2009 World Orienteering Championships

2009 edition of the World Orienteering Championships 2009 World Orienteering Championships Miskolc Hungary 8 2008 Olomouc 2010 Trondheim The 2009 World Orienteering Championships, the 26th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Miskolc, Hungary, 16–23 August 2009.https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=52 World Orienteering Championships 2009 International Orienteering Federation 10 September 2017 6 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200706040112/https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=52 dead The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women. Medalists Men's sprint Andrey Khramov RUS 15:10.6 Fabian Hertner SUI Daniel Hubmann SUI Women's sprint Helena Jansson SWE 15:07.8 Linnea Gustafsson SWE Simone Niggli-Luder SUI Men's middle distance Thierry Gueorgiou FRA 37:14 Daniel Hubmann SUI Matthias Merz SUI Women's middle distance Dana Brozkova CZE 37:09 Marianne Andersen NOR Simone Niggli-Luder SUI Men's long distance Daniel Hubmann SUI 1:36:21 Thierry Gueorgiou FRA Michael Mamleev ITA Women's long distance Simone Niggli-Luder SUI 1:17:26 Marianne Andersen NOR Minna Kauppi FIN Men's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SUI 2:22:48 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; RUS font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; FIN Women's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; NOR Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen Anne Margrethe Hausken Marianne Andersen 2:13:10 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SWE Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard Kajsa Nilsson Helena Jansson font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; FIN Bodil Holmström Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi 2009 WOC injury thumb|right |180 px|Nordberg, Smola, and Gueorgiou finishing the race after aiding Johansson An incident occurred during the last leg of the men's relay which involved four of the leading teams. Sweden's Martin Johansson got seriously injured, and three of the other runners stopped for helping, calling for an ambulance and carrying him out of the wood. References Category:World Orienteering Championships Category:2009 in Hungarian sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by Hungary Category:August 2009 sports events in Europe Category:Orienteering in Europe Category:Sport in Miskolc