# 2023 World Orienteering Championships

The 2023 World Orienteering Championships were held from 11 to 16 July 2023 in Flims/Laax in the Canton of the Grisons (German: Graubünden), Switzerland.
The championships consisted of six forest competitions: middle distance, long distance and relay, for women and men, respectively. A total of 18 medals were shared among five nations. The host nation Switzerland won three of the six gold medals, with victories in the women's long distance, men's middle distance, and men's relay. Sweden won two gold medals, winning the women's relay and the women's middle distance. Norway won one gold medal, in the men's long distance. Finland and Austria were also among the medal winners.

## Schedule

| Date | Event | Comment |
| 12 July | Middle – Qualification | |
| 13 July | Long distance | |
| 14 July | Rest day | Rest day |
| 15 July | Middle distance – Final | |
| 16 July | Relay | |

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Middle distance | Matthias Kyburz Switzerland | 38:19 | Joey Hadorn Switzerland | 40:19 | Jannis Bonek Austria | 40:26 |
| Long distance | Kasper Fosser Norway | 1:33:06 | Matthias Kyburz Switzerland | 1:33:57 | Olli Ojanaho Finland | 1:37:37 |
| Relay | Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Joey Hadorn Matthias Kyburz | 1:57:16 | Finland Topi Syrjäläinen Olli Ojanaho Miika Kirmula | 1:57:59 | Sweden Albin Ridefelt Gustav Bergman Emil Svensk | 1:58:13 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Middle distance | Tove Alexandersson Sweden | 37:26 | Natalia Gemperle Switzerland | 39:44 | Hanna Lundberg Sweden | 40:00 |
| Long distance | Simona Aebersold Switzerland | 1:21:43 | Tove Alexandersson Sweden | 1:22:14 | Andrine Benjaminsen Norway | 1:29:03 |
| Relay | Sweden Hanna Lundberg Sara Hagström Tove Alexandersson | 1:47:26 | Switzerland Elena Roos Natalia Gemperle Simona Aebersold | 1:51:54 | Norway Marianne Andersen Marie Olaussen Andrine Benjaminsen | 1:57:25 |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Switzerland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Switzerland* | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

## Results
### Women's long distance

WOC 2023 – Long – Women (11.0  km, 23 controls) :
| Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
| | Simona Aebersold | Switzerland | 1:21:43 |
| | Tove Alexandersson | Sweden | 1:22:14 |
| | Andrine Benjaminsen | Norway | 1:29:03 |
| 4 | Natalia Gemperle | Switzerland | 1:29:09 |
| 5 | Sara Hagström | Sweden | 1:29:23 |
| 6 | Elena Roos | Switzerland | 1:30:09 |
| 7 | Megan Carter Davies | Great Britain | 1:30:50 |
| 8 | Marie Olaussen | Norway | 1:31:47 |
| 9 | Venla Harju | Finland | 1:33:13 |
| 10 | Marianne Andersen | Norway | 1:36:31 |

### Men's long distance

WOC 2023 – Long – Men (14.0  km, 35 controls) :
| Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
| | Kasper Fosser | Norway | 1:33:06 |
| | Matthias Kyburz | Switzerland | 1:33:57 |
| | Olli Ojanaho | Finland | 1:37:37 |
| 4 | Emil Svensk | Sweden | 1:37:51 |
| 4 | Tomas Krivda | Czech Republic | 1:37:51 |
| 6 | Daniel Hubmann | Switzerland | 1:38:30 |
| 7 | Joey Hadorn | Switzerland | 1:38:33 |
| 8 | Ruslan Glibov | Ukraine | 1:39:53 |
| 9 | Miika Kirmula | Finland | 1:41:02 |
| 10 | Milos Nykodym | Czech Republic | 1:42:35 |

### Women's middle distance

WOC 2023 – Middle – Women (4.8  km) :
| Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
| | Tove Alexandersson | Sweden | 37:26 |
| | Natalia Gemperle | Switzerland | 39:44 |
| | Hanna Lundberg | Sweden | 40:00 |
| 4 | Ane Dyrkorn | Norway | 41:49 |
| 5 | Andrine Benjaminsen | Norway | 42:01 |
| 6 | Venla Harju | Finland | 43:11 |
| 7 | Sandra Grosberga | Latvia | 43:14 |
| 8 | Tereza Janošíková | Czech Republic | 43:46 |
| 9 | Sara Hagström | Sweden | 44:11 |
| 10 | Evely Kaasiku | Estonia | 44:48 |

### Men's middle distance

WOC 2023 – Middle – Men(5.9  km) :
| Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
| | Matthias Kyburz | Switzerland | 38:19 |
| | Joey Hadorn | Switzerland | 40:19 |
| | Jannis Bonek | Austria | 40:26 |
| 4 | Albin Ridefelt | Sweden | 40:51 |
| 5 | Gustav Bergman | Sweden | 40:59 |
| 6 | Olli Ojanaho | Finland | 41:03 |
| 7 | Kasper Harlem Fosser | Norway | 41:43 |
| 8 | Eskil Kinneberg | Norway | 41:50 |
| 9 | Lucas Basset | France | 41:54 |
| 10 | Emil Svensk | Sweden | 42:16 |