1968 World Orienteering Championships

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1968 World Orienteering Championships
Host cityLinköping
CountryFile:Flag of Sweden.svg 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

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

Results

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Men's individual

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

Women's individual

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

References

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