1997 World Orienteering Championships, Grimstad, Norway
Short Distance - Qualification
The first 15 competitors in each heat qualified for the final.
Results
Men
Heat A
1 Bjornar Valstad NOR 25.26
2 Juha Peltola FIN 26.10
3 Alain Berger SUI 26.39
4 Peter Jacobsson SWE 27.10
5 Mikhail Mamleev RUS 28.52
6 Thierry Gueorgiou FRA 28.58
7 Allan Mogensen DEN 29.14
8 Rolf Breckle GER 29.21
9= Michele Tavernaro ITA 29.32
9= Gabor Domonyik HUN 29.32
11 Eirik Moe USA 29.44
12 Svajunas Ambrazas LTU 29.48
13 Warren Key AUS 29.54
14 Armo Hiie EST 30.11
15= Tomas Zakouril CZE 30.34
15= Remigiusz Nowak POL 30.34
17 Koji Kashimada JPN 30.48
18 Norbert Helminger AUT 31.21
19 Wil Smith CAN 31.29
20 Girts Linins LAT 31.54
21 Jamie Stevenson GBR 32.47
22 Jozef Wallner SVK 33.05
23 Bruce McLeod NZL 33.12
24 Ovidiu Nicolae Duca ROM 34.57
25 J.Antonio G.Murcia ESP 35.40
26 Steven Linton IRL 35.58
27 Roman Slobodianiouk UKR 38.28
28 Petar Todorov BUL 39.25
29 Francisco Cordeiro POR 39.36
30 Edi Ocvirk CRO 42.13
31 Jean-Noel Debehogne BEL 42.43
32 Lev Saib KAZ 42.50
33 Martin Terry RSA 51.46
34 Gerrit van de Riet NED 52.03
35 Matan Naftali ISR 60.55
Heat B
1 Timo Karppinen FIN 24.42
2 Jimmy Birklin SWE 25.06
3 Per Olaussen NOR 25.35
4 Chris Terkelsen DEN 25.55
5 Stephen Palmer GBR 27.11
6 Rudolf Ropek CZE 27.13
7 Christoph Plattner SUI 27.32
8 Erik Aibast EST 27.47
9 Edgaras Voveris LTU 27.59
10 Shin Murakoshi JPN 29.16
11 Thomas Krejci AUT 29.19
12 Falk Hahnel GER 29.22
13 Valentin Novikov RUS 29.54
14 Marian Davidik SVK 30.00
15 James Scarborough USA 30.04
16 Jock Davis AUS 30.42
17 Alexandre Mikhailov UKR 31.43
18 Slawomir Wozniak POL 32.48
19 Colm Rothery IRL 33.04
20 Ivars Zagars LAT 33.07
21 Brian Graham CAN 33.25
22 Thierry Lamury BEL 34.13
23 Mario Duarte POR 36.06
24 Daniele Sacchet ITA 36.08
25 Franz Mareigner FRA 36.50
26 Istvan Wagner HUN 37.45
27 Aidan Boswell NZL 38.28
28 Geoff Peck HKG 39.34
29 Tomislav Kaniski CRO 40.05
30 Pedro Pasion ESP 45.08
31 Richard Gathercole RSA 46.52
32 Vladimir Telnov KAZ 47.01
33 Daniel Lebar SLO 47.31
34 Noam Ravid ISR 47.51
35 Gerard Mooiman NED 50.50
Heat C
1 Mikael Bostrom FIN 25.45
2 Kjetil Bjorlo NOR 26.09
3 Jozef Pollak SVK 27.21
4= Tarvo Avaste EST 27.54
4= Steve Nicholson GBR 27.54
6 Ferenc Levai HUN 27.55
7 Thomas Hjerrild DEN 27.57
8 Dominik Humbel SUI 28.00
9 Ovidik Mutiu ROM 28.06
10 Sylvain Mougin FRA 28.13
11 Pierpaolo Corona ITA 28.50
12 Robert Walter AUS 29.23
13 Yuri Omeltchenko UKR 29.33
14 Jorgen Martensson SWE 29.46
15 Wolfgang Waldhausl AUT 29.50
16 Martin Stepanek CZE 29.56
17 Oliver Foeth GER 29.57
18 Oleg Anuchkin RUS 30.50
19 Ants Grende LAT 30.54
20 Darren Ashmore NZL 32.15
21 Brian May CAN 32.48
22 Audrius Smilgius LTU 33.28
23 Tetsushi Maruyama JPN 34.04
24 Robert Banach POL 34.14
25 Mark Heikoop NED 34.34
26 Tihomir Salopek CRO 35.27
27 Palma Paulo POR 37.17
28 John Feehan IRL 37.43
29 Dirk Goossens BEL 39.28
30 Dan Chissick ISR 41.48
31 Tim Derrick USA 43.13
32 Antonio Aller ESP 43.35
33 Miro Salumun SLO 48.47
34 Kwok Keung Yzung HKG 53.28
Heat D
1 Janne Salmi FIN 25.00
2 Johan Ivarsson SWE 25.18
3 Steve Hale GBR 26.53
4 Petter Thoresen NOR 27.09
5 Jean-Daniel Giroux FRA 27.18
6 Thomas Buhrer SUI 27.24
7 Alistair Landels NZL 27.51
8 Janusz Porzycz POL 28.01
9 Carsten Jorgensen DEN 28.53
10 Tilo Pompe GER 30.33
11 Marcus Pinker IRL 30.44
12 Grant Bluett AUS 31.17
13 Cristiano Simoni ITA 31.28
14 Vladimir Alexeev RUS 31.35
