# World Ski Orienteering Championships

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

| Number | Year | Date | Place |
| 1 | 1975 | 26–28 February | Hyvinkää, Finland |
| 2 | 1977 | 25–27 March | Velingrad, Bulgaria |
| 3 | 1980 | 26 February – 1 March | Avesta, Sweden |
| 4 | 1982 | 8–12 February | Aigen / Ennstal, Austria |
| 5 | 1984 | 30 January – 4 February | Lavarone, Italy |
| 6 | 1986 | 19–24 February | Batak, Bulgaria |
| 7 | 1988 | 2–6 March | Kuopio, Finland |
| 8 | 1990 | 1–4 March | Skellefteå, Sweden |
| 9 | 1992 | 28 January – 2 February | Pontarlier, France |
| 10 | 1994 | 1–5 February | Val di Non, Italy |
| 11 | 1996 | 19–24 February | Lillehammer, Norway |
| 12 | 1998 | 19–25 January | Windischgarsten, Austria |
| 13 | 2000 | 28 February – 5 March | Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
| 14 | 2002 | 23 February – 2 March | Borovetz, Bulgaria |
| 15 | 2004 | 11–15 February | Åsarna / Östersund, Sweden |
| 16 | 2005 | 5–12 March | Levi / Kittilä, Finland |
| 17 | 2007 | 23 February – 3 March | Moscow Oblast, Russia |
| 18 | 2009 | 3–8 March | Rusutsu, Japan |
| 19 | 2011 | 20–28 March | Tänndalen, Sweden |
| 20 | 2013 | 3–8 March | Ridder, Kazakhstan |
| 21 | 2015 | 7–15 February | Hamar / Løten, Norway |
| 22 | 2017 | 6–12 March | Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
| 23 | 2019 | 19–24 March | Piteå, Sweden |
| 24 | 2021 | 22–28 February | Kääriku, Estonia |
| 25 | 2022 | 15–19 March | Kemi-Keminmaa, Finland |
| 26 | 2024 | 23–27 January | Ramsau, Austria |
| 27 | 2026 | 28 February – 6 March | TBD, Japan |

## Classic/Long

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

### Men's classic/long distance

| 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 | |
| 2013 | Peter Arnesson | Janne Häkkinen | Staffan Tunis | |
| 2015 | Lars Moholdt | Andrey Lamov | Staffan Tunis | |
| 2017 | Erik Rost | Kirill Veselov | Lars Moholdt | 8.2 km, 48 participants |
| 2019 | Andrey Lamov | Lars Moholdt | Tero Linnainmaa | |

### Women's classic/long distance

| 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 | |
| 2013 | Mervi Pesu | Tatiana Kozlova | Tove Alexandersson Josefine Engström | |
| 2015 | Josefine Engström | Mira Kaskinen | Kseniya Tretyakova | |
| 2017 | Maria Kechkina | Alena Trapeznikova | Polina Frolova | 7.3 km, 30 participants |
| 2019 | Tove Alexandersson | Alena Trapeznikova | Maria Kechkina | |

## Short/Middle

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

### Men's short/middle distance

| 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 | Nerijus Šulčys | 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 | |
| 2013 | Peter Arnesson | Andrei Lamov | Kiril Veselov | |
| 2015 | Staffan Tunis | Stanimir Belomazhev | Lars Moholdt | |
| 2017 | Stanimir Belomazhev | Erik Rost | Lars Moholdt | 3.4 km, 53 participants |
| 2019 | Erik Rost | Audun Heimdal | Gion Schnyder | |

### Women's short/middle distance

| 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 | |
| 2013 | Anastasia Kravchenko | Tatiana Kozlova | Josefine Engström | |
| 2015 | Milka Reponen | Marjut Turunen | Mervi Pesu | |
| 2017 | Tove Alexandersson | Polina Frolova | Salla Koskela | 7.3 km, 32 participants |
| 2019 | Maria Kechkina | Tove Alexandersson | Alena Trapeznikova | |

## Sprint

This event was first held in 2002.

