2017 World Orienteering Championships

The 34th World Orienteering Championships were held in Tartu, Estonia in June/July 2017.^[1] The official name of the event is Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2017 after the title sponsor Nokian Tyres.

2017 World Orienteering Championships

Host city	Tartu
Country	Estonia
Opening	30 June 2017
Closing	7 July 2017
Website	www.woc2017.ee
← 2016 Strömstad 2018 Riga →

Event dates and locations

Tartu

Viljandi

Rõuge

Elva

Event locations within Estonia

Date	Discipline	Location
30.06.	Sprint Qualification	Tartu
	Opening Ceremony	Tartu
01.07.	Sprint Final	Tartu
02.07.	Sprint Relay	Viljandi
03.07.	rest day
04.07.	Long Distance	Rõuge
05.07.	rest day
06.07.	Middle Distance	Vitipalu (Nõo)
07.07.	Relay	Vitipalu (Nõo)

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's sprint[2]	Daniel Hubmann (SUI)	14:30.6	Frederic Tranchand (FRA)	14:33.5	Jerker Lysell (SWE)	14:35.8
Women's sprint[2]	Maja Alm (DEN)	13:55.5	Natalia Gemperle (RUS)	14:32.5	Galina Vinogradova (RUS)	14:34.2
Sprint relay[3]	Sweden (SWE) Lina Strand Jerker Lysell Jonas Leandersson Helena Jansson	1:03:32	Denmark (DEN) Cecilie Friberg Klysner Andreas Hougaard Boesen Tue Lassen Maja Alm	1:04:02	Switzerland (SUI) Elena Roos Florian Howald Martin Hubmann Sabine Hauswirth	1:04.26
Men's middle distance[4]	Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA)	33:12	Fabian Hertner (SUI)	33:37	Oleksandr Kratov (UKR)	33:42
Women's middle distance[4]	Tove Alexandersson (SWE)	32:34	Marianne Andersen (NOR)	34:44	Venla Harju (FIN)	36:44
Men's long distance[5]	Olav Lundanes (NOR)	1:45:25	Leonid Novikov (RUS)	1:47:15	William Lind (SWE)	1:47:38
Women's long distance[5]	Tove Alexandersson (SWE)	1:19:10	Maja Alm (DEN)	1:20:42	Natalia Gemperle (RUS)	1:24:46
Men's relay[6]	Norway (NOR) Eskil Kinneberg Olav Lundanes Magne Dæhli	1:34:50	France (FRA) Frederic Tranchand Lucas Basset Thierry Gueorgiou	1:36:06	Sweden (SWE) Johan Runesson William Lind Gustav Bergman	1:36:53
Women's relay[6]	Sweden (SWE) Emma Johansson Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson	1:41:12	Russia (RUS) Anastasia Rudnaya Svetlana Mironova Natalia Gemperle	1:43:53	Finland (FIN) Venla Harju Marika Teini Merja Rantanen	1:45:35

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	4	0	3	7
2	Norway (NOR)	2	1	0	3
3	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	0	3
	France (FRA)	1	2	0	3
5	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	1	3
6	Russia (RUS)	0	3	2	5
7	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
8	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		9	9	9	27