15 Rene Ottesson EST 31.54
16 Ferenc Viniczai HUN 32.42
17 Tomas Prokes CZE 32.58
18 Ryouhei Toshimitsu JPN 33.33
19 Franz Helminger AUT 33.42
20 Jozef Chupek SVK 34.15
21 Robert Thiess BEL 35.40
22 Janis Ozolins LAT 35.45
23 Igor Troukhan UKR 36.29
24 Horatiu Cristian Grecu ROM 37.37
25 Peter Anderson USA 38.43
26 Alexandre Reis POR 41.55
27 Colin Dutkiewicz RSA 45.36
28 Alberto Minguez ESP 48.53
29 Wil Alards NED 48.56
30 Kam Tat Wong HKG 81.46
Mike Waddington CAN DNF
Ivo Tisljar CRO DNF
Daniel Gutman ISR DNF
Vidas Armalis LTU DNF
Women
Heat A
1 Johanna Asklof FIN 24.48
2 Katarina Borg SWE 25.44
3 Torunn Fossli Saethre NOR 26.35
4 Brigitte Wolf SUI 26.42
5 Nicki Taws AUS 27.19
6 Maret Vaher EST 27.32
7 Heidrun Finke GER 28.05
8 Eniko Fey ROM 28.16
9 Maria Honzova CZE 28.20
10 Julia Morozova RUS 29.30
11 Merete Bigum DEN 30.13
12 Bernadett Kovacs HUN 30.18
13 Barbara Baczek POL 30.31
14 Barbara Tobler AUT 31.11
15 Heather Monro GBR 31.39
16 Laure Coupat FRA 32.00
17 Alena Durcoc SVK 32.21
18 Irina Voronina UKR 33.37
19 Kirsten Ambler NZL 35.11
20 Peggy Dickison USA 36.32
21 Catherine Hagen CAN 37.00
22 Catherine Dickburt BEL 37.03
23 Dunja Uroio CRO 39.33
24 Yoshiko Fukushi JPN 39.47
25 Nuala Higgins IRL 50.06
26 Nadezda Saib KAZ 69.58
27 Marilo Lahoz ESP 71.47
Heat B
1 Yvette Hague GBR 23.19
2 Hanne Sandstad NOR 24.06
3 Kirsi Tiira FIN 24.34
4 Irina Mikhalko RUS 25.12
5 Gunilla Svard SWE 25.50
6 Jana Cieslarova CZE 26.23
7 Dorte Dahl DEN 26.26
8 Anna Gornicka POL 27.03
9 Maria Lubinszki HUN 27.08
10 Tania Robinson NZL 27.44
11 Vroni Konig SUI 28.13
12 Anke Xylander GER 29.07
13 Ruth Vaher EST 29.33
14 Zsuzsa Fey ROM 29.50
15 Uli Hartinger AUT 30.04
16 Jo Allison AUS 30.10
17 Olga Oufimtseva UKR 30.19
18 Valerie Leomant FRA 32.15
19 Eleonora Nikolova BUL 34.26
20 Jana Slamova SVK 35.44
21 Abigail May CAN 41.14
22 Eileen Loughman IRL 42.25
23 Martina Bedekovic CRO 42.26
24 Anna Amigo ESP 46.05
25 Karen Williams USA 51.10
26 Yuka Kinnami JPN 55.47
27 Svetlana Cherednik KAZ 63.10
Heat C
1 Anna Bogren SWE 22.40
2 Hanne Staff NOR 24.19
3 Marie-Luce Romanens SUI 25.30
4 Marcela Kubatkova CZE 25.49
5 Danute Mansson LTU 26.30
6 Karin Schmalfeld GER 26.42
7 Tatiana Jaksanova RUS 27.36
8 Elo Saue EST 28.05
9 Natasha Rowe AUS 28.11
10 Antonia Wood NZL 28.27
11 Sandy Smith CAN 28.31
12 Katja Honkala FIN 28.52
13 Marianne Lynge Madsen DEN 29.02
14 Michaela Gigon AUT 32.04
15 Verena Troi ITA 32.07
16 Audrey Perbet FRA 33.29
17 Reka Gardonyi HUN 34.27
18 Julie Cleary IRL 34.37
19 Mariya Spasyuk UKR 35.18
20 Jenny James GBR 35.29
21 Sanae Kiue JPN 36.22
22 Eva Mestrovic CRO 37.03
23 Veronica Mirea ROM 41.08
24 Kris Harrison USA 48.36
25 Emilia Silveira POR 50.46
Anna Garin ESP DNF
Heat D
1 Lucie Bohm AUT 24.01
2 Sabrina Meister SUI 25.54
3 Frauke Schmitt Gran GER 26.33
4 Elisabeth Ingvaldsen NOR 26.38
5 Cecilia Nilsson SWE 26.55
6 Kulli Kaljus EST 27.02
7 Pam James CAN 27.08
8 Tine Rasmussen DEN 27.12
9 Anniina Paronen FIN 27.21
10 Kim Buckley GBR 27.28
11 Olga Lepsikova CZE 28.15
12 Juliette Soulard FRA 28.38
13 Kristin Hall USA 28.41
14 Jenni Adams NZL 28.44
15 Nina Vinnitska UKR 28.51
16 Maia Chernushka RUS 31.10
17 Andrea Lux HUN 34.28
18 Luminita Duca ROM 36.13
19 Katarina Libantova SVK 36.47
20 Encarna Maturana ESP 39.12
21 Shinobu Kaneko JPN 39.39
22 Una Creagh IRL 40.35
23 Marina Novikova KAZ 42.21
24 Neda Punek CRO 43.57
25 Alix Young AUS 49.34
Ewa Kozlowska POL DNF