# World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships

The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event for awarding World Champion titles in mountain bike orienteering. The World Championships, also known as WMTBOC, were first held in 2002, and since 2004 they have been organized annually – except in 2020. The programme includes Long distance, Middle distance, Sprint, Mass Start (unofficial in 2016 and official from 2017), and a Relay for both men and women.

## Host towns and cities

Below is a list of towns and cities that have hosted World Championships in mountain bike orienteering. Year, date, place and number of participating countries are shown.
| Year | Date | Place | # Countries | Notes |
| 2002 | 1–6 July | Fontainebleau, France | 29 | |
| 2004 | 19–23 October | Ballarat, Australia | 26 | |
| 2005 | 5–11 September | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | 26 | |
| 2006 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2006) | 9–13 July | Joensuu, Finland | 25 | |
| 2007 | 5–12 August | Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic | 22 | |
| 2008 | 24–31 August | Ostróda, Poland | 26 | |
| 2009 | 9–16 August | Ben Shemen, Israel | 20 | |
| 2010 | 11–17 July | Montalegre, Portugal | 25 | |
| 2011 | 20–28 August | Vicenza, Italy | 27 | |
| 2012 | 20–25 August | Veszprém, Hungary | 30 | |
| 2013 | 26–31 August | Rakvere, Estonia | 26 | |
| 2014 | 24–31 August | Białystok, Poland | 27 | |
| 2015 | 14–23 August | Liberec, Czech Republic | 28 | |
| 2016 | 24–30 July | Águeda, Portugal | 22 | |
| 2017 | 19–27 August | Vilnius, Lithuania | 23 | |
| 2018 | 5–12 August | Zwettl, Austria | 27 | |
| 2019 | 28 July–3 August | Viborg, Denmark | 24 | |
| 2020 | 17–22 August* | Jeseník, Czech Republic | | cancelled |
| 2021 | 10–18 June | Kuortane, Finland | 16 | |
| 2022 | 15–20 July | Falun, Sweden | 25 | |

## Long distance
### Men

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
| 2002 | Jussi Mäkilä | Jérémie Gillmann | Alain Berger | |
| 2004 | Alain Berger | Mika Tervala | Adrian Jackson | |
| 2005 | Ruslan Gritsan | Victor Korchagin | Adrian Jackson | |
| 2006 | Mika Tervala | Ruslan Gritsan | Matti Keskinarkaus | |
| 2007 | Ruslan Gritsan | Lasse Brun Pedersen | Jaroslav Rygl | |
| 2008 | Ruslan Gritsan | Torbjørn Gasbjerg | Beat Okle | |
| 2009 | Adrian Jackson | Ruslan Gritsan | Matthieu Barthelemy | |
| 2010 | Anton Foliforov | Adrian Jackson | Erik Skovgaard Knudsen | |
| 2011 | Samuli Saarela | Erik Skovgaard Knudsen | Ruslan Gritsan | |
| 2012 | Ruslan Gritsan | Juho Saarinen | Samuel Pokala | Length 29.3 km, Climb 310m, 29 controls |
| 2013 | Kryštof Bogar | Samuli Saarela | Anton Foliforov | Length 34.9 km, Climb 405m, 32 controls |
| 2014 | Anton Foliforov | Baptiste Fuchs | Jiří Hradil | |
| 2015 | Anton Foliforov | Jussi Laurila | Luca Dallavalle | |
| 2016 | Anton Foliforov | Kryštof Bogar | Davide Machado | |
| 2017 | Rasmus Soegaard | Jiří Hradil | Anton Foliforov | |
| 2018 | Kryštof Bogar | Simon Braendli | Anton Foliforov | |
| 2019 | Ruslan Gritsan | Baptiste Fuchs | Anton Foliforov | |
| 2021 | Andre Haga | Pekka Niemi | Simon Braendli | |

### Women

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
| 2002 | Päivi Tommola | Emily Viner | Antje Bornhak | |
| 2004 | Anke Dannowski | Päivi Tommola | Antje Bornhak | |
| 2005 | Päivi Tommola | Antje Bornhak | Anke Dannowski | |
| 2006 | Christine Schaffner | Ksenia Chernykh | Ingrid Stengård | |
| 2007 | Michaela Gigon | Ksenia Chernykh | Christine Schaffner | |
| 2008 | Christine Schaffner | Marika Hara | Line Pedersen | |
| 2009 | Christine Schaffner | Sonja Zinkl | Hana Bajtošová | |
| 2010 | Christine Schaffner | Ksenia Chernykh | Marika Hara | |
| 2011 | Rikke Kornvig | Ingrid Stengard | Laura Scaravonati | |
| 2012 | Susanna Laurila | Ksenia Chernykh | Marika Hara | Length 21.5 km, Climb 250m, 24 controls |
| 2013 | Marika Hara | Susanna Laurila | Cecilia Thomasson | Length 26.0 km, Climb 265m, 27 controls |
| 2014 | Olga Vinogradova | Svetlana Poverina | Camilla Soegaard | |
| 2015 | Martina Tichovská | Svetlana Poverina | Cecilia Thomasson | |
| 2016 | Emily Benham | Gaëlle Barlet | Maja Rothweiler | |
| 2017 | Emily Benham | Martina Tichovská | Olga Vinogradova | |
| 2018 | Martina Tichovská | Antonia Haga | Svetlana Poverina | |
| 2019 | Emily Benham Kvale | Veronika Kubínová | Gabriele Andrasiuniene | |
| 2021 | Camilla Soegaard | Veronika Kubínová | Marika Hara | |

