European Orienteering Championships

European Orienteering Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	May–June
Frequency	biannual
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1962 (1962)
Organised by	IOF

The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000. From 2020, the European Orienteering Championships will be held annually, with sprint events and forest events in alternate years.

Format

The competition format has changed several times. From the beginning in 1962, the World Championships consisted of only two competitions: an individual race and an unofficial relay. The relay event was an official event for the first time in the 1964 European Championships. EOC was not arranged from 1964 to 2000. In 2000, a sprint race (roughly 12–15 minutes winning time). In 2002, a short distance race (roughly 20–25 minutes) was added. The middle distance (roughly 30–35 minutes) replaced the short distance in 2004 On IOF's 23rd congress in Lausanne in 2012, it was decided that a sprint relay event would be added in the 2016 European Orienteering Championships in Jeseník, Czech Republic. The sprint relay are competed in urban areas and consists of four-orienteer mixed-gender teams with starting order woman-man-man-woman.

Current competition format

The current championship events are:

Forest EOC (even years)

Distance	Winning Time	Notes
Long distance	90–100 min	Previously called classic distance
Middle distance	30–35 min	Replaced short distance (20–25 min) in 2004
Relay	3 × 40 min	Three-person teams

Urban EOC (odd years)

Distance	Winning Time	Notes
Sprint	12–15 min
Knock-out sprint	5–8 min	First held in 2021
Sprint relay	4 × 12–15 min	Four-person teams, two men and two women.

Editions

#	Year	Date	Place
1	1962	September 22–23	Løten, Norway
2	1964	September 26–27	Le Brassus, Switzerland
3	2000	June 30 - July 4	Truskavets, Ukraine
4	2002	September 25–30	Sümeg, Hungary
5	2004	July 10–17	Roskilde, Denmark
6	2006	May 7–14	Otepää, Estonia
7	2008	May 25 - June 1	Ventspils, Latvia
8	2010	May 27 - June 6	Primorsko, Bulgaria
9	2012	May 14 - May 20	Falun, Sweden
10	2014	April 9–16	Palmela, Portugal
11	2016	May 25–31	Jeseník, Czech Republic
12	2018	May 5–12	Cadempino, Switzerland
-	2020	August 16–23	Rakvere, Estonia
13	2021	May 13–16	Neuchâtel, Switzerland
14	2022	August 1 - 7	Rakvere, Estonia
15	2023	October 4 - 8	Verona, Italy
16	2024	August 15 - 20	Mór, Hungary
17	2025	August 20 - 24	TBA, Belgium

Medals (1962-2022)

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland	36	24	13	73
2	Sweden	28	22	24	74
3	Norway	12	14	16	42
4	Finland	12	8	14	34
5	Russia	8	7	12	27
6	France	3	3	5	11
7	Denmark	1	4	6	11
8	Czech Republic	–	4	1	5
8	Ukraine	–	4	1	5
10	Latvia	–	2	–	2
11	United Kingdom	–	1	5	6
12	Estonia	–	1	1	2
12	Lithuania	–	1	1	2
14	Belgium	–	1	–	1
14	Bulgaria	–	1	–	1
14	Slovakia	–	1	–	1
17	Austria	–	–	1	1
17	Poland	–	–	1	1

