European Orienteering Championships

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European Orienteering Championships
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)May–June
Frequencybiannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1962 (1962)
Organised byIOF

The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000. From 2020, the European Orienteering Championships will be held annually, with sprint events and forest events in alternate years.

Format[]

The competition format has changed several times. From the beginning in 1962, the World Championships consisted of only two competitions: an individual race and an unofficial relay. The relay event was an official event for the first time in the 1964 European Championships. EOC was not arranged from 1964 to 2000. In 2000, a sprint race (roughly 12–15 minutes winning time). In 2002, a short distance race (roughly 20–25 minutes) was added. The middle distance (roughly 30–35 minutes) replaced the short distance in 2004 On IOF's 23rd congress in Lausanne in 2012, it was decided that a sprint relay event would be added in the 2016 European Orienteering Championships in Jeseník, Czech Republic.[1] The sprint relay are competed in urban areas and consists of four-orienteer mixed-gender teams with starting order woman-man-man-woman.

Current competition format[]

The current championship events are:

Forest EOC (even years)
Distance Winning Time Notes
Long distance 90–100 min Previously called classic distance
Middle distance 30–35 min Replaced short distance (20–25 min) in 2004
Relay 3 × 40 min Three-person teams
Urban EOC (odd years)
Distance Winning Time Notes
Sprint 12–15 min
Knock-out sprint 5–8 min First held in 2021
Sprint relay 4 × 12–15 min Four-person teams, two men and two women.

Host towns/cities[]

Year Date Place
1962 September 22–23 Norway Løten, Norway
1964 September 26–27 Switzerland Le Brassus, Switzerland
2000 June 30 - July 4 Ukraine Truskavets, Ukraine
2002 September 25–30 Hungary Sümeg, Hungary
2004 July 10–17 Denmark Roskilde, Denmark
2006 May 7–14 Estonia Otepää, Estonia
2008 May 25 - June 1 Latvia Ventspils, Latvia
2010 May 27 - June 6 Bulgaria Primorsko,[2] Bulgaria
2012 May 14 - May 20 Sweden Falun, Sweden[3]
2014 April 9–16 Portugal Palmela, Portugal
2016 May 25–31 Czech Republic Jeseník, Czech Republic
2018 May 5–12 Switzerland Cadempino, Switzerland
2020[4] August 16–23 Estonia Rakvere, Estonia
2021 May 13–16 Switzerland Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Individual/Classic/Long[]

Men[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
1962 Norway Magne Lystad Sweden Bertil Norman Sweden Sivar Nordström 16.5 km, 13 controls (individual event)
1964 Finland Erkki Kohvakka Switzerland Alex Schwager Finland Aimo Tepsell 15.0 km, 15 controls (individual event)
2000 Russia Valentin Novikov Slovakia Marian Davidik Norway Bjørnar Valstad Classic distance
2002 Switzerland Thomas Bührer Norway Bjørnar Valstad Sweden Emil Wingstedt 12.4 km, 23 controls
2004 Sweden Kalle Dalin Finland Mats Haldin Sweden Emil Wingstedt 14.5 km, 29 controls
2006 Finland Jani Lakanen Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Estonia Olle Kärner 16.21 km, 33 controls
2008 Russia Dmitry Tsvetkov Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Sweden Emil Wingstedt 16.9 km, 33 controls
2010 Switzerland Daniel Hubmann France Philippe Adamski Switzerland Fabian Hertner 17.3 km, 30 controls
2012 Norway Olav Lundanes Switzerland Matthias Merz Russia Valentin Novikov 15.36 km, 33 controls
2014 Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Norway Olav Lundanes Sweden Fredrik Johansson 20.3 km, 30 controls
2016 Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Norway Magne Daehli Sweden Martin Regborn 16.1 km, 23 controls
2018 Norway Olav Lundanes Switzerland Matthias Kyburz Austria Gernot Kerschbaumer 14.9 km

Women[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
1962 Sweden Ulla Lindkvist Norway Marit Økern Sweden Emy Gauffin 7.5 km, 7 controls (individual event)
1964 Switzerland Margrit Thommen Sweden Ann-Marie Wallsten Sweden Ulla Lindkvist 8.1 km, 10 controls (individual event)
2000 Norway Hanne Staff Switzerland Brigitte Wolf United Kingdom Yvette Baker Classic distance
2002 Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Norway Hanne Staff Norway Birgitte Husebye 6.7 km, 17 controls
2004 Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Sweden Emma Engstrand Russia Tatiana Ryabkina 9.6 km, 21 controls
2006 Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Finland Heli Jukkola Finland Minna Kauppi 10.93 km, 25 controls
2008 Norway Anne Margrethe Hausken Russia Tatiana Ryabkina Sweden Emma Engstrand 11.0 km, 24 controls
2010 Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Czech Republic Dana Brozkova Sweden Helena Jansson 11.0 km, 26 controls
2012 Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Russia Tatiana Ryabkina Finland Minna Kauppi 9.76 km, 24 controls
2014 Switzerland Judith Wyder Russia Svetlana Mironova United Kingdom Catherine Taylor 13.3 km, 23 controls
2016 Sweden Tove Alexandersson Norway Anne Margrethe Hausken Russia Svetlana Mironova 10.3 km, 15 controls
2018 Sweden Tove Alexandersson Russia Natalia Gemperle Switzerland Julia Gross 11.3 km

