Junior World Orienteering Championships

The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are an annual orienteering competition. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries must be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).

Junior World Orienteering Championships
Finish chute at JWOC 2005 in Switzerland
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	June–July
Frequency	Annual
Location(s)	various
Country	various
Inaugurated	1990 (1990)
Previous event	2024
Next event	2025
Organised by	IOF
Website	https://www.jwoc2024.cz

History

An international junior match was arranged first time in 1983 in Ry, Denmark, and then in 1984 (Hartberg, Austria) and 1985 (Font-Romeau, France). From 1986 (in Pécs, Hungary) the events became the unofficial Junior European Championships, and were held the following years, 1987 (Ambleside, England), 1988 (Eupen, Belgium) and 1989 (Seefeld/Kufstein, Austria). From 1990 (Älvsbyn, Sweden), the competition became official Junior World Orienteering Championships.

Current program

Current program (from 2024^[1]) includes:

• Individual Sprint Event
• Sprint Relay
• Individual Middle Distance Event
• Individual Long Distance Event
• Team Relay

Originally JWOC started with an Individual (Classic) competition followed by a relay. The Short Distance Championships were added in 1991, which remained until 2004 where the Short Distance became the Middle Distance, falling into line with the World Orienteering Championships. An unofficial Sprint Race was held in Switzerland in 2005 in conjunction with the PostFinance-Sprint ****PostFinance Sprint****. Shortly following this event the Sprint discipline was added to the program for Lithuania 2006. From 2022 onward the Middle Distance Qualification has been replaced by the Sprint relay discipline with four runners in each team. Two women (1st & 4th leg) and two men (2nd &3rd leg).

Host towns/cities

Year	Date	Location
1990	7–12 July	Älvsbyn, Sweden[2]
1991	7–13 July	Berlin, Germany[3]
1992	7–13 July	Jyväskylä, Finland
1993	7–10 July	Kastelruth, Italy
1994	12–16 July	Gdynia, Poland
1995	9–12 July	Horsens, Denmark
1996	8–14 July	Băile Govora, Romania
1997	7–13 July	Leopoldsburg, Belgium
1998	13–18 July	Reims, France
1999	5–11 July	Varna, Bulgaria
2000	9–15 July	Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic
2001	9–15 July	Miskolc, Hungary
2002	7–14 July	Alicante, Spain
2003	7–12 July	Põlva, Estonia
2004	5–11 July	Gdańsk, Poland
2005	11–16 July	Tenero, Switzerland
2006	2–7 July	Druskininkai, Lithuania
2007	7–15 July	Dubbo, Australia
2008	30 June–6 July	Gothenburg, Sweden
2009	6–11 July	Primiero, Italy
2010	4–10 July	Aalborg, Denmark
2011	3–8 July	Wejherowo, Poland
2012	8–13 July	Košice, Slovakia
2013	30 June–6 July	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic[4]
2014	22–27 July	Borovets, Bulgaria
2015	4–10 July	Rauland, Norway
2016	10–18 July	Engadin, Switzerland
2017	9–16 July	Tampere, Finland
2018	8–15 July	Kecskemét, Hungary
2019	6–12 July	Silkeborg, Denmark
2020	Cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
2021	5–10 September	Kocaeli, Turkey
2022	11–16 July	Aguiar da Beira, Portugal
2023	2–9 July	Baia Mare, Romania [5]
2024	30 June–6 July	Plzeň, Czech Republic[6][7]
2025	26 June-4 July	Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy[8][9]
2026	29 June–4 July 2026	Karlskrona, Sweden[10][11]
2027	TBA	Polanica-Zdrój, Poland[12]

Individual/Classic/Long

This event was called "Classic distance" from 1991 to 2003, and since 2004 it is called "Long distance".

