Jukola 2017: All You Need To Know

Jan Kocbach June 15, 2017 Orienteering News 2 Comments

Jukola – the largest orienteering relay in the world – starts Saturday at 22:00 CET (23:00 local time). 9 hours earlier at 13:00 CET the women start their relay – the Venla relay. Here you find all the information you need about the Jukola and Venla relays. This is the 69th edition of the Jukola relay and the 40th edition of the Venla relay.

Jukola 2017 is organized close to Joensuu – and there will again be high quality international webTV-broadcast available from both the Jukola and Venla relays (Euro 16.-). A lot of live GPS tracking and interesting interviews are promised. This international broadcast also has its own director, with 20 cameras in use.

A look in the back-mirror: Kovee won Jukola 2016 after an exciting relay where Kovee’s Daniel Hubmann was strongest in the end. In the Venla relay Halden’s Mari Fasting decided the relay after a tight battle with Tampereen Pyrintö.

Live TV/results/tracking/startlists

Live TV feed: Buy access for Euro 16 here.
Live results
There is GPS Tracking on all legs. Live GPS Tracking will only be shown on the TV feed – there is no separate tracking offered. On some legs there will be little tracking shown so that later runners will not see the forking, as usually.
Startlists for Jukola and Venla. Running order will be public for all teams Friday at 6 pm (local time)
Jukola webpage and competition information

WorldofO Live coverage

WorldofO.com will have a limited live coverage via the WorldofOLive/WorldofO Twitter account during Jukola.

Follow Jukola 2016 at @Worldofo Twitter account

Map and terrain

Autogenerert kart over sperret terreng - Jukola

» See map in omaps.worldofo.com

Two different old maps of the Jukola area are available. The northern part of the area is covered by an old map from 2007. All of the area is covered by a MapAnt map (see above for both).

The competition area is dominated by the hill area of Harpatinvaara, which rises 110 meters from the surface of the river Pielisjoki. The terrain of Harpatti is both technically and physically challenging. The western side of Harpatti hill is partly bare rock, mostly with pine forest. The eastern side is more rocky and in many parts more dense. It is mostly spruce forest. Runnability varies from extremely good to extremely slow. Because of forestry one can also find cutting areas and young mixed forest. The competition center is located at the Eno school center (Koulukeskus) in the northwestern part of the old Harpatti map (shown above), which is made by Jussi Silvennoinen in 2007. He will also draw the new map for Joensuu-Jukola 2017.

Browse old Jukola maps in omaps.worldofo.com
See also an old article about forking in Jukola relays (via o-training.net)

Venla relay

Leg	Length	Climb	Time	Changeover
1.	6.7-6.9 km	190 m	45 min	14:45
2.	6.6-6.8 km	190 m	44 min	15:29
3.	5.9-6.1 km	180 m	38 min	16:07
4.	8.1-8.3 km	220 m	52 min	16:59
Total	27.4 km	780 m	2 h 59 min

Times are local times. There is forking on all legs.

Top teams last year (see full results):

1	8	Halden SK			NOR	3:06:04
		1 Sabine Hauswirth				44:08	2.
		2 Hollie Orr	47:50	41.		1:31:59	8.
		3 Anni-Maija Fincke	34:33	2.		2:06:32	1.
		4 Mari Fasting	59:32	6.		3:06:04	1.
2	6	Tampereen Pyrintö			FIN	3:06:57
		1 Lotta Karhola				44:58	22.
		2 Sonja Kyrölä	47:14	30.		1:32:12	12.
		3 Venla Harju	35:15	4.		2:07:27	6.
		4 Saila Kinni	59:30	5.		3:06:57	2.
3	4	SK Pohjantähti			FIN	3:07:13
		1 Heini Wennman				45:37	37.
		2 Marttiina Joensuu	46:29	16.		1:32:06	9.
		3 Sofia Haajanen	34:32	1.		2:06:39	2.
		4 Marika Teini	1:00:33	7.		3:07:13	3.
4	13	Koovee			FIN	3:09:42
		1 Johanna Hulkkonen				44:24	10.
		2 Ulrika Uotila	47:47	38.		1:32:11	11.
		3 Mia Niittynen	38:11	18.		2:10:23	14.
		4 Svetlana Mironova	59:19	3.		3:09:42	4.
5	16	Göteborg Majorna OK			SWE	3:09:43
		1 Viktoria Ernstsson				45:52	49.
		2 Anna Forsberg	43:30	2.		1:29:23	2.
		3 Lina Strand	37:28	11.		2:06:51	3.
		4 Judith Wyder	1:02:51	25.		3:09:43	5.
6	2	Alfta ÖSA OK			SWE	3:10:09
		1 Galina Vinogradova				44:37	15.
		2 Sara Eskilsson	45:39	11.		1:30:17	4.
		3 Josefine Engström	36:57	8.		2:07:14	4.
		4 Natalia Gemperle	1:02:55	27.		3:10:09	6.