Middle[]

Men[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002 Russia Michael Mamleev Ukraine Yuri Omeltchenko United Kingdom Jamie Stevenson 5.2 km, 15 controls
2004 France Thierry Gueorgiou Finland Jarkko Huovila Sweden Emil Wingstedt 6.4 km, 22 controls
2006 France Thierry Gueorgiou Latvia Martins Sirmais Russia Valentin Novikov 6.7 km, 18 controls
2008 France Thierry Gueorgiou Latvia Martins Sirmais Finland Pasi Ikonen 6.7 km, 22 controls
2010 Russia Valentin Novikov Switzerland Matthias Merz Switzerland Daniel Hubmann 6.4 km, 22 controls
2012 Norway Olav Lundanes Russia Valentin Novikov Norway Carl Waaler Kaas 6.24 km, 23 controls
2014 Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Switzerland Fabian Hertner France Thierry Gueorgiou 7.9 km, 22 controls
2016 Switzerland Matthias Kyburz Sweden Gustav Bergman France Lucas Basset 5.7 km, 24 controls
2018 Switzerland Matthias Kyburz Switzerland Florian Howald Norway Olav Lundanes 5.4 km, 19 controls

Women[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2002 Sweden Gunilla Svärd Switzerland Brigitte Wolf Norway Birgitte Husebye 4.5 km, 13 controls
2004 Norway Hanne Staff Lithuania Dainora Alšauskaitė Russia Tatiana Ryabkina 5.3 km, 21 controls
2006 Finland Minna Kauppi Norway Marianne Andersen Finland Heli Jukkola 5.679 km, 15 controls
2008 Finland Heli Jukkola Finland Merja Rantanen Finland Minna Kauppi 5.2 km, 16 controls
2010 Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Denmark Signe Soes Sweden Lena Eliasson 5.4 km, 22 controls
2012 Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Finland Minna Kauppi Russia Tatiana Ryabkina 5.19 km, 18 controls
2014 Denmark Signe Søes Denmark Maja Alm Sweden Tove Alexandersson 6.4 km, 17 controls
2016 Sweden Tove Alexandersson Switzerland Judith Wyder Finland Marika Teini 5.0 km, 21 controls
2018 Finland Marika Teini Sweden Tove Alexandersson Switzerland Simona Aebersold 4.3 km, 16 controls

Short/Sprint[]

Men[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2000 Russia Valentin Novikov Ukraine Yuri Omeltchenko Norway Tore Sandvik Short distance
2002 Sweden Emil Wingstedt Sweden Håkan Pettersson Ukraine Yuri Omeltchenko 3.2 km, 10 controls
2004 Sweden Emil Wingstedt Russia Andrey Khramov Finland Mårten Boström 3.0 km, 20 controls
2006 Sweden Emil Wingstedt United Kingdom Jamie Stevenson Russia Andrey Khramov 3.07 km, 17 controls
2008 Sweden Emil Wingstedt Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Russia Andrey Khramov 3.3 km, 19 controls
2010 Switzerland Fabian Hertner Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Sweden Emil Wingstedt 3.3 km, 24 controls
2012 Sweden Jonas Leandersson Bulgaria Kiril Nikolov Sweden Jerker Lysell
Switzerland Daniel Hubmann
3.54 km, 20 controls
2014 Sweden Jonas Leandersson Sweden Jerker Lysell Switzerland Martin Hubmann 2.8 km, 22 controls
2016 Switzerland Matthias Kyburz Sweden Gustav Bergman Switzerland Florian Howald 3.4 km, 22 controls
2018 Switzerland Matthias Kyburz
Switzerland Daniel Hubmann
United Kingdom Kristian Jones 4.2 km, 27 controls
2021 Sweden Emil Svensk Belgium Yannick Michiels Sweden Gustav Bergman 4.4 km, 25 controls[5]

