1972 World Orienteering Championships

1972 edition of the World Orienteering Championships 1972 World Orienteering Championships Staré Splavy Czechoslovakia 4 1970 Friedrichroda 1974 Viborg The 4th World Orienteering Championships were held in Staré Splavy, Czechoslovakia, 14–16 September 1972.https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=18 World Orienteering Championships 1972 International Orienteering Federation 12 July 2017 6 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200706034133/https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=18 dead The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. Medalists Men's individual Åge Hadler NOR 1.35.57 Stig Berge NOR 1.40.52 Bernt Frilén SWE 1.43.55 Women's individual Sarolta Monspart HUN 1.17.01 Pirjo Seppä FIN 1.18.35 Birgitta Larsson SWE 1.18.53 Men's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SWE Lennart Carlström Rolf Pettersson Arne Johansson Bernt Frilén 4.41.37 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SUI Dieter Hulliger Dieter Wolf Bernard Marti Karl John 4.47.23 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; HUN Zoltán Boros János Sotér Géza Vajda András Hegedűs 5.09.29 Women's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; FIN Sinikka Kukkonen Pirjo Seppä Liisa Veijalainen 2.33.42 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SWE Birgitta Johansson Ulla Lindkvist Birgitta Larsson 2.45.00 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; TCH Naďa Mertová Renata Vlachová Anna Hanzlová 2.38.59 Results Women's individual + WOC 1972 – Individual – Women (7.1 km) Rank Competitor Nation Time 1 Sarolta Monspart usue HUN 1:17:01 2 Pirjo Seppä usue FIN 3 Birgitta Larsson usue SWE 4 Ulla Lindkvist usue SWE 5 Ingrid Hadler usue NOR 6 Liisa Veijalainen usue FIN 7 Kristin Danielsen usue NOR 8 Birgitta Johansson usue SWE 9 Magda Horváth usue HUN 10 Naďa Mertová usue TCH 11 Renata Vlachová usue TCH 12 Linda Verde usue NOR 13 Mona Hebo usue DEN 14 Anna Handzlová usue TCH 15 Elsa Arnesson usue SWE Men's individual + WOC 1972 – Individual – Men (13.5 km) Rank Competitor Nation Time 1 Åge Hadler usue NOR 1:35:57 2 Stig Berge usue NOR 3 Bernt Frilén usue SWE 4 Dieter Hulliger usue SUI 5 Petr Uher usue TCH 6 Dieter Wolf usue SUI 7 Risto Nuuros usue FIN 8 Zdeněk Lenhart usue TCH 9 Veijo Tahvanainen usue FIN 10 Lennart Carlström usue SWE 11 Geoffrey Peck usue GBR 12 Rolf Pettersson usue SWE References Category:World Orienteering Championships Category:1972 in Czechoslovak sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia Category:September 1972 sports events in Europe Category:Orienteering in Europe