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1990	Mikael Boström	Jimmy Birklin	Sören Nymalm
1991	Ivars Zagars	Tomas Dolezal	Mikko Lepo
1992	Johan Näsman	Chris Terkelsen	Fredrik Löwegren
1993	Odin Tellesbø	Torben Nørgård	Tommi Tölkkö
1994	Robert Banach	Janusz Gliszczyński	Tommi Tölkkö
1995	Gabor Domonyik	Michael Mamleev	Jani Lakanen
1996	Maricel Olaru	Anders Axenborg	Jani Lakanen
1997	Johan Modig	Vladimír Lučan	Marián Dávidík
1998	Håkan Pettersson	Thierry Gueorgiou	Jørgen Rostrup
1999	Andrey Khramov	Mikko Heikelä	Troy de Haas
2000	Jiří Kazda	Pasi Ikonen	Jaromír Švihovský
2001	Andrey Khramov	Mårten Boström	Michal Smola
2002	Daniel Hubmann	Wojciech Kowalski	Alexei Bortnik
2003	Dmitry Tsvetkov	Matthias Merz	Daniel Hubmann
2004	Matthias Merz	Martin Johansson	Simonas Krepsta
2005	Olav Lundanes	Andreas Ruedlinger	Philippe Adamski
2006	Anders Skarholt	Olav Lundanes	Markus Puusepp	12.6 km, 22 controls[13]
2007	Olav Lundanes	Magne Dæhli	Christian Bobach	11.1 km, 27 controls[14]
2008	Johan Runesson	Timo Sild	Matthias Kyburz	10.2 km, 21 controls
2009	Gustav Bergman	Søren Bobach	Martin Hubmann	9.5 km, 29 controls
2010	Pavel Kubát	Johan Runesson	Matthias Kyburz	11.3 km, 31 controls
2011	Yngve Skogstad	Robert Merl	Lucas Basset	11.1 km, 23 controls
2012	Eskil Kinneberg	Marius Thrane Ødum	Gleb Tikhonov	11.5 km, 23 controls
2013	Piotr Parfianowicz[4]	Florian Schneider[4]	Andrey Kozyrev[4]	9.9 km, 21 controls
2014	Anton Johansson	Assar Hellström	Marek Minář	10.2 km, 23 controls
2015	Olli Ojanaho	Simon Hector	Andreas Soelberg	10.7 km, 24 controls
2016	Joey Hadorn	Thomas Curiger	Isac von Krusenstierna	8.8 km, 21 controls
2017	Olli Ojanaho	Simon Imark	Simon Hector	10.7 km, 21 controls[15]
2018	Kasper Fosser	Mathieu Perrin	Daniel Vandas	15.0 km, 29 controls[16]
2019	Kasper Fosser	Elias Jonsson	Aston Key	10.1 km, 24 controls[17]
2021	Basile Basset	Soren Thrane Odum	Ferenc Jonas	11.1 km, 24 controls[18]
2022	Noel Braun	Kornelius Kriszat Lovfald	Touko Seppa	10.8 km, 24 controls[19]
2023	Jakub Chaloupsky	Noel Braun	Pascal Schaerer	10,7 km, 23 controls[20]
2024	Matthieu Buehrer	Zefa Faavae	Daniel Bolehovsky	11,5  km, 19 controls[21]
2025	Daniel Bolehovsky	Wilmer Selin	Alejandro Garrido Díaz	11,5  km, 19 controls[22]

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1990	Torunn Fossli	Marlena Jansson	Mari Lukkarinen
1991	Mari Lukkarinen	Marcela Kubátková	Katarina Allberg
1992	Barbara Bączek	Johanna Tiira	Hanne Staff
1993	Liisa Anttila	Tenna Nörgård	Hana Doleželová
1994	Christina Grøndahl	Pia Olsson	Ewa Kozłowska
1995	Christina Grøndahl	Lenka Čechová	Kateřina Mikšová
1996	Enikö Fey	Kateřina Pracná	Karin Schmalfeld
1997	Simone Luder	Hanna Heiskanen	Regula Hulliger
1998	Hanna Heiskanen	Tatiana Pereliaeva	Eva Juřeníková
1999	Regula Hulliger	Tatiana Pereliaeva	Katalin Hecz
2000	Tatiana Pereliaeva	Marianne Riddervold	Nataliya Potopalska
2001	Dana Brožková	Pinja Satri	Daria Smolik
2002	Tiina Kivimäki	Michaela Przyczková	Minna Kauppi
2003	Martina Dočkalová	Anni-Maija Fincke	Helena Jansson
2004	Silja Tarvonen	Seline Stadler	Allison O'Neill
2005	Mari Fasting	Elise Egseth	Paula Iso-Markku
2006	Hanny Allston	Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen	Elin A Skantze	8.8 km, 16 controls[13]
2007	Siri Ulvestad	Kine Hallan Steiwer	Heini Saarimäki	7.2 km, 16 controls[14]
2008	Jenny Lönnkvist	Beata Falk	Siri Ulvestad	6.7 km, 15 controls
2009	Ida Bobach	Jenny Lönnkvist	Teini Marika	5.7 km, 18 controls
2010	Ida Bobach	Therese Klintberg	Sari Anttonen	7.3 km, 22 controls
2011	Ida Bobach	Emma Klingenberg	Tove Alexandersson	7.7 km, 20 controls
2012	Kirsi Nurmi	Frida Sandberg	Emily Kemp	7.7 km, 13 controls
2013	Lisa Risby[4]	Sara Hagström[4]	Ekaterina Savkina[4]	7.1 km, 15 controls
2014	Gunvor Hov Høydal	Sara Hagstrom	Emmi Jokela	7.2 km, 16 controls
2015	Sara Hagstrom	Anna Haataja	Sandrine Mueller	7.3 km, 16 controls
2016	Anna Haataja	Valerie Aebischer	Sofie Bachmann	6.5 km, 16 controls
2017	Simona Aebersold	Veera Klemettinen	Sofie Bachmann	7.6 km, 16 controls[15]
2018	Simona Aebersold	Zsofia Sarkozy	Tereza Janošíková	10.2 km, 18 controls[16]
2019	Ida Haapala Veronika Kalinina		Grace Molloy	6.5 km, 18 controls[17]
2021	Lilly Graber	Lucie Semíková	Viktoria Mag	7.0 km, 18 controls[23]
2022	Hanna Lundberg	Eeva Liina Ojanaho	Oda Scheele	7.3 km, 20 controls[24]
2023	Lucie Dittrichova	Henriette Radzikowski	Pia Young Vik	7,8 km, 17 controls[20]
2024	Lucie Dittrichova	Michaela Novotna	Viktorie Skachova	9,6 km, 16 controls[21]
2025	Freja Hjerne	Henriette Radzikowski	Rita Máramarosi	9,6 km, 16 controls

Short/Middle distance

This event was called "Short distance" from 1991 to 2003. Since 2004 it is called "Middle distance".