### Men's sprint

| 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 | |
| 2015 | Andrey Lamov | Stanimir Belomazhev | Erik Rost | |
| 2017 | Ulrik Nordberg | Andrey Lamov | Sergey Gorlanov | 3.4 km, 55 participants |
| 2019 | Sergei Gorlanov | Erik Rost | Eduard Khrennikov | |

### Women's sprint

| 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 | |
| 2013 | Tove Alexandersson | Mervi Pesu | Tatyana Kozlova | |
| 2015 | Tove Alexandersson | Audhild Bakken Rognstad | Josefine Engström | |
| 2017 | Tove Alexandersson | Polina Frolova | Salla Koskela | 3.1 km, 32 participants |
| 2019 | Tove Alexandersson | Magdalena Olsson | Maria Kechkina | |

## Relay
### Men's relay

| 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 Pär-Ove Bergqvist Bertil Nordqvist Björn Lans | 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 Olli Markus Taivainen Matti Keskinarkaus Staffan Tunis | Sweden Johan Granath Erik Rost Peter Arnesson | Norway Eivind Tonna Hans Jörgen Kvåle Lars Hol Moholdt | |
| 2013 | Russia Andrey Grigoriev Kiril Veselov Andrei Lamov | Sweden Johan Granath Martin Hammarberg Peter Arnesson | Finland Ville-Petteri Saarela Hannu-Pekka Pukema Staffan Tunis | |
| 2015 | Russia Kiril Veselov Eduard Khrennikov Andrei Lamov | Sweden Peter Arnesson Erik Rost Andreas Holmberg | Czech Republic Jakub Skoda Radek Laciga Jiří Bouchal | |
| 2017 | Russia Andrey Grigoriev Kirill Veselov Andrey Lamov | Sweden Martin Hammarberg Ulrik Nordberg Erik Rost | Finland Tero Linnainmaa Juri Uusitalo Ville Petteri Saarela | 6.7 km, 16 controls, 14 countries |
| 2019 | Russia Vladislav Kiselev Sergei Gorlanov Andrey Lamov | Sweden Markus Lundholm Martin Hammarberg Erik Rost | Norway Bjørnar Kvale Audun Heimdal Lars Moholdt | |

### Women's relay

| 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 Alena Trapeznikova Tatyana Kozlova Polina Malchikova | Norway Barbro Kvåle Stine Olsen Kirkevik Marte Reenas | Finland Marjul Turunen Liisa Anttila Hannele Tonna | |
| 2013 | Russia Anastasia Kravchenko Yuliya Tarasenko Tatyana Kozlova | Sweden Magdalena Olsson Josefine Engström Tove Alexandersson | Finland Milka Leppäsalm Marjut Turunen Mervi Pesu | |
| 2015 | Sweden Frida Sandberg Tove Alexandersson Josefine Engström | Finland Milka Reponen Mira Kaskinen Mervi Pesu | Russia Kseniya Tretyakova Tatiana Oborina Yuliya Tarasenko | |
| 2017 | Russia Maria Kechkina Polina Frolova Alena Trapeznikova | Finland Mirka Suutari Marjut Turunen Salla Koskela | Czech Republic Petra Hancova Kristina Kolinova Hanna Hancikova | 5.6 km, 13 controls, 5 countries |
| 2019 | Russia Alena Trapeznikova Tatjana Oborina Maria Kechkina | Sweden Linda Lindkvist Magdalena Olsson Tove Alexandersson | Finland Mirka Suutari Milka Reponen Salla Koskela | |

## Mixed Sprint Relay

This event was first held in 2011.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2011 | Russia Andrey Grigoriev Polina Malchikova | Sweden Peter Arnesson Helene Söderlund | Finland Matti Keskinarkaus Liisa Anttila |
| 2013 | Sweden Tove Alexandersson Peter Arnesson | Finland Mervi Pesu Staffan Tunis | Bulgaria Antoniya Grigorova Stanimir Belomazhev |
| 2015 | Russia Yuliya Tarasenko Andrey Lamov | Finland Mira Kaskinen Staffan Tunis | Sweden Josefine Engström Erik Rost |
| 2017 | Sweden Tove Alexandersson Erik Rost | Russia Polina Frolova Andrey Lamov | Finland Salla Koskela Ville Petteri Saarela |

## 2017 redistribution of medals

In July 2017 it was announced that the IOF Council had decided to redistribute the medals for 2017, following the disqualification of Polina Frolova's results from the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2017 due to violation of anti-doping rules.

## All-time medal table

(Updated after 2019 competition)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 48 | 30 | 28 | 106 |
| 2 | Sweden | 45 | 44 | 34 | 123 |
| 3 | Finland | 37 | 52 | 49 | 138 |
| 4 | Norway | 14 | 17 | 24 | 55 |
| 5 | Italy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 151 | 149 | 150 | 450 |