Women[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2000 Sweden Jenny Johansson Switzerland Simone Luder Poland Anna Górnicka-Antonowicz Short distance
2002 Switzerland Vroni König-Salmi Norway Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Norway Anne Margrethe Hausken 2.85 km, 11 controls
2004 Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Sweden Jenny Johansson Sweden Emma Engstrand 2.5 km, 16 controls
2006 Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Norway Marianne Andersen Finland Minna Kauppi 2.73 km, 14 controls
2008 Norway Anne Margrethe Hausken Finland Heli Jukkola Sweden Helena Jansson 2.5 km, 14 controls
2010 Sweden Helena Jansson Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Denmark Maja Alm 2.8 km, 21 controls
2012 Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Sweden Lena Eliasson Denmark Maja Alm 3.21 km, 16 controls
2014 Switzerland Judith Wyder Ukraine Nadiya Volynska Switzerland Julia Gross 2.3 km, 19 controls
2016 Switzerland Judith Wyder Ukraine Nadiya Volynska Denmark Maja Alm
Russia Galina Vinogradova
3.0 km, 18 controls
2018 Sweden Tove Alexandersson Switzerland Judith Wyder Russia Natalia Gemperle 3.8 km, 23 controls
2021 Sweden Tove Alexandersson Switzerland Elena Roos Switzerland Simona Aebersold 4.0 km, 21 controls[6]

Relay[]

Men[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
1962 Finland Finland
Aimo Tepsell

Rolf Koskinen
Erkki Kohvakka
Sweden Sweden
Bertil Norman


Norway Norway
Per Kristiansen
Ola Skarholt

Magne Lystad
not part of the Championship
1964 Finland Finland
Juhani Salmenkylä
Rolf Koskinen
Aimo Tepsell
Erkki Kohvakka
Norway Norway
Ola Skarholt
Per Kristiansen
Magne Lystad
Stig Berge
Sweden Sweden


Bertil Norman
2000 Switzerland Switzerland


Thomas Bührer
Czech Republic Czech Republic
Vladimir Lucan
Michal Jedlicka
Rudolf Ropek
Sweden Sweden
Fredrik Löwegren

Jörgen Olsson
2002 Finland Finland
Jani Lakanen
Pasi Ikonen
Mats Haldin
Sweden Sweden

Fredrik Löwegren
Emil Wingstedt
Denmark Denmark
Mikkel Lund
René Rokkjær
Carsten Jørgensen
2004 Finland Finland
Jarkko Huovila
Pasi Ikonen
Mats Haldin
Denmark Denmark
Chris Terkelsen
René Rokkjær
Carsten Jørgensen
Sweden Sweden
Kalle Dalin
Johan Modig
Emil Wingstedt
2006 Sweden Sweden
Niclas Jonasson
Peter Öberg
David Andersson
France France
Francois Gonon
Damien Renard
Thierry Gueorgiou
Norway Norway
Lars Skjeset
Carl Waaler Kaas
Øystein Kvaal Østerbø
2008 Russia Russia
Dmitry Tsvetkov
Andrey Khramov
Valentin Novikov
Switzerland Switzerland
Baptiste Rollier
Matthias Merz
Daniel Hubmann
Finland Finland
Jarkko Huovila
Pasi Ikonen
Mats Haldin
2010 Switzerland Switzerland
Matthias Müller
Fabian Hertner
Matthias Merz
France France
Frédéric Tranchand
Philippe Adamski
Thierry Gueorgiou
Norway Norway
Holger Hott
Carl Waaler Kaas
Olav Lundanes
2012 Switzerland Switzerland
Martin Hubmann
Matthias Müller
Matthias Kyburz
Sweden Sweden
Jonas Leandersson
Fredrik Johansson
Anders Holmberg
France France
Frédéric Tranchand
Philippe Adamski
François Gonon
2014 Sweden Sweden
Jonas Leandersson
Fredrik Johansson
Gustav Bergman
Czech Republic Czech Republic
Jan Petrzela
Vojtech Kral
Jan Prochazka
France France
Frédéric Tranchand
Lucas Basset
Thierry Gueorgiou
2016 Switzerland Switzerland
Martin Hubmann
Florian Howald
Baptiste Rollier
Norway Norway
Carl Godager Kaas
Magne Daehli
Eskil Kinneberg
Czech Republic Czech Republic
Vojtech Kral
Jan Petrzela
Jan Sedivy
2018 Norway Norway
Eskil Kinneberg
Magne Daehli
Olav Lundanes
Switzerland Switzerland
Florian Howald
Matthias Kyburz
Daniel Hubmann
France France
Nicolas Rio
Lucas Basset
Frederic Tranchand

