2025 World Orienteering Championships

The 2025 World Orienteering Championships were held from 7 to 12 July in Kuopio, Finland. The championships consist of six forest competitions: middle distance, long distance and relay, for women and men, respectively. A total of 18 medals were awarded.

Schedule

Results

The competition started with a middle qualifier on the 8 July. On 9 July, the middle final was held, where the Women's podium was a clean sweep for Sweden, with defending champion Tove Alexandersson winning the gold and Sanna Fast and Hanna Lundberg claiming the other medals. This was the first time a World Championship podium was filled by only one nation since 2011, when the Swedish women won all available medals at the sprint. In the Men's final, European champion Eirik Langedal Breivik won ahead of Kasper Fosser, with the bronze being won by Anton Johansson by only one second ahead of defending world champion Matthias Kyburz from Switzerland.

In the Long Distance on 10 July, Kasper Harlem Fosser and Simona Aebersold both successfully defended their titles from the previous world championships in 2023, with Aebersold defeating Tove Alexandersson by only nine seconds after Alexandersson made some mistakes late on the course. The women's podium was exactly the same as the podium in 2023, with Andrine Benjaminsen retaining her bronze medal. On the men's side, Matthias Kyburz received the bronze ahead of Emil Svensk by a margin of only 11 seconds, with Sprint world champion Martin Regborn attaining the silver medal.

On 12 July, the relay event was held, with Sweden dominating the women's race with strong races from the three medalists from the middle distance, Tove Alexandersson, Sanna Fast and Hanna Lundberg. Norway came second, with Switzerland coming third. On the men's race, defending champions Switzerland were defeated by Norway, with the relay being decided by Eirik Langedal Breivik and Kasper Fosser on the last two legs for Norway's first victory in the relay since 2018. Switzerland came second, and Finland came third, after Max Peter Bejmer from Sweden's team made a mistake on the last leg and missed a control. Miika Kirmula from Finland decided the relay on the last few controls, after a competitive battle with Lucas Basset of France, who took fourth place.

Women's Middle

Men's Middle

Women's Long

Men's Long

Medal summary

Men

Women

Medal table

*Host nation (Finland)