The World Trail Orienteering Championships were first held in 2004 and has taken place most years since. The majority of the championships have been held in Europe, with 2005 the only exception to date.
The current championship events are: PreO - the traditional event TempO - competition consisting of timed controls only (since 2013) TrailO Relay – for three-person teams (since 2016, replacing the previous team event)
Venues
Year Days Location Senior Event Adviser(s) Ref 2004 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2004) September 15–18 Västerås, Sweden 2005 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2005) August 9–11 Aichi, Japan 2006 (in conjunction with WMTBOC 2006) July 9–14 Joensuu, Finland Peter Gehrmann 2007 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2007) August 17–26 Kyiv, Ukraine Brian Parker 2008 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2008) July 12–26 Olomouc, Czech Republic Hannu Niemi 2009 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2009) August 18–23 Miskolc, Hungary Richard Keighley, Krešo Keresteš 2010 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2010) August 4–6 Trondheim, Norway Brian Parker, Antti Rusanen 2011 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2011) August 13–20 Savoie, France Owe Fredholm 2012 June 6–9 Scotland, Great Britain Jari Turto 2013 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2013) July 6–14 Vuokatti, Finland Roberta Falda, Libor Forst 2014 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2014) July 5–13 Trentino-Veneto, Italy Lennart Wahlgren 2015 June 22–28 Zagreb, Croatia Vibeke Vogelius, Lauri Kontkanen 2016 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2016) August 20–28 Strömstad-Tanum, Sweden Libor Forst 2017 July 10–15 Birštonas, Lithuania Ola Wiksell, Kyllikki Anttila 2018 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2018) August 6–10 Daugavpils, Latvia Hannu Niemi, Anne Straube 2019 June 23–29 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal Damir Gobec 2020 November 28–December 5 Hong Kong 2022 July 19–23 Jelenia Góra, Poland Dušan Furucz 2023 July 3-7 Zákupy, Czechia Ján Furucz 2025 August 26-31 Hungary and Slovakia Per Stålnacke, Petteri Hakala 2027 Planned July 9-14 USA Libor Forst, Leif Eriksson
PreO This was called the "individual competition" before 2010. Open Number of controls (day 1) Number of controls (day 2) 2004 18 controls, 2 TCs 16 controls, 2 TCs 2005 17 controls, 2 TCs 15 controls, 2 TCs 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20 controls, 2 TCs 20 controls, 2 TCs 2011http://www.yq.cz/trail-o/results/2011/WTOC2011/data/uploads/wtoc/Overall%20results%20WTOC%202011%20Open.pdf WTOC 2011, 2011-08-16 to 2011-08-17 20 controls, 2 TCshttp://lazarus.elte.hu/tajfutas/history/trail-o/2011/map-etape1-solutions.pdf WTOC - STAGE 1 - SOLUTIONS Terrain Map 20 controls, 2 TCshttp://lazarus.elte.hu/tajfutas/history/trail-o/2011/map-etape2-solutions.pdf WTOC - STAGE 2 - SOLUTIONS Terrain Ma 2012 20 controls (1 voided), 2 TCs 23 controls, 2 TCs 2013http://www.woc2013.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/PreO-Open-results.pdf PreO, 2013-07-10 to 2013-07-11 20 controls, 2 timed stations, 4 TCshttp://www.woc2013.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Results_PreO_Open_100713_punch.pdf PreO Day 1 competition in TrailO, PreO, Wednesday, July 10. 2013 19 controls, 1 timed station, 2 TCshttp://www.woc2013.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/PreO-day2-punch-open.pdf PreO Day2 competition in TrailO, PreO, Thursday, July 11. 2013 2014 12 controls (1 voided), 1 timed station, 2 TCs 20 controls, 2 timed station, 3 TCs 2015http://www.wtoc2015.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WTOC2015_final_PreO_Two_Days_OPEN.pdf 26 controls, 2 timed stations, 6 TCshttp://www.wtoc2015.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WTOC2015_detailed_Day1_OPEN_A3.pdf 26 controls, 2 timed stations, 6 TCshttp://www.wtoc2015.