1981 World Orienteering Championships

1981 edition of the World Orienteering Championships 1981 World Orienteering Championships Thun Switzerland 4 1979 Tampere 1983 Zalaegerszeg The 1981 World Orienteering Championships, the 9th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Thun, Switzerland, 3–5 September 1981.https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=24 World Orienteering Championships 1981 International Orienteering Federation 15 July 2017 6 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200706034434/https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=24 dead The championships had four events: individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. Medalists Men's individual Øyvin Thon NOR 1.30.05 Tore Sagvolden NOR 1.32.33 Morten Berglia NOR 1.33.10 Women's individual Annichen Kringstad SWE 1.05.47 Brit Volden NOR 1.08.54 Karin Rabe SWE 1.09.40 Men's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; NOR Øyvin Thon Harald Thon Tore Sagvolden Sigurd Dæhli 4.38.14 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SWE Lars-Henrik Undeland Bengt Levin Jörgen Mårtensson Lars Lönnkvist 4.38.47 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; FIN Kari Sallinen Ari Anjala Seppo Rytkönen Hannu Kottonen 4.45.23 Women's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SWE Arja Hannus Barbro Lönnkvist Karin Rabe Annichen Kringstad 3.49.53 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; FIN Helena Mannervesi Marita Ruoho Liisa Veijalainen Outi Borgenström 4.05.07 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SUI Ruth Schmid Annelies Meier Irene Bucher Ruth Humbel 4.13.10 Results Men's individual + WOC 1981 – Individual – Men (14.1 km) Rank Competitor Nation Time 1 Øyvin Thon usue NOR 1:30:05 2 Tore Sagvolden usue NOR 3 Morten Berglia usue NOR 4 Lars Lönnkvist usue SWE 5 Kari Sallinen usue FIN 6 Jörgen Mårtensson usue SWE 7 Jaroslav Kačmarčík usue TCH 8 Lars Konradsen usue DEN 9 Martin Howald usue SUI 10 Harald Thon usue NOR 11 Ari Anjala usue FIN 12 Lars-Henrik Undeland usue SWE Women's individual + WOC 1981 – Individual – Women (8.7 km) Rank Competitor Nation Time 1 Annichen Kringstad usue SWE 1:05:47 2 Brit Volden usue NOR 3 Karin Rabe usue SWE 4 Ruth Humbel usue SUI 5 Outi Borgenström usue FIN 6 Ada Kuchařová usue TCH 7 Liisa Veijalainen usue FIN 8 Arja Hannus usue SWE 9 Arja Haikarainen usue FIN 10 Ragnhild Bratberg usue NOR 11 Irene Bucher usue SUI 12 Svatava Nováková usue TCH References Category:World Orienteering Championships World Orienteering Championships Category:International sports competitions hosted by Switzerland World Orienteering Championships Category:Orienteering in Switzerland Category:Sport in Thun