Olav Lundanes (NOR), Lucas Basset (FRA), Matthias Kyburz (SUI), Anne Margrethe Hausken (NOR), Kamilla Olaussen (NOR) and Cecilie Friberg Klysner (DEN) won the qualification heats when the WOC Middle Qualification opened this year’s World Orienteering Championships in Østfold, Norway.
All top runners made it to Friday’s final – no big surprises. See below for maps, GPS-tracking and results. The top 15 from each heat qualify for the final, and in addition another 15 runners from the nations who had no runners in top 15 – see full rules below the results. Official qualification results to the finals will be published here.
Maps and GPS-tracking
See GPS-tracking here:
Maps from all heats:
WOC 2019 Middle Qual Men 1
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WOC 2019 Middle Qual Men 2
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WOC 2019 Middle Qual Men 3
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WOC 2019 Middle Qual Women 1
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WOC 2019 Middle Qual Women 2
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WOC 2019 Middle Qual Women 3
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Sample from GPS-tracking (mini-analysis)
Here is a sample from the GPS-tracking showing two of the men’s favourites Olav Lundanes vs Daniel Hubmann. Note especially the difference in solving the longer leg from 8 to 9.
Another sample of two of the favourites in the middle distance: Tove Alexandersson vs Marianne Andersen. Two different strategies for the longer leg with Alexandersson straight and Andersen around. Sometimes straight pays off, but not always…
Results
Men 1
1. | Olav Lundanes | Norway | 24:20 | (+0:00) |
2. | Daniel Hubmann | Switzerland | 25:12 | (+0:52) |
3. | Oleksandr Kratov | Ukraine | 26:25 | (+2:05) |
4. | Martin Regborn | Sweden | 26:27 | (+2:07) |
5. | Leonid Novikov | Russian Federation | 26:30 | (+2:10) |
6. | Topi Syrjalainen | Finland | 26:42 | (+2:22) |
7. | Gernot Ymsen | Austria | 27:10 | (+2:50) |
8. | Andrey Salin | Belarus | 27:35 | (+3:15) |
9. | Peter Hodkinson | Great Britain | 27:39 | (+3:19) |
10. | Pavel Kubat | Czech Republic | 27:49 | (+3:29) |
11. | Rudolfs Zernis | Latvia | 27:51 | (+3:31) |
12. | Timo Sild | Estonia | 27:58 | (+3:38) |
13. | Michal Olejnik | Poland | 28:20 | (+4:00) |
14. | Pau Llorens Caellas | Spain | 28:35 | (+4:15) |
15. | Nicolas Rio | France | 28:37 | (+4:17) |
16. | Bojan Blumenstein | Germany | 28:46 | (+4:26) |
17. | Ivan Sirakov | Bulgaria | 29:45 | (+5:25) |
18. | Algirdas Bartkevicius | Lithuania | 29:48 | (+5:28) |
19. | Mathias Blaise | Belgium | 30:07 | (+5:47) |
20. | Anton Salmenkyla | United States | 30:25 | (+6:05) |
Men 2
1. | Lucas Basset | France | 24:49 | (+0:00) |
2. | Magne Daehli | Norway | 25:40 | (+0:51) |
3. | Jonas Vytautas Gvildys | Lithuania | 25:53 | (+1:04) |
4. | Ruslan Glibov | Ukraine | 25:58 | (+1:09) |
5. | Miika Kirmula | Finland | 26:03 | (+1:14) |
6. | Emil Svensk | Sweden | 26:22 | (+1:33) |
7. | Florian Howald | Switzerland | 26:47 | (+1:58) |
8. | Tue Lassen | Denmark | 27:24 | (+2:35) |
9. | Konstantin Serebryanitskiy | Russian Federation | 27:31 | (+2:42) |
10. | Riccardo Scalet | Italy | 28:39 | (+3:50) |
11. | Milos Nykodym | Czech Republic | 28:42 | (+3:53) |
12. | Arturs Paulins | Latvia | 28:54 | (+4:05) |
13. | Matthias Groell | Austria | 29:23 | (+4:34) |
14. | Csaba Gosswein | Hungary | 29:45 | (+4:56) |
15. | Nicolas Simonin | Ireland | 29:47 | (+4:58) |
16. | Jakub Chupek | Slovakia | 30:12 | (+5:23) |
17. | Matthew Speake | Great Britain | 30:18 | (+5:29) |
18. | Matt Doyle | Australia | 30:30 | (+5:41) |
19. | Lauri Sild | Estonia | 30:37 | (+5:48) |
20. | Matija Razum | Croatia | 30:43 | (+5:54) |
Men 3
1. | Matthias Kyburz | Switzerland | 25:21 | (+0:00) |
2. | Gustav Bergman | Sweden | 25:38 | (+0:17) |
3. | Aleksi Niemi | Finland | 26:17 | (+0:56) |
4. | Frederic Tranchand | France | 26:23 | (+1:02) |
5. | Vojtech Kral | Czech Republic | 26:27 | (+1:06) |
6. | Ralph Street | Great Britain | 26:29 | (+1:08) |
