2008 World Orienteering Championships

Competition in Olomouc, Czech Republic November 2021 2008 World Orienteering Championships Olomouc Czech Republic 8 2007 Kyiv 2009 Miskolc thumb|World Orienteering Championships 2008 The 2008 World Orienteering Championships, the 25th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Olomouc in the Czech Republic, 10–20 July 2008.https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=51 World Orienteering Championships 2008 International Orienteering Federation 10 September 2017 25 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211025110443/https://old.orienteering.sport/events/?event_id=51 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 right | 200 px | thumb | Medalists at the WOC 2008 women's sprint: Kauppi (silver), Hausken (gold), Jansson (bronze). Men's sprint Andrey Khramov RUS 13:36.9 Daniel Hubmann SUI Martin Johansson SWE Women's sprint Anne Margrethe Hausken NOR 12:42.2 Minna Kauppi FIN Helena Jansson SWE Men's middle distance Thierry Gueorgiou FRA 33:49 Michal Smola CZE Valentin Novikov RUS Women's middle distance Minna Kauppi FIN 32:35 Vroni König-Salmi SUI Radka Brožková CZE Men's long distance Daniel Hubmann SUI 1:46:08 Anders Nordberg NOR François Gonon FRA Women's long distance Dana Brožková CZE 1:24:26 Marianne Andersen NOR Annika Billstam SWE Men's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; GBR Graham Gristwood Jon Duncan Jamie Stevenson 2:18:17 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; RUS Dmitriy Tsvetkov Andrey Khramov Valentin Novikov font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SUI Baptiste Rollier Matthias Merz Daniel Hubmann Women's relay font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; FIN Katri Lindeqvist Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi 2:13:14 font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; RUS Galina Vinogradova Yulia Novikova Tatiana Ryabkina font-size:90% font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; SWE Annika Billstam Sofie Johansson Helena Jansson References Category:World Orienteering Championships Category:2008 in Czech sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by the Czech Republic Category:July 2008 sports events in Europe Category:Orienteering in the Czech Republic Category:Sport in Olomouc