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WTOC2015_detailed_Day2_OPEN.pdf 2016http://www.yq.cz/trail-o/results/2016/WTOC2016/Total_O.pdf WTOC 2016, PreO total, 2016-08-24 to 2016-08-26 21 controls (1 voided), 1 timed station, 3 TCshttp://www.yq.cz/trail-o/results/2016/WTOC2016/Day1_O.pdf WTOC 2016, PreO, day 1, competition in TrailO, PreO, Wednesday, August 24. 2016 28 controls, 1 timed station, 3 TCshttp://www.yq.cz/trail-o/results/2016/WTOC2016/Day2_O.pdf WTOC 2016, PreO, day 2 competition in TrailO, middle distance, Friday, August 26. 2016, Class: Open Control 2017 21 controls (2 voided), 1 timed station, 3 TCs 28 controls, 3 TCs 2018https://eventor.orienteering.org/Documents/Event/2464/1/PreO-Results-Open WTOC 2018, PreO Open, 09.08.2018, Overall 2019https://eventor.orienteering.org/Documents/Event/3072/1/PreO-Open-Class-Total-Classification WTOC 2019 - Quinta dos Ciprestes - Thu, June 27 2019, PreO 1 + PreO 2 - Open, Final Results - Classification 2022https://eventor.orienteering.org/Documents/Event/5563/Results-PreO---O.pdf WTOC PreO Final results 2023 2025
Physically challenged Number of controls (day 1) Number of controls (day 2) 2004 18 controls, 2 TCs 16 controls, 2 TCs 2005 17 controls, 2 TCs 15 controls, 2 TCs 2006 2007 2008http://www.yq.cz/trail-o/results/2008/WTOC2008/Total_P.pdf World Trail Orienteering Championship, 14th July 2008, Olomouc, Czech Republic, Results Paralympic Class 2009 2010 20 controls, 2 TCs 20 controls, 2 TCs 2011http://www.yq.cz/trail-o/results/2011/WTOC2011/data/uploads/wtoc/Overall%20results%20WTOC%202011%20Paralympic.pdf WTOC 2011, 2011-08-16 to 2011-08-17, Paralympic Class 20 controls, 2 TCs 20 controls, 2 TCs 2012 20 controls (1 voided), 2 TCs 23 controls, 2 TCs 2013http://www.woc2013.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/PreO-Paralympic-results.pdf PreO, Paralympic Class, 2013-07-10 to 2013-07-11 20 controls, 2 timed stations, 4 TCshttp://www.woc2013.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/PreO-day2-punch-paralympic.pdf PreO Day2, competition in TrailO, PreO, Paralympic Class, Thursday, July 11, 2013 19 controls, 1 timed station, 2 TCshttp://www.woc2013.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Results_PreO_Paralympic_100713_punch.pdf PreO Day 1 competition in TrailO, PreO, Paralympic Class, Wednesday, July 10, 2013 2014 12 controls (1 voided), 1 timed station, 2 TCs 20 controls, 2 timed station, 3 TCs 2015 26 controls, 2 timed stations, 6 TCs 26 controls, 2 timed stations, 6 TCs 2016http://www.yq.cz/trail-o/results/2016/WTOC2016/Total_P.pdf WTOC 2016, PreO total, Paralympic Class, 2016-08-24 to 2016-08-26 21 controls (1 voided), 1 timed station, 3 TCshttp://www.yq.cz/trail-o/results/2016/WTOC2016/Day1_P.pdf WTOC 2016, PreO, day 1, competition in TrailO, PreO, Paralympic Class, Wednesday, August 24. 2016 28 controls, 1 timed station, 3 TCshttp://www.yq.cz/trail-o/results/2016/WTOC2016/Day2_P.pdf WTOC 2016, PreO, day 2, competition in TrailO, middle distance, Paralympic Class, Friday, August 26. 2016 2017https://eventor.orienteering.org/Documents/Event/1574/2/PreO-Total-Results-PARA WTOC 2017, PreO Total, Paralympic Class, 2017-07-13 to 2017-07-15 21 controls (2 voided), 1 timed station, 3 TCs 28 controls, 3 TCs 2018https://eventor.orienteering.org/Documents/Event/2465/1/PreO-Results-Para WTOC 2018, PreO Para, 09.08.2018, Overall 2019https://eventor.orienteering.org/Documents/Event/3073/1/PreO-Para-Class-Total-Classification WTOC 2019, Quinta dos Ciprestes - Thu, June 27 2019, PreO1 + PreO 2 - Para, Final Results - Classification 2022https://eventor.orienteering.org/Documents/Event/5564/Results-PreO---P.pdf WTOC PreO Final results Paralympic Class 2023 2025
TempO (since 2013) All competitors, regardless of disability, participate in one single class only since there is no physical movement involved in the competition process.