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1991	Janusz Porzycz	Mikko Lepo	Stefan Sandahl	6.02 km, 14 cp, 48 participants
1992	Mikko Lepo	Bernt Bjørnsgaard	Joakim Carlson	3.6 km, 10 controls
1993	Václav Zakouřil	Bernt Bjørnsgaard	Miko Lepo
1994	Jon Engkvist	Holger Hott Johansen	Tommi Toikko	5.2 km, 12 controls
1995	Domonyik Gábor	Tomáš Zakouřil	Michael Mamleev	4.675 km, 11 cp, 142 participants
1996	Domonyik Gábor	Johan Modig	Horatio Grecu
1997	Jørgen Rostrup	Rikard Gunnarsson	Per Oberg	5.0 km, 18 cp, 60 participants
1998	Jørgen Rostrup	Rikard Gunnarsson	H. Peterson
1999	Jonne Lakanen	Sergey Detkov	Thierry Gueorgiou	4.8 km, 14 controls
2000	Michal Smola	Zbyněk Hora	Jaromír Švihovský
2001	Marius Bjugan	Jan Troeng	Michal Smola	4.808 km, 13 controls
2002	Erik Andersson	Tuomas Tervo	Jörgen Wickholm	4.65 km, 14 controls
2003	Matthias Merz	Tuomas Tervo	Aleksei Bortnik	3.6 km, 11 controls
2004	Audun Bjerkreim Nilsen	Matthias Merz	Simonas Krepsta	4.61 km, 14 controls
2005	Fabian Hertner	Philippe Adamski	Hannu Airila	3.5 km, 17 controls
2006	Jan Beneš Søren Bobach		Olav Lundanes	4.4 km
2007	Olav Lundanes	Petter Eriksson	Martin Hubmann	4.5 km, 22 controls
2008	Johan Runesson	Ulf Forseth Indgaard	Sören Bobach	4.1 km, 16 controls
2009	Olli-Markus Taivainen	Philipp Sauter	Ulf Forseth Indgaard	4.1 km, 19 controls
2010	Gaute Hallan Steiwer	Jonas Leandersson	Olle Boström	4.7 km, 23 controls
2011	Topias Tiainen Robert Merl Dmitry Nakonechnyy			4.2 km, 17 controls
2012	Matt Ogden	Jan Petržela	Florian Schneider	4.8 km, 19 controls
2013	Emil Svensk[4]	Anton Johansson[4]	Jens Wängdahl[4]	3.6 km, 17 controls
2014	Miika Kirmula	Riccardo Scalet	Olli Ojanaho	3.8 km, 16 controls
2015	Olli Ojanaho	Erik Andersson	Sven Hellmuller	4.2 km, 19 controls
2016	Thomas Curiger	Joey Hadorn	Audun Heimdal	3.8 km, 17 controls
2017	Olli Ojanaho	Audun Heimdal	Simon Imark	4.1 km, 18 controls
2018	Jesper Svensk	Simon Imark	Henrik Johannesson	4.5 km, 17 controls[16]
2019	Kasper Fosser	Guilhem Elias	Lukas Liland	4.7 km, 17 controls[25]
2021	Axel Elmblad	Viktor Svensk	Ferenc Jonas	4.2 km, 16 controls
2022	Zoltan Bujdoso	Edvin Nilsson	Touko Seppa	4.0 km, 16 controls
2023	Hannes Mogensen	Jakub Chaloupsky	Oscar David Brom Jensen	4,8 km, 18 controls[26]
2024	Jan Strycek	Matthieu Buehrer	Alfred Bjoerneroed	4,8 km, 19 controls[27]
2025	Márton Csoboth	Loïc Berger	Rasmus Töyrylä

