1999 World Orienteering Championships

1999 edition of the World Orienteering Championships November 2019 1999 World Orienteering Championships Inverness Scotland 6 1997 Grimstad 2001 Tampere The 1999 World Orienteering Championships, the 18th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Inverness, Scotland, 1–8 August 1999.https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=32 World Orienteering Championships 1999 International Orienteering Federation 8 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20200706035219/https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=32 6 July 2020 The championships had six events; the classic distance (formerly called individual) for men and women, the short distance for men and women, and relays for men and women. Medalists Men's classic distance Bjørnar Valstad NOR 1.37.25 Carl Henrik Bjørseth NOR Alain Berger SUI Women's classic distance Kirsi Boström FIN 1.17.56 Hanne Staff NOR Johanna Asklöf FIN Men's short distance Jørgen Rostrup NOR 25.48 Juha Peltola FIN Janne Salmi FIN Women's short distance Yvette Baker GBR 25.55 Lucie Böhm AUT Frauke Schmitt Gran GER Men's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; NOR Tore Sandvik Bernt Bjørnsgaard Petter Thoresen Bjørnar Valstad 3.21.50 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; FIN Jani Lakanen Mikael Boström Juha Peltola Janne Salmi font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SWE Jimmy Birklin Håkan Eriksson Jörgen Olsson Johan Ivarsson Women's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; NOR Birgitte Husebye Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Sandstad Hanne Staff 2.55.56 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; FIN Sanna Nymalm Reeta-Mari Kolkkala Kirsi Boström Johanna Asklöf font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SWE Katarina Allberg Marlena Jansson Anette Granstedt Gunilla Svärd Results Women's classic distance + WOC 1999 – Classic – Women Rank Competitor Nation Time Kirsi Boström usue FIN 1:17:56 Hanne Staff usue NOR 1:18:30 Johanna Asklöf usue FIN 1:18:33 4 Yvette Baker usue GBR 1:19:10 5 Hanne Sandstad usue NOR 1:19:37 6 Reeta-Mari Kolkkala usue FIN 1:19:46 7 Kylli Kaljus usue EST 1:19:58 Women's short distance + WOC 1999 – Short – Women Rank Competitor Nation Time Yvette Baker usue GBR 25:55 Lucie Böhm usue AUT 26:57 Frauke Schmitt Gran usue GER 27:48 4 Sanna Nymalm usue FIN 27:50 5 Marlena Jansson usue SWE 27:50 6 Hanne Sandstad usue NOR 27:55 7 Vroni König-Salmi usue SUI 28:24 Men's classic distance + WOC 1999 – Classic – Men Rank Competitor Nation Time Bjørnar Valstad usue NOR 1:37:25 Carl Henrik Bjørseth usue NOR 1:40:20 Alain Berger usue SUI 1:40:26 4 Jimmy Birklin usue SWE 1:42:30 5 Johan Ivarsson usue SWE 1:42:51 6 Petter Thoresen usue NOR 1:42:58 7 Bernt Bjørnsgaard usue NOR 1:43:15 Men's short distance + WOC 1999 – Short – Men Rank Competitor Nation Time Jørgen Rostrup usue NOR 25:48 Juha Peltola usue FIN 26:11 Janne Salmi usue FIN 26:14 4 Jani Lakanen usue FIN 26:15 5 Håkan Eriksson usue SWE 26:24 6 Johan Ivarsson usue SWE 26:44 7 Petter Thoresen usue NOR 26:59 References Category:World Orienteering Championships Category:1999 in Scottish sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by Scotland Category:August 1999 sports events in Europe Category:Orienteering in Scotland Category:Sport in Inverness Category:20th century in Inverness