European Orienteering Championships
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
European Orienteering Championships | |
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Status | active |
Genre | sports event |
Date(s) | May–June |
Frequency | biannual |
Location(s) | various |
Inaugurated | 1962 |
Organised by | IOF |
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.[1] 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:
Distance | Winning Time | Notes |
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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 |
Distance | Winning Time | Notes |
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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. |
Host towns/cities
Year | Date | Place |
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1962 | September 22–23 | |
1964 | September 26–27 | |
2000 | June 30 - July 4 | |
2002 | September 25–30 | |
2004 | July 10–17 | |
2006 | May 7–14 | |
2008 | May 25 - June 1 | |
2010 | May 27 - June 6 | |
2012 | May 14 - May 20 | |
2014 | April 9–16 | |
2016 | May 25–31 | |
2018 | May 5–12 | |
2020 | August 16–23 |
Individual/Classic/Long
Men
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
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1962 | 16.5 km, 13 controls (individual event) | |||
1964 | 15.0 km, 15 controls (individual event) | |||
2000 | Classic distance | |||
2002 | 12.4 km, 23 controls | |||
2004 | 14.5 km, 29 controls | |||
2006 | 16.21 km, 33 controls | |||
2008 | 16.9 km, 33 controls | |||
2010 | 17.3 km, 30 controls | |||
2012 | 15.36 km, 33 controls | |||
2014 | 20.3 km, 30 controls | |||
2016 | 16.1 km, 23 controls | |||
2018 | 14.9 km |
Women
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
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1962 | 7.5 km, 7 controls (individual event) | |||
1964 | 8.1 km, 10 controls (individual event) | |||
2000 | Classic distance | |||
2002 | 6.7 km, 17 controls | |||
2004 | 9.6 km, 21 controls | |||
2006 | 10.93 km, 25 controls | |||
2008 | 11.0 km, 24 controls | |||
2010 | 11.0 km, 26 controls | |||
2012 | 9.76 km, 24 controls | |||
2014 | 13.3 km, 23 controls | |||
2016 | 10.3 km, 15 controls | |||
2018 | 11.3 km |
Middle
Men
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
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2002 | 5.2 km, 15 controls | |||
2004 | 6.4 km, 22 controls | |||
2006 | 6.7 km, 18 controls | |||
2008 | 6.7 km, 22 controls | |||
2010 | 6.4 km, 22 controls | |||
2012 | 6.24 km, 23 controls | |||
2014 | 7.9 km, 22 controls | |||
2016 | 5.7 km, 24 controls | |||
2018 | 5.4 km, 19 controls |
Women
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
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2002 | 4.5 km, 13 controls | |||
2004 | 5.3 km, 21 controls | |||
2006 | 5.679 km, 15 controls | |||
2008 | 5.2 km, 16 controls | |||
2010 | 5.4 km, 22 controls | |||
2012 | 5.19 km, 18 controls | |||
2014 | 6.4 km, 17 controls | |||
2016 | 5.0 km, 21 controls | |||
2018 | 4.3 km, 16 controls |
Short/Sprint
Men
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
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2000 | Short distance | |||
2002 | 3.2 km, 10 controls | |||
2004 | 3.0 km, 20 controls | |||
2006 | 3.07 km, 17 controls | |||
2008 | 3.3 km, 19 controls | |||
2010 | 3.3 km, 24 controls | |||
2012 | 3.54 km, 20 controls | |||
2014 | 2.8 km, 22 controls | |||
2016 | 3.4 km, 22 controls | |||
2018 | 4.2 km, 27 controls |
Women
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes |
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2000 | Short distance | |||
2002 | 2.85 km, 11 controls | |||
2004 | 2.5 km, 16 controls | |||
2006 | 2.73 km, 14 controls | |||
2008 | 2.5 km, 14 controls | |||
2010 | 2.8 km, 21 controls | |||
2012 | 3.21 km, 16 controls | |||
2014 | 2.3 km, 19 controls | |||
2016 | 3.0 km, 18 controls | |||
2018 | 3.8 km, 23 controls |
Relay
Men
Women
Sprint relay
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)
References
- "Sprint Relay in EOC 2016 Programme". EOC 2016. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- Host town of EOC 2010
- "Bulletin 1 of EOC 2012 in Falun/Mora/Orsa" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-08-09.