Individual/Classic/Long

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1962	Magne Lystad	Bertil Norman	Sivar Nordström	16.5 km, 13 controls (individual event)
1964	Erkki Kohvakka	Alex Schwager	Aimo Tepsell	15.0 km, 15 controls (individual event)
2000	Valentin Novikov	Marián Dávidík	Bjørnar Valstad	Classic distance
2002	Thomas Bührer	Bjørnar Valstad	Emil Wingstedt	12.4 km, 23 controls
2004	Kalle Dalin	Mats Haldin	Emil Wingstedt	14.5 km, 29 controls
2006	Jani Lakanen	Daniel Hubmann	Olle Kärner	16.21 km, 33 controls
2008	Dmitry Tsvetkov	Daniel Hubmann	Emil Wingstedt	16.9 km, 33 controls
2010	Daniel Hubmann	Philippe Adamski	Fabian Hertner	17.3 km, 30 controls
2012	Olav Lundanes	Matthias Merz	Valentin Novikov	15.36 km, 33 controls
2014	Daniel Hubmann	Olav Lundanes	Fredrik Johansson	20.3 km, 30 controls
2016	Daniel Hubmann	Magne Daehli	Martin Regborn	16.1 km, 23 controls
2018	Olav Lundanes	Matthias Kyburz	Gernot Kerschbaumer	14.9 km
2022	Martin Regborn	Eskil Kinneberg	Elias Kuukka	17.29 km, 31 controls
2024	Kasper Fosser	Daniel Hubmann	Miika Kirmula	13.9 km, 25 controls

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1962	Ulla Lindkvist	Marit Økern	Emy Gauffin	7.5 km, 7 controls (individual event)
1964	Margrit Thommen	Ann-Marie Wallsten	Ulla Lindkvist	8.1 km, 10 controls (individual event)
2000	Hanne Staff	Brigitte Wolf	Yvette Baker	Classic distance
2002	Simone Niggli-Luder	Hanne Staff	Birgitte Husebye	6.7 km, 17 controls
2004	Simone Niggli-Luder	Emma Engstrand	Tatiana Ryabkina	9.6 km, 21 controls
2006	Simone Niggli-Luder	Heli Jukkola	Minna Kauppi	10.93 km, 25 controls
2008	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Tatiana Ryabkina	Emma Engstrand	11.0 km, 24 controls
2010	Simone Niggli-Luder	Dana Brožková	Helena Jansson	11.0 km, 26 controls
2012	Simone Niggli-Luder	Tatiana Ryabkina	Minna Kauppi	9.76 km, 24 controls
2014	Judith Wyder	Svetlana Mironova	Catherine Taylor	13.3 km, 23 controls
2016	Tove Alexandersson	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Svetlana Mironova	10.3 km, 15 controls
2018	Tove Alexandersson	Natalia Gemperle	Julia Gross	11.3 km
2022	Venla Harju	Tove Alexandersson	Marika Teini	12.93 km, 20 controls
2024	Tove Alexandersson	Simona Aebersold	Andrine Benjaminsen	10.8 km, 22 controls

Middle

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2002	Michael Mamleev	Yuri Omeltchenko	Jamie Stevenson	5.2 km, 15 controls
2004	Thierry Gueorgiou	Jarkko Huovila	Emil Wingstedt	6.4 km, 22 controls
2006	Thierry Gueorgiou	Martins Sirmais	Valentin Novikov	6.7 km, 18 controls
2008	Thierry Gueorgiou	Martins Sirmais	Pasi Ikonen	6.7 km, 22 controls
2010	Valentin Novikov	Matthias Merz	Daniel Hubmann	6.4 km, 22 controls
2012	Olav Lundanes	Valentin Novikov	Carl Waaler Kaas	6.24 km, 23 controls
2014	Daniel Hubmann	Fabian Hertner	Thierry Gueorgiou	7.9 km, 22 controls
2016	Matthias Kyburz	Gustav Bergman	Lucas Basset	5.7 km, 24 controls
2018	Matthias Kyburz	Florian Howald	Olav Lundanes	5.4 km, 19 controls
2022	Albin Ridefelt	Anton Johansson	Gustav Bergman	6.3 km, 22 controls
2024	Eirik Langedal Breivik	Kasper Fosser	Albin Ridefelt	5.1 km, 22 controls

