Orienteering at the World Games

Orienteering at the World Games is organized as an individual competition for both women and men, and a mix relay for teams of two men and two women.^[1]

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) became a member of the International World Games Association (IWGA) in 1995.^[2] The World Games are held every four years, for sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games. Orienteering was first included in the program in 2001.

Venues

Year	Days	Venue
2001	August 15 - 25	Akita, Japan
2005	July 14-24	Duisburg, Germany[3]
2009	July 16-26	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
2013		Cali, Colombia

Sprint

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2009	Andrey Khramov	Daniel Hubmann	Tero Föhr	[4]

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2009	Minna Kauppi	Johanna Allston	Elise Egseth	[4]

Individual/Middle

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2001	Grant Bluett	Tore Sandvik	Jamie Stevenson	[5]
2005	Thierry Gueorgiou	Daniel Hubmann	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø	[6]
2009	Daniel Hubmann	Dmitry Tsvetkov	Andrey Khramov	[4]

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2001	Hanne Staff	Anette Granstedt	Birgitte Husebye	[5]
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder	Karin Schmalfeld	Heather Monro	[6]
2009	Johanna Allston	Minna Kauppi	Linnea Gustafsson	[4]

Relay

Mixed

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2001	Norway Bjørnar Valstad Hanne Staff Tore Sandvik Birgitte Husebye	Lithuania Svajunas Ambrazas Vilma Rudzenskaitė Edgaras Voveris Giedrė Voverienė	Sweden Emil Wingstedt Anette Granstedt Niclas Jonasson Jenny Johansson	Teams from 15 countries[7]
2005	Switzerland Matthias Merz Lea Müller Daniel Hubmann Simone Niggli-Luder	Russia Sergey Detkov Aliya Sitdikova Maxim Davydov Tatiana Ryabkina	Czech Republic Petr Losman Marta Štěrbová Tomáš Dlabaja Dana Brožková	[8]
2009	Russia Dmitry Tsvetkov Yulia Novikova Andrey Khramov Galina Vinogradova	Finland Pasi Ikonen Bodil Christina Holmstrom Tero Föhr Minna Kauppi	Norway Lars Skjeset Mari Fasting Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Elise Egseth	[4]

References

1. ^ "World Games: Orienteering". The World Games. http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,1044-167458-184676-18067-62418-custom-item,00.html. Retrieved 11 January 2009. 
2. ^ "World Games 2009 TPE". International Orienteering Federation. http://orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/events/foot_orienteering/the_world_games/world_games_2009_tpe__1. Retrieved 11 January 2009. 
3. ^ "Spectacular Opening Ceremony". International Orienteering Federation. http://orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/events/foot_orienteering/the_world_games/world_games_2005_ger/spectacular_opening_ceremony. Retrieved 11 January 2009. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ ^{a b c d e} "World Games 2009. Orienteering". http://wg2009.orienteering.org/. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "2001 World Games, Akita, Japan". orienteering.asn.au. http://www.orienteering.asn.au/results/int/2001/wg01in.html. Retrieved 12 January 2009. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Niggli-Luder and Gueorgiou new World Games Champions". International Orienteering Federation. http://orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/events/foot_orienteering/the_world_games/world_games_2005_ger/niggli_luder_and_gueorgiou_new_world_games_champions. Retrieved 11 January 2009. ^{[dead link]}
7. ^ "Norway won the relay". International Orienteering Federation. http://orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/events/foot_orienteering/the_world_games/world_games_2001_jpn/norway_won_the_relay. Retrieved 11 January 2009. ^{[dead link]}
8. ^ "Switzerland Wins Relay; Thrilling Battle for Second Place". International Orienteering Federation. http://orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/events/foot_orienteering/the_world_games/world_games_2005_ger/switzerland_wins_relay_thrilling_battle_for_second_place. Retrieved 11 January 2009. ^{[dead link]}