# 2024 World Orienteering Championships

The 2024 World Orienteering Championships was held from 12 to 16 July 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The championships consisted of 5 days of races, plus a warm-up event one day prior to the start of the competition.

## Schedule

| Date | Event |
| 12 July | Sprint |
| 13 July | Rest day |
| 14 July | Sprint relay |
| 15 July | Rest day |
| 16 July | Knock-out sprint |

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Sprint | Martin Regborn Sweden | 15:58 | Tino Polsini Switzerland | 16:21 | Emil Svensk Sweden | 16:25 |
| Knock-out Sprint | Riccardo Rancan Switzerland | 07:35.6 | Jørgen Baklid Norway | 07:36.7 | Jonatan Gustafsson Sweden | 07:37.5 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Sprint | Tove Alexandersson Sweden | 16:14 | Simona Aebersold Switzerland | 16:29 | Natalia Gemperle Switzerland | 16:33 |
| Knock-out Sprint | Tove Alexandersson Sweden | 09:05.6 | Karolin Ohlsson Sweden | 09:10.4 | Simona Aebersold Switzerland | 09:11.0 |

### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Sprint relay | Switzerland Natalia Gemperle Riccardo Rancan Joey Hadorn Simona Aebersold | 58:43.3 | Finland Maija Sianoja Miika Kirmula Tuomas Heikkila Venla Harju | 59:22.1 | Norway Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad Eirik Langedal Breivik Kasper Fosser Andrine Benjaminsen | 59:46.6 |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |

## Results
### Women's Sprint

WOC 2024 – Sprint – Women :
| Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
| | Tove Alexandersson | Sweden | 16:14 |
| | Simona Aebersold | Switzerland | 16:29 |
| | Natalia Gemperle | Switzerland | 16:33 |
| 4 | Aleksandra Hornik | Poland | 16:38 |
| 5 | Malin Agervig Kristiansson | Denmark | 16:56 |
| 6 | Grace Molloy | Great Britain | 17:00 |
| 7 | Isia Basset | France | 17:12 |
| 8 | Sara Hagström | Sweden | 17:17 |
| 9 | Megan Carter Davies | Great Britain | 17:20 |
| 10 | Eline Gemperle | Switzerland | 17:26 |

### Men's Sprint

WOC 2024 – Sprint – Men :
| Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
| | Martin Regborn | Sweden | 15:58 |
| | Tino Polsini | Switzerland | 16:21 |
| | Emil Svensk | Sweden | 16:25 |
| 4 | Gustav Bergman | Sweden | 16:27 |
| 5 | Francesco Mariani | Italy | 16:40 |
| 6 | Tim Robertson | New Zealand | 16:41 |
| 7 | Joseph Lynch | New Zealand | 16:44 |
| 8 | Tuomas Heikkila | Finland | 16:45 |
| 9 | Henry McNulty | Australia | 16:52 |
| 10 | Daniel Hubmann | Switzerland | 16:53 |

### Women's Knock-out sprint

WOC 2024 – Knock-out sprint – Women :
| Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
| | Tove Alexandersson | Sweden | 09:05.6 |
| | Karolin Ohlsson | Sweden | 09:10.4 |
| | Simona Aebersold | Switzerland | 09:11.0 |
| 4 | Cecile Calandry | France | 09:12.7 |
| 5 | Megan Carter Davies | Great Britain | 09:21.0 |
| 6 | Venla Harju | Finland | 09:27.7 |

### Men's Knock-out sprint

WOC 2024 – Knock-out sprint – Men :
| Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
| | Riccardo Rancan | Switzerland | 07:35.6 |
| | Jørgen Baklid | Norway | 07:36.7 |
| | Jonatan Gustafsson | Sweden | 07:37.5 |
| 4 | Joey Hadorn | Switzerland | 07:37.7 |
| 5 | Martin Regborn | Sweden | 07:38.7 |
| 6 | Alvaro Casado | Spain | 07:44.7 |