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1991	Kristin Liebich	Johanna Tiira	Karolina Arewång	4.43 km, 11 controls 48 participants
1992	Barbara Bączek	Riita Korpela	Elisabeth Ingvaldsen	2.8 km, 8 controls 49 participants
1993	Tenna Norgaard	Satu Mäkitammi	Liisa Anttila	3.35 km, 12 controls
1994	Synne Lea	Pia Olsson	Terhi Hyttinen	3.9 km, 9 controls
1995	Christina Gröndahl	Karin Schmalfeld	Iva Navrátilová	3.52 km, 10 controls, 101 participants
1996	Enikõ Fey	Annika Björk	Julia Morozova	3.79 km, 9 controls, 113 participants
1997	Hanna Heiskanen	Kateřina Mikšová	Heli Jukkola	4.2 km, 14 controls
1998	Tatiana Pereliaeva	Astrid Fritschi	Hanna Heiskanen
1999	Regula Hulliger	Salla Sukki	Johanna Seppinen	3.95 km, 14 controls
2000	Camilla Berglund	Maria Bergkvist	Minna Kauppi
2001	Minna Kauppi	Ieva Sargautyte	Kajsa Nilsson	3.903 km, 11 controls
2002	Minna Kauppi	Indre Valaite	Martina Fritschy	3.8 km, 13 controls
2003	Laura Hokka	Signe Søes	Eveli Saue	3.7 km, 12 controls
2004	Helena Jansson	Radka Brožková	Anni-Maija Fincke	4.13 km, 12 controls
2005	Anna Persson	Heini Wennman	Hanny Allston	3.0 km, 14 controls
2006	Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen	Ulrika Uotila	Signe Klinting	3.6 km, 14 controls
2007	Jenny Lönnkvist	Ida Marie Bjørgul	Tatyana Mendel Saila Kinni	3.6 km, 21 controls
2008	Venla Niemi	Beata Falk	Karine D`Harreville	3.0 km, 12 controls
2009	Tove Alexandersson	Britt Ingunn Nydal	Ida Bobach	3.1 km, 15 controls
2010	Tove Alexandersson	Lilian Forsgren	Sarina Jenzer	3.9 km, 20 controls
2011	Ida Bobach	Tove Alexandersson	Emma Klingenberg	3.5 km, 14 controls
2012	Tove Alexandersson	Frida Sandberg	Sandrine Müller	3,6 km, 17 controls
2013	Miri Thrane Ödum[4]	Lisa Risby[4]	Mathilde Rundhaug[4]	3.0 km, 14 controls
2014	Sina Tommer Sara Hagstrom		Andrea Svensson	3,1 km, 15 controls
2015	Anine Ahlsand	Johanna Oberg	Sandrine Mueller	3.6 km, 18 controls
2016	Simona Aebersold	Aleksandra Hornik	Johanna Oberg	3.1 km, 17 controls
2017	Simona Aebersold	Linnea Golsäter	Veera Klemettinen	3.5 km, 16 controls
2018	Csilla Gardonyi	Sanna Fast	Barbora Chaloupská	3.6 km, 14 controls[16]
2019	Isa Envall	Fiona Bunn	Tereza Janošíková	4.3 km, 14 controls[25]
2021	Hanna Lundberg	Lilly Graber	Tilda Ostberg	3.5 km, 15 controls[28]
2022	Hanna Lundberg	Elsa Sonesson	Eeva Liina Ojanaho	3.5 km, 14 controls[29]
2023	Henriette Radzikowski	Lucie Dittrichova	Pia Young Vik	4,7 km, 14 controls[26]
2024	Lucie Dittrichova	Viktorie Skachova	Alma Svennerud	3,8 km, 14 controls[27]
2025	Viktorie Škáchová	Rita Máramarosi	Lucie Dittrichová

Sprint

This event was first held in 2006.

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2006	Mikael Kristensson	Patrik Karlsson	Ruslan Glebov	3.2 km, 16 controls
2007	Vojtěch Král	Olav Lundanes	Ivan Sirakov	3.3 km, 18 controls
2008	Stepan Kodeda	Johan Runesson	Sören Bobach	2.8 km, 16 controls
2009	Matthias Kyburz	Miloš Nykodým	Martin Hubmann	3.1 km, 24 controls
2010	Rasmus Thrane Hansen	Kristian Jones	Vegard Danielsen	2.7 km, 22 controls
2011	Lucas Basset	Andreu Blanes	Florian Howald	2.9 km, 23 controls
2012	Gleb Tikhonov	Jan Petržela	Eskil Kinneberg	2,9 km, 20 controls
2013	Florian Schneider[4]	Michal Hubáček[4]	Tim Robertson[4]	2.4 km, 21 controls
2014	Tim Robertson	Piotr Parfianowicz	Anton Johansson	3.0 km, 20 controls
2015	Tim Robertson	Aleksi Niemi	Algirdas Bartkevičius	2,9 km, 17 controls
2016	Joey Hadorn	Thomas Curiger	Isac von Krusenstierna	3.7 km, 19 controls
2017	Olli Ojanaho	Tommy Hayes	Joey Hadorn	3.5 km, 23 controls[15]
2018	Colin Kolbe	Matthew Fellbaum	Kasper Fosser Otto Kaario	4.1 km, 24 controls[16]
2019	Aston Key	Samuel Pihlstrom	Guilhem Elias	3.3 km, 23 controls[30]
2021	Francesco Mariani	Touko Seppa	Axel Elmblad	3.5 km, 15 controls[31]
2022	Axel Elmblad	Tobias Alstad	Mikkel Holt Ilian Angeli Basile Basset	3.3 km, 15 controls[32]
2023	Anselm Reichenbach	Guilhem Verove	Jurgen Joonas	4,3 km, 28 controls[33]
2024	Matthieu Buehrer	Iver Dalsaune Thun	Loic Berger	3,6 km, 17 controls[34]
2025	Jonas Fenne Ingierd	Tomasz Rzeńca| Daniel Bolehovský	No medalist	3,6 km, 17 controls

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2006	Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien	Hanny Allston	Eva Svensson	2.5 km, 13 controls 121 participants
2007	Eva Svensson	Šárka Svobodná	Maja Alm	2.7 km, 17 controls
2008	Emma Klingenberg	Silje Ekroll Jahren	Jenny Lönnkvist	2.6 km, 13 controls
2009	Jenny Lönnkvist	Ida Bobach	Tereza Novotná	2.5 km, 21 controls
2010	Ida Bobach	Hanna Wiśniewska	Monika Gajda	2.3 km, 19 controls
2011	Ida Bobach	Emma Klingenberg	Tereza Novotná	2.5 km, 22 controls
2012	Tove Alexandersson	Emma Klingenberg	Frida Sandberg	2.3 km, 17 controls
2013	Heidi Mårtensson[4]	Nicoline Friberg Klysner[4]	Anastasia Denisova[4]	2.1 km, 19 controls
2014	Sara Hagstrom	Heidi Mårtensson	Miri Thrane Ødum	2.5 km, 17 controls
2015	Simona Aebersold	Heidi Mårtensson	Karoliina Ukskoski	2.4 km, 13 controls
2016	Simona Aebersold	Anna Dvorianskaia	Anna Haataja	3.3 km, 16 controls
2017	Simona Aebersold	Tereza Janošíková	Linnea Golsater	3.0 km, 21 controls[15]
2018	Simona Aebersold	Tereza Janošíková	Csilla Gardonyi	3.7 km, 21 controls[16]
2019	Eline Gemperle	Tilda Ostberg	Grace Molloy	2.9 km, 17 controls[30]
2021	Malin Agervig Kristiansson	Hanna Lundberg	Cecile Calandry	3.0 km, 13 controls[31]
2022	Elisa Mattila	Lilly Graber	Anna Karlová	3.0 km, 13 controls[32]
2023	Rita Maramarosi	Pia Young Vik	Eeva Liina Ojanaho	3,8 km, 23 controls[35]
2024	Elli Punto Michaela Novotna		Henriette Radzikowski	3,2 km, 17 controls[34]
2025	Seline Sannwald	Kati Hotz	Lucie Dittrichová

