World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships Explained

World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships
Status:	active
Genre:	sports competition
Date:	July–August
Frequency:	annual
Location:	various
Organised:	IOF

The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event for awarding World Champion titles in mountain bike orienteering. The World Championships, also known as WMTBOC, were first held in 2002, and since 2004 they have been organized annually – except in 2020.^[1] The programme includes Long distance, Middle distance, Sprint, Mass Start (unofficial in 2016 and official from 2017), and a Relay for both men and women.

Host towns and cities

Below is a list of towns and cities that have hosted World Championships in mountain bike orienteering. Year, date, place and number of participating countries are shown.

Year	Date	Place	Countries	Notes
2002	1–6 July	Fontainebleau, France	29	^[2]
2004	19–23 October	Ballarat, Australia	26	^[3]
2005	5–11 September	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	26	^[4]
2006 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2006)	9–13 July	Joensuu, Finland	25	^[5]
2007	5–12 August	Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic	22	^[6]
2008	24–31 August	Ostróda, Poland	26	^[7]
2009	9–16 August	Ben Shemen, Israel	20	^[8]
2010	11–17 July	Montalegre, Portugal	25	^[9]
2011	20–28 August	Vicenza, Italy	27	^[10]
2012	20–25 August	Veszprém, Hungary	30	^[11]
2013	26–31 August	Rakvere, Estonia	26	^[12]
2014	24–31 August	Białystok, Poland	27	^[13]
2015	14–23 August	Liberec, Czech Republic	28	^[14]
2016	24–30 July	Águeda, Portugal	22	^[15]
2017	19–27 August	Vilnius, Lithuania	23	^[16]
2018	5–12 August	Zwettl, Austria	27	^[17]
2019	28 July–3 August	Viborg, Denmark	24	^[18]
2020	17–22 August*	Jeseník, Czech Republic		cancelled
2021	10–18 June	Kuortane, Finland	16	^[19]
	15–20 July	Falun, Sweden	25	^[20]

Long distance

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2002
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012				Length 29.3 km, Climb 310m, 29 controls
2013				Length 34.9 km, Climb 405m, 32 controls
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2002
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012				Length 21.5 km, Climb 250m, 24 controls
2013				Length 26.0 km, Climb 265m, 27 controls
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021

Middle distance

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009				Length: 20.4 km, Climb: 355 m, 19 controls
2010
2011
2012				Length 14.4 km, Climb 240m, 21 controls
2013				Length 15.6 km, Climb 290m, 24 controls
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009				Length: 15.6 km, Climb: 225 m, 15 controls
2010
2011
2012				Length 11.7 km, Climb 205m, 17 controls
2013				Length 11.3 km, Climb 200m, 18 controls
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018			Veronika Kubinova
2019
2021	Svetlana Foliforova*			Neutral athlete, born in Russia

Sprint

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2002
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012				Length 6.9 km, Climb 135m, 20 controls
2013				Length 6.1 km, Climb 55m, 22 controls
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021			Valeriy Glukhov*	Neutral athlete from Russia

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2002
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012				Length 5.1 km, Climb 105m, 17 controls
2013				Length 5.7 km, Climb 50m, 21 controls
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021		Svetlana Foliforova*		Neutral athlete from Russia

Mass Start

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2017
2018
2019
2021			Anton Foliforov*	Neutral athlete from Russia

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2017
2018
2019
2021	Svetlana Foliforova*			Neutral athlete from Russia

Relay

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2002	France	Czech Republic	Finland
2004	Finland	Czech Republic	Australia
2005	Finland	France	Switzerland
2006	Finland	Russia	Switzerland
2007	France	Czech Republic	Denmark
2008	Denmark	Russia	Czech Republic
2009	Russia	Czech Republic	Finland
2010	Russia	Denmark	Czech Republic
2011	Denmark	Czech Republic	Finland
2012	Finland	Russia	Austria
2013	Czech Republic	Finland	Estonia
2014	Estonia	Finland	France
2015	Austria	Russia	Finland
2016	Czech Republic	Russia	France
2017	Czech Republic	Finland	Russia
2018	Russia	Sweden	Czech Republic
2019	Russia	Czech Republic	Finland
2021	Finland	Neutral*	Switzerland	Neutral team from Russia

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2002	Finland	France	Czech Republic
2004	Finland	Austria	Australia
2005	Germany	Czech Republic	France
2006	Russia	Finland	Czech Republic
2007	Finland	Russia	Austria
2008	Finland	Russia	Austria
2009	Austria	Switzerland	Russia
2010	Denmark	Finland	Czech Republic
2011	Switzerland	Lituania	Slovakia
2012	Finland	Switzerland	Slovakia
2013	Finland	Denmark	Switzerland
2014	Russia	Finland	Czech Republic
2015	Finland	Russia	Czech Republic
2016	Finland	Russia	Czech Republic
2017	Finland	France	Russia
2018	Czech Republic	Russia	Finland
2019	Russia	Finland	Sweden
2021	Denmark	Finland	Neutral*	Neutral team from Russia

References

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

1. Web site: MTB Orienteering. Events and Results . . 6 July 2021.
2. Web site: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2002 . IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
3. Web site: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2004 . IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
4. Web site: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2005. IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
5. Web site: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2006. IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
6. Web site: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2007. IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
7. Web site: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2008 . IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
8. Web site: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2009 . IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
9. Web site: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2010. IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
10. Web site: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2011. IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
11. Web site: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2012. IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
12. Web site: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2013. IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
13. Web site: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2014. IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
14. Web site: Event information: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2015. IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
15. Web site: Event information: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2016. IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
16. Web site: Event information: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2017. IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
17. Web site: Event information: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2018. IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service . 8 July 2021.
18. Web site: Event information: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2019 and Junior World MTB Orienteering Championships. IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service. 8 July 2021.
19. Web site: Event information: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2021 and CX80 MTBO World Cup . IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service. 8 July 2021.
20. Web site: Event information: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2022 & CX80 World Cup in MTB Orienteering . IOF Eventor. International Orienteering Federation’s Event Management Service. 21 July 2022.