1997 World Orienteering Championships

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1997 World Orienteering Championships
Host cityGrimstad
CountryNorway
Events6

The 1997 World Orienteering Championships, the 17th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Grimstad, Norway, 11–16 August 1997.[1]

The championships had six events; the classic distance (formerly called individual) for men and women, the short distance for men and women, and relays for men and women.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's classic distance [1]  Petter Thoresen (NOR) 1.40.15  Jörgen Mårtensson  (SWE) 1.41.58  Kjetil Bjørlo  (NOR) 1.43.04
Women's classic distance [1]  Hanne Staff  (NOR) 1.12.56  Katarina Borg (SWE) 1.13.40  Hanne Sandstad  (NOR) 1.14.34
Men's short distance [1]  Janne Salmi  (FIN) 26.05  Timo Karppinen (FIN) 26.17  Bjørnar Valstad  (NOR) 26.27
Women's short distance [1] File:Flag of Austria.svg Lucie Böhm  (AUT) 25.15  Hanne Sandstad  (NOR) 25.29  Hanne Staff (NOR)
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marie-Luce Romanens  (SUI)		 25.57
Men's relay[1] File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (DEN)
Torben Skovlyst
Carsten Jørgensen
Chris Terkelsen
Allan Mogensen 		4.18.58  Finland (FIN)
Timo Karppinen
Juha Peltola
Mikael Boström
Janne Salmi 		4.19.14  Norway (NOR)
Håvard Tveite
Bjørnar Valstad
Kjetil Bjørlo
Petter Thoresen 		4.24.27
Women's relay[1]  Sweden (SWE)
Anna Bogren
Gunilla Svärd
Cecilia Nilsson
Marlena Jansson		 2.51.41  Norway (NOR)
Torunn Fossli Sæthre
Elisabeth Ingvaldsen
Hanne Sandstad
Hanne Staff		 2.52.56 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (SUI)
Brigitte Wolf
Marie-Luce Romanens
Vroni König
Sabrina Meister		 2.56.28

File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark- Finland- Norway

 Sweden- Norway-File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland

References

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