2014 World Orienteering Championships Explained

2014 World Orienteering Championships
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Host City:	Venice
Country:	Italy
Previous:	2013 Vuokatti

The 31st World Orienteering Championships was held in the Trentino and Veneto regions of Italy, from 5 to 12 July 2014. It was the first time that Mixed Sprint Relay was a part of the program at a World Championships.

Results

Individual sprint final

5 July 2014

Men

1. Søren Bobach (Denmark), 15:37.2^[1]
2. Daniel Hubmann (Switzerland), 15:39.3
3. Tue Lassen (Denmark) 15:41.4

Women

1. Judith Wyder (Switzerland), 15:32.0^[2]
2. Tove Alexanderson (Sweden), 15:43.9
3. Maja Alm (Denmark), 15:45.7

Mixed sprint relay

7 July 2014

1. Switzerland (Rahel Friederich, Martin Hubmann, Matthias Kyburz, Judith Wyder), 59:04^[3]
2. Denmark (Emma Klingenberg, Tue Lassen, Søren Bobach, Maja Alm), 59:07
3. Russia (Anastasiya Tikhonova, Gleb Tikhonov, Andrey Khramov, Galina Vinogradova), 59:15

Long distance

9 July 2014

Men

1. Thierry Gueorgiou (France), 1:34:45
2. Daniel Hubmann (Switzerland), 1:36:12
3. Olav Lundanes (Norway), 1:37:09

Women

1. Svetlana Mironova (Russia), 1:19:44
2. Tove Alexandersson (Sweden), 1:20:15
3. Judith Wyder (Switzerland), 1:20:34

Middle distance

11 July 2014

Men

1. Olav Lundanes (Norway), 38:12
2. Fabian Hertner (Switzerland), 38:30
3. Oleksandr Kratov (Ukraine), 38:46

Women

1. Annika Billstam (Sweden), 37:03
2. Ida Bobach (Denmark), 37:25
3. Tove Alexandersson (Sweden), 37:27

Relay

12 July 2014

Men

1. (Jonas Leandersson, Fredrik Johansson, Gustav Bergman), 1:56:49
2. (Fabian Hertner, Daniel Hubmann, Matthias Kyburz), 1:57:58
3. (Frederic Tranchand, Francois Gonon, Thierry Gueorgiou), 1:58:03

Women

1. (Sara Luescher, Sabine Hauswirth, Judith Wyder), 1:51:11
2. (Emma Klingenberg, Ida Bobach, Maja Alm), 1:51:32
3. (Helena Jansson, Annika Billstam, Tove Alexandersson), 1:53:56

Participating countries

A total of 54 countries participated at this World Championships.^[4]

Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Belarus Brazil Bulgaria Canada

Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Spain

Estonia Finland France Germany Hong Kong Hungary Ireland Israel

Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Montenegro Netherlands

Norway New Zealand Poland Portugal Romania South Africa Slovenia

Serbia Switzerland Slovakia Sweden Turkey Ukraine Uruguay United States

Notes and References

1. Web site: WOC 2014 Trentino – Sprint Final – Men . 8 July 2014.
2. Web site: WOC 2014 Trentino – Sprint Final – Women . 8 July 2014.
3. Web site: WOC 2014 Trentino – Mixed Sprint Relay . 8 July 2014.
4. http://woc2014.fisoveneto.it/woc.php "Team Overview"