2023 World Orienteering Championships

2023 World Orienteering Championships
Location	Flims/Laax, Switzerland
Dates	11–16 July 2023

The 2023 World Orienteering Championships were held from 11 to 16 July 2023 in Flims/Laax in the Canton of the Grisons (German: Graubünden), Switzerland.

The championships consisted of six forest competitions: middle distance, long distance and relay, for women and men, respectively. A total of 18 medals were shared among five nations. The host nation Switzerland won three of the six gold medals, with victories in the women's long distance, men's middle distance, and men's relay. Sweden won two gold medals, winning the women's relay and the women's middle distance. Norway won one gold medal, in the men's long distance. Finland and Austria were also among the medal winners.

Schedule

Date	Event	Comment
12 July	Middle – Qualification
13 July	Long distance
14 July	Rest day
15 July	Middle distance – Final
16 July	Relay

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Middle distance	Matthias Kyburz Switzerland	38:19	Joey Hadorn Switzerland	40:19	Jannis Bonek Austria	40:26
Long distance	Kasper Fosser Norway	1:33:06	Matthias Kyburz Switzerland	1:33:57	Olli Ojanaho Finland	1:37:37
Relay	Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Joey Hadorn Matthias Kyburz	1:57:16	Finland Topi Syrjäläinen Olli Ojanaho Miika Kirmula	1:57:59	Sweden Albin Ridefelt Gustav Bergman Emil Svensk	1:58:13

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Middle distance	Tove Alexandersson Sweden	37:26	Natalia Gemperle Switzerland	39:44	Hanna Lundberg Sweden	40:00
Long distance	Simona Aebersold Switzerland	1:21:43	Tove Alexandersson Sweden	1:22:14	Andrine Benjaminsen Norway	1:29:03
Relay	Sweden Hanna Lundberg Sara Hagström Tove Alexandersson	1:47:26	Switzerland Elena Roos Natalia Gemperle Simona Aebersold	1:51:54	Norway Marianne Andersen Marie Olaussen Andrine Benjaminsen	1:57:25

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland*	3	4	0	7
2	Sweden	2	1	2	5
3	Norway	1	0	2	3
4	Finland	0	1	1	2
5	Austria	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		6	6	6	18

Results

Women's long distance

WOC 2023 – Long – Women (11.0  km, 23 controls)

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Simona Aebersold	Switzerland	1:21:43
	Tove Alexandersson	Sweden	1:22:14
	Andrine Benjaminsen	Norway	1:29:03
4	Natalia Gemperle	Switzerland	1:29:09
5	Sara Hagström	Sweden	1:29:23
6	Elena Roos	Switzerland	1:30:09
7	Megan Carter Davies	Great Britain	1:30:50
8	Marie Olaussen	Norway	1:31:47
9	Venla Harju	Finland	1:33:13
10	Marianne Andersen	Norway	1:36:31

Men's long distance

WOC 2023 – Long – Men (14.0  km, 35 controls)

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Kasper Fosser	Norway	1:33:06
	Matthias Kyburz	Switzerland	1:33:57
	Olli Ojanaho	Finland	1:37:37
4	Emil Svensk	Sweden	1:37:51
4	Tomas Krivda	Czech Republic	1:37:51
6	Daniel Hubmann	Switzerland	1:38:30
7	Joey Hadorn	Switzerland	1:38:33
8	Ruslan Glibov	Ukraine	1:39:53
9	Miika Kirmula	Finland	1:41:02
10	Milos Nykodym	Czech Republic	1:42:35

Women's middle distance

WOC 2023 – Middle – Women (4.8  km)

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Tove Alexandersson	Sweden	37:26
	Natalia Gemperle	Switzerland	39:44
	Hanna Lundberg	Sweden	40:00
4	Ane Dyrkorn	Norway	41:49
5	Andrine Benjaminsen	Norway	42:01
6	Venla Harju	Finland	43:11
7	Sandra Grosberga	Latvia	43:14
8	Tereza Janošíková	Czech Republic	43:46
9	Sara Hagström	Sweden	44:11
10	Evely Kaasiku	Estonia	44:48

Men's middle distance

WOC 2023 – Middle – Men(5.9  km)

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Matthias Kyburz	Switzerland	38:19
	Joey Hadorn	Switzerland	40:19
	Jannis Bonek	Austria	40:26
4	Albin Ridefelt	Sweden	40:51
5	Gustav Bergman	Sweden	40:59
6	Olli Ojanaho	Finland	41:03
7	Kasper Harlem Fosser	Norway	41:43
8	Eskil Kinneberg	Norway	41:50
9	Lucas Basset	France	41:54
10	Emil Svensk	Sweden	42:16

References

• Live results