1966 World Orienteering Championships

1966 World Orienteering Championships
Host city Fiskars
Country  Finland
Nations participating 11
Teams participating 10 (men)
9 (women)
Athletes participating 58 (men)
35 (women)
Events 4
Opening ceremony 1 October 1966 (1966-10-01)
Closing ceremony 2 October 1966 (1966-10-02)
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The 1st World Orienteering Championships were held in the village of Fiskars, Finland, 1–2 October 1966.[1]

Participants from eleven nations competed in the championships: Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Gearmany, Finland, Great Britain, Hungary, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The medals were distributed between Sweden (3 gold, 1 bronze), Finland (3 silver, 1 bronze), Norway (1 gold, 2 bronze) and Switzerland (1 silver medal).

The men's individual course had 11 controls over 14.1 kilometres, while the women's individual course had 10 controls over 8.1 kilometres.[2]

The first individual world champions in orienteering came from Norway and Sweden. Winner of the men's competition was Åge Hadler from Norway. Hadler regarded the eighth control, which was located in thick forest, as the most difficult, where the last part of the leg required meticulous map reading and frequent checking of the compass.[3] Ulla Lindkvist from Sweden won the women's competition. Sweden won the men's relay, which had four legs, with a margin of nearly eight minutes. Sweden also won the women's relay, which had three legs, with a margin of 21 seconds to silver medalist Finland.[1]

The championships were attended by President of Finland, Urho Kekkonen, who was present at the finishing area.[4]


Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[1]  Åge Hadler (NOR) 1:36:05   Aimo Tepsell (FIN) 1:38:47  Anders Morelius (SWE) 1:40:05
Women's individual[1]  Ulla Lindkvist (SWE) 52:45  Katharina Perch-Nielsen (SUI) 1:00:30  Raila Hovi (FIN) 1:00:51
Men's relay[1] 3.51.42 3.59.34 4.26.35
Women's relay[1] 2.42.58 2.43.19 2.54.29

Results

Men's individual

WOC 1966 – Individual – Men (14.1 km)[1]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Åge Hadler Norway 1:36:05
2nd, silver medalist(s) Aimo Tepsell Finland 1:38:47
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Anders Morelius Sweden 1:40:05
4 Dagfinn Olsen Norway 1:40:37
5 Juhani Salmenkylä Finland 1:40:38
6 Göran Öhlund Sweden 1:41:05
7 Rolf Koskinen Finland 1:41:11
8 Stig Berge Norway 1:42:23
9 Karl Johansson Sweden 1:42:48
10 Heino Avikainen Finland 1:45:38
11 Erkki Kohvakka Finland 1:45:52
12 Ola Skarholt Norway 1:45:57
13 Hans Ekberg Sweden 1:48:10
14 Jostein Nilsen Norway 1:48:26
15 Hannu Haarma Finland 1:49:10
16 Alex Schwager Switzerland 1:50:08
17 Bertil Norman Sweden 1:50:26
18 Erik Engebråten Norway 1:50:30
19 Sven-Ola Darell Sweden 1:51:19
20 Keld Olsen Denmark 1:54:41
21 Leif Nörgård Denmark 1:55:16
22 Flemming Nörgård Denmark 2:00:16
23 Svatoslav Galík Czechoslovakia 2:03:41
24 Max Jüni Switzerland 2:06:06
25 Finn Faxner Denmark 2:07:20
26 Christian Jaggi Switzerland 2:08:57
27 Fritz Maurer Switzerland 2:12:02
28 Helmut Conrad East Germany 2:12:26
29 Roland Hirter Switzerland 2:12:27
30 Peter Nilsen Denmark 2:13:17
31 Jindrich Novotny Czechoslovakia 2:13:25
32 Jörn Esbensen Denmark 2:16:21
33 Harald Grosse East Germany 2:16:45
34 Andreas Örsi Hungary 2:17:42
35 Antonin Urbanec Czechoslovakia 2:17:47
36 Gustav Bartak Czechoslovakia 2:20:03
37 Iwan Skerletz Hungary 2:20:34
38 Alois Lasnicka Czechoslovakia 2:27:27
39 Georg Schönviszky Bulgaria 2:30:05
40 Franz Trampusch Austria 2:32:08
41 Ernst Saxer Switzerland 2:32:27
42 Alistair Patten Great Britain 2:33:09
43 Ladislaus Deseö Hungary 2:33:27
44 Rolf Heinemann East Germany 2:33:37
45 Michail Galov Bulgaria 2:36:06
46 Gordon Pirie Great Britain 2:43:48
47 Thomas Balogh Hungary 2:45:48
48 David Griffiths Great Britain 2:47:07
49 John Disley Great Britain 2:48:56
50 Georgi Gealtov Bulgaria 2:51:24
51 Achim Zemanek East Germany 3:01:56
52 Haralan Haralanoff Austria 3:05:55
53 Michael Murray Great Britain 3:16:52
54 Raimund Sobotka Austria 3:23:57
55 Tony Walker Great Britain 3:29:12
56 Grigor Kaloianov Bulgaria 3:55:30
DSQ Nikola Bedelev Bulgaria
DSQ Sepp Michael Pacher Austria

Women's individual

WOC 1966 – Individual – Women [1]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Ulla Lindkvist Sweden 52:45
2nd, silver medalist(s) Katherina Perch-Nielsen Switzerland 1:00:30
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Raila Hovi Finland 1:00:51
4 Kerstin Granstedt Sweden 1:01:30
5 Eivor Steen-Olsson Sweden 1:02:54
6 Ingrid Thoresen Norway 1:03:29
7 Annakäthi Grieder Switzerland 1:04:58
8 Anja Meldo Finland 1:05:06
9 Sarolta Monspart Hungary 1:05:25
10 Gunborg Åhling Sweden 1:05:33
11 Ragnhild Kristensen Norway 1:09:36
12 Vibeke Såbye Christensen Denmark 1:11:44
13 Barbara Cser Hungary 1:12:18
14 Astrid Hansen Norway 1:13:07
15 Erika Wauer East Germany 1:14:05
16 Marianne Selbo Denmark 1:16:20
17 Nadezda Linhartova Czechoslovakia 1:16:59
18 Pirjo Ruotsalainen Finland 1:17:38
19 Anna-Liisa Nissi Finland 1:17:50
20 Ulrike Heinemann East Germany 1:18:08
21 Dobruse Novotna Czechoslovakia 1:19:40
22 Karin Ågesen Denmark 1:23:10
23 Ria Meyer East Germany 1:24:29
24 Ludmila Kumbarova Czechoslovakia 1:28:23
25 Delia Stoeva Bulgaria 1:28:44
26 Irene Köhli Switzerland 1:29:15
27 Brjög Knudsen Norway 1:38:05
28 Eliza Stoianova Bulgaria 1:39:35
29 Olga Tascheva Bulgaria 1:40:52
30 Eva Hohausova Czechoslovakia 1:44:52
31 Christine Lüdin Switzerland 1:49:34
32 Bodil Jakobsen Denmark 1:51:43
33 Margarete Babay Hungary 2:10:58
34 Gisela Haralanoff Austria 2:25:14
35 Magdalene Molnar Hungary 2:25:59

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "World Orienteering Championships 1966". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 22 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. 339.
  3. ↑ Berglia (1987): p. 228–229
  4. ↑ Berglia (1987): p. 228


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