World Masters Orienteering Championships
World Masters Orienteering Championships are an annual official world championship event of the International Orienteering Federation for orienteering runners aged 35 and over.
| World Masters Orienteering Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Genre | sporting event |
| Date(s) | July–August |
| Frequency | annual |
| Location(s) | various |
| Inaugurated | 1996 |
| Organised by | IOF |
The classes of competition are divided into women (W) and men (M) in five year age groups from W35 and M35 to W100 and M100 with a total of 28 classes.
The first championships were arranged 1996 in Murcia, Spain.[1]
From 2018 onwards the competition programme includes Sprint, Middle distance and Long distance with qualifications runs before the final runs. Initially the WMOC programme included only Long distance with 2 qualification runs. From WMOC 2008 in Portugal, the Sprint distance was added to the programme.[2] From 2018 in Denmark, the Middle distance was added to the programme.[3]
Venues
| Year | Days | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | April 8–12 | |
| 1997 | September 29 – October 4 | |
| 1998 | July 1–5 | |
| 1999 | July 18–23 | |
| 2000 | January 1–7 | |
| 2001 | July 1–5 | |
| 2002 | October 6–11 | |
| 2003 | July 13–17 | |
| 2004 | July 3-10 | |
| 2005 | July 22–31 | |
| 2006 | July 1–8 | |
| 2007 | July 7–14 | |
| 2008 | June 28 – July 5 | |
| 2009 | October 10–18 | |
| 2010 | July 31 – August 7 | |
| 2011 | July 1–8 | |
| 2012 | July 1–7 | |
| 2013 | August 2–10 | |
| 2014 | November 1–8 | |
| 2015 | July 27 – August 1 | |
| 2016 | August 7–13 | |
| 2017 | April 21–30 | |
| 2018 | July 7–13 | |
| 2019 | July 5–12 | |
| postponed until 2023 | ||
| 2021 | May 24–29 | |
| 2022 | July 9—16 | |
| 2023 | August 11—18 |
References
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships". Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- "WMOC 2008 Portugal". Retrieved 2018-10-25.
- "WMOC 2018 Copenhagen". Retrieved 2018-10-25.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 1997 Minnesota, USA, 29 September – 4 October". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 1998 Novy Bor, Czech Republic, 1-5 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 1999 Aarhus, Denmark, 18-23 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2000 Feilding, New Zealand, 1-7 January". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2001, Nida, Lithuania, 1-5 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2002 Bendigo, Australia, 6-11 October". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2003, Halden, Norway, 13-17 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2004 Asiago, Italy, 3-10 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2005 Edmonton, Canada, 22-31 July 2005". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2006 Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 1-8 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2007 Kuusamo, Finland, 7-14 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2008 Marinha Grande, Portugal, 28 June – 5 July 2008". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2009, Sydney, Australia, 10-18 October 2009". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2010 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 31 July – 7 August 2010". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2011, Pecs, Hungary, July 1-8". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2012, Bad Harzburg/Harz, July 1-8". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Games 2013 with WMOC 2013". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2014 Porto Alegre, Brazil". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "2015 World Masters Orienteering Championships". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "World Masters Orienteering Championships in August 5-14, 2016 in Tallinn". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "The Auckland World Masters Games 2107 featuring the World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC 2017)". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- "WMOC 2019 in Riga, Latvia, 5-12 July 2019". Retrieved 2018-07-14.