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1968 World Orienteering Championships

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1968 World Orienteering Championships
Host cityLinköping
Country Sweden
Events4

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

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]
 Sweden (SWE)
 4:25:19
 Finland (FIN)
 4:25:28
 Norway (NOR)
 4:42:31
Women's relay[1]
 Norway (NOR)
 3:17:53
 Sweden (SWE)
 3:18:07
 Finland (FIN)
 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Karl Johansson  Sweden 1:48:19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sture Björk  Sweden 1:49:38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ulla Lindkvist  Sweden 1:04:55
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ingrid Hadler  Norway 1:10:35
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
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