1979 World Orienteering Championships

The 1979 World Orienteering Championships, the 8th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Tampere, Finland, 2–4 September 1979.

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

Medalists Men's individual 1:36.07 1:37.17 1:37.27 Women's individual 59.13 59.47 1:02.31 Men's relay 4:12.12 4:27.37 4:39.46 Women's relay 3:00.13 3:01.38 3:02.26

Results

Men's individual + WOC 1979 – Individual – Men (15.1 km) Rank Competitor Nation Time 1 Øyvin Thon 1:36.07 2 Egil Johansen 1:37.17 3 Tore Sagvolden 1:37.27 4 Kjell Lauri 1:38:54 5 Lars Lönnkvist 1:40.28 6 Rolf Pettersson 1:41.30 7 Risto Nuuros 1:42.01 8 Dieter Hulliger 1:42.26 9 Eystein Weltzien 1:44.03 10 Dieter Wolf 1:45.40 11 Seppo Keskinarkaus 12 Jaroslav Kacmarcik 13 Hannu Kottonen 14 Pavel Ditrych 15 Jörgen Mårtensson 16 Martin Howald 17 Jiří Ticháček 18 Willi Müller 19 Klaus Madsen 20 Ivan Kristensen

Women's individual + WOC 1979 – Individual – Women (8.3 km) Rank Competitor Nation Time 1 Outi Borgenström 59.13 2 Liisa Veijalainen 59.47 3 Monica Andersson 1:02.31 4 Hanni Fries 1:02.32 5 Karin Rabe 1:03.05 6 Anne Berit Eid 1:03.08 7 Carol McNeill 1:03.42 8 Karin Gunnarsson 1:04.35 9 Annichen Kringstad 1:04.38 10 Brit Volden 1:04.55 11 Lis Nielsen 1:05.16 12 Irén Rostás 1:06.33

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