Women[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
1962 Sweden Sweden

Emy Gauffin
Ulla Lindkvist
Norway Norway

Babben Enger
Marit Økern
Switzerland Switzerland
Margrit Thommen

Käthi von Salis
not part of the Championship
1964 Sweden Sweden
Ann-Marie Wallsten
Eivor Steen-Olsson
Ulla Lindkvist
Switzerland Switzerland
Käthi von Salis

Margrit Thommen
Denmark Denmark


Karin Agesen
2000 Norway Norway
Elisabeth Ingvaldsen
Birgitte Husebye
Hanne Staff
Sweden Sweden
Katarina Allberg

Jenny Johansson
United Kingdom Great Britain
Jenny James
Yvette Baker
Heather Monro
2002 Norway Norway
Elisabeth Ingvaldsen
Birgitte Husebye
Hanne Staff
Switzerland Switzerland
Brigitte Wolf
Vroni König-Salmi
Simone Niggli-Luder
Lithuania Lithuania
Giedre Voveriene
Vilma Rudzenskaite
Ieva Sargautyte
2004 Sweden Sweden
Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard
Jenny Johansson
Gunilla Svärd
Norway Norway
Marianne Andersen
Elisabeth Ingvaldsen
Hanne Staff
Russia Russia
Natalia Korzhova

Tatiana Ryabkina
2006 Finland Finland
Paula Haapakoski
Heli Jukkola
Minna Kauppi
Switzerland Switzerland
Lea Müller
Vroni König-Salmi
Simone Niggli
Sweden Sweden
Emma Engstrand
Kajsa Nilsson
Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard
2008 Sweden Sweden
Lina Persson
Emma Engstrand
Helena Jansson
Russia Russia
Natalia Korzhova
Yulia Novikova
Tatiana Ryabkina
Finland Finland
Katri Lindeqvist
Merja Rantanen
Minna Kauppi
2010 Sweden Sweden
Karolina A-Höjsgaard
Lena Eliasson
Helena Jansson
Finland Finland
Merja Rantanen
Anni-Maija Fincke
Minna Kauppi
Switzerland Switzerland
Vroni König-Salmi
Caroline Cejka
Simone Niggli-Luder
2012 Russia Russia
Natalia Efimova
Svetlana Mironova
Tatiana Ryabkina
Finland Finland
Sofia Haajanen
Merja Rantanen
Minna Kauppi
Sweden Sweden
Annika Billstam
Lina Strand
Tove Alexandersson
2014 Switzerland Switzerland
Julia Gross
Sabine Hauswirth
Judith Wyder
Sweden Sweden

Karolin Ohlsson
Alva Olsson
Russia Russia
Julia Novikova
Irina Nyberg
Natalia Gemperle
2016 Finland Finland
Sari Anttonen
Marika Teini
Merja Rantanen
Sweden Sweden
Lina Strand
Emma Johansson
Tove Alexandersson
Russia Russia
Anastasia Rudnaya
Natalia Gemperle
Svetlana Mironova
2018 Switzerland Switzerland
Judith Wyder
Elena Roos
Julia Gross
Sweden Sweden
Lina Strand
Sara Hagström
Karolin Ohlsson
Denmark Denmark
Cecilie Klysner
Ida Bobach
Maja Alm

Sprint relay[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes
2016 Russia Russia
Natalia Gemperle
Gleb Tikhonov
Andrey Khramov
Galina Vinogradova
Denmark Denmark
Cecilie Klysner
Tue Lassen
Søren Bobach
Maja Alm
Switzerland Switzerland
Judith Wyder
Andreas Kyburz
Martin Hubmann
Rahel Friederich
2018 Switzerland Switzerland
Judith Wyder
Florian Howald
Martin Hubmann
Elena Roos
Sweden Sweden
Lina Strand
Emil Svensk
Jonas Leandersson
Karolin Ohlsson
Norway Norway
Sigrid Alexandersen
Trond Einar Moen Pedersli
Øystein Kvaal Østerbø
Andrine Benjaminsen
2021[7] Switzerland Switzerland
Simona Aebersold
Joey Hadorn
Matthias Kyburz
Elena Roos
Sweden Sweden
Lina Strand
Gustav Bergman
Emil Svensk
Sara Hagstrom
Norway Norway
Victoria Haestad Bjornstad
Eskil Kinneberg
Kasper Harlem Fosser
Andrine Benjaminsen

See also[]

External links and references[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sprint Relay in EOC 2016 Programme". EOC 2016. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. ^ Host town of EOC 2010
  3. ^ "Bulletin 1 of EOC 2012 in Falun/Mora/Orsa" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
  4. ^ Event cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  5. ^ "- IOF World Ranking".
  6. ^ "- IOF World Ranking".
  7. ^ "IOF Eventor - Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 1 with European Orienteering Championships 2021 - Sprint Relay".
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