1981 World Orienteering Championships

The 1981 World Orienteering Championships, the 9th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Thun, Switzerland, 3–5 September 1981.^[1]

1981 World Orienteering Championships

Host city	Thun
Country	Switzerland
Events	4
← 1979 Tampere 1983 Zalaegerszeg →

The championships had four events: individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's individual[1]	Øyvin Thon (NOR)	1.30.05	Tore Sagvolden (NOR)	1.32.33	Morten Berglia (NOR)	1.33.10
Women's individual[1]	Annichen Kringstad (SWE)	1.05.47	Brit Volden (NOR)	1.08.54	Karin Rabe (SWE)	1.09.40
Men's relay[1]	Norway (NOR) Øyvin Thon Harald Thon Tore Sagvolden Sigurd Dæhli	4.38.14	Sweden (SWE) Lars-Henrik Undeland Bengt Levin Jörgen Mårtensson Lars Lönnkvist	4.38.47	Finland (FIN) Kari Sallinen Ari Anjala Seppo Rytkönen Hannu Kottonen	4.45.23
Women's relay[1]	Sweden (SWE) Arja Hannus Barbro Lönnkvist Karin Rabe Annichen Kringstad	3.49.53	Finland (FIN) Helena Mannervesi Marita Ruoho Liisa Veijalainen Outi Borgenström	4.05.07	Switzerland (SUI) Ruth Schmid Annelies Meier Irene Bucher Ruth Humbel	4.13.10

Results

Men's individual

WOC 1981 – Individual – Men (14.1 km)^[1]

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
1	Øyvin Thon	Norway	1:30:05
2	Tore Sagvolden	Norway
3	Morten Berglia	Norway
4	Lars Lönnkvist	Sweden
5	Kari Sallinen	Finland
6	Jörgen Mårtensson	Sweden
7	Jaroslav Kačmarčík	Czechoslovakia
8	Lars Konradsen	Denmark
9	Martin Howald	Switzerland
10	Harald Thon	Norway
11	Ari Anjala	Finland
12	Lars-Henrik Undeland	Sweden

Women's individual

WOC 1981 – Individual – Women (8.7 km)^[1]

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
1	Annichen Kringstad	Sweden	1:05:47
2	Brit Volden	Norway
3	Karin Rabe	Sweden
4	Ruth Humbel	Switzerland
5	Outi Borgenström	Finland
6	Ada Kuchařová	Czechoslovakia
7	Liisa Veijalainen	Finland
8	Arja Hannus	Sweden
9	Arja Haikarainen	Finland
10	Ragnhild Bratberg	Norway
11	Irene Bucher	Switzerland
12	Svatava Nováková	Czechoslovakia