The World Ski Orienteering Championships (Ski-WOC) is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering. The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance competitions, and a Relay for both men and women. The first Ski-WOC was held in 1975.

Host towns/cities [edit]

Year	Date	Place
1975	February 26–28	Hyvinkää, Finland
1977	March 25–27	Velingrad, Bulgaria
1980	February 26 - March 1	Avesta, Sweden
1982	February 8–12	Aigen, Austria
1984	January 30 - February 4	Lavarone, Italy
1986	February 19–24	Batak, Bulgaria
1988	March 2–6	Kuopio, Finland
1990	March 1–4	Skellefteå, Sweden
1992	January 28 - February 2	Pontarlier, France
1994	February 1–5	Val di Non, Italy
1996	February 19–24	Lillehammer, Norway
1998	January 19–25	Windischgarsten, Austria
2000	February 28 - March 5	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2002	February 23 - March 2	Borovetz, Bulgaria
2004	February 11–15	Åsarna-Östersund, Sweden
2005	March 5–12	Levi, Finland
2007	February 23 - March 3	Moscow region, Russia
2009	March 3–8	Rusutsu, Japan
2011	March 20–28	Tänndalen, Sweden
2013	March 3–8	Ridder, Kazakhstan

Classic/Long [edit]

This event was called "Classic distance" from 1975 to 1986. Since 1988 it is called "Long distance".

Men [edit]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1975	Olavi Svanberg	Jorma Karvonen	Heimo Taskinen	23.4 km, 4 cp, 33 part.
1977	Örjan Svahn	Pekka Pökälä	Jorma Karvonen	22.0 km, 29 part.
1980	Pertti Tikka	Jan-Erik Thorn	Matti Väisänen	23.9 km, 9 cp, 38 part.
1982	Olavi Svanberg	Pertti Tikka	Sigurd Dæhli	20.5 km, 12 cp, 61 part.
1984	Anssi Juutilainen	Stefan Larsson	Pertti Tikka	19.6 km, 10 cp, 64 part.
1986	Claes Berglund	Anssi Juutilainen	Hannu Koponen	19.1 km, 8 cp, 69 part.
1988	Anssi Juutilainen	Hannu Koponen	Anders Björkman
1990	Anders Björkman	Stig Mattsson	Vidar Benjaminsen
1992	Vidar Benjaminsen	Vesa Mäkipää	Ivan Kuzmin	25.0 km, 12 cp, 65 part.
1994	Nicolo Corradini	Lars Lystad	Vladislav Kormtshikov	17.7 km, 14 cp, 60 part.
1996	Nicolo Corradini	Vidar Benjaminsen	Bertil Nordqvist	22.0 km, 25 cp, 78 part.
1998	Viktor Korchagin	Pekka Varis	Nicolo Corradini	21.0 km, 16 cp, 79 part.
2000	Vladislav Kormtshikov	Jukka Lanki	Andrei Gruzdev	64 participants
2002	Matti Keskinarkaus	Eduard Khrennikov	Raino Pesu Bertil Nordqvist	19.85 km, 32 cp, 70 part.
2004	Eduard Khrennikov	Tomas Löfgren	Tommy Olsen	23.23 km, 28 cp, 63 part.
2005	Eduard Khrennikov	Andrei Gruzdev	Jukka Lanki	25.5 km, 37 cp, 59 part.
2007	Eduard Khrennikov	Kirill Veselov	Andrei Gruzdev	24.81 km, 48 cp, 69 part.
2009	Andrei Lamov	Eduard Khrennikov	Olli-Markus Taivainen
2011	Andrey Grigoriev	Staffan Tunis	Vladimir Barchukov