Sprint Relay

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2022	Norway Oda Scheele Mikkel Holt Tobias Alstad Pia Young Vik	Hungary Boglarka Czako Peter Nagy Zoltan Bujdoso Rita Maramarosi	Czech Republic Anna Karlová Jakub Chaloupský Daniel Bolehovský Markéta Muličková	[36]
2023	Hungary Viktoria Mag Tamas Felfoldi Marton Csoboth Rita Maramarosi	Norway Kristin Melby Jacobsen Iver Dalsaune Thun Brage Takle Pia Young Vik	Finland Salla Isoherranen Sampo Sankelo Aarni Ronkainen Eeva Liina Ojanaho	[37]
2024	Norway Ingeborg Roll Mosland Philip Lehmann Romoren Alfred Bjoerneroed Mathea Gloeersen	Switzerland Rachel Marxer Elia Gartmann Loic Berger Seline Sannwald	Sweden Klara Borg Linus Wernstrom Ludwig Rosen Alma Svennerud	[38]
2025	Czechia Hana Vitkova Daniel Bolehovsky Tomas Urbanek Lucie Dittrichova	Sweden Freja Hjerne Hannes Mogensen Max Oesterberg Alva Bjork	Hungary Janka Mikes Mihaly Csoboth Marton Csoboth Rita Maramarosi	[39]

