Orienteering at the World Games

Orienteering at the World Games is organized as an individual competition for both women and men, and a mix relay for teams of two men and two women.^[1]

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) became a member of the International World Games Association (IWGA) in 1995.^[2] The World Games are held every four years, for sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games. Orienteering was first included in the program in 2001.

Venues

Year	Days	Venue
2001	August 15-25	Akita, Japan
2005	July 14-24	Duisburg, Germany[3]
2009	July 16-26	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
2013	July 25-August 4	Cali, Colombia

Sprint

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2009 Kaohsiung	Andrey Khramov (RUS)	Daniel Hubmann (SUI)	Tero Föhr (FIN)	[4]
2013 Cali	Matthias Kyburz (SUI)	Andrey Khramov (RUS)	Jerker Lysell (SWE)	[5]

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2009 Kaohsiung	Minna Kauppi (FIN)	Johanna Allston (AUS)	Elise Egseth (NOR)	[4]
2013 Cali	Annika Billstam (SWE)	Anne Margrethe Hausken (NOR)	Maja Alm (DEN)	[5]

Individual/Middle

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 Akita	Grant Bluett (AUS)	Tore Sandvik (NOR)	Jamie Stevenson (GBR)	[6]
2005 Duisburg	Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA)	Daniel Hubmann (SUI)	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø (NOR)	[7]
2009 Kaohsiung	Daniel Hubmann (SUI)	Dmitry Tsvetkov (RUS)	Andrey Khramov (RUS)	[4]
2013 Cali	Matthias Kyburz (SUI)	Daniel Hubmann (SUI)	Vilius Aleliunas (LTU)	[5]

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 Akita	Hanne Staff (NOR)	Anette Granstedt (SWE)	Birgitte Husebye (NOR)	[6]
2005 Duisburg	Simone Niggli-Luder (SUI)	Karin Schmalfeld (GER)	Heather Monro (GBR)	[7]
2009 Kaohsiung	Johanna Allston (AUS)	Minna Kauppi (FIN)	Linnea Gustafsson (SWE)	[4]
2013 Cali	Minna Kauppi (FIN)	Tove Alexandersson (SWE)	Nadiya Volynska (UKR)	[5]

Relay

Mixed

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 Akita	Norway (NOR) Bjørnar Valstad Hanne Staff Tore Sandvik Birgitte Husebye	Lithuania (LTU) Svajunas Ambrazas Vilma Rudzenskaitė Edgaras Voveris Giedrė Voverienė	Sweden (SWE) Emil Wingstedt Anette Granstedt Niclas Jonasson Jenny Johansson	Teams from 15 countries[8]
2005 Duisburg	Switzerland (SUI) Matthias Merz Lea Müller Daniel Hubmann Simone Niggli-Luder	Russia (RUS) Sergey Detkov Aliya Sitdikova Maxim Davydov Tatiana Ryabkina	Czech Republic (CZE) Petr Losman Marta Štěrbová Tomáš Dlabaja Dana Brožková	[9]
2009 Kaohsiung	Russia (RUS) Dmitry Tsvetkov Yulia Novikova Andrey Khramov Galina Vinogradova	Finland (FIN) Pasi Ikonen Bodil Holmström Tero Föhr Minna Kauppi	Norway (NOR) Lars Skjeset Mari Fasting Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Elise Egseth	[4]
2013 Cali	Switzerland (SUI) Daniel Hubmann Sara Lüscher Matthias Kyburz Judith Wyder	Denmark (DEN) Tue Lassen Ida Bobach Rasmus Thrane Hansen Maja Alm	Austria (AUT) Gernot Kerschbaumer Anna Nilsson Simkovics Robert Merl Ursula Kadan	[5]

References

1. "World Games: Orienteering". The World Games. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
2. "World Games 2009 TPE". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
3. "Spectacular Opening Ceremony". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
4. "World Games 2009. Orienteering". Retrieved 2009-07-19.
5. "World Games 2013. Orienteering". Retrieved 2013-08-05.
6. "2001 World Games, Akita, Japan". orienteering.asn.au. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
7. "Niggli-Luder and Gueorgiou new World Games Champions". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
8. "Norway won the relay". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
9. "Switzerland Wins Relay; Thrilling Battle for Second Place". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2009.