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1966 World Orienteering Championships

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1966 World Orienteering Championships
Host cityFiskars
Country Finland
Nations11
Teams10 (men)
9 (women)
Athletes58 (men)
35 (women)
Events4
Opening1 October 1966 (1966-10-01)
Closing2 October 1966 (1966-10-02)

The 1st World Orienteering Championships were held in the village of Fiskars, Finland, 1–2 October 1966.[1]

Participants from eleven nations competed in the championships: Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, Finland, Great Britain, Hungary, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The medals were distributed between Sweden (3 gold, 1 bronze), Finland (3 silver, 1 bronze), Norway (1 gold, 2 bronze) and Switzerland (1 silver medal).

The men's individual course had 11 controls over 14.1 kilometres, while the women's individual course had 10 controls over 8.1 kilometres.[2]

The first individual world champions in orienteering came from Norway and Sweden. Winner of the men's competition was Åge Hadler from Norway. Hadler regarded the eighth control, which was located in thick forest, as the most difficult, where the last part of the leg required meticulous map reading and frequent checking of the compass.[3] Ulla Lindkvist from Sweden won the women's competition. Sweden won the men's relay, which had four legs, with a margin of nearly eight minutes. Sweden also won the women's relay, which had three legs, with a margin of 21 seconds to silver medalist Finland.[1]

The championships were attended by President of Finland, Urho Kekkonen, who was present at the finishing area.[4]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[1]  Åge Hadler (NOR) 1:36:05  Aimo Tepsell (FIN) 1:38:47  Anders Morelius (SWE) 1:40:05
Women's individual[1]  Ulla Lindkvist (SWE) 52:45  Katharina Perch-Nielsen (SUI) 1:00:30  Raila Hovi (FIN) 1:00:51
Men's relay[1]
 Sweden (SWE)
 3.51.42
 Finland (FIN)
 3.59.34
 Norway (NOR)
 4.26.35
Women's relay[1]
 Sweden (SWE)
 2.42.58
 Finland (FIN)
 2.43.19
 Norway (NOR)
 2.54.29

Results

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Men's individual

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WOC 1966 – Individual – Men (14.1 km)[1]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Åge Hadler  Norway 1:36:05
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aimo Tepsell  Finland 1:38:47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anders Morelius  Sweden 1:40:05
4 Dagfinn Olsen  Norway 1:40:37
5 Juhani Salmenkylä  Finland 1:40:38
6 Göran Öhlund  Sweden 1:41:05
7 Rolf Koskinen  Finland 1:41:11
8 Stig Berge  Norway 1:42:23
9 Karl Johansson  Sweden 1:42:48
10 Heino Avikainen  Finland 1:45:38
11 Erkki Kohvakka  Finland 1:45:52
12 Ola Skarholt  Norway 1:45:57
13 Hans Ekberg  Sweden 1:48:10
14 Jostein Nilsen  Norway 1:48:26
15 Hannu Haarma  Finland 1:49:10
16 Alex Schwager  Switzerland 1:50:08
17 Bertil Norman  Sweden 1:50:26
18 Erik Engebråten  Norway 1:50:30
19 Sven-Ola Darell  Sweden 1:51:19
20 Keld Olsen  Denmark 1:54:41
21 Leif Nörgård  Denmark 1:55:16
22 Flemming Nörgård  Denmark 2:00:16
23 Svatoslav Galík  Czechoslovakia 2:03:41
24 Max Jüni  Switzerland 2:06:06
25 Finn Faxner  Denmark 2:07:20
26 Christian Jaggi  Switzerland 2:08:57
27 Fritz Maurer  Switzerland 2:12:02
28 Helmut Conrad  East Germany 2:12:26
29 Roland Hirter  Switzerland 2:12:27
30 Peter Nilsen  Denmark 2:13:17
31 Jindrich Novotny  Czechoslovakia 2:13:25
32 Jörn Esbensen  Denmark 2:16:21
33 Harald Grosse  East Germany 2:16:45
34 Andreas Örsi  Hungary 2:17:42
35 Antonin Urbanec  Czechoslovakia 2:17:47
36 Gustav Bartak  Czechoslovakia 2:20:03
37 Iwan Skerletz  Hungary 2:20:34
38 Alois Lasnicka  Czechoslovakia 2:27:27
39 Georg Schönviszky  Bulgaria 2:30:05
40 Franz Trampusch  Austria 2:32:08
41 Ernst Saxer  Switzerland 2:32:27
42 Alistair Patten  Great Britain 2:33:09
43 Ladislaus Deseö  Hungary 2:33:27
44 Rolf Heinemann  East Germany 2:33:37
45 Michail Galov  Bulgaria 2:36:06
46 Gordon Pirie  Great Britain 2:43:48
47 Thomas Balogh  Hungary 2:45:48
48 David Griffiths  Great Britain 2:47:07
49 John Disley  Great Britain 2:48:56
50 Georgi Gealtov  Bulgaria 2:51:24
51 Achim Zemanek  East Germany 3:01:56
52 Haralan Haralanoff  Austria 3:05:55
53 Michael Murray  Great Britain 3:16:52
54 Raimund Sobotka  Austria 3:23:57
55 Tony Walker  Great Britain 3:29:12
56 Grigor Kaloianov  Bulgaria 3:55:30
DSQ Nikola Bedelev  Bulgaria
DSQ Sepp Michael Pacher  Austria

Women's individual

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WOC 1966 – Individual – Women [1]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ulla Lindkvist  Sweden 52:45
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Katherina Perch-Nielsen  Switzerland 1:00:30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Raila Hovi  Finland 1:00:51
4 Kerstin Granstedt  Sweden 1:01:30
5 Eivor Steen-Olsson  Sweden 1:02:54
6 Ingrid Thoresen  Norway 1:03:29
7 Annakäthi Grieder  Switzerland 1:04:58
8 Anja Meldo  Finland 1:05:06
9 Sarolta Monspart  Hungary 1:05:25
10 Gunborg Åhling  Sweden 1:05:33
11 Ragnhild Kristensen  Norway 1:09:36
12 Vibeke Såbye Christensen  Denmark 1:11:44
13 Barbara Cser  Hungary 1:12:18
14 Astrid Hansen  Norway 1:13:07
15 Erika Wauer  East Germany 1:14:05
16 Marianne Selbo  Denmark 1:16:20
17 Nadezda Linhartova  Czechoslovakia 1:16:59
18 Pirjo Ruotsalainen  Finland 1:17:38
19 Anna-Liisa Nissi  Finland 1:17:50
20 Ulrike Heinemann  East Germany 1:18:08
21 Dobruse Novotna  Czechoslovakia 1:19:40
22 Karin Ågesen  Denmark 1:23:10
23 Ria Meyer  East Germany 1:24:29
24 Ludmila Kumbarova  Czechoslovakia 1:28:23
25 Delia Stoeva  Bulgaria 1:28:44
26 Irene Köhli  Switzerland 1:29:15
27 Bjørg Knudsen  Norway 1:38:05
28 Eliza Stoianova  Bulgaria 1:39:35
29 Olga Tascheva  Bulgaria 1:40:52
30 Eva Hohausova  Czechoslovakia 1:44:52
31 Christine Lüdin  Switzerland 1:49:34
32 Bodil Jakobsen  Denmark 1:51:43
33 Margarete Babay  Hungary 2:10:58
34 Gisela Haralanoff  Austria 2:25:14
35 Magdalene Molnar  Hungary 2:25:59

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "World Orienteering Championships 1966". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 22 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. 339.
  3. ^ Berglia (1987): p. 228–229
  4. ^ Berglia (1987): p. 228
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