List of World Orienteering Championships medalists (men) explained

See also: List of World Orienteering Championships medalists (women). This is a list of medalists from the World Orienteering Championships in men's orienteering.^[1] ^[2]

Individual/Classic/Long Distance

This event was called "Individual" from 1966 to 1989 and "Classic distance" from 1991 to 2001. Since 2003 it is called "Long distance".

Year	style=background-color:gold	Gold	style=background-color:silver	Silver	style=background-color:#c96	Bronze	Length and controls
1966				14.1 km, 11 controls
1968				14.7 km, 18 controls
1970				14.5 km, 19 controls
1972				13.5 km, 18 controls
1974				15.9 km, 26 controls
1976				15.5 km, 24 controls
1978				15.7 km, 21 controls
1979				15.1 km, 16 controls
1981				14.1 km, 18 controls
1983				14.0 km, 24 controls
1985				15.2 km, 23 controls
1987				14.6 km, 21 controls
1989				17.7 km, 24 controls
1991				17.4 km, 25 controls
1993				13.5 km, 19 controls
1995				16.2 km, 30 controls
1997				13.7 km, 24 controls
1999				15.7 km, 25 controls
2001				14.4 km, 26 controls
2003				16.7 km, 34 controls
2004				17.1 km, 28 controls
2005				12.9 km, 29 controls
2006				17.5 km, 32 controls
2007				18.17 km, 28 controls
2008				17.3 km, 36 controls
2009				17.55 km, 33 controls
2010				15.11 km, 28 controls
2011				15.8 km, 31 controls
2012				18.3 km, 31 controls
2013				19.8 km, 33 controls
2014				16.36 km, 33 controls
2015				15.5 km, 32 controls
2016				15.5 km, 30 controls
2017				17.1 km, 25 controls
2018				16.1 km, 24 controls
2019				16.6 km, 26 controls
2021				13.6 km, 29 controls
2023				14.0 km, 35 controls

Short/Middle Distance

This event was first held in 1991. The format was changed and renamed "Middle Distance" in 2003 with the introduction of the Sprint discipline.

Short Distance
Year	style=background-color:gold	Gold	style=background-color:silver	Silver	style=background-color:#c96	Bronze	Length and controls
1991				5.8 km, 10 controls
1993				4.7 km, 14 controls
1995				5.6 km, 18 controls
1997				4.2 km, 16 controls
1999				4.5 km, 17 controls
2001				4.1 km, 15 controls
Middle Distance
2003				5.0 km, 21 controls
2004				6.3 km, 18 controls
2005				5.0 km, 13 controls
2006				6.3 km, 23 controls
2007				6.15 km, 17 controls
2008				5.8 km, 27 controls
2009				6.57 km, 25 controls
2010				5.47 km, 19 controls
2011				5.4 km, 21 controls
2012				6.5 km, 20 controls
2013				6.3 km, 19 controls
2014				5.9 km, 19 controls
2015				6.2 km, 25 controls
2016				6.3 km, 25 controls
2017				6.0 km, 24 controls
2018				5.9 km, 19 controls
2019				6.1 km, 21 controls
2021				5.4 km, 24 controls
2023				5.9 km, 22 controls

Sprint

This event was first held in 2001.

Year	style=background-color:gold	Gold	style=background-color:silver	Silver	style=background-color:#c96	Bronze	Length and controls
2001				2.66 km, 12 controls
2003				2.8 km, 18 controls
2004				3.1 km, 12 controls
2005				2.4 km, 14 controls
2006				3.1 km, 21 controls
2007				3.2 km, 15 controls
2008				3.0 km, 17 controls
2009				3.2 km, 22 controls
2010				2.7 km, 21 controls
2011				2.5 km, 20 controls
2012				4.0 km, 20 controls
2013				3.9 km, 24 controls
2014				4.4 km, 20 controls
2015				4.1 km, 23 controls
2016				4.1 km, 22 controls
2017				4.0 km, 15 controls
2018				4.3 km, 18 controls
2021				3.9 km, 24 controls
2022				4.3 km, 22 controls
2024				4.4 km, 22 controls

Knock-out Sprint

This event was first held in 2022.