Relay

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1990	Finland Mikael Boström Sören Nymalm Kimmo Liljeström	Sweden Mikael Palmberg Klas Karlsson Jimmy Birklin	Norway Tore Sandvik Espen Bergstrøm Harald Bakke
1991	Sweden Fredrik Löwegren Magnus Palmberg Andreas Nilsson	USSR Girts Vegeris Janis Ozolins Ivars Zagars	Czechoslovakia Aleš Drahoňovský Tomáš Doležal Libor Zřídkaveselý
1992	Finland Aarto Hirvi Marko Pitkänen Mikko Lepo	Norway Knut Aalde Stein Krogstad Thormod Berg	Sweden Anders Åkerman Johan Näsman Fredrik Löwegren
1993	Finland Simo Martomaa Tommi Tölkkö Mikko Lepo	Norway Holger Hott Johansen Bernt Bjørnsgaard Odin Tellesbø	Poland Robert Banach Dariusz Mikusiński Janusz Porzycz
1994	Russia Ivan Murashov Michael Mamleev Valentin Novikov	Finland Jarkko Huovila Lasse Torpo Simo Martomaa	Hungary Tamas Kronvald Ferenc Levai Gabor Domonyik
1995	Denmark Jesper Damgaard Mads Ingvardsen Troels Nielsen	Hungary Kolos Vadja Lajos Sarecz Gabor Domonyik	Finland Ville Repo Jarkko Huovila Miika Hernelahti
1996	Czech Republic Michal Horáček Vladimír Lučan Luboš Matějů	Slovakia František Libant Maroš Bukovac Marián Dávidík	Switzerland Urs Müller David Schneider Adrian Klauser
1997	Sweden Jonas Pilblad Johan Modig Per Öberg	Czech Republic Lukáš Přinda Michal Horacek Vladimír Lučan	Slovakia František Libant Igor Patras Marián Dávidík
1998	Sweden Rikard Gunnarsson Mats Troeng Håkan Peterson	Finland Pasi Ikonen Samuli Salmenoja Jonne Lakanen	France Thierry Gueorgiou J-Baptiste Bourrin François Gonon
1999	Finland Pasi Ikonen Jonne Lakanen Mikko Heikelä	France Benoit Peyvel Thierry Gueorgiou François Gonon	Switzerland Beat Studer Christian Ott Felix Bentz
2000	Czech Republic Jiří Kazda Jaromír Švihovský Michal Smola	Sweden Erik Öhlund David Andersson Peter Öberg	Finland Timo Saarinen Markus Lindeqvist Pasi Ikonen
2001	Czech Republic Jan Mrázek Jaromír Vlach Michal Smola	Maciej Grabowski Wojciech Kowalski Wojciech Dwojak	Sweden David Andersson Erik Andersson Jan Troeng
2002	Switzerland Matthias Merz Daniel Hubmann Lukas Ebneter	Finland Tuomas Tervo Juha-Matti Huhtanen Jörgen Wickholm	Sweden Anders Holmberg Johan Höij Erik Andersson
2003	Russia Dmitry Tsvetkov Dmitri Jekaterinin Aleksei Bortnik	Norway Kristian Dalby Lars Skjeset Audun Weltzien	Switzerland Hannes Friederich Matthias Merz Daniel Hubmann
2004	Sweden Johan Lindahl Mattias Millinger Martin Johansson	Czech Republic Jan Palas Jan Šedivý Jan Procházka	Switzerland Andreas Ruedlinger Fabian Hertner Matthias Merz
2005	Norway Øystein Sørensen Magne Dæhli Olav Lundanes	Czech Republic Adam Chromý Jan Beneš Jan Palas	Sweden John Fredriksson Erik Rost Mikael Kristensson
2006	Estonia Mihkel Jarveoja Timo Sild Markus Puusepp	Sweden Fredrik Johansson John Fredriksson Mikael Kristensson	Norway Anders Skarholt Erik Sagvolden Olav Lundanes
2007	Czech Republic Štěpán Kodeda Jan Beneš Adam Chromý	Norway Torgeir Nørbech Magne Dæhli Olav Lundanes	Latvia Mikus Zagata Kalvis Mihailovs Anatolijis Tarasovs
2008	Sweden Erik Liljekvist Olle Boström Johan Runesson	Russia 2 Yury Kiryanov Georgy Mavchun Dmitry Masnyy	Norway Ulf Forseth Indgaard Bjørn Danielsen Ekeberg Erik Sagvolden
2009	Sweden Olle Boström Albin Ridefelt Gustav Bergman	Switzerland Philipp Sauter Matthias Kyburz Martin Hubmann	Denmark Marius Thrane Ødum Rasmus Thrane Hansen Søren Bobach
2010	Norway Gaute Hallan Steiwer Eskil Kinneberg Vegard Danielsen	Sweden Olle Boström Gustav Bergman Johan Runesson	Denmark Andreas Hougaard Boesen Marius Thrane Ødum Rasmus Thrane Hansen
2011	Poland Piotr Parfianowicz Rafał Podziński Michał Olejnik	Sweden Jonas Nordstrom Richard Olsson Albin Ridefelt	Czech Republic Michal Hubáček Marek Schuster Pavel Kubát
2012	Russia Ivan Kuchmenko Andrey Kozyrev Gleb Tikhonov	Denmark Jakob Ekhard Edsen Thor Nörskov Marius Thrane Ödum	Norway Jon Aukrust Osmoen Hakon Jarvis Westergard Eskil Kinneberg
2013	Czech Republic Marek Schuster Adam Chloupek Michal Hubáček	Sweden Anton Johansson Jens Wängdahl Emil Svensk	Russia Ivan Kuchmenko Dmitry Polyakov Andrey Kozyrev
2014	Sweden Assar Hellstrom Simon Hector Anton Johansson	Czech Republic Ondřej Semík Jonás Hubáček Marek Minář	Switzerland Jonas Egger Tobia Pezzati Sven Hellmueller
2015	Finland Topi Raitanen Aleksi Niemi Olli Ojanaho	Norway Hakon Christiansen Anders Felde Olaussen Markus Holter	Sweden Emil Granqvist Erik Andersson Simon Hector
2016	Switzerland Thomas Curiger Riccardo Rancan Joey Hadorn	Sweden Anton Forsberg Simon Hector Isac von Krusenstierna	Finland Topias Ahola Anton Kuukka Olli Ojanaho
2017	Norway Kasper Fosser Elias Jonsson Audun Heimdal	Finland Akseli Ruohola Aleksi Sorsa Olli Ojanaho	Russia Daniil Kashin Kiril Komarov Mikhail Kuleshov
2018	Norway Havard Eidsmo Elias Jonsson Kasper Fosser	Sweden Jesper Svensk Simon Imark Isac von Krusenstierna	Czech Republic Vojtěch Sýkora Tomáš Křivda Daniel Vandas
2019	Norway Lukas Liland Elias Jonsson Kasper Fosser	Sweden Samuel Pihlstrom Gustav Runefors Axel Granqvist	France Guilhem Haberkorn Quentin Moulet Guilhem Elias
2021	Sweden Noel Braun Viktor Svensk Axel Elmblad	Hungary Peter Nagy Zoltan Bujdoso Ferenc Jonas	Switzerland Pascal Schmid Pascal Schaerer Florian Freuler
2022	Sweden Jesper Johansson Edvin Nilsson Noel Braun	Finland Aaro Ojala Akseli Virtanen Touko Seppa	Norway Mikkel Holt Martin Vehus Skjerve Kornelius Kriszat Lovfald
2023	Czech Republic Daniel Bolehovsky Jiri Donda Jakub Chaloupsky	Switzerland Joschi Schmid Elia Ren Benjamin Wey	Finland Jussi Raasakka Santeri Kirjavainen Aarni Ronkainen	[40]
2024	SUI David Baumberger Loic Berger Matthieu Buehrer	SWE Edvin Nilsson Axel Bratt Svante Selin	FRA Mathias Lataste Baptiste Delorme Bastien Thenoz	[41]
2025	SWE Ludwig Rosén Wilmer Salin Hannes Mogensen	SUI David Baumberger Corsin Müller Loïc Berger	CZE Prokop Tomášek Erik Heczko Daniel Bolehovský	[42]

