1968 World Orienteering Championships

The 2nd World Orienteering Championships were held in Linköping, Sweden, 28–29 September 1968.[1]

1968 World Orienteering Championships
Host cityLinköping
Country Sweden
Events4

The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women.

The men's individual course had 18 controls over 14.6 kilometres, while the women's individual course had 10 controls over 7.8 kilometres.[2]

Swedish Television (SVT) broadcast the entire individual competition live. This was the first time ever orienteering was shown live on TV in Sweden,[3] or in any other country in the world.[4]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[1]   Karl Johansson (SWE) 1:48:19   Sture Björk (SWE) 1:49:38   Åge Hadler (NOR) 1:50:13
Women's individual[1]   Ulla Lindkvist (SWE) 1:04:55   Ingrid Hadler (NOR) 1:10:35   Kerstin Granstedt (SWE) 1:11:27
Men's relay[1] 4:25:19 4:25:28 4:42:31
Women's relay[1] 3:17:53 3:18:07 3:42:15

Results

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Men's individual

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WOC 1968 – Individual – Men (14.6 km)[1]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
  Karl Johansson   Sweden 1:48:19
  Sture Björk   Sweden 1:49:38
  Åge Hadler   Norway 1:50:13
4 Juhani Salmenkylä   Finland 1:51:18
5 Ola Skarholt   Norway 1:51:48
6 Sten-Olof Carlström   Sweden 1:53:37
7 Jostein Nilsen   Norway 1:54:16
8 Stig Berge   Norway 1:54:32
9 Pauli Reunamäki   Finland 1:55:27
10 Veijo Tahvanainen   Finland 1:55:30

Women's individual

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WOC 1968 – Individual – Women (7.8 km)[1]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
  Ulla Lindkvist   Sweden 1:04:55
  Ingrid Hadler   Norway 1:10:35
  Kerstin Granstedt   Sweden 1:11:27
4 Pirjo Seppä   Finland
5 Raila Kerkelä   Finland
6 Vibeke Bøgevig   Denmark
7 Jitenka Sevcikova   Czechoslovakia
8 Birgitta Larsson   Sweden
9 Inga-Britt Bengtsson   Sweden
10 Astrid Rødmyr   Norway
11 Tuula Hovi   Finland
12 Katharina Mo   Norway 1:28:50

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "World Orienteering Championships 1968". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  2. ^ Berglia, Knut; Brohaug, Tom-Erik; Staver, Kristoffer; Thuesen, Kaare; Strandhagen, Torgeir, eds. (1987). Orienteringsidretten i Norge gjennom 90 år (in Norwegian). Norwegian Orienteering Federation. p. 340.
  3. ^ VM Orientering 1968, retrieved 2022-01-19
  4. ^ Idrottsåret 1968, retrieved 2022-01-19