## Middle distance
### Men

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
| 2004 | Adrian Jackson | Alain Berger | Victor Korchagin | |
| 2005 | Ruslan Gritsan | Jaroslav Rygl | Mika Tervala | |
| 2006 | Tuomo Tompuri | Mika Tervala | Ruslan Gritsan | |
| 2007 | Mika Tervala | Jérémie Gillmann | Lubomír Tomeček | |
| 2008 | Adrian Jackson | Søren Strunge | Lubomír Tomeček | |
| 2009 | Torbjørn Gasbjerg | Jiří Hradil | Lasse Brun Pedersen | Length: 20.4 km, Climb: 355 m, 19 controls |
| 2010 | Samuli Saarela | Adrian Jackson | Luca Dallavalle | |
| 2011 | Samuli Saarela | Ruslan Gritsan | Tobias Breitschadel | |
| 2012 | Samuli Saarela | Anton Foliforov | Samuel Pökälä | Length 14.4 km, Climb 240m, 21 controls |
| 2013 | Tõnis Erm | Anton Foliforov | Samuli Saarela | Length 15.6 km, Climb 290m, 24 controls |
| 2014 | Ruslan Gritsan | Jiří Hradil | Anton Foliforov | |
| 2015 | Anton Foliforov | Luca Dallavalle | Marek Pospíšek | |
| 2016 | Anton Foliforov | Vojtěch Ludvík | Ruslan Gritsan | |
| 2017 | Kryštof Bogar | Anton Foliforov | Valeriy Gluhov | |
| 2018 | Simon Braendli | Baptiste Fuchs | Grigory Medvedev | |
| 2019 | Vojtěch Ludvík | Anton Foliforov | Grigory Medvedev | |
| 2021 | Samuel Pokala | Simon Braendli | Kryštof Bogar | |

### Women

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
| 2004 | Michaela Gigon | Laure Coupat Belinda Allison | | |
| 2005 | Michaela Gigon | Christine Schaffner | Ramune Arlauskiene | |
| 2006 | Michaela Gigon | Hana Bajtošová | Ingrid Stengård | |
| 2007 | Ksenia Chernykh | Hana Bajtošová | Markéta Jirásková | |
| 2008 | Ksenia Chernykh | Michaela Gigon | Päivi Tommola | |
| 2009 | Marika Hara | Michaela Gigon | Christine Schaffner | Length: 15.6 km, Climb: 225 m, 15 controls |
| 2010 | Michaela Gigon | Rikke Kornvig | Marika Hara | |
| 2011 | Michaela Gigon | Anna Kaminska | Rikke Kornvig | |
| 2012 | Ursina Jäggi | Ingrid Stengard | Nina Hoffmann | Length 11.7 km, Climb 205m, 17 controls |
| 2013 | Marika Hara | Emily Benham | Susanna Laurila | Length 11.3 km, Climb 200m, 18 controls |
| 2014 | Cecilia Thomasson | Emily Benham | Marika Hara | |
| 2015 | Gaelle Barlet | Martina Tichovská | Emily Benham | |
| 2016 | Olga Vinogradova | Emily Benham | Camilla Soegaard | |
| 2017 | Olga Vinogradova | Martina Tichovská | Emily Benham | |
| 2018 | Olga Vinogradova | Martina Tichovská | Veronika Kubinova |
| 2019 | Emily Benham Kvale | Veronika Kubínová | Marika Hara | |
| 2021 | Svetlana Foliforova* | Martina Tichovská | Marika Hara | *Neutral athlete, born in Russia |

## Sprint
### Men

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
| 2002 | Mika Tervala | Alain Berger | Jérémie Gillmann | |
| 2007 | Torbjørn Gasbjerg | Jérémie Gillmann | Anton Foliforov | |
| 2008 | Lasse Brun Pedersen | Jiří Hradil | Tõnis Erm | |
| 2009 | Adrian Jackson | Lasse Brun Pedersen | Ruslan Gritsan | |
| 2010 | Adrian Jackson | Tõnis Erm | Anton Foliforov | |
| 2011 | Anton Foliforov | Jiří Hradil | Erik Skovgaard Knudsen | |
| 2012 | Tobias Breitschädel | Marek Pospíšek | Ruslan Gritsan | Length 6.9 km, Climb 135m, 20 controls |
| 2013 | Tõnis Erm | Lauri Malsroos | Kryštof Bogar | Length 6.1 km, Climb 55m, 22 controls |
| 2014 | Hans Jorgen Kvale Anton Foliforov | | Grigory Medvedev | |
| 2015 | Luca Dallavalle | Vojtěch Stránský | Lauri Malsroos | |
| 2016 | Anton Foliforov | Luca Dallavalle | Cedric Beill | |
| 2017 | Grigory Medvedev | Jussi Laurila | Lauri Malsroos | |
| 2018 | Anton Foliforov | Grigory Medvedev | Kryštof Bogar | |
| 2019 | Grigory Medvedev | Anton Foliforov | Yoann Courtois | |
| 2021 | Kryštof Bogar | Simon Braendli | Valeriy Glukhov* | *Neutral athlete from Russia |

