The 2016 Orienteering World Cup was the 22nd 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 2016 Orienteering World Cup consisted of 10 individual events and four sprint relay events. The events were located in

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and

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. The European Orienteering Championships in

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, Czech Republic and the 2016 World Orienteering Championships in

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, Sweden, were included in the World Cup.

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of Switzerland won his third overall title.

Tove Alexandersson Tove Alexandersson (born 7 September 1992) is a Swedish orienteer, ski orienteer, skyrunner and ski mountaineer. She has won a total of 17 gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships and 10 gold medals at the World Ski Orienteering Champ ...

of Sweden won her third consecutive overall title in the women's World Cup.

Events

Men

Women

Sprint Relay

Points distribution

The 40 best runners in each event were awarded points. The winner was awarded 100 points. In WC events 1 to 8, the seven best results counted in the overall classification. In the finals (WC 9 and WC 10), both results counted.

Overall standings

This section shows the final standings after all 10 individual events.

Sprint Relay

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

Achievements

Only individual competitions.

External links

World Cup Ranking
- IOF

References

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