Jukola relay

Leg	Length	Climb	Time	Changeover
1.	12.7-13.0 km dusk/dark	380 m	75 min	00:15
2.	14.2-14.4 km dark	440 m	88 min	01:43
3.	12.3-12.6 km dark/dusk	360 m	70 min	02:53
4.	7.6-7.7 km dawn/daylight	250 m	45 min	03:38
5.	7.9-8.0 km	250 m	45 min	04:23
6.	10.9-11.0 km	340 m	64 min	05:27
7.	13.8-13.9 km	490 m	80 min	06:47
Total	79.8 km	2510 m	7 h 47 min

Times are local times. There is forking on all legs.

Top teams last year (full results):

1	9	Koovee			FIN	8:03:46
		1 Topi Anjala				1:05:16	28.
		2 Lauri Sild	1:16:45	12.		2:22:02	2.
		3 Timo Sild	1:22:29	6.		3:44:32	2.
		4 Jani Myllärinen	50:54	5.		4:35:27	1.
		5 Jani Lakanen	49:53	5.		5:25:20	1.
		6 Olexandr Kratov	1:05:04	1.		6:30:24	1.
		7 Daniel Hubmann	1:33:21	7.		8:03:46	1.
2	16	IFK Lidingö SOK			SWE	8:05:06
		1 Julian Dent				1:06:09	48.
		2 Filip Dahlgren	1:16:18	8.		2:22:27	11.
		3 Hector Haines	1:23:03	10.		3:45:30	7.
		4 Erik Ivarsson Sandberg	53:03	19.		4:38:34	14.
		5 Öystein Kvaal Österbö	49:05	2.		5:27:39	6.
		6 Mårten Boström	1:07:26	3.		6:35:05	3.
		7 Fredrik Bakkman	1:30:00	1.		8:05:06	2.
3	3	Kalevan Rasti			FIN	8:06:14
		1 Aaro Asikainen				1:04:15	9.
		2 Hannu Airila	1:17:53	18.		2:22:08	3.
		3 Babtiste Rollier	1:23:09	15.		3:45:18	5.
		4 Jan Prochazka	51:14	9.		4:36:33	3.
		5 Fabian Hertner	50:32	11.		5:27:05	4.
		6 Jan Petrzela	1:07:57	4.		6:35:03	2.
		7 Thierry Gueorgiou	1:31:11	5.		8:06:14	3.
4	5	Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna			SWE	8:09:17
		1 Erik Rost				1:04:37	19.
		2 Jakob Lööf	1:18:02	21.		2:22:39	20.
		3 Johan Bäckman	1:23:22	22.		3:46:01	16.
		4 Thomas Carlsson	50:41	4.		4:36:43	5.
		5 Anton Östlin	49:30	3.		5:26:13	2.
		6 David Andersson	1:09:03	5.		6:35:17	4.
		7 William Lind	1:34:00	9.		8:09:17	4.
5	2	Halden SK			NOR	8:09:30
		1 Andreas Ruedlinger				1:05:30	29.
		2 Jarkko Huovila	1:16:54	14.		2:22:24	9.
		3 Olav Lundanes	1:22:08	5.		3:44:32	3.
		4 Håkon Raadal Björlo	51:50	13.		4:36:23	2.
		5 Eirik Kampstrup Hovind	50:06	7.		5:26:30	3.
		6 Emil Wingstedt	1:12:26	19.		6:38:57	7.
		7 Magne Dähli	1:30:33	3.		8:09:30	5.
6	12	IFK Göteborg			SWE	8:09:41
		1 Fredrik Eden				1:07:23	84.
		2 Jonas Pilblad	1:19:00	29.		2:26:23	33.
		3 Johan Högstrand	1:23:13	17.		3:49:36	21.
		4 Vetle Ruud Bråten	48:28	1.		4:38:05	13.
		5 Niclas Jonasson	51:23	15.		5:29:29	10.
		6 Max Peter Bejmer	1:09:32	6.		6:39:01	8.
		7 Eskil Kinneberg	1:30:39	4.		8:09:41	6.

Jukola videos

Take a look at some old Jukola videos to get you in the Jukola mood.

2 comments

TheNCuber
June 17, 2017 at 19:43

Something has to be wrong with the start time indications in your article. Local time in Joensuu and CET are two hours apart and therefor the starttime can’t be “22:00 CET (23:00 local time)”
What is correct now?
- Jan
  June 17, 2017 at 19:49
  
  2300 local time, 2200 cet summer time. http://www.timebie.com/timezone/centraleuropeanfinland.php