2016 World Masters Orienteering Championships

World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) are annual international orienteering competitions and the official world championship for orienteering runners above the age of 35.

The WMOC 2016 was arranged 7-13 August 2016 in Estonia.[1][2]

Sprint edit

Sprint qualification was held in Tallinn Kadrioru Park, the most outstanding palatial and urban park in Estonia, and sprint finals were held in Tallinn's Old Town. 25 champions were celebrated the first final day 8 August 2016.[3]

MEN M35

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Dmitry Mihalkin   Sergey Borovkov   Pavel Krasko 3.54 km, 21 controls

WOMEN W35

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Galina Vinogradova   Katri Lindeqvist   Elli Virta 3.16 km, 19 controls

MEN M40

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Petteri Muukkonen   Martin Larsson   Nick Barrable 3.46 km, 22 controls

WOMEN W40

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Annika Björk   Kirti Rebane   Irita Pukite 2.99 km, 20 controls

MEN M45

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Thomas Jensen   Janne Salmi   Tero Heikkilä 3.32 km, 19 controls

WOMEN W45

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Natasha Key   Anna Gornicka-Antonowicz   Natalia Naumova 2.74 km, 17 controls

MEN M50

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Tsvetan Todorov   Michael Finkenstaedt   Clive Hallett 3.16 km, 19 controls

WOMEN W50

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Airi Alnek   Anne Nurmi   Annamari Vierikko 2.52 km, 17 controls

MEN M55

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Stefan Bolliger   Juhani Jetsonen   Kari Lehto 2.99 km, 20 controls

WOMEN W55

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Marje Viirmann   Kane Andersson   Monika Ammann 2.47 km, 19 controls

MEN M60

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   James Crawford   Geoff Lawford   Jorma Nissilä 2.74 km, 17 controls

WOMEN W60

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Alena Rosecka   Unni Strand Karlsen   Alison Simmons 2.10 km, 15 controls

MEN M65

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Raimo Hyyryläinen   Keld Johnsen   Kai Saksman 2.47 km, 19 controls

WOMEN W65

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Maria Nordwall   Tamara Ovsyannikova   Liz Godfree 1.90 km, 14 controls

MEN M70

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Olli Lehtinen   Risto Orpana   Timo Peltola 2.08 km, 13 controls

WOMEN W70

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Kari Timenes Laugen   Torid Kvaal   Turid Nystrom 1.74 km, 12 controls

MEN M75

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Helmut Conrad   Leif Engen   Yotaro Ogasawara 1.85 km, 13 controls

WOMEN W75

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Ilse Uus   Birgitta Olsson   Erica Huggler 1.53 km, 12 controls

MEN M80

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Jaroslav Havlik   Rune Carlsson   Alois Laznicka 1.53 km, 12 controls

WOMEN W80

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Ebba-Lisa Flygar   Bernice Antonsson   Anna Barbara Schaffner 1.28 km, 11 controls

MEN M85

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Atsushi Takahashi   Peter Larsen   Carles Llado 1.28 km, 11 controls

WOMEN W85

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Vre Harzenmoser   Eileen Bedwell   Sole Nieminen 1.15 km, 8 controls

MEN M90

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Arvo Majoinen   Adolf Kempf   Bengt Borg 1.04 km, 9 controls

WOMEN W90

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Elvy Fredin   Lena Nordahl 1.04 km, 9 controls

WOMEN W95

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Astrid Andersson 1.04 km, 9 controls

Long distance edit

Long qualification was held at Kõrvemaa, a wilderness area, dominated by glacial landforms, coniferous forests and extensive bogs, and the long distance final at Pikasaare, with competition centre located in Estonian Defence Forces main military training field, a pine and spruce forest with many features typical of morainic terrain. 24 champions were celebrated the last final day 13 August 2016.[4]

MEN M35

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Dmitry Mihalkin   Andreas Kraas   Jakob Jansson 12.66 km, 22 controls

WOMEN W35

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Elli Virta   Rebecka Lindberg   Sanna Paukkunen 8.03 km, 15 controls

MEN M40

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Petteri Muukkonen   Jani Virta   Simo Martomaa 11.5 km, 21 controls

WOMEN W40

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Irita Pukite   Annika Björk   Kirti Rebane 7.36 km, 14 controls

MEN M45

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Johan Pettersson   Tommy Lindberg   Ilya Gusev 10.51 km, 21 controls

WOMEN W45

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Natasha Key   Natalia Naumova   Anna Gornicka-Antonowicz 6.04 km, 13 controls

MEN M50

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Oleg Anuchkin   Hakan Kleijn   Alexander Afonyushkin 9.5 km, 20 controls

WOMEN W50

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Annika Viilo   Laila B.Höglund   Anita Wehlin 5.56 km, 12 controls

MEN M55

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Hakan Eriksson   Jozef Pollak   Christer Skoog 7.94 km, 16 controls

WOMEN W55

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Marje Viirmann   Sirkka Oikarinen   Kane Andersson 5.31 km, 12 controls

MEN M60

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Rolf Lund   Jorma Nissilä   Vasilii Mikhailov 7.11 km, 15 controls

WOMEN W60

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Lidia Shorokhova   Alida Abola   Virginija Gvildiene 5.09 km, 10 controls

MEN M65

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Tapio Peippo   Pekka Marti   Pekka Kerkola 6.73 km, 13 controls

WOMEN W65

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Tamara Ovsyannikova   Vappu Hyvärinen   Maria Nordwall 4.75 km, 9 controls

MEN M70

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Risto Wessman   Heikki Rusko   Jorma Hyyryläinen 6.15 km, 14 controls

WOMEN W70

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Kari Timenes Laugen   Galina Vershinina   Tatiana Svistun 4.24 km, 8 controls

MEN M75

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Helmut Conrad   Gunnar Österbö   Anders Taraldrud 5.15 km, 12 controls

WOMEN W75

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Birgitta Olsson   Siv Hasselgrund   Liudmila Labutina 3.32 km, 7 controls

MEN M80

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Rune Carlsson   Tapio Patana   Heino Mardiste 4.24 km, 9 controls

WOMEN W80

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Ebba-Lisa Flygar   Laila Malmqvist   Tiiu Tiigimägi 2.44 km, 6 controls

MEN M85

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Pentti Pelkonen   Eero Liski   Palle Bay 3.35 km, 7 controls

WOMEN W85

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Lisa Hedström   Signe Nyman   Sole Nieminen 1.49 km, 6 controls

MEN M90

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Arvo Majoinen   Adolf Kempf   Ragnar Hasselquist 2.27 km, 7 controls

WOMEN W95

Year Gold Silver Bronze Length and controls
2016   Astrid Andersson 1.09 km, 4 controls

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2016". Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  2. ^ "IOF Eventor. World Masters Orienteering Championships 2016". Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  3. ^ "WMOC Sprint Final 08.08.2016". Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  4. ^ "WMOC Long Final 13.08.2016". Retrieved 2018-07-19.