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2002	Gunilla Svärd	Brigitte Wolf	Birgitte Husebye	4.5 km, 13 controls
2004	Hanne Staff	Dainora Alšauskaitė	Tatiana Ryabkina	5.3 km, 21 controls
2006	Minna Kauppi	Marianne Andersen	Heli Jukkola	5.679 km, 15 controls
2008	Heli Jukkola	Merja Rantanen	Minna Kauppi	5.2 km, 16 controls
2010	Simone Niggli-Luder	Signe Soes	Lena Eliasson	5.4 km, 22 controls
2012	Simone Niggli-Luder	Minna Kauppi	Tatiana Ryabkina	5.19 km, 18 controls
2014	Signe Søes	Maja Alm	Tove Alexandersson	6.4 km, 17 controls
2016	Tove Alexandersson	Judith Wyder	Marika Teini	5.0 km, 21 controls
2018	Marika Teini	Tove Alexandersson	Simona Aebersold	4.3 km, 16 controls
2022	Simona Aebersold	Evely Kaasiku	Venla Harju	5.3 km, 20 controls
2024	Simona Aebersold	Natalia Gemperle	Andrine Benjaminsen	4.5 km, 19 controls

Short/Sprint

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2000	Valentin Novikov	Yuri Omeltchenko	Tore Sandvik	Short distance
2002	Emil Wingstedt	Håkan Pettersson	Yuri Omeltchenko	3.2 km, 10 controls
2004	Emil Wingstedt	Andrey Khramov	Mårten Boström	3.0 km, 20 controls
2006	Emil Wingstedt	Jamie Stevenson	Andrey Khramov	3.07 km, 17 controls
2008	Emil Wingstedt	Daniel Hubmann	Andrey Khramov	3.3 km, 19 controls
2010	Fabian Hertner	Daniel Hubmann	Emil Wingstedt	3.3 km, 24 controls
2012	Jonas Leandersson	Kiril Nikolov	Jerker Lysell Daniel Hubmann	3.54 km, 20 controls
2014	Jonas Leandersson	Jerker Lysell	Martin Hubmann	2.8 km, 22 controls
2016	Matthias Kyburz	Gustav Bergman	Florian Howald	3.4 km, 22 controls
2018	Matthias Kyburz Daniel Hubmann		Kristian Jones	4.2 km, 27 controls
2021	Emil Svensk	Yannick Michiels	Gustav Bergman	4.4 km, 25 controls
2023	Matthias Kyburz	Kasper Fosser	Tuomas Heikkila	3.5 km, 21 controls

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2000	Jenny Johansson	Simone Luder	Anna Górnicka-Antonowicz	Short distance
2002	Vroni König-Salmi	Elisabeth Ingvaldsen	Anne Margrethe Hausken	2.85 km, 11 controls
2004	Simone Niggli-Luder	Jenny Johansson	Emma Engstrand	2.5 km, 16 controls
2006	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Minna Kauppi	2.73 km, 14 controls
2008	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Heli Jukkola	Helena Jansson	2.5 km, 14 controls
2010	Helena Jansson	Simone Niggli-Luder	Maja Alm	2.8 km, 21 controls
2012	Simone Niggli-Luder	Lena Eliasson	Maja Alm	3.21 km, 16 controls
2014	Judith Wyder	Nadiya Volynska	Julia Gross	2.3 km, 19 controls
2016	Judith Wyder	Nadiya Volynska	Maja Alm Galina Vinogradova	3.0 km, 18 controls
2018	Tove Alexandersson	Judith Wyder	Natalia Gemperle	3.8 km, 23 controls
2021	Tove Alexandersson	Elena Roos	Simona Aebersold	4.0 km, 21 controls
2023	Sara Hagström	Tove Alexandersson	Simona Aebersold	3.0 km, 19 controls