Open Number of controls (qualification) Number of controls (final) 2010(World TempO Trophy) 2011(World TempO Trophy) 2012(World TempO Trophy) 8 timed stations, 24 TCs 2013 8 timed stations, 24 TCs 5 timed stations, 15 TCs 2014 6 timed stations, 24 TCs5 timed stations, 25 TCs 2015 7 timed stations, 28 TCs7 timed stations, 35 TCs 2016 4 timed stations, 20 TCs 5 timed stations, 30 TCs 2017 5 timed stations, 25 TCs 6 timed stations, 30 TCs 2018 2019 2022 2023 2025
Paralympic Number of controls (day 1) Number of controls (day 2) 2010(World TempO Trophy)
Team competition (before 2015) Paralympic 2004 Dave Gittus Karen Darke Sue Boyt Arne Ask Gunnar Maelen Jan Erik Haug Evaldas Butrimas Zenoida Pashkevich Tadeush Shimkovich 2005 John Crosby Karen Darke Dick Keighley Evaldas Butrimas Zenoida Pashkevich Tadeush Shimkovich Hidetou Kijima Masaki Kashiwagi Aki Karumori 2006 2007 2008
Open 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Relay (since 2016) Open 2016 Marián MiklušDušan FuruczJán Furucz Edgar DominguesJorge BaltazarJoão Pedro Valente Martti InkinenPinja MäkinenAntti Rusanen 2017 Emil KacinMateja KerestešKrešo Keresteš Geir Myhr ØienSigurd DæhliLars Jakob Waaler Miroslav SlovákLibor ForstPavel Kurfürst 2018 Lars Jakob WaalerGeir Myhr ØienSondre Ruud Bråten Kristaps MierlauksLaura Eliza LapinaIlze Lapina Pinja MäkinenSami HyvönenAntti Rusanen 2019 Pinja MäkinenSami HyvönenAntti Rusanen Hector Lorenzo YustosJorge Caraca Valente BarreraArturo Garcia Dengra Charles Bromley GardnerTom DobraJohn Kewley 2022 Daniel LockerOndřej MacekPavel Ptáček Alessio TenaniMarcello LambertiniAaron Gaio Ján FuruczŠimon MižúrPavol Bukovác 2023 Ralph KörnerNina DöllgastBjarne Friedrichs Alessio TenaniMarcello LambertiniAaron Gaio Daniel LockerOndřej MacekPavel Ptáček 2025 Šimon Mareček Pavel Ptáček Ondřej Macek Alessio TenaniMarcello LambertiniAaron Gaio Jonatán Furucz Šimon MižúrPavol Bukovác
Paralympic 2016 Inga GunnarssonOla JanssonMichael Johansson Iryna KulikovaYehor SurkovVladislav Vovk Kari PinolaTuomo MarkelinPekka Seppä 2017 Miroslav ŠpidlenPavel DudíkJana Kosťová Svein JakobsenEgil SønsterudbråtenArne Ask Inga GunnarssonMichael JohanssonOla Jansson 2018 Inga GunnarssonMichael JohanssonOla Jansson Miroslav ŠpidlenPavel DudíkJana Kosťová Dmitriy DokuchaevNataliia SalakhovaPavel Shmatov 2019 Hana DoležalováPavel DudíkJana Kosťová Iryna KulikovaVladyslav PoznianskyiValerii Lytvynov Dmitriy DokuchaevNataliia SalakhovaPavel Shmatov 2022 Hana DoležalováPavel DudíkJana Kosťová Miguel Ángel García GrindaJuan Emilio Montero SánchezAlejandro Aguilar Lara Iryna KulikovaVladyslav VovkValerii Lytvynov 2023 Tuomo NiskanenEero HakanenPekka Seppä Inga GunnarssonMichael JohanssonOla Jansson Hana DoležalováPavel DudíkJana Kosťová 2025 Serhii Bielanenko Valerii Lytvynov Vladyslav Vovk Sergio Martín CarrascoJuan Emilio Montero SánchezAlejandro Aguilar Lara Ola JanssonRolf KarlssonMichael Johansson
References
External links International Orienteering Federation WTOC & ETOC results archive
World Trail Orienteering Championships
World Trail Orienteering Championships 2010 World Trail Orienteering Championships 2012 World Trail Orienteering Championships 2013 World Trail Orienteering Championships 2014 World Trail Orienteering Championships 2015 World Trail Orienteering Championships 2016 World Trail Orienteering Championships 2017 World Trail Orienteering Championships 2018 World Trail Orienteering Championships 2019 World Trail Orienteering Championships 2022 World Trail Orienteering Championships 2023