The 2011 World Orienteering Championships, the 28th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Savoie, France, 13 –20 August 2011.^[1]

The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's sprint [1]	Daniel Hubmann  (SUI)	13:11.8	Anders Holmberg  (SWE)	13:37.8	Matthias Müller (SUI)	13:41.2
Women's sprint [1]	Linnea Gustafsson  (SWE)	13:14.3	Helena Jansson  (SWE)	13:22.7	Lena Eliasson (SWE)	13:28.5
Men's middle distance [1]	Thierry Gueorgiou  (FRA)	34:38	Peter Öberg (SWE)	36:59	Olav Lundanes  (NOR)	37:01
Women's middle distance [1]	Helena Jansson  (SWE)	33:10	Ida Bobach  (DEN)	34:26	Judith Wyder  (SUI)	35:11
Men's long distance [1]	Thierry Gueorgiou  (FRA)	1:47:29	Pasi Ikonen  (FIN)	1:51:56	François Gonon (FRA)	1:53:35
Women's long distance [1]	Annika Billstam  (SWE)	1:22:26	Dana Brožková  (CZE)	1:26:54	Helena Jansson  (SWE)	1:29:55
Men's relay[1]	France (FRA) Philippe Adamski François Gonon Thierry Gueorgiou	1:53:48	Norway (NOR) Carl Waaler Kaas Anders Nordberg Olav Lundanes	1:57:02	Sweden (SWE) Anders Holmberg Olle Boström David Andersson	1:58:03
Women's relay[1]	Finland (FIN) Anni-Maija Fincke Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	1:42:42	Czech Republic (CZE) Martina Zverinova Eva Jurenikova Dana Brozkova	1:42:43	Sweden (SWE) Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson Annika Billstam	1:42:44

Results

Women's middle distance

WOC 2011 – Middle – Women ^[1]

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Helena Jansson	Sweden	33:10
	Ida Bobach	Denmark	34:26
	Judith Wyder	Switzerland	35:11
4	Minna Kauppi	Finland	35:19
5	Nataliya Vinogradova	Russia	35:28
6	Maja Alm	Denmark	35:21
7	Marianne Andersen	Norway	35:49
8	Merja Rantanen	Finland	36:32
9	Annika Billstam	Sweden	36:42
10	Amélie Chataing	France	36:59

Men's long distance

WOC 2011 – Long – Men ^[1]

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Thierry Gueorgiou	France	1:47:29
	Pasi Ikonen	Finland	1:51:56
	François Gonon	France	1:53:35
4	Baptiste Rollier	Switzerland	1:55:26
5	Daniel Hubmann	Switzerland	1:57:05
6	Olle Boström	Sweden	1:57:40
7	Philippe Adamski	France	1:57:47
8	Marc Lauenstein	Switzerland	1:57:48
9	Tero Föhr	Finland	1:59:28
10	Olav Lundanes	Norway	1:59:43
11	Oleksandr Kratov	Ukraine	2:00:38
12	Dmitriy Tsvetkov	Russia	2:00:56
13	Alexey Bortnik	Russia	2:01:09
14	Valentin Novikov	Russia	2:04:59
15	Carl Waaler Kaas	Norway	2:05:27
16	Mikhail Mamleev	Italy	2:06:42

Women's long distance

WOC 2011 – Long – Women ^[1]

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Annika Billstam	Sweden	1:22:26
	Dana Brožková	Czech Republic	1:26:54
	Helena Jansson	Sweden	1:29:55
4	Eva Juřeníková	Czech Republic	1:30:58
5	Heidi Østlid Bagstevold	Norway	1:31:57
6	Anni-Maija Fincke	Finland	1:34:06
7	Signe Søes	Denmark	1:34:51
8	Merja Rantanen	Finland	1:35:56
9	Aija Skrastiņa	Latvia	1:36:34
10	Julia Novikova	Russia	1:37:05
11	Rahel Friederich	Switzerland	1:37:50
12	Tone Wigemyr	Norway	1:38:11
13	Lizzie Ingham	New Zealand	1:39:42
14	Nadiya Volynska	Ukraine	1:39:45

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