Women [edit]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1975	Sinikka Kukkonen	Agneta Mansson	Lena Samuelsson	13.8 km, 2 cp, 16 participants
1977	Marianne Bogestedt	Sonja Johannesson	Sinikka Kukkonen	13.0 km, 18 participants
1980	Mirja Puhakka	Kaija Silvennoinen	Ann Larsson	15.6 km, 9 cp, 22 part.
1982	Arja Hannus	Mirja Puhakka	Sirpa Kukkonen	13.0 km, 8 cp, 41 part.
1984	Mirja Puhakka	Lena Isaksson	Ann Larsson	14.2 km, 5 cp, 46 part.
1986	Ragnhild Bratberg	Arja Hannus	Virpi Juutilainen	12.6 km, 5 cp, 45 part.
1988	Virpi Juutilainen	Ragnhild Bratberg	Sirpa Kukkonen	12.1 km, 6 cp, 36 part.
1990	Ragnhild Bratberg	Arja Hannus	Annika Zell	18.95 km, 9 cp, 34 part.
1992	Annika Zell	Mirja Ojanen	Arja Hannus	13.0 km, 8 cp, 53 part.
1994	Pepa Milusheva	Virpi Juutilainen	Maret Vaher	13.0 km, 13 cp, 54 part.
1996	Annika Zell	Hilde G.Pedersen	Arja Nuolioja	14.0 km, 18 cp, 51 part.
1998	Liisa Anttila	Annika Zell	Lena Hasselstrom	15.6 km, 18 cp, 61 part.
2000	Arja Hannus	Liisa Anttila	Hanna Kosonen	34 participants
2002	Lena Hasselstrom	Erja Jokinen	Mervi Väisänen	13.7 km, 22 cp, 41 part.
2004	Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik	Hannele Valkonen	Natalia Tomilova	15.94 km, 22 cp, 43 part.
2005	Tatiana Vlasova	Natalia Tomilova	Olga Shevchenko	18.1 km, 26 cp, 43 part.
2007	Tatiana Vlasova	Hannele Valkonen	Reenaas Marte	13.91 km, 31 cp, 49 part.
2009	Anastasia Kravchenko	Barbora Chudíková	Helene Söderlund
2011	Helene Söderlund	Tatiana Kozlova	Marte Reenaas

Short/Middle [edit]

This event was called "Short distance" from 1988 to 2000. Since 2002 it is called "Middle distance".

Men [edit]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1988	Hannu Koponen	Vidar Benjaminsen	Anssi Juutilainen	9.2 km, 11 cp, 63 participants
1990	Anssi Juutilainen	Vidar Benjaminsen	Anders Björkman	12.31 km, 9 cp, 60 participants
1992	Vidar Benjaminsen	Vesa Mäkipää	Ivan Kuzmin	10.0 km, 12 cp, 65 participants
1994	Nicolo Corradini Ivan Kuzmin		Vidar Benjaminsen	7.7 km, 12 cp, 61 participants
1996	Bjorn Lans	Vidar Benjaminsen	Raino Pesu	8.0 km, 14 cp, 78 participants
1998	Raino Pesu	Šulčys Nerijus	Kjetil Ulven	10.8 km, 23 cp, 73 participants
2000	Nicolo Corradini	Eduard Khrennikov	Andrei Gruzdev	64 participants
2002	Eduard Khrennikov	Andrei Gruzdev	Kjetil Ulven	11.2 km, 64 participants
2004	Tomas Löfgren	Tommy Olsen	Arto Lilja	12.38 km, 36 cp, 68 participants
2005	Ruslan Gritsan Andrei Gruzdev		Eduard Khrennikov	12.7 km, 21 cp, 63 participants
2007	Eduard Khrennikov	Staffan Tunis	Kirill Veselov	11.48 km, 29 cp, 71 participants
2009	Olli-Markus Taivainen	Staffan Tunis	Matti Keskinarkaus
2011	Staffan Tunis	Andrei Lamov	Peter Arnesson

Women [edit]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1988	Ragnhild Bratberg	Virpi Juutilainen	Sirpa Kukkonen	6.7 km, 8 cp, 35 participants
1990	Ragnhild Bratberg	Virpi Juutilainen	Arja Hannus	9.23 km, 9 cp, 34 participants
1992	Arja Hannus	Virpi Juutilainen	Annika Zell	7.0 km, 10 cp, 53 participants
1994	Virpi Juutilainen	Sanna Savolainen Hilde G. Pedersen		5.5 km, 9 cp, 55 participants
1996	Arja Nuolioja	Annika Zell	Svetlana Haustova	6.0 km, 12 cp, 53 participants
1998	Annika Zell	Lena Hasselstrom	Liisa Anttila	8.6 km, 23 cp, 64 participants
2000	Tatiana Vlasova	Lena Hasselstrom	Liisa Anttila	32 participants
2002	Stina Grenholm	Erja Jokinen	Lena Hasselstrom	8.4 km, 42 participants
2004	Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik	Marie Lund	Stina Grenholm	9.03 km, 27 cp, 46 participants
2005	Tatiana Vlasova	Erja Jokinen	Stina Grenholm	10.1 km, 17 cp, 44 participants
2007	Tatiana Vlasova	Liisa Anttila	Natalia Tomilova	7.45 km, 20 cp, 49 participants
2009	Tatiana Vlasova	Helene Söderlund	Josefine Engström
2011	Polina Malchikova	Alena Trapeznikova	Stine Olsen Kirkevik

