2005 World Orienteering Championships

The 2005 World Orienteering Championships, the 22nd World Orienteering Championships, were held in Aichi, Japan, 9 –15 August 2005.^[1]

2005 World Orienteering Championships

Host city	Aichi
Country	Japan
Events	8
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The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's sprint [1]	Emil Wingstedt  (SWE)	14:31.0	Daniel Hubmann  (SUI)		Jani Lakanen  (FIN)
Women's sprint [1]	Simone Niggli  (SUI)	14:02.7	Anne Margrethe Hausken  (NOR)		Heather Monro  (GBR)
Men's middle distance [1]	Thierry Gueorgiou  (FRA)	33:00.3	Chris Terkelsen  (DEN)		Jarkko Huovila  (FIN)
Women's middle distance [1]	Simone Niggli  (SUI)	32:46.3	Jenny Johansson (SWE)		Minna Kauppi  (FIN)
Men's long distance [1]	Andrey Khramov  (RUS)	1:37:22	Marc Lauenstein  (SUI)		Holger Hott Johansen  (NOR)
Women's long distance [1]	Simone Niggli  (SUI)	1:13:23	Heli Jukkola  (FIN)		Vroni König-Salmi  (SUI)
Men's relay[1]	Norway (NOR) Holger Hott Johansen Øystein Kristiansen Jørgen Rostrup	2:16:48	France (FRA) Francois Gonon Damien Renard Thierry Gueorgiou	2:17:16	Switzerland (SUI) Matthias Merz Marc Lauenstein Daniel Hubmann	2:17:48
Women's relay[1]	Switzerland (SUI) Lea Müller Vroni König-Salmi Simone Niggli	2:07:46	Norway (NOR) Marianne Andersen Marianne Riddervold Anne Margrethe Hausken		Sweden (SWE) Jenny Johansson Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard Emma Engstrand