1999 World Orienteering Championships

The 1999 World Orienteering Championships, the 18th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Inverness, Scotland, 1–8 August 1999.^[1]

1999 World Orienteering Championships

Host city	Inverness
Country	Scotland
Events	6
← 1997 Grimstad 2001 Tampere →

The championships had six events; the classic distance (formerly called individual) for men and women, the short distance for men and women, and relays for men and women.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's classic distance [1]	Bjørnar Valstad  (NOR)	1.37.25	Carl Henrik Bjørseth  (NOR)		Alain Berger  (SUI)
Women's classic distance [1]	Kirsi Boström (FIN)	1.17.56	Hanne Staff (NOR)		Johanna Asklöf  (FIN)
Men's short distance [1]	Jørgen Rostrup  (NOR)	25.48	Juha Peltola (FIN)		Janne Salmi  (FIN)
Women's short distance [1]	Yvette Baker (GBR)	25.55	Lucie Böhm  (AUT)		Frauke Schmitt Gran (GER)
Men's relay[1]	Norway (NOR) Tore Sandvik Bernt Bjørnsgaard Petter Thoresen Bjørnar Valstad	3.21.50	Finland (FIN) Jani Lakanen Mikael Boström Juha Peltola Janne Salmi		Sweden (SWE) Jimmy Birklin Håkan Eriksson Jörgen Olsson Johan Ivarsson
Women's relay[1]	Norway (NOR) Birgitte Husebye Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Sandstad Hanne Staff	2.55.56	Finland (FIN) Sanna Nymalm Reeta-Mari Kolkkala Kirsi Boström Johanna Asklöf		Sweden (SWE) Katarina Allberg Marlena Jansson Anette Granstedt Gunilla Svärd

Results

Women's classic distance

WOC 1999 – Classic – Women ^[1]

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Kirsi Boström	Finland	1:17:56
	Hanne Staff	Norway	1:18:30
	Johanna Asklöf	Finland	1:18:33
4	Yvette Baker	Great Britain	1:19:10
5	Hanne Sandstad	Norway	1:19:37
6	Reeta-Mari Kolkkala	Finland	1:19:46
7	Kylli Kaljus	Estonia	1:19:58

Women's short distance

WOC 1999 – Short – Women ^[1]

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Yvette Baker	Great Britain	25:55
	Lucie Böhm	Austria	26:57
	Frauke Schmitt Gran	Germany	27:48
4	Sanna Nymalm	Finland	27:50
5	Marlena Jansson	Sweden	27:50
6	Hanne Sandstad	Norway	27:55
7	Vroni König-Salmi	Switzerland	28:24

Men's classic distance

WOC 1999 – Classic – Men ^[1]

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Bjørnar Valstad	Norway	1:37:25
	Carl Henrik Bjørseth	Norway	1:40:20
	Alain Berger	Switzerland	1:40:26
4	Jimmy Birklin	Sweden	1:42:30
5	Johan Ivarsson	Sweden	1:42:51
6	Petter Thoresen	Norway	1:42:58
7	Bernt Bjørnsgaard	Norway	1:43:15

Men's short distance

WOC 1999 – Short – Men ^[1]

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Jørgen Rostrup	Norway	25:48
	Juha Peltola	Finland	26:11
	Janne Salmi	Finland	26:14
4	Jani Lakanen	Finland	26:15
5	Håkan Eriksson	Sweden	26:24
6	Johan Ivarsson	Sweden	26:44
7	Petter Thoresen	Norway	26:59