7. | Dmitry Tsvetkov | Russian Federation | 26:39 | (+1:18) |
8. | Eduardo Gil Marcos | Spain | 27:25 | (+2:04) |
9. | Andreas Kyburz | Switzerland | 28:10 | (+2:49) |
10. | Bjoern Cederberg | Denmark | 28:18 | (+2:57) |
11. | Simon Uppill | Australia | 28:26 | (+3:05) |
12. | Martins Sirmais | Latvia | 28:27 | (+3:06) |
13. | Sebastian Inderst | Italy | 28:52 | (+3:31) |
14. | Tim Robertson | New Zealand | 29:04 | (+3:43) |
15. | Aron Bako | Hungary | 29:24 | (+4:03) |
16. | Kristo Heinmann | Estonia | 29:37 | (+4:16) |
17. | Erik Doehler | Germany | 30:24 | (+5:03) |
18. | Sebastian Ken Baumann | Japan | 30:44 | (+5:23) |
19. | Krzysztof Wolowczyk | Poland | 30:47 | (+5:26) |
20. | Mantas Martinkus | Lithuania | 30:48 | (+5:27) |
Women 1
1. | Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg | Norway | 28:59 | (+0:00) |
2. | Natalia Gemperle | Russian Federation | 29:28 | (+0:29) |
3. | Evely Kaasiku | Estonia | 30:13 | (+1:14) |
4. | Merja Rantanen | Finland | 30:31 | (+1:32) |
5. | Tatyana Riabkina | Russian Federation | 30:41 | (+1:42) |
6. | Denisa Kosova | Czech Republic | 32:04 | (+3:05) |
7. | Karolin Ohlsson | Sweden | 32:23 | (+3:24) |
8. | Sabine Hauswirth | Switzerland | 32:32 | (+3:33) |
9. | Anna Serrallonga Arques | Spain | 33:00 | (+4:01) |
10. | Aleksandra Hornik | Poland | 33:14 | (+4:15) |
10. | Megan Carter Davies | Great Britain | 33:14 | (+4:15) |
12. | Bridget Anderson | Australia | 34:35 | (+5:36) |
13. | Miri Thrane Oedum | Denmark | 35:00 | (+6:01) |
14. | Laura Vike | Latvia | 35:24 | (+6:25) |
15. | Florence Hanauer | France | 35:49 | (+6:50) |
16. | Verena Troi | Italy | 36:06 | (+7:07) |
17. | Ausrine Kutkaite | Lithuania | 36:26 | (+7:27) |
18. | Laura Ramstein | Austria | 36:47 | (+7:48) |
19. | Birte Friedrichs | Germany | 37:12 | (+8:13) |
20. | Kateryna Dzema | Ukraine | 37:19 | (+8:20) |
Women 2
1. | Kamilla Olaussen | Norway | 29:16 | (+0:00) |
2. | Lina Strand | Sweden | 29:23 | (+0:07) |
3. | Marika Teini | Finland | 29:57 | (+0:41) |
4. | Simona Aebersold | Switzerland | 30:00 | (+0:44) |
5. | Jo Shepherd | Great Britain | 30:02 | (+0:46) |
6. | Svetlana Mironova | Russian Federation | 30:17 | (+1:01) |
7. | Vendula Horcickova | Czech Republic | 30:41 | (+1:25) |
8. | Caroline Gjotterup | Denmark | 30:45 | (+1:29) |
9. | Saila Kinni | Finland | 31:00 | (+1:44) |
10. | Sandra Grosberga | Latvia | 31:49 | (+2:33) |
11. | Lizzie Ingham | New Zealand | 32:40 | (+3:24) |
12. | Olha Panchenko | Ukraine | 32:55 | (+3:39) |
13. | Krystal Neumann | Australia | 33:04 | (+3:48) |
14. | Laura Joonas | Estonia | 33:26 | (+4:10) |
15. | Hanna Wisniewska | Poland | 33:38 | (+4:22) |
16. | Maelle Beauvir | France | 34:53 | (+5:37) |
17. | Zsofia Sarkozy | Hungary | 35:00 | (+5:44) |
18. | Anja Arbter | Austria | 35:49 | (+6:33) |
19. | Galina Ribediuc | Moldova, Republic of | 36:33 | (+7:17) |
20. | Sandra Pauzaite | Lithuania | 38:02 | (+8:46) |
Women 3
1. | Cecilie Friberg Klysner | Denmark | 28:45 | (+0:00) |
2. | Tove Alexandersson | Sweden | 28:51 | (+0:06) |
3. | Marianne Andersen | Norway | 29:20 | (+0:35) |
4. | Venla Harju | Finland | 29:28 | (+0:43) |
5. | Susen Loesch | Germany | 30:08 | (+1:23) |
6. | Anastasia Rudnaya | Russian Federation | 30:52 | (+2:07) |
7. | Catherine Taylor | Great Britain | 30:56 | (+2:11) |
8. | Elena Roos | Switzerland | 32:04 | (+3:19) |
9. | Lenka Mechlova | Czech Republic | 32:25 | (+3:40) |
10. | Isia Basset | France | 33:14 | (+4:29) |
11. | Gabija Razaityte | Lithuania | 33:18 | (+4:33) |
12. | Liga Valdmane | Latvia | 33:29 | (+4:44) |
13. | Ursula Kadan | Austria | 34:38 | (+5:53) |
14. | Emily Kemp | Canada | 34:58 | (+6:13) |
15. | Liliana Gotseva | Bulgaria | 36:28 | (+7:43) |
16. | Kristina Yakubkina | Belarus | 36:43 | (+7:58) |
17. | Violeta Feliciano Sanjuan | Spain | 38:09 | (+9:24) |
18. | Olena Pitirimova | Ukraine | 38:12 | (+9:27) |
19. | Kate Morrison | New Zealand | 38:59 | (+10:14) |
20. | Belinda Lawford | Australia | 39:16 | (+10:31) |
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