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1990	Norway Hanne Staff Torunn Fossli Sæthre Hanne Sandstad	Sweden Gunilla Svärd Karin Wollbrand Marlena Jansson	Finland Tuija Tammerin Eija Kujansuu Mari Lukkarinen	official race?
1991	Finland Johanna Tiira Sanna Turakainen Mari Lukkarinen	Germany Katrin Renger Christin Libich Anke Xylander	Norway Hanne Staff Miri Jörgensen Berit Sofie Grydeland
1992	Sweden Lena Hasselström Maria Sandström Hanna Larsson	Finland Riitta Korpela Sanna Turakainen Johanna Tiira	Norway Hanne Staff Miri Jörgensen Elisabeth Ingvaldsen
1993	Switzerland Brigitte Grüniger Käthi Widler Marie-Luce Romanens	Finland Satu Mäkitammi Katja Honkala Liisa Anttila	Norway Birgitte Husebye Miri Jörgensen Elisabeth Ingvaldsen
1994	Sweden Pia Olsson Kristina Kull Annika Björk	Finland Satu Mäkitammi Henna-Riikka Huhta Anu Heikkilä	Poland Małgorzata Stankiewicz Aneta Jabłońska Ewa Kozłowska
1995	Czech Republic Kateřina Mikšová Kateřina Pracná Eva Juřeníková	Sweden Maria Dahlin Kristin Backåkers Annika Björk	Switzerland Susi Widler Susanne Wehrli Sara Wegmüller
1996	Romania Eniko Gall Zsuzsa Fey Enikö Fey	Switzerland Simone Luder Regula Hulliger Sara Wegmüller	Russia Julia Morozova Olga Trekhova Tatiana Pereliaeva
1997	Sweden Emma Engstrand Jenny Johansson Catalina Asp	Czech Republic Zuzana Macúchová Vendula Klechová Michaela Skoumalová	Switzerland Sara Wegmüller Regula Hulliger Simone Luder
1998	Finland Heli Jukkola Riina Kuuselo Hanna Heiskanen	Russia Tatiana Kostyleva Galina Galkina[a] Tatiana Pereliaeva	Switzerland Astrid Fritschi Simone Luder Regula Hulliger
1999	Russia Tatiana Kostyleva Eugenia Belova Tatiana Pereliaeva	Ukraine Irina Kupriyanova Viktoria Plokhenko Nataliya Potopalska	Switzerland Angela Wild Astrid Fritschi Regula Hulliger
2000	Russia Julia Sedina Eugenia Belova Tatiana Pereliaeva	Sweden Maria Bergkvist Kajsa Guterstam Camila Berglund	Finland Sara Forsström Maria Rantala Minna Kauppi
2001	Sweden Anna Lampinen Kajsa Nilsson Maria Bergkvist	Czech Republic Dana Brožková Iva Rufferová Martina Dočkalová	Finland Pinja Satri Bodil Holmström Minna Kauppi
2002	Switzerland Franziska Wolleb Martina Fritschy Lea Müller	Finland Tiina Kivimäki Pinja Satri Minna Kauppi	Sweden Helena Jansson Lina Persson Anna Lampinen
2003	Finland Annamaria Väli-Klemelä Heini Wennman Silja Tarvonen	Sweden Anna Lampinen Sofia Karlsson Helena Jansson	Norway Marte Grande Ostby Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen Line Hagman
2004	Sweden Elina Skantze Anna Persson Helena Jansson	Finland Anni-Maija Fincke Heini Wennman Silja Tarvonen	Norway Elise Egseth Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen Jorid Flatekval
2005	Norway Elise Egseth Mari Fasting Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen	Sweden Elina Skantze Helena Jansson Anna Persson	Finland Saila Kinni Paula Iso-Markku Silja Tarvonen
2006	Russia Ekaterina Terekhova Tatiana Kozlova Maria Shilova	Sweden Linnea Lindstrom Anna Persson Eva Svensson	Finland Sofia Haajanen Saila Kinni Heini Wennman
2007	Norway Kine Hallan Steiwer Silje Jahren Siri Ulvestad	Sweden Eva Svensson Sara Eskilsson Jenny Lönnkvist	Switzerland Sara Würmli Judith Wyder Sabine Hauswirth
2008	Sweden Beata Falk Lina Strand Jenny Lönnkvist	Denmark Ida Bobach Signe Klinting Maja Alm	Norway 2 Annette Baklid Kine Hallan Steiwer Mariann Ulvestad
2009	Switzerland Fiona Kirk Sophie Tritschler Julia Gross	Norway Ingunn Nydal Katrine Skjerve Jevne Arnesen	Denmark Emma Klingenberg Ida Bobach Signe Klinting
2010	Denmark Emma Klingenberg Ida Bobach Signe Klinting	Czech Republic Denisa Kosová Jana Knapová Tereza Novotná	Russia Natalia Vinogradova Anastasia Tikhonova Anastasia Trubkina
2011	Sweden Helena Karlsson Linea Martinsson Tove Alexandersson	Czech Republic Adéla Indráková Denisa Kosová Tereza Novotná	Denmark Ita Klingenberg Emma Klingenberg Ida Bobach
2012	Denmark Stine Bagger Hagner Ita Klingenberg Emma Klingenberg	Sweden Helena Karlsson Frida Sandberg Tove Alexandersson	Switzerland Mirjam Hellmüller Marion Aebi Sandrine Müller
2013	Czech Republic Lenka Knapová Kateřina Chromá Vendula Horčičková	Finland Anna Haataja Henna-Riikka Haikonen Johanna Hulkkonen	Sweden Andrea Svensson Hilda Forsgren Tilda Johansson
2014	Sweden Tilda Johansson Frida Sandberg Sara Hagstrom	Norway Heidi Mårtensson Gunvor Hov Høydal Mathilde Rundhaug	Switzerland Paula Gros Sina Tommer Lisa Schubnell
2015	Sweden Andrea Svensson Johanna Oberg Sara Hagstrom	Switzerland Sofie Bachmann Simona Aebersold Sandrine Mueller	Norway Heidi Mårtensson Tonje Vassend Marie Olaussen
2016	Switzerland Paula Gross Sofie Bachmann Simona Aebersold	Finland Leenukka Hanhijarvi Enni Jalava Anna Haataja	Norway Ingrid Lundanes Anine Lome Eide Ingeborg
2017	Sweden Lisa Jonsson Nordin Sanna Fast Linnea Golsater	Switzerland Valerie Aebischer Sofie Bachmann Simona Aebersold	Norway Victoria Haestad Bjornstad Ingrid Lundanes Marie Olaussen
2018	Russia Dasha Panchenko Kristina Smirnova Veronika Kalinina	Czech Republic Tereza Čechová Barbora Chaloupská Tereza Janošíková	Norway Ragne Wiklund Malin Sandstad Victoria Haestad Bjornstad
2019	Great Britain Megan Keith Fiona Bunn Grace Molloy	Russia Irina Lazareva Kristina Smirnova Veronika Kalinina	Sweden Ella Olsson Johanna Kaellvik Leufven Alva Sonesson
2021	Sweden Tilda Ostberg Petrina Costermans Hanna Lundberg	Hungary Boglarka Czako Viktoria Mag Csilla Gardonyi	Czech Republic Michaela Dittrichová Lucie Smelíková Markéta Muličková
2022	Sweden Hilda Holmqvist Johansson Elsa Sonesson Hanna Lundberg	Hungary Boglarka Czako Viktoria Mag Rita Máramarosi	Finland Elsa Ankelo Salla Isoherranen Eeva Liina Ojanaho
2023	Hungary Boglarka Czako Viktoria Mag Rita Maramarosi	Czech Republic Anna Karlova Marketa Mulickova Lucie Dittrichova	Norway Kristin Melby Jacobsen Mathea Gloeersen Pia Young Vik	[40]
2024	FIN Elli Punto Virna Pellikka Eeva Liina Ojanaho	NOR Ingeborg Roll Mosland Elisa Gotsch Iversen Mathea Gloeersen	CZE Michaela Novotna Viktorie Skachova Lucie Dittrichova	[41]
2025	SUI Henriette Radzikowski Kati Hotz Seline Sannwald	SWE Signe Hördegård Alva Björk Freja Hjerne	CZE Viktorie Vyziblová Barbora Strýčková Kateřina Štěpová	[42]

