The 2nd

World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2 ...

were held in

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, Sweden, 28–29 September 1968. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. The men's individual course had 18

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s over 14.6 kilometres, while the women's individual course had 10 controls over 7.8 kilometres. Swedish Television (SVT) broadcast the entire individual competition live. This was the first time ever orienteering was shown live on TV in Sweden, or in any other country in the world.

Medalists

Results

Men's individual

Women's individual

References

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