42		Italy	18:13.2
43		South Africa	18:41.3
99	Kiril Nikolov	Bulgaria	miss 1 punch
99	Frederic Tranchand	France	miss 1 punch

Women's sprint[]

WOC 2012 – Sprint final – Women (3.7 km)^[1]^[4]
Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Simone Niggli-Luder	Switzerland	15:43.7
	Maja Alm	Denmark	16:20.2
	Annika Billstam	Sweden	16:28.0
4	Helena Jansson	Sweden	16:30.2
5	Rahel Friederich	Switzerland	16:33.1
6	Venla Niemi	Finland	16:39.4
7		Great Britain	16:49.4
8	Lena Eliasson	Sweden	16:56.9
9	Lizzie Ingham	New Zealand	17:07.2
10	Silje Ekroll Jahren	Norway	17:12.8
11	Tessa Hill	Great Britain	17:14.4
12	Signe Klinting	Denmark	17:18.2
13		China	17:25.4
14		Hungary	17:33.6
14	Marika Teini	Finland	17:33.6
16	Judith Wyder	Switzerland	17:36.7
17	Heidi Østlid Bagstevold	Norway	17:37.1
18		Czech Republic	17:39.0
19		Lithuania	17:44.9
20		United States	17:47.3
21	Svetlana Mironova	Russia	17:47.7
22	Ursula Kadan	Austria	18:01.2
23	Anastasiya Tikhonova	Russia	18:02.9
24		New Zealand	18:05.0
25	Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	Norway	18:06.3
26		Lithuania	18:19.1
27		Belgium	18:26.9
28		Hungary	18:31.1
29		Poland	18:33.8
30		Poland	18:35.1
31	Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova	Bulgaria	18:37.8
32		Lithuania	18:39.9
33	Sofia Haajanen	Finland	18:46.9
34		Japan	18:52.8
35		France	19:05.8
36		France	19:07.5
37		China	19:24.1
38	Catherine Taylor	Great Britain	19:29.4
39		France	19:40.5
40		Germany	20:03.7
41		China	20:28.6
42		Portugal	21:19.7
43		Bulgaria	23:10.0
99		Czech Republic	miss 1 punch
99		Estonia	miss 1 punch

Middle distance[]

The middle distance finals were held on 17 July 2012 at St-Cergue / La Givrine.^[5]

Men's middle distance[]

WOC 2012 – Middle distance final – Men (6.5 km)^[1]^[5]
Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Edgars Bertuks	Latvia	36:45
	Valentin Novikov	Russia	36:50
	Fabian Hertner	Switzerland	37:10
4	Thierry Gueorgiou	France	37:15
5	Francois Gonon	France	37:18
6	Peter Öberg	Sweden	37:22
7	Magne Daehli	Norway	38:08
8	Gustav Bergman	Sweden	38:33
9	Marc Lauenstein	Switzerland	38:48
10	Jan Procházka	Czech Republic	39:01
11		Finland	39:02
11	Oleksandr Kratov	Ukraine	39:02
13	Kalvis Mihailovs	Latvia	39:10
14	Olav Lundanes	Norway	39:19
15	Philippe Adamski	France	39:26
16		Estonia	39:42
17	Pasi Ikonen	Finland	39:46
18	Johan Runesson	Sweden	39:49
19	Leonid Novikov	Russia	40:01
20	Gernot Kerschbaumer	Austria	40:19
21	Mārtiņš Sirmais	Latvia	40:22
22	Carl Waaler Kaas	Norway	40:24
23	Pavlo Ushkvarok	Ukraine	40:25
24	Lucas Basset	France	40:30
25	Tue Lassen	Denmark	40:33
26	Robert Merl	Austria	41:03
27	Olle Kärner	Estonia	41:05
27		Croatia	41:05
29		Lithuania	41:07
30	Mikhail Mamleev	Italy	41:11
31	Vojtìch Král	Czech Republic	41:21
32		Hungary	41:40
33	Simonas Krėpšta	Lithuania	41:42
34	Jarkko Huovila	Finland	42:27
34		Slovakia	42:27
36	Graham Gristwood	Great Britain	42:48
37		Belarus	43:28
38		Romania	43:37
39		New Zealand	44:04
40		Germany	45:53
41		Bulgaria	46:41
42		Belarus	47:25
43		Belgium	51:15
99	Søren Bobach	Denmark	dropout (dnf)
99	Baptiste Rollier	Switzerland	dropout (dnf)

Women's middle distance[]