Year	style=background-color:gold	Gold	style=background-color:silver	Silver	style=background-color:#c96	Bronze	Length and controls
2022				2.4 km, 11 controls
2024

Relay

Year	style=background-color:gold	Gold	style=background-color:silver	Silver	style=background-color:#c96	Bronze
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2023

2009 Note: In the 3rd leg Martin Johansson (Sweden) was in the lead when he suffered a serious injury; Thierry Gueorgiou (France), Anders Nordberg (Norway), and Michal Smola (Czech Republic) gave up their lead positions and rescued him. Interpretation of International Orienteering Federation (IOF) competition rules was at issue: rule 26.13 states "The organiser must void a competition if at any point it becomes clear that circumstances have arisen which make the competition unfair or dangerous for the competitors." After much deliberation on whether or not to void the relay, the organizers declared that it stood.^[3] ^[4]

Medal table

Men's orienteering. Table updated after the 2024 World Orienteering Championships. Does not include mixed events.

Multiple medalists

Updated to May 2024. Including mixed events.

Rank	Athlete	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		2003	2017	14	5	4	23
2		2010	2019	10	4	3	17
3	Daniel Hubmann	2005	2019	9	11	9	28
4	Matthias Kyburz	2012	2023	8	6	1	8
5		1979	1989	7	1	-	8
6		2005	2015	6	4	3	13
7	Gustav Bergman	2013	2023	5	4	5	8
8		1989	1997	5	1	2	8
9		2004	2013	4	5	2	11
10		1991	2004	4	3	3	10

Best performers by country

Updated to May 2024. Including mixed events.

Country	Athlete	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
		2003	2017	14	5	4	23
		2010	2019	10	4	3	17
	Daniel Hubmann	2005	2019	9	11	9	28
		2005	2015	6	4	3	10
		2012	2023	5	4	5	14
		2014	2015	3	1	-	4
		1999	2006	2	5	1	8
		2003	2008	2	-	2	4
		1995	2004	1	2	-	3
	Edgars Bertuks	2012	2013	1	-	2	3
	Tomáš Dlabaja &<br>Jan Procházka &<br>Jan Šedivý (by the gold first ranking system)	2012 2012 2012	2012 2012 2012	1 1 1	- - -	- - -	valign=top	1 1 1
Rudolf Ropek (by total number of medals)	2001	2003	-	1	1	2
	Petr Kozak (by the gold first ranking system)	1991	1991	1	-	-	1
Zdenek Lenhart &<br>Jaroslav Kačmarčík (by total number of medals)	1970 1979	1979 1983	- -	- 1	2 1	valign=top	2 2
	Tim Robertson	2018	2021	-	1	1	2
	Jannis Bonek	2023	2023	-	-	1	1
	Yannick Michiels	2022	2022	-	-	1	1
		1972 1972 1972 1972	1972 1972 1972 1972	- - - -	- - - -	1 1 1 1	1 1 1 1
	Mikhail Mamleev	2009	2009	-	-	1	1
	Sixten Sild	1991	1991	-	-	1	1

An asterisk (*) marks athletes who are the only representatives of their respective countries to win a medal.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Results Archive at World of O Runners . runners.worldofo.com . World of O . 8 February 2019.
Web site: World Orienteering Championships Medals 1966-2014 . www.orienteering.org . . 8 February 2019.
Web site: WOC2009 Miskolc — Hungary. 2009-08-21. 2009-09-07. 2009-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20090818120846/http://tajfutovb2009.hu/index.php?lang=en. dead.
Web site: Eddie Bergeron. Discussion: WOC relay challenge — just one US taker needed (comment). Attackpoint. 2009-08-21. 2009-09-07.