1968 World Orienteering Championships
Host cityLinköping
Country Sweden
Events4

The 2nd World Orienteering Championships were held in Linköping, Sweden, 28–29 September 1968.[1]

The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women.

The men's individual course had 18 controls over 14.6 kilometres, while the women's individual course had 10 controls over 7.8 kilometres.[2]

Swedish Television (SVT) broadcast the entire individual competition live. This was the first time ever orienteering was shown live on TV in Sweden,[3] or in any other country in the world.[4]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[1]  Karl Johansson (SWE)1:48:19  Sture Björk (SWE)1:49:38  Åge Hadler (NOR)1:50:13
Women's individual[1]  Ulla Lindkvist (SWE)1:04:55  Ingrid Hadler (NOR)1:10:35  Kerstin Granstedt (SWE)1:11:27
Men's relay[1]
 Sweden (SWE)
 4:25:19
 Finland (FIN)
 4:25:28
 Norway (NOR)
 4:42:31
Women's relay[1]
 Norway (NOR)
 3:17:53
 Sweden (SWE)
 3:18:07
 Finland (FIN)
 3:42:15

Results

Men's individual

WOC 1968 – Individual – Men (14.6 km)[1]
RankCompetitorNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Karl Johansson Sweden1:48:19
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Sture Björk Sweden1:49:38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Åge Hadler Norway1:50:13
4Juhani Salmenkylä Finland1:51:18
5Ola Skarholt Norway1:51:48
6Sten-Olof Carlström Sweden1:53:37
7Jostein Nilsen Norway1:54:16
8Stig Berge Norway1:54:32
9Pauli Reunamäki Finland1:55:27
10Veijo Tahvanainen Finland1:55:30

Women's individual

WOC 1968 – Individual – Women (7.8 km)[1]
RankCompetitorNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Ulla Lindkvist Sweden1:04:55
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Ingrid Hadler Norway1:10:35
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Kerstin Granstedt Sweden1:11:27
4Pirjo Seppä Finland
5Raila Kerkelä Finland
6Vibeke Bøgevig Denmark
7Jitenka Sevcikova Czechoslovakia
8Birgitta Larsson Sweden
9Inga-Britt Bengtsson Sweden
10Astrid Rødmyr Norway
11Tuula Hovi Finland
12Katharina Mo Norway1:28:50

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "World Orienteering Championships 1968". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Berglia, Knut; Brohaug, Tom-Erik; Staver, Kristoffer; Thuesen, Kaare; Strandhagen, Torgeir, eds. (1987). Orienteringsidretten i Norge gjennom 90 år (in Norwegian). Norwegian Orienteering Federation. p. 340.
  3. ↑ VM Orientering 1968, retrieved 2022-01-19
  4. ↑ Idrottsåret 1968, retrieved 2022-01-19
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