WOC 2012 – Middle distance final – Women (5.5 km)^[1]^[5]
Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Minna Kauppi	Finland	37:37
	Tove Alexandersson	Sweden	38:09
	Tatyana Riabkina	Russia	39:03
4	Ida Bobach	Denmark	39:52
5	Simone Niggli-Luder	Switzerland	40:00
6	Annika Billstam	Sweden	40:07
7	Sara Lüscher	Switzerland	40:53
8	Merja Rantanen	Finland	41:03
9		Latvia	41:15
10	Saila Kinni	Finland	41:24
11	Lina Strand	Sweden	42:04
12		Lithuania	43:17
12	Dana Šafka Brožková	Czech Republic	43:17
14		Hungary	43:38
15	Anastasia Trubkina	Russia	43:46
16	Nadiya Volynska	Ukraine	43:51
17	Heidi Østlid Bagstevold	Norway	44:17
18		France	44:33
19		Czech Republic	44:37
20	Judith Wyder	Switzerland	44:41
21		Great Britain	45:22
22	Signe Klinting	Denmark	45:26
22		Great Britain	45:26
24		Latvia	45:29
25		Lithuania	45:46
26		Great Britain	45:58
27		Lithuania	46:10
28	Maja Alm	Denmark	47:22
29	Mari Fasting	Norway	47:24
30	Ida Marie Ness Bjorgul	Norway	47:47
31		Australia	47:58
32	Ursula Kadan	Austria	47:59
33		Spain	48:26
33		Austria	48:26
35		Estonia	50:11
36		Austria	50:50
37		China	50:59
38		Poland	51:13
39	Lizzie Ingham	New Zealand	53:01
40		Spain	53:14
41		Canada	53:31
42		Estonia	53:58
43		Italy	54:34
44		Bulgaria	54:53
45		Germany	55:10

Long distance[]

The long distance finals were held on 19 July 2012 at .^[6]

Men's long distance[]

WOC 2012 – Long distance final – Men (18.3 km)^[1]^[6]
Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Olav Lundanes	Norway	1:34:42
	Matthias Merz	Switzerland	1:37:34
	Edgars Bertuks	Latvia	1:39:13
4	Philippe Adamski	France	1:40:19
5	Anders Holmberg	Sweden	1:41:46
6	Kiril Nikolov	Bulgaria	1:41:48
7	Dmitriy Tsvetkov	Russia	1:43:20
8	Frederic Tranchand	France	1:43:55
9	Tue Lassen	Denmark	1:44:46
10	Anders Nordberg	Norway	1:44:51
11		Belarus	1:44:57
12	Jan Šedivý	Czech Republic	1:45:08
13	Mikhail Mamleev	Italy	1:45:11
14		Finland	1:45:23
15	Gernot Kerschbaumer	Austria	1:45:39
16	Kalvis Mihailovs	Latvia	1:46:32
17		Norway	1:47:18
18	Tomáš Dlabaja	Czech Republic	1:47:24
19	Matthias Kyburz	Switzerland	1:47:28
20	Scott Fraser	Great Britain	1:48:31
21		Lithuania	1:48:59
22		Hungary	1:49:22
23		Denmark	1:50:06
24		Romania	1:50:37
25	Vilius Aleliunas	Lithuania	1:51:36
26		Poland	1:52:02
27	Pavlo Ushkvarok	Ukraine	1:52:04
28	Erik Rost	Sweden	1:52:22
29	Rasmus Thrane Hansen	Denmark	1:52:52
30		Australia	1:54:18
31		Finland	1:54:42
32	Stepan Kodeda	Czech Republic	1:55:21
33		Portugal	1:55:24
34		Italy	1:55:48
35		Belarus	1:56:42
36	Yannick Michiels	Belgium	1:57:21
37		Ukraine	1:57:43
38		Estonia	1:57:50
39		Ireland	1:58:54
99	Gustav Bergman	Sweden	miss 1 punch
99	Fabian Hertner	Switzerland	punch 1 wrong
99	Andrey Khramov	Russia	dropout (dnf)
99		Poland	miss 1 punch
99	Valentin Novikov	Russia	dropout (dnf)
99		Estonia	miss 1 punch

Women's long distance[]

WOC 2012 – Long distance final – Women (12.4 km)^[1]^[6]
Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Simone Niggli-Luder	Switzerland	1:15:07
	Minna Kauppi	Finland	1:16.38
	Annika Billstam	Sweden	1:17:13
4	Tatyana Riabkina	Russia	1:19:17
5	Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	Norway	1:20:05
6	Eva Juřeníková	Czech Republic	1:21:10
7	Merja Rantanen	Finland	1:22:51
8	Ida Bobach	Denmark	1:23:22
9	Ines Brodmann	Switzerland	1:23:23
10	Venla Niemi	Finland	1:23:35
11	Sara Lüscher	Switzerland	1:24:04
12	Lina Strand	Sweden	1:25:15
13	Svetlana Mironova	Russia	1:25:38
14	Mari Fasting	Norway	1:26:10
15		Hungary	1:26:38
16		France	1:27:31
17		Czech Republic	1:28:40
18		Norway	1:28:52
19	Dana Šafka Brožková	Czech Republic	1:29:03
20	Signe Klinting	Denmark	1:29:26
21		Latvia	1:29:30
22	Ursula Kadan	Austria	1:29:43
23		Poland	1:31:36
24		Estonia	1:32:04
25		Great Britain	1:32:17
26	Anastasiya Tikhonova	Russia	1:32:19
27		Lithuania	1:32:41
28		Hungary	1:35:08
29	Nadiya Volynska	Ukraine	1:35:11
30		Lithuania	1:35:21
31		Ukraine	1:35:50
32		Belgium	1:36:26
33		Canada	1:37:48
34		France	1:38:38
35		Australia	1:39:58
36		Great Britain	1:41:01
37		Great Britain	1:41:02
38		Lithuania	1:41:23
39		Spain	1:41:32
40		United States	1:41:39
41		Belgium	1:43:48
42		Estonia	1:48:38
43		Austria	1:52:08
44	Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova	Bulgaria	1:56:52
99	Lena Eliasson	Sweden	dropout (dnf)

