The 2019 Orienteering World Cup was the 25th edition of the

Orienteering World Cup The Orienteering World Cup is a series of orienteering competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation. Two unofficial cups were organized in 1983 and 1984. The official World Cup was held first in 1986, and then ever ...

. The 2019 Orienteering World Cup consisted of nine individual events and four relay events. The events are located in

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, Switzerland and China. The

2019 World Orienteering Championships The 36th World Orienteering Championships were held in Østfold, Norway in August 2019. The competitions consisted of middle distance, long distance and relay, for women and men, respectively. Both individual women’s competitions were won by ...

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, Norway are included in the World Cup.

Events

Men

Women

The results of the last round (sprint) were contested after excellent performances by Chinese competitors, leading to a delay of the official results. The

International Orienteering Federation The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is the international governing body of the sport of orienteering. The IOF head office is located in Karlstad, Sweden. The IOF governs four orienteering disciplines: foot orienteering, mountain b ...

deemed that the results stood in March 2020 following a review, stating that "none of the alleged elements of the cheating claims occurred or can be substantiated", and that "analyses show that those who produced the best results are shown and known to be capable of such running speeds". The review was requested after the

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, also held in China, in which Chinese competitors were disqualified from the middle race. This decision was upheld by the ethics committee (i.e the competitors remain disqualified).

Relay

Points distribution

The 40 best runners in each event are awarded points. The winner is awarded 100 points. In WC events 1 to 7, the six best results counts in the overall classification. In the finals (WC 8 and WC 9), both results counts.

Overall standings

This section shows the overall standings after all nine individual events.

Men

Women

Relay

The table shows the standings after all four relay events. All results count in the overall standings.

References

External links

World Cup Ranking
- IOF {{Orienteering World Cup Orienteering World Cup seasons Orienteering competitions