# 2016 World Masters Orienteering Championships

World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) are annual international orienteering competitions and the official world championship for orienteering runners above the age of 35.
The WMOC 2016 was arranged 7-13 August 2016 in Estonia.

## Sprint

Sprint qualification was held in Tallinn Kadrioru Park, the most outstanding palatial and urban park in Estonia, and sprint finals were held in Tallinn's Old Town. 25 champions were celebrated the first final day 8 August 2016.
MEN M35
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Dmitry Mihalkin | Sergey Borovkov | Pavel Krasko | 3.54 km, 21 controls |
WOMEN W35
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Galina Vinogradova | Katri Lindeqvist | Elli Virta | 3.16 km, 19 controls |
MEN M40
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Petteri Muukkonen | Martin Larsson | Nick Barrable | 3.46 km, 22 controls |
WOMEN W40
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Annika Björk | Kirti Rebane | Irita Pukite | 2.99 km, 20 controls |
MEN M45
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Thomas Jensen | Janne Salmi | Tero Heikkilä | 3.32 km, 19 controls |
WOMEN W45
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Natasha Key | Anna Gornicka-Antonowicz | Natalia Naumova | 2.74 km, 17 controls |
MEN M50
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Tsvetan Todorov | Michael Finkenstaedt | Clive Hallett | 3.16 km, 19 controls |
WOMEN W50
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Airi Alnek | Anne Nurmi | Annamari Vierikko | 2.52 km, 17 controls |
MEN M55
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Stefan Bolliger | Juhani Jetsonen | Kari Lehto | 2.99 km, 20 controls |
WOMEN W55
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Marje Viirmann | Kane Andersson | Monika Ammann | 2.47 km, 19 controls |
MEN M60
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | James Crawford | Geoff Lawford | Jorma Nissilä | 2.74 km, 17 controls |
WOMEN W60
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Alena Rosecka | Unni Strand Karlsen | Alison Simmons | 2.10 km, 15 controls |
MEN M65
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Raimo Hyyryläinen | Keld Johnsen | Kai Saksman | 2.47 km, 19 controls |
WOMEN W65
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Maria Nordwall | Tamara Ovsyannikova | Liz Godfree | 1.90 km, 14 controls |
MEN M70
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Olli Lehtinen | Risto Orpana | Timo Peltola | 2.08 km, 13 controls |
WOMEN W70
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Kari Timenes Laugen | Torid Kvaal | Turid Nystrom | 1.74 km, 12 controls |
MEN M75
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Helmut Conrad | Leif Engen | Yotaro Ogasawara | 1.85 km, 13 controls |
WOMEN W75
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Ilse Uus | Birgitta Olsson | Erica Huggler | 1.53 km, 12 controls |
MEN M80
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Jaroslav Havlik | Rune Carlsson | Alois Laznicka | 1.53 km, 12 controls |
WOMEN W80
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Ebba-Lisa Flygar | Bernice Antonsson | Anna Barbara Schaffner | 1.28 km, 11 controls |
MEN M85
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Atsushi Takahashi | Peter Larsen | Carles Llado | 1.28 km, 11 controls |
WOMEN W85
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Vre Harzenmoser | Eileen Bedwell | Sole Nieminen | 1.15 km, 8 controls |
MEN M90
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Arvo Majoinen | Adolf Kempf | Bengt Borg | 1.04 km, 9 controls |
WOMEN W90
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Elvy Fredin | Lena Nordahl | | 1.04 km, 9 controls |
WOMEN W95
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Astrid Andersson | | | 1.04 km, 9 controls |

## Long distance

Long qualification was held at Kõrvemaa, a wilderness area, dominated by glacial landforms, coniferous forests and extensive bogs, and the long distance final at Pikasaare, with competition centre located in Estonian Defence Forces main military training field, a pine and spruce forest with many features typical of morainic terrain. 24 champions were celebrated the last final day 13 August 2016.
MEN M35
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Dmitry Mihalkin | Andreas Kraas | Jakob Jansson | 12.66 km, 22 controls |
WOMEN W35
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Elli Virta | Rebecka Lindberg | Sanna Paukkunen | 8.03 km, 15 controls |
MEN M40
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Petteri Muukkonen | Jani Virta | Simo Martomaa | 11.5 km, 21 controls |
WOMEN W40
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Irita Pukite | Annika Björk | Kirti Rebane | 7.36 km, 14 controls |
MEN M45
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Johan Pettersson | Tommy Lindberg | Ilya Gusev | 10.51 km, 21 controls |
WOMEN W45
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Natasha Key | Natalia Naumova | Anna Gornicka-Antonowicz | 6.04 km, 13 controls |
MEN M50
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Oleg Anuchkin | Hakan Kleijn | Alexander Afonyushkin | 9.5 km, 20 controls |
WOMEN W50
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Annika Viilo | Laila B.Höglund | Anita Wehlin | 5.56 km, 12 controls |
MEN M55
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Hakan Eriksson | Jozef Pollak | Christer Skoog | 7.94 km, 16 controls |
WOMEN W55
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Marje Viirmann | Sirkka Oikarinen | Kane Andersson | 5.31 km, 12 controls |
MEN M60
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Rolf Lund | Jorma Nissilä | Vasilii Mikhailov | 7.11 km, 15 controls |
WOMEN W60
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Lidia Shorokhova | Alida Abola | Virginija Gvildiene | 5.09 km, 10 controls |
MEN M65
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Tapio Peippo | Pekka Marti | Pekka Kerkola | 6.73 km, 13 controls |
WOMEN W65
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Tamara Ovsyannikova | Vappu Hyvärinen | Maria Nordwall | 4.75 km, 9 controls |
MEN M70
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Risto Wessman | Heikki Rusko | Jorma Hyyryläinen | 6.15 km, 14 controls |
WOMEN W70
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Kari Timenes Laugen | Galina Vershinina | Tatiana Svistun | 4.24 km, 8 controls |
MEN M75
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Helmut Conrad | Gunnar Österbö | Anders Taraldrud | 5.15 km, 12 controls |
WOMEN W75
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Birgitta Olsson | Siv Hasselgrund | Liudmila Labutina | 3.32 km, 7 controls |
MEN M80
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Rune Carlsson | Tapio Patana | Heino Mardiste | 4.24 km, 9 controls |
WOMEN W80
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Ebba-Lisa Flygar | Laila Malmqvist | Tiiu Tiigimägi | 2.44 km, 6 controls |
MEN M85
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Pentti Pelkonen | Eero Liski | Palle Bay | 3.35 km, 7 controls |
WOMEN W85
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Lisa Hedström | Signe Nyman | Sole Nieminen | 1.49 km, 6 controls |
MEN M90
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Arvo Majoinen | Adolf Kempf | Ragnar Hasselquist | 2.27 km, 7 controls |
WOMEN W95
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Length and controls |
| 2016 | Astrid Andersson | | | 1.09 km, 4 controls |