Relay[]

The relay events were held on 21 July 2012 at .^[7]

Men's relay[]

WOC 2012 – Relay – Men (6.9 + 6.9 + 6.9 km)^[1]^[7]
Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
	Czech Republic	Tomáš Dlabaja, Jan Šedivý, Jan Procházka	1:40:00
	Norway	Magne Daehli, Carl Waaler Kaas, Olav Lundanes	1:40:06
	Sweden	Jonas Leandersson, Peter Öberg, Anders Holmberg	1:40:11
4	Switzerland	Fabian Hertner, Matthias Müller, Matthias Merz	1:41:21
5	France	Philippe Adamski, Thierry Gueorgiou, Francois Gonon	1:42:56
6	Denmark	Søren Bobach, Rasmus Thrane Hansen, Tue Lassen	1:43:08
7	Latvia	Mārtiņš Sirmais, Kalvis Mihailovs, Edgars Bertuks	1:45:31
8	Lithuania	Vilius Aleliunas, Simonas Krėpšta,	1:45:42
9	Ukraine	Pavlo Ushkvarok, Oleksandr Kratov, Denys Shcherbakov	1:47:01
10	Poland	, ,	1:47:58
11	Italy	, , Mikhail Mamleev	1:48:08
12	Austria	Robert Merl, , Gernot Kerschbaumer	1:48:38
13	Belgium	, , Yannick Michiels	1:49:34
14	Slovakia	, , Marián Dávidík	1:49:53
15	Finland	, ,	1:50:09
16	Great Britain	, , Scott Fraser	1:50:45
17	Estonia	, Olle Kärner,	1:51:02
18	Spain	, , Andreu Blanes Reig	1:52:00
19	Hungary	, ,	1:53:39
20	Belarus	, ,	1:53:53
21	Bulgaria	Kiril Nikolov, , Ivan Sirakov	1:54:21
22	Australia	David Brickhill-Jones, ,	1:55:45
23	Germany	, ,	1:57:29
24	Portugal	Miguel Silva, ,	2:00:58
25	New Zealand	, ,	2:04:42
26	Ireland	, ,	2:07:12
27	Brazil	, ,	2:11:35
28	Canada	, Robbie Anderson,	2:18:01
29	USA	, ,	2:22:11
30	Turkey	, ,	2:23:32
31	Japan	, ,	2:25:30
32	China	, ,	2:40:32
33	Hong Kong	, ,	3:13:09
99	Russia	Andrey Khramov, Dmitriy Tsvetkov, Valentin Novikov	disqualified
99	South Korea	, ,	disqualified

Women's relay[]

WOC 2012 – Relay – Women (5.9 + 5.9 + 5.9 km)^[1]^[7]
Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
	Switzerland	Ines Brodmann, Judith Wyder, Simone Niggli-Luder	1:44:54
	Sweden	Annika Billstam, Helena Jansson, Tove Alexandersson	1:47:18
	Norway	Silje Ekroll Jahren, Mari Fasting, Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	1:48:11
4	Russia	Anastasiya Tikhonova, Svetlana Mironova, Tatyana Riabkina	1:48:38
5	Finland	Venla Niemi, Merja Rantanen, Minna Kauppi	1:51:41
6	Denmark	Emma Klingenberg, Ida Bobach, Maja Alm	1:52:21
7	France	, ,	1:53:13
8	Czech Republic	, Dana Šafka Brožková, Eva Juřeníková	1:59:54
9	Estonia	, ,	2:00:24
10	Great Britain	, , Catherine Taylor	2:00:33
11	Ukraine	, Nadiya Volynska,	2:01:02
12	Poland	, ,	2:03:38
13	Lithuania	, ,	2:03:52
14	Hungary	, ,	2:04:06
15	USA	, ,	2:05:19
16	Austria	Ursula Kadan, ,	2:07:16
17	China	, ,	2:09:39
18	Germany	, ,	2:09:56
19	New Zealand	Lizzie Ingham, ,	2:14:34
20	Italy	, ,	2:14:47
21	Bulgaria	, , Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova	2:15:56
22	Australia	, ,	2:17:53
23	Spain	, ,	2:21:15
24	Turkey	, ,	2:57:58
25	Hong Kong	, ,	3:20:15
99	Belarus	, ,	disqualified
99	Latvia	, ,	disqualified

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