### Women

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
| 2002 | Laure Coupat | Mervi Väisänen | Antje Bornhak | |
| 2007 | Ksenia Chernykh | Michaela Gigon | Hana Bajtošová | |
| 2008 | Hana Bajtošová | Michaela Gigon | Martina Tichovská | |
| 2009 | Hana Bajtošová | Marika Hara | Michaela Gigon | |
| 2010 | Anna Kaminska | Christine Schaffner | Martina Tichovská | |
| 2011 | Gaelle Barlet | Marika Hara | Michaela Gigon | |
| 2012 | Christine Schaffner | Emily Benham | Anna Kaminska | Length 5.1 km, Climb 105m, 17 controls |
| 2013 | Cecilia Thomasson | Eeva-Liisa Hakala | Tatiana Repina | Length 5.7 km, Climb 50m, 21 controls |
| 2014 | Marika Hara | Tatiana Repina | Emily Benham | |
| 2015 | Martina Tichovská | Svetlana Poverina | Cecilia Thomasson | |
| 2016 | Emily Benham | Marika Hara | Henna Saarinen | |
| 2017 | Marika Hara | Emily Benham | Olga Vinogradova | |
| 2018 | Henna Saarinen | Martina Tichovská Camilla Soegaard | | |
| 2019 | Emily Benham Kvale | Veronika Kubínová | Clare Dallimore | |
| 2021 | Marika Hara | Svetlana Foliforova* | Anna Tiderman | *Neutral athlete from Russia |

## Mass Start
### Men

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
| 2017 | Luca Dallavalle | Ruslan Gritsan | Simon Braendli | |
| 2018 | Jussi Laurila | Davide Machado | Kevin Haselsberger | |
| 2019 | Jiří Hradil | Kryštof Bogar | Vojtěch Stránský | |
| 2021 | Samuel Pokala | Jiří Hradil | Anton Foliforov* | *Neutral athlete from Russia |

### Women

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
| 2017 | Emily Benham | Olga Vinogradova | Gaëlle Barlet | |
| 2018 | Camilla Soegaard | Martina Tichovská | Sonja Zinkl | |
| 2019 | Emily Benham Kvale | Camilla Soegaard | Anastasiya Svir | |
| 2021 | Svetlana Foliforova* | Mervi Pesu | Martina Tichovská | *Neutral athlete from Russia |

## Relay
### Men

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
| 2002 | France | Czech Republic | Finland | |
| 2004 | Finland | Czech Republic | Australia | |
| 2005 | Finland | France | Switzerland | |
| 2006 | Finland | Russia | Switzerland | |
| 2007 | France | Czech Republic | Denmark | |
| 2008 | Denmark | Russia | Czech Republic | |
| 2009 | Russia | Czech Republic | Finland | |
| 2010 | Russia | Denmark | Czech Republic | |
| 2011 | Denmark | Czech Republic | Finland | |
| 2012 | Finland | Russia | Austria | |
| 2013 | Czech Republic | Finland | Estonia | |
| 2014 | Estonia | Finland | France | |
| 2015 | Austria | Russia | Finland | |
| 2016 | Czech Republic | Russia | France | |
| 2017 | Czech Republic | Finland | Russia | |
| 2018 | Russia | Sweden | Czech Republic | |
| 2019 | Russia | Czech Republic | Finland | |
| 2021 | Finland | Neutral* | Switzerland | *Neutral team from Russia |

### Women

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
| 2002 | Finland | France | Czech Republic | |
| 2004 | Finland | Austria | Australia | |
| 2005 | Germany | Czech Republic | France | |
| 2006 | Russia | Finland | Czech Republic | |
| 2007 | Finland | Russia | Austria | |
| 2008 | Finland | Russia | Austria | |
| 2009 | Austria | Switzerland | Russia | |
| 2010 | Denmark | Finland | Czech Republic | |
| 2011 | Switzerland | Lituania | Slovakia | |
| 2012 | Finland | Switzerland | Slovakia | |
| 2013 | Finland | Denmark | Switzerland | |
| 2014 | Russia | Finland | Czech Republic | |
| 2015 | Finland | Russia | Czech Republic | |
| 2016 | Finland | Russia | Czech Republic | |
| 2017 | Finland | France | Russia | |
| 2018 | Czech Republic | Russia | Finland | |
| 2019 | Russia | Finland | Sweden | |
| 2021 | Denmark | Finland | Neutral* | *Neutral team from Russia |