1978 World Orienteering Championships

1978 edition of the World Orienteering Championships 1978 World Orienteering Championships Kongsberg Norway 4 1976 Aviemore 1979 Tampere The 1978 World Orienteering Championships, the 7th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Kongsberg, Norway, 15–17 September 1978.https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=22 World Orienteering Championships 1978 International Orienteering Federation 14 July 2017 6 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200706034357/https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=22 dead The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. Medalists Men's individual Egil Johansen NOR 1:31:44 Risto Nuuros FIN 1:32:52 Simo Nurminen FIN 1:34:00 Women's individual Anne Berit Eid NOR 1:01:40 Liisa Veijalainen FIN 1:01:42 Wenche Jacobsen NOR 1:02:42 Men's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; NOR Jan Fjærestad Svein Jacobsen Egil Johansen Eystein Weltzien 3:55:33 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SWE Rolf Pettersson Lars Lönnkvist Kjell Lauri Olle Nåbo 4:04:05 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; FIN Urho Kujala Jorma Karvonen Simo Nurminen Risto Nuuros 4:16:27 Women's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; FIN Outi Borgenström Marita Ruoho Liisa Veijalainen 2:26:48 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SWE Eva Moberg Karin Rabe Kristin Cullman 2:26:52 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SUI Ruth Baumberger Ruth Humbel Hanni Fries 2:38:43 Results Men's individual + WOC 1978 – Individual – Men (15.7 km) Rank Competitor Nation Time 1 Egil Johansen usue NOR 1:31:44 2 Risto Nuuros usue FIN 3 Simo Nurminen usue FIN 4 Eystein Weltzien usue NOR 5 Olle Nåbo usue SWE 6 Jan Fjærestad usue NOR 7 Lars Lönnkvist usue SWE 8 Jörgen Mårtensson usue SWE 9 Jorma Karvonen usue FIN 10 Dieter Wolf usue SUI Women's individual + WOC 1978 – Individual – Women (8.6 km) Rank Competitor Nation Time 1 Anne Berit Eid usue NOR 1:01:40 2 Liisa Veijalainen usue FIN 1:01:42 3 Wenche Jacobsen usue NOR 1:02:42 4 Kristin Cullman usue SWE 1:03:06 5 Karin Rabe usue SWE 1:05:10 6 Outi Borgenström usue FIN 1:06:06 7 Ruth Baumberger usue SUI 8 Astrid Carlsson usue NOR 9 Monica Andersson usue SWE 10 Bibbi Siljeblad-Fahlen usue SWE References Category:World Orienteering Championships World Orienteering Championships Category:International sports competitions hosted by Norway World Orienteering Championships Category:Orienteering in Norway