Relay

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1962	Finland Aimo Tepsell Esko Vainio Rolf Koskinen Erkki Kohvakka	Sweden Bertil Norman Per-Olof Skogum Sven Gustafsson Halvard Nilsson	Norway Per Kristiansen Ola Skarholt Knut Berglia Magne Lystad	not part of the Championship
1964	Finland Juhani Salmenkylä Rolf Koskinen Aimo Tepsell Erkki Kohvakka	Norway Ola Skarholt Per Kristiansen Magne Lystad Stig Berge	Sweden Sven-Olof Åsberg Sven Gustavsson Bertil Norman Pontus Carlson
2000	Switzerland Matthias Niggli Christoph Platner Thomas Bührer	Czech Republic Vladimír Lučan Michal Jedlička Rudolf Ropek	Sweden Fredrik Löwegren Thomas Asp Jörgen Olsson
2002	Finland Jani Lakanen Pasi Ikonen Mats Haldin	Sweden Johan Näsman Fredrik Löwegren Emil Wingstedt	Denmark Mikkel Lund René Rokkjær Carsten Jørgensen
2004	Finland Jarkko Huovila Pasi Ikonen Mats Haldin	Denmark Chris Terkelsen René Rokkjær Carsten Jørgensen	Sweden Kalle Dalin Johan Modig Emil Wingstedt
2006	Sweden Niclas Jonasson Peter Öberg David Andersson	France Francois Gonon Damien Renard Thierry Gueorgiou	Norway Lars Skjeset Carl Waaler Kaas Øystein Kvaal Østerbø
2008	Russia Dmitry Tsvetkov Andrey Khramov Valentin Novikov	Switzerland Baptiste Rollier Matthias Merz Daniel Hubmann	Finland Jarkko Huovila Pasi Ikonen Mats Haldin
2010	Switzerland Matthias Müller Fabian Hertner Matthias Merz	France Frédéric Tranchand Philippe Adamski Thierry Gueorgiou	Norway Holger Hott Carl Waaler Kaas Olav Lundanes
2012	Switzerland Martin Hubmann Matthias Müller Matthias Kyburz	Sweden Jonas Leandersson Fredrik Johansson Anders Holmberg	France Frédéric Tranchand Philippe Adamski François Gonon
2014	Sweden Jonas Leandersson Fredrik Johansson Gustav Bergman	Czech Republic Jan Petržela Vojtěch Král Jan Prochazka	France Frédéric Tranchand Lucas Basset Thierry Gueorgiou
2016	Switzerland Martin Hubmann Florian Howald Baptiste Rollier	Norway Carl Godager Kaas Magne Daehli Eskil Kinneberg	Czech Republic Vojtěch Král Jan Petrzela Jan Sedivy
2018	Norway Eskil Kinneberg Magne Daehli Olav Lundanes	Switzerland Florian Howald Matthias Kyburz Daniel Hubmann	France Nicolas Rio Lucas Basset Frederic Tranchand
2022	Norway Magne Daehli Kasper Harlem Fosser Eskil Kinneberg	Sweden Viktor Svensk Isac von Krusenstierna Max Peter Bejmer	Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Florian Howald Matthias Kyburz
2024	Norway Eskil Kinneberg Eirik Langedal Breivik Kasper Harlem Fosser	Sweden Viktor Svensk Albin Ridefelt Emil Svensk	Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Fabian Aebersold Joey Hadorn

