European Orienteering Championships

European Orienteering Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	May–June
Frequency	biannual
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1962 (1962)
Organised by	IOF

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

Individual/Classic/Long[]

Men[]

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

Women[]

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

Middle[]

Men[]

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

Women[]

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

Short/Sprint[]

Men[]

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

Women[]

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

Relay[]

Men[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1962	Finland Aimo Tepsell Rolf Koskinen Erkki Kohvakka	Sweden Bertil Norman	Norway Per Kristiansen Ola Skarholt Magne Lystad	not part of the Championship
1964	Finland Juhani Salmenkylä Rolf Koskinen Aimo Tepsell Erkki Kohvakka	Norway Ola Skarholt Per Kristiansen Magne Lystad Stig Berge	Sweden Bertil Norman
2000	Switzerland Thomas Bührer	Czech Republic Vladimir Lucan Michal Jedlicka Rudolf Ropek	Sweden Fredrik Löwegren Jörgen Olsson
2002	Finland Jani Lakanen Pasi Ikonen Mats Haldin	Sweden Fredrik Löwegren Emil Wingstedt	Denmark Mikkel Lund René Rokkjær Carsten Jørgensen
2004	Finland Jarkko Huovila Pasi Ikonen Mats Haldin	Denmark Chris Terkelsen René Rokkjær Carsten Jørgensen	Sweden Kalle Dalin Johan Modig Emil Wingstedt
2006	Sweden Niclas Jonasson Peter Öberg David Andersson	France Francois Gonon Damien Renard Thierry Gueorgiou	Norway Lars Skjeset Carl Waaler Kaas Øystein Kvaal Østerbø
2008	Russia Dmitry Tsvetkov Andrey Khramov Valentin Novikov	Switzerland Baptiste Rollier Matthias Merz Daniel Hubmann	Finland Jarkko Huovila Pasi Ikonen Mats Haldin
2010	Switzerland Matthias Müller Fabian Hertner Matthias Merz	France Frédéric Tranchand Philippe Adamski Thierry Gueorgiou	Norway Holger Hott Carl Waaler Kaas Olav Lundanes
2012	Switzerland Martin Hubmann Matthias Müller Matthias Kyburz	Sweden Jonas Leandersson Fredrik Johansson Anders Holmberg	France Frédéric Tranchand Philippe Adamski François Gonon
2014	Sweden Jonas Leandersson Fredrik Johansson Gustav Bergman	Czech Republic Jan Petrzela Vojtech Kral Jan Prochazka	France Frédéric Tranchand Lucas Basset Thierry Gueorgiou
2016	Switzerland Martin Hubmann Florian Howald Baptiste Rollier	Norway Carl Godager Kaas Magne Daehli Eskil Kinneberg	Czech Republic Vojtech Kral Jan Petrzela Jan Sedivy
2018	Norway Eskil Kinneberg Magne Daehli Olav Lundanes	Switzerland Florian Howald Matthias Kyburz Daniel Hubmann	France Nicolas Rio Lucas Basset Frederic Tranchand

Women[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1962	Sweden Emy Gauffin Ulla Lindkvist	Norway Babben Enger Marit Økern	Switzerland Margrit Thommen Käthi von Salis	not part of the Championship
1964	Sweden Ann-Marie Wallsten Eivor Steen-Olsson Ulla Lindkvist	Switzerland Käthi von Salis Margrit Thommen	Denmark Karin Agesen
2000	Norway Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Birgitte Husebye Hanne Staff	Sweden Katarina Allberg Jenny Johansson	Great Britain Jenny James Yvette Baker Heather Monro
2002	Norway Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Birgitte Husebye Hanne Staff	Switzerland Brigitte Wolf Vroni König-Salmi Simone Niggli-Luder	Lithuania Giedre Voveriene Vilma Rudzenskaite Ieva Sargautyte
2004	Sweden Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard Jenny Johansson Gunilla Svärd	Norway Marianne Andersen Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Staff	Russia Natalia Korzhova Tatiana Ryabkina
2006	Finland Paula Haapakoski Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi	Switzerland Lea Müller Vroni König-Salmi Simone Niggli	Sweden Emma Engstrand Kajsa Nilsson Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard
2008	Sweden Lina Persson Emma Engstrand Helena Jansson	Russia Natalia Korzhova Yulia Novikova Tatiana Ryabkina	Finland Katri Lindeqvist Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi
2010	Sweden Karolina A-Höjsgaard Lena Eliasson Helena Jansson	Finland Merja Rantanen Anni-Maija Fincke Minna Kauppi	Switzerland Vroni König-Salmi Caroline Cejka Simone Niggli-Luder
2012	Russia Natalia Efimova Svetlana Mironova Tatiana Ryabkina	Finland Sofia Haajanen Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	Sweden Annika Billstam Lina Strand Tove Alexandersson
2014	Switzerland Julia Gross Sabine Hauswirth Judith Wyder	Sweden Karolin Ohlsson Alva Olsson	Russia Julia Novikova Irina Nyberg Natalia Gemperle
2016	Finland Sari Anttonen Marika Teini Merja Rantanen	Sweden Lina Strand Emma Johansson Tove Alexandersson	Russia Anastasia Rudnaya Natalia Gemperle Svetlana Mironova
2018	Switzerland Judith Wyder Elena Roos Julia Gross	Sweden Lina Strand Sara Hagström Karolin Ohlsson	Denmark Cecilie Klysner Ida Bobach Maja Alm

Sprint relay[]

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

See also[]

• World Orienteering Championships
• Junior World Orienteering Championships

External links and references[]

• European Orienteering Championships, senior statistics 1962-2004
• EOC 2006 Statistics
• EOC 2006 Official site
• EOC 2008 Official site
• EOC 2010 Official site
• EOC 2012 Official site
• EOC 2014 Official site
• EOC 2016 Official site
• EOC 2018 Official site
• EOC 2020 in IOF Eventor
• Hungarian orienteers on the European Championships (9 June 2008)

References[]