2023 World Orienteering Championships

The 2023 World Orienteering Championships were held from 11 to 16 July 2023 in Flims/Laax in the Canton of the Grisons (), 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 Middle distance 38:19 40:19 40:26Long distance 1:33:06 1:33:57 1:37:37Relay Daniel HubmannJoey HadornMatthias Kyburz 1:57:16 Topi SyrjäläinenOlli OjanahoMiika Kirmula 1:57:59 Albin RidefeltGustav BergmanEmil Svensk 1:58:13

Women Middle distance 37:26 39:44 40:00Long distanceWomen's Long Distance 1:21:43 1:22:14 1:29:03Relay Hanna LundbergSara HagströmTove Alexandersson 1:47:26 Elena RoosNatalia GemperleSimona Aebersold 1:51:54 Marianne AndersenMarie OlaussenAndrine Benjaminsen 1:57:25

Medal table

Results Women's long distance + WOC 2023 – Long – Women (11.0  km, 23 controls) Rank Competitor Nation Time Simona Aebersold 1:21:43 Tove Alexandersson 1:22:14 Andrine Benjaminsen 1:29:03 4 Natalia Gemperle 1:29:09 5 Sara Hagström 1:29:23 6 Elena Roos 1:30:09 7 Megan Carter Davies 1:30:50 8 Marie Olaussen 1:31:47 9 Venla Harju 1:33:13 10 Marianne Andersen 1:36:31

Men's long distance + WOC 2023 – Long – Men (14.0  km, 35 controls) Rank Competitor Nation Time Kasper Fosser 1:33:06 Matthias Kyburz 1:33:57 Olli Ojanaho 1:37:37 4 Emil Svensk 1:37:51 4 Tomas Krivda 1:37:51 6 Daniel Hubmann 1:38:30 7 Joey Hadorn 1:38:33 8 Ruslan Glibov 1:39:53 9 Miika Kirmula 1:41:02 10 Milos Nykodym 1:42:35

Women's middle distance + WOC 2023 – Middle – Women (4.8  km) Rank Competitor Nation Time Tove Alexandersson 37:26 Natalia Gemperle 39:44 Hanna Lundberg 40:00 4 Ane Dyrkorn 41:49 5 Andrine Benjaminsen 42:01 6 Venla Harju 43:11 7 Sandra Grosberga 43:14 8 Tereza Janošíková 43:46 9 Sara Hagström 44:11 10 Evely Kaasiku 44:48

Men's middle distance + WOC 2023 – Middle – Men(5.9  km) Rank Competitor Nation Time Matthias Kyburz 38:19 Joey Hadorn 40:19 Jannis Bonek 40:26 4 Albin Ridefelt 40:51 5 Gustav Bergman 40:59 6 Olli Ojanaho 41:03 7 Kasper Harlem Fosser 41:43 8 Eskil Kinneberg 41:50 9 Lucas Basset 41:54 10 Emil Svensk 42:16

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