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
1962	Sweden Siri Lundkvist Emy Gauffin Ulla Lindkvist	Norway Lillis Kielland Babben Enger Marit Økern	Switzerland Margrit Thommen Sonja Ballestad Käthi von Salis	not part of the Championship
1964	Sweden Ann-Marie Wallsten Eivor Steen-Olsson Ulla Lindkvist	Switzerland Käthi von Salis Marlies Saxer Margrit Thommen	Denmark Ellen Berg Bodil Jakobsen Karin Agesen
2000	Norway Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Birgitte Husebye Hanne Staff	Sweden Katarina Allberg Maria Sandström Jenny Johansson	Great Britain Jenny James Yvette Baker Heather Monro
2002	Norway Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Birgitte Husebye Hanne Staff	Switzerland Brigitte Wolf Vroni König-Salmi Simone Niggli-Luder	Lithuania Giedre Voveriene Vilma Rudzenskaite Ieva Sargautyte
2004	Sweden Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard Jenny Johansson Gunilla Svärd	Norway Marianne Andersen Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Staff	Russia Natalia Korzhova Olga Belozerova Tatiana Ryabkina
2006	Finland Paula Haapakoski Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi	Switzerland Lea Müller Vroni König-Salmi Simone Niggli	Sweden Emma Engstrand Kajsa Nilsson Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard
2008	Sweden Lina Persson Emma Engstrand Helena Jansson	Russia Natalia Korzhova Yulia Novikova Tatiana Ryabkina	Finland Katri Lindeqvist Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi
2010	Sweden Karolina A-Höjsgaard Lena Eliasson Helena Jansson	Finland Merja Rantanen Anni-Maija Fincke Minna Kauppi	Switzerland Vroni König-Salmi Caroline Cejka Simone Niggli-Luder
2012	Russia Natalia Efimova Svetlana Mironova Tatiana Ryabkina	Finland Sofia Haajanen Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	Sweden Annika Billstam Lina Strand Tove Alexandersson
2014	Switzerland Julia Gross Sabine Hauswirth Judith Wyder	Sweden Lilian Forsgren Karolin Ohlsson Alva Olsson	Russia Julia Novikova Irina Nyberg Natalia Gemperle
2016	Finland Sari Anttonen Marika Teini Merja Rantanen	Sweden Lina Strand Emma Johansson Tove Alexandersson	Russia Anastasia Rudnaya Natalia Gemperle Svetlana Mironova
2018	Switzerland Judith Wyder Elena Roos Julia Gross	Sweden Lina Strand Sara Hagström Karolin Ohlsson	Denmark Cecilie Klysner Ida Bobach Maja Alm
2022	Sweden Lina Strand Sara Hagström Tove Alexandersson	Czech Republic Vendula Horčičková Adéla Finstrlová Tereza Janošíková	Norway Ane Dyrkorn Marie Olaussen Andrine Benjaminsen
2024	Switzerland Ines Berger Natalia Gemperle Simona Aebersold	Norway Kamilla Steiwer Marie Olaussen Andrine Benjaminsen	Sweden Johanna Ridefelt Hanna Lundberg Tove Alexandersson

Sprint relay

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2016	Russia Natalia Gemperle Gleb Tikhonov Andrey Khramov Galina Vinogradova	Denmark Cecilie Klysner Tue Lassen Søren Bobach Maja Alm	Switzerland Judith Wyder Andreas Kyburz Martin Hubmann Rahel Friederich
2018	Switzerland Judith Wyder Florian Howald Martin Hubmann Elena Roos	Sweden Lina Strand Emil Svensk Jonas Leandersson Karolin Ohlsson	Norway Sigrid Alexandersen Trond Einar Moen Pedersli Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Andrine Benjaminsen
2021	Switzerland Simona Aebersold Joey Hadorn Matthias Kyburz Elena Roos	Sweden Lina Strand Gustav Bergman Emil Svensk Sara Hagstrom	Norway Victoria Haestad Bjornstad Eskil Kinneberg Kasper Harlem Fosser Andrine Benjaminsen
2023	Sweden Tove Alexandersson Jonatan Gustafsson Martin Regborn Sara Hagstrom	Switzerland Simona Aebersold Joey Hadorn Matthias Kyburz Elena Roos	Finland Inka Nurminen Teemu Oksanen Tuomas Heikkilä Venla Harju

See also

• World Orienteering Championships
• Junior World Orienteering Championships
• European Youth Orienteering Championships
• European University Orienteering Championships
• Asian Orienteering Championships

External links and references

• European Orienteering Championships, senior statistics 1962-2004
• EOC 2006 Statistics
• EOC 2006 Official site
• EOC 2008 Official site
• EOC 2010 Official site
• EOC 2012 Official site
• EOC 2014 Official site
• EOC 2016 Official site
• EOC 2018 Official site
• EOC 2020 in IOF Eventor
• Hungarian orienteers on the European Championships (9 June 2008)