Sprint [edit]

This event was first held in 2002

Men [edit]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2002	Andrei Gruzdev	Viktor Korchagin	Raino Pesu	4.2 km, 11 cp, 66 participants
2004	Eduard Khrennikov	Bengt Leandersson	Peter Arnesson	3.96 km, 21 cp, 73 participants
2005	Matti Keskinarkaus	Bertil Nordqvist	Tobias Aslund	3.9 km, 10 cp, 63 participants
2007	Eduard Khrennikov	Vadim Tolstopyatov	Staffan Tunis	3.84 km, 16 cp, 70 participants
2009	Andrei Lamov	Olli-Markus Taivainen	Staffan Tunis
2011	Olli-Markus Taivainen	Staffan Tunis	Peter Arnesson
2013	Peter Arnesson	Andrei Lamov	Kirill Veselov

Women [edit]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2002	Lena Hasselstrom	Erja Jokinen	Tatiana Vlasova	3.3 km, 8 cp, 41 participants
2004	Tatiana Vlasova	Liisa Anttila	Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik	3.48 km, 19 cp, 48 participants
2005	Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik	Erja Jokinen	Katja Rajaniemi	3.6 km, 10 cp, 44 participants
2007	Tatiana Vlasova	Olga Novikova	Liisa Anttila Tatiana Kozlova	2.79 km, 14 cp, 48 participants
2009	Hannele Tonna	Helene Söderlund	Tatiana Vlasova
2011	Tove Alexandersson	Helene Söderlund	Liisa Anttila

Relay [edit]

Men [edit]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1975	Finland	Sweden	Switzerland
1977	Sweden	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia
1980	Sweden	Finland	Bulgaria
1982	Sweden	Norway	Finland
1984	Sweden	Finland	Norway
1986	Norway	Bulgaria	Finland
1988	Finland	Sweden	Norway
1990	Sweden	Finland	Norway
1992	Finland	Russia	Norway
1994	Norway	Finland	Russia
1996	Sweden	Finland	Norway
1998	Russia	Sweden	Finland
2000	Russia	Finland	Sweden
2002	Russia	Finland	Sweden
2004	Russia	Norway	Finland
2005	Russia	Finland	Sweden
2007	Russia	Sweden	Switzerland
2009	Finland	Russia	Sweden
2011	Finland	Sweden	Norway

Women [edit]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1975	Finland	Sweden	Great Britain
1977	Finland	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1980	Finland	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1982	Sweden	Finland	Norway
1984	Sweden	Finland	Bulgaria
1986	Norway	Sweden	Bulgaria
1988	Finland	Norway	Sweden
1990	Finland	Sweden	Norway
1992	Sweden	Finland	Norway
1994	Sweden	Norway	Finland
1996	Sweden	Russia	Finland
1998	Finland	Sweden	Norway
2000	Finland	Sweden	Russia
2002	Russia	Sweden	Finland
2004	Finland	Russia	Sweden
2005	Norway	Sweden	Finland
2007	Russia	Finland	Sweden
2009	Sweden	Russia	Czech Republic
2011	Russia	Norway	Finland

Mixed Relay [edit]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2011	Russia Andrey Grigoriev Polina Malchikova	Sweden Peter Arnesson	Finland Matti Keskinarkaus Liisa Anttila

See also [edit]

• Ski Orienteering
• World Cup in Ski Orienteering
• Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships

External links and references [edit]

• World Ski Orienteering History
• IOF International Orienteering Federation
• Ski-WOC2009 World Ski Orienteering Championships