1979 World Orienteering Championships

1979 edition of the World Orienteering Championships 1979 World Orienteering Championships Suomi VM1979.jpg Tampere Finland 4 1978 Kongsberg 1981 Thun The 1979 World Orienteering Championships, the 8th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Tampere, Finland, 2–4 September 1979.https://old.orienteering.sport/events/?event_id=23 World Orienteering Championships 1979 International Orienteering Federation 13 July 2017 23 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210123204424/https://old.orienteering.sport/events/?event_id=23 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 1:36.07 Egil Johansen NOR 1:37.17 Tore Sagvolden NOR 1:37.27 Women's individual Outi Borgenström FIN 59.13 Liisa Veijalainen FIN 59.47 Monica Andersson SWE 1:02.31 Men's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SWE Rolf Pettersson Kjell Lauri Lars Lönnkvist Björn Rosendahl 4:12.12 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; FIN Seppo Keskinarkaus Hannu Kottonen Risto Nuuros Ari Anjala 4:27.37 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; TCH Petr Uher Zdenek Lenhart Jiri Tichanek Jaroslav Kacmarcik 4:39.46 Women's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; FIN Leena Silvennoinen Leena Salmenkylä Liisa Veijalainen 3:00.13 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; NOR Anne Berit Eid Astrid Carlsson Brit Volden 3:01.38 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SWE Anna-Lena Axelsson Karin Rabe Monica Andersson 3:02.26 Results Men's individual + WOC 1979 – Individual – Men (15.1 km) Rank Competitor Nation Time 1 Øyvin Thon usue NOR 1:36.07 2 Egil Johansen usue NOR 1:37.17 3 Tore Sagvolden usue NOR 1:37.27 4 Kjell Lauri usue SWE 1:38:54 5 Lars Lönnkvist usue SWE 1:40.28 6 Rolf Pettersson usue SWE 1:41.30 7 Risto Nuuros usue FIN 1:42.01 8 Dieter Hulliger usue SUI 1:42.26 9 Eystein Weltzien usue NOR 1:44.03 10 Dieter Wolf usue SUI 1:45.40 11 Seppo Keskinarkaus usue FIN 12 Jaroslav Kacmarcik usue TCH 13 Hannu Kottonen usue FIN 14 Pavel Ditrych usue TCH 15 Jörgen Mårtensson usue SWE 16 Martin Howald usue SUI 17 Jiří Ticháček usue TCH 18 Willi Müller usue SUI 19 Klaus Madsen usue DEN 20 Ivan Kristensen usue DEN Women's individual + WOC 1979 – Individual – Women (8.3 km) Rank Competitor Nation Time 1 Outi Borgenström usue FIN 59.13 2 Liisa Veijalainen usue FIN 59.47 3 Monica Andersson usue SWE 1:02.31 4 Hanni Fries usue SUI 1:02.32 5 Karin Rabe usue SWE 1:03.05 6 Anne Berit Eid usue NOR 1:03.08 7 Carol McNeill usue GBR 1:03.42 8 Karin Gunnarsson usue SWE 1:04.35 9 Annichen Kringstad usue SWE 1:04.38 10 Brit Volden usue NOR 1:04.55 11 Lis Nielsen usue DEN 1:05.16 12 Irén Rostás usue HUN 1:06.33 References Category:World Orienteering Championships World Orienteering Championships Category:International sports competitions hosted by Finland World Orienteering Championships Category:Orienteering in Finland Category:Sports competitions in Tampere