European Orienteering Championships Status active Genre sports event Date(s) May–June Frequency biannual Location(s) various Inaugurated 1962 (1962 ) Organised by IOF
The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000. From 2020, the European Orienteering Championships will be held annually, with sprint events and forest events in alternate years.
The competition format has changed several times. From the beginning in 1962, the World Championships consisted of only two competitions: an individual race and an unofficial relay. The relay event was an official event for the first time in the 1964 European Championships. EOC was not arranged from 1964 to 2000. In 2000, a sprint race (roughly 12–15 minutes winning time). In 2002, a short distance race (roughly 20–25 minutes) was added. The middle distance (roughly 30–35 minutes) replaced the short distance in 2004 On IOF's 23rd congress in Lausanne in 2012, it was decided that a sprint relay event would be added in the 2016 European Orienteering Championships in Jeseník, Czech Republic.[ 1] The sprint relay are competed in urban areas and consists of four-orienteer mixed-gender teams with starting order woman-man-man-woman.
The current championship events are:
Forest EOC (even years) Distance Winning Time Notes Long distance 90–100 min Previously called classic distance Middle distance 30–35 min Replaced short distance (20–25 min) in 2004 Relay 3 × 40 min Three-person teams
Urban EOC (odd years) Distance Winning Time Notes Sprint 12–15 min Knock-out sprint 5–8 min First held in 2021 Sprint relay 4 × 12–15 min Four-person teams, two men and two women.
Results: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientierungslauf-Europameisterschaften
# Year Date Place 1 1962 September 22–23 Løten , Norway 2 1964 September 26–27 Le Brassus , Switzerland 3 2000 June 30 - July 4 Truskavets , Ukraine 4 2002 September 25–30 Sümeg , Hungary 5 2004 July 10–17 Roskilde , Denmark 6 2006 May 7–14 Otepää , Estonia 7 2008 May 25 - June 1 Ventspils , Latvia 8 2010 May 27 - June 6 Primorsko ,[ 2] Bulgaria 9 2012 May 14 - May 20 Falun , Sweden [ 3] 10 2014 April 9–16 Palmela , Portugal 11 2016 May 25–31 Jeseník , Czech Republic 12 2018 May 5–12 Cadempino , Switzerland - 2020 [ 4] August 16–23 Rakvere , Estonia 13 2021 May 13–16 Neuchâtel , Switzerland 14 2022 August 1 - 7 Rakvere , Estonia 15 2023 October 4 - 8 Verona , Italy [ 5] 16 2024 August 15 - 20 Mór , Hungary 17 2025 August 20 - 24 TBA, Belgium
Individual/Classic/Long[ edit ] Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 1962 Magne Lystad Bertil Norman Sivar Nordström 16.5 km, 13 controls (individual event) 1964 Erkki Kohvakka Alex Schwager Aimo Tepsell 15.0 km, 15 controls (individual event) 2000 Valentin Novikov Marián Dávidík Bjørnar Valstad Classic distance 2002 Thomas Bührer Bjørnar Valstad Emil Wingstedt 12.4 km, 23 controls 2004 Kalle Dalin Mats Haldin Emil Wingstedt 14.5 km, 29 controls 2006 Jani Lakanen Daniel Hubmann Olle Kärner 16.21 km, 33 controls 2008 Dmitry Tsvetkov Daniel Hubmann Emil Wingstedt 16.9 km, 33 controls 2010 Daniel Hubmann Philippe Adamski Fabian Hertner 17.3 km, 30 controls 2012 Olav Lundanes Matthias Merz Valentin Novikov 15.36 km, 33 controls 2014 Daniel Hubmann Olav Lundanes Fredrik Johansson 20.3 km, 30 controls 2016 Daniel Hubmann Magne Daehli Martin Regborn 16.1 km, 23 controls 2018 Olav Lundanes Matthias Kyburz Gernot Kerschbaumer 14.9 km 2022 Martin Regborn Eskil Kinneberg Elias Kuukka 17.29 km, 31 controls 2024 Kasper Fosser Daniel Hubmann Miika Kirmula 13.9 km, 25 controls
Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 1962 Ulla Lindkvist Marit Økern Emy Gauffin 7.5 km, 7 controls (individual event) 1964 Margrit Thommen Ann-Marie Wallsten Ulla Lindkvist 8.1 km, 10 controls (individual event) 2000 Hanne Staff Brigitte Wolf Yvette Baker Classic distance 2002 Simone Niggli-Luder Hanne Staff Birgitte Husebye 6.7 km, 17 controls 2004 Simone Niggli-Luder Emma Engstrand Tatiana Ryabkina 9.6 km, 21 controls 2006 Simone Niggli-Luder Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi 10.93 km, 25 controls 2008 Anne Margrethe Hausken Tatiana Ryabkina Emma Engstrand 11.0 km, 24 controls 2010 Simone Niggli-Luder Dana Brožková Helena Jansson 11.0 km, 26 controls 2012 Simone Niggli-Luder Tatiana Ryabkina Minna Kauppi 9.76 km, 24 controls 2014 Judith Wyder Svetlana Mironova Catherine Taylor 13.3 km, 23 controls 2016 Tove Alexandersson Anne Margrethe Hausken Svetlana Mironova 10.3 km, 15 controls 2018 Tove Alexandersson Natalia Gemperle Julia Gross 11.3 km 2022 Venla Harju Tove Alexandersson Marika Teini 12.93 km, 20 controls 2024 Tove Alexandersson Simona Aebersold Andrine Benjaminsen 10.8 km, 22 controls
Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2002 Michael Mamleev Yuri Omeltchenko Jamie Stevenson 5.2 km, 15 controls 2004 Thierry Gueorgiou Jarkko Huovila Emil Wingstedt 6.4 km, 22 controls 2006 Thierry Gueorgiou Martins Sirmais Valentin Novikov 6.7 km, 18 controls 2008 Thierry Gueorgiou Martins Sirmais Pasi Ikonen 6.7 km, 22 controls 2010 Valentin Novikov Matthias Merz Daniel Hubmann 6.4 km, 22 controls 2012 Olav Lundanes Valentin Novikov Carl Waaler Kaas 6.24 km, 23 controls 2014 Daniel Hubmann Fabian Hertner Thierry Gueorgiou 7.9 km, 22 controls 2016 Matthias Kyburz Gustav Bergman Lucas Basset 5.7 km, 24 controls 2018 Matthias Kyburz Florian Howald Olav Lundanes 5.4 km, 19 controls 2022 Albin Ridefelt Anton Johansson Gustav Bergman 6.3 km, 22 controls 2024 Eirik Langedal Breivik Kasper Fosser Albin Ridefelt 5.1 km, 22 controls
Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2002 Gunilla Svärd Brigitte Wolf Birgitte Husebye 4.5 km, 13 controls 2004 Hanne Staff Dainora Alšauskaitė Tatiana Ryabkina 5.3 km, 21 controls 2006 Minna Kauppi Marianne Andersen Heli Jukkola 5.679 km, 15 controls 2008 Heli Jukkola Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi 5.2 km, 16 controls 2010 Simone Niggli-Luder Signe Soes Lena Eliasson 5.4 km, 22 controls 2012 Simone Niggli-Luder Minna Kauppi Tatiana Ryabkina 5.19 km, 18 controls 2014 Signe Søes Maja Alm Tove Alexandersson 6.4 km, 17 controls 2016 Tove Alexandersson Judith Wyder Marika Teini 5.0 km, 21 controls 2018 Marika Teini Tove Alexandersson Simona Aebersold 4.3 km, 16 controls 2022 Simona Aebersold Evely Kaasiku Venla Harju 5.3 km, 20 controls 2024 Simona Aebersold Natalia Gemperle Andrine Benjaminsen 4.5 km, 19 controls
Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2000 Valentin Novikov Yuri Omeltchenko Tore Sandvik Short distance 2002 Emil Wingstedt Håkan Pettersson Yuri Omeltchenko 3.2 km, 10 controls 2004 Emil Wingstedt Andrey Khramov Mårten Boström 3.0 km, 20 controls 2006 Emil Wingstedt Jamie Stevenson Andrey Khramov 3.07 km, 17 controls 2008 Emil Wingstedt Daniel Hubmann Andrey Khramov 3.3 km, 19 controls 2010 Fabian Hertner Daniel Hubmann Emil Wingstedt 3.3 km, 24 controls 2012 Jonas Leandersson Kiril Nikolov Jerker Lysell Daniel Hubmann 3.54 km, 20 controls 2014 Jonas Leandersson Jerker Lysell Martin Hubmann 2.8 km, 22 controls 2016 Matthias Kyburz Gustav Bergman Florian Howald 3.4 km, 22 controls 2018 Matthias Kyburz Daniel Hubmann Kristian Jones 4.2 km, 27 controls 2021 Emil Svensk Yannick Michiels Gustav Bergman 4.4 km, 25 controls[ 6] 2023 Matthias Kyburz Kasper Fosser Tuomas Heikkila 3.5 km, 21 controls
Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2000 Jenny Johansson Simone Luder Anna Górnicka-Antonowicz Short distance 2002 Vroni König-Salmi Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Anne Margrethe Hausken 2.85 km, 11 controls 2004 Simone Niggli-Luder Jenny Johansson Emma Engstrand 2.5 km, 16 controls 2006 Simone Niggli-Luder Marianne Andersen Minna Kauppi 2.73 km, 14 controls 2008 Anne Margrethe Hausken Heli Jukkola Helena Jansson 2.5 km, 14 controls 2010 Helena Jansson Simone Niggli-Luder Maja Alm 2.8 km, 21 controls 2012 Simone Niggli-Luder Lena Eliasson Maja Alm 3.21 km, 16 controls 2014 Judith Wyder Nadiya Volynska Julia Gross 2.3 km, 19 controls 2016 Judith Wyder Nadiya Volynska Maja Alm Galina Vinogradova 3.0 km, 18 controls 2018 Tove Alexandersson Judith Wyder Natalia Gemperle 3.8 km, 23 controls 2021 Tove Alexandersson Elena Roos Simona Aebersold 4.0 km, 21 controls[ 7] 2023 Sara Hagström Tove Alexandersson Simona Aebersold 3.0 km, 19 controls
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