Medal table

Updated after JWOC 2019.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	49	59	36	144
2	Finland (FIN)	32	31	38	101
3	Norway (NOR)	32	24	27	83
4	Switzerland (SUI)	29	16	31	76
5	Denmark (DEN)	18	14	12	44
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	16	26	18	60
7	Russia (RUS)	15	8	13	36
8	Poland (POL)	6	6	4	16
9	Hungary (HUN)	4	4	6	14
10	Romania (ROU)	4	0	1	5
11	New Zealand (NZL)	3	1	1	5
12	France (FRA)	2	5	8	15
13	Germany (GER)	2	2	1	5
14	Australia (AUS)	2	1	3	6
15	Great Britain (GBR)	1	3	3	7
16	Estonia (EST)	1	1	2	4
17	Austria (AUT)	1	1	0	2
	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	0	2
20	Lithuania (LTU)	0	2	3	5
21	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	2	3
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	2	3
23	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
24	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
25	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
Totals (28 entries)		219	210	216	645

The 2006 Junior World Champion in the long distance event for women was Johanna Allston (or Hanny Allston) of Australia. It was the first time in this event that a gold medal has been won by a non-European nation. Since then, Matt Ogden (2012), Aston Key (2019), and Tim Robertson (2014 and 2015), are the only non-Europeans to win gold medals at the Junior World Championships.

Gallery

JWOC Gold Medalists

• 
  Jørgen Rostrup (1997, 1998)
• 
  Tatiana Pereliaeva (1998, 1999, 2000 x2)
• 
  Minna Kauppi (2001, 2002)
• 
  Matthias Merz (2002, 2003, 2004)
• 
  Helena Jansson (2004 x2)
• 
  Mari Fasting (2005 x2)
• 
  Olav Lundanes (2005 x2, 2007 x2)
• 
  Jan Beneš (2006, 2007)
• 
  Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen (2005, 2006)
• 
  Siri Ulvestad (2007 x2)
• 
  Jenny Lönnkvist (2007, 2008 x2, 2009)
• 
  Štěpán Kodeda (2008, 2009)
• 
  Johan Runesson (2008 x3)
• 
  Ida Bobach (2009, 2010 x3, 2011 x3)
• 
  Tove Alexandersson (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 x2)

See also

• World Orienteering Championships
• European Orienteering Championships
• World University Orienteering Championships
• Orienteering World Cup

Notes

1. Galkina is née of Galina Vinogradova.