O-Ringen

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The O-Ringen (previously called the "Swedish 5 days") is an orienteering competition that takes place annually in different areas of Sweden. Orienteers from all over the world come to the competition. For orienteers around the world a trip to the O'ringen 5-days is their Mecca. This race attracts significant media coverage in Sweden and winning O-Ringen is often considered second only to the World Championships in prestige. The competition takes place in July, and takes place over 5 days, where every active day is a competition stage. Competitors are assigned start times for the first four stages of the race, but on the fifth and final stage a "chasing start" is used. In a chasing start the overall leader in each class starts first and the remaining competitors start according to the total time they trail. This means that the first runner over the finish line on the final stage is the winner.

History

The O-Ringen was started in 1965 in Denmark, Skåne and Blekinge by elite Swedish national team runners Peo Bengtsson and Sivar Nordström. They organised the competition at short notice from July 19–23 to fill the days between two already-organised weekend events in Simlångsdalen and Kallinge. Due to a lack of available high-quality maps, the first day was organised in Hillerød, Denmark. After being publicised in Template:Interlanguage link and Idrottsbladet, 156 participants attended the first event, during which guest of honour Torsten Tegnér was forced to help with organisation due to a lack of volunteers. The events were organised in the evenings to allow for people who had to work during the day. Following the first event, participation levels then steadily increased.[1]

O-Ringen received its name from the union of Swedish national team runners that Bengtsson and Nordström were first part of; the union was started with the purpose to improve international orienteering in 1962 by ten Swedish national team runners, including most Swedish competitors at the 1962 European Orienteering Championships. Some of the first members included European Championships medallists Bertil Norman and Emy Gauffin. The O-Ringen union was important in organising the event through to 1978, and held some administrative roles until 2003.[1]

Up until today the highest participant level was in 1985 in Dalarna/Falun were there were 25 021 participants.

The O-Ringen was included in the World Cup orienteering series in 1998, 2007 and 2008.

In 2009 there were prize money in the Elite series, the main classes for both the men and the women, totalling to half a million kronor. The final result in the junior elite classes will count towards the Silva Junior Cup.

From 2008 multi-sport has been represented at the competition in the form of the O-Ringen Multi. The competition on the Tuesday will be a part of the Swedish Multi-sport Cup.

The O-Ringen Academy is a training program which consists of three sections; International, Leadership and Sports. The International section focuses on training orienteers from all over the world who want to learn more about orienteering in order to develop the sport in their home countries. The Leadership section is a leadership training course in the form of seminars and speeches. The Sports section is more concerned with the physical side with training camps of different sorts, including a week for juniors before the O-Ringen.

Records

Statistics

Year Location(s) Number of contestants[1] Ladies winner[2] Men's winner[3]
1965 Skåne, Blekinge, Denmark 156 Template:Flagicon Inga-Britt Bengtsson Template:Flagicon Nils Bohman
1966 Småland (4), Västergötland 672 Template:Flagicon Kerstin Granstedt Template:Flagicon Juhani Salmenkylä
1967 Motala 1,910 Template:Flagicon Ulla Lindkvist Template:Flagicon Kalle Johansson
1968 Borås 3,250 Template:Flagicon Ulla Lindkvist Template:Flagicon Åge Hadler
1969 Rommehed 5,355 Template:Flagicon Ulla Lindkvist Template:Flagicon Stefan Green
1970 Kristianstad 6,378 Template:Flagicon Ulla Lindkvist Template:Flagicon Bernt Frilén
1971 Malmköping 8,627 Template:Flagicon Ulla Lindkvist Template:Flagicon Hans Aurell
1972 Eksjö 8,253 Template:Flagicon Ulla Lindkvist Template:Flagicon Hans Aurell
1973 Rättvik 10,449 Template:Flagicon Ulla Lindkvist Template:Flagicon Bengt Gustafsson
1974 Kristianstad 10,196 Template:Flagicon Ulla Lindkvist Template:Flagicon Ernst Jönsson
1975 Haninge 9,322 Template:Flagicon Anne Lundmark Template:Flagicon Matti Mäkinen
1976 Ransäter 14,843 Template:Flagicon Sarolta Monspart Template:Flagicon Gert Pettersson
1977 Visby 7,186 Template:Flagicon Liisa Veijalainen Template:Flagicon Sigurd Dæhli
1978 Skara 15,148 Template:Flagicon Liisa Veijalainen Template:Flagicon Kjell Lauri
1979 Örebro 15,842 Template:Flagicon Britt-Marie Karlsson Template:Flagicon Lars-Henrik Undeland
1980 Uppsala 15,142 Template:Flagicon Liisa Veijalainen Template:Flagicon Lars Lönnkvist
1981 Mohed 18,983 Template:Flagicon Annichen Kringstad Template:Flagicon Jörgen Mårtensson
1982 Luleå 13,631 Template:Flagicon Annichen Kringstad Template:Flagicon Lars Lönnkvist
1983 Anderstorp 22,498 Template:Flagicon Annichen Kringstad Template:Flagicon Håkan Eriksson
1984 Bräkne-Hoby 16,123 Template:Flagicon Karin Gunnarsson Template:Flagicon Kent Olsson
1985 Falun 25,021 Template:Flagicon Annichen Kringstad Template:Flagicon Joakim Ingelsson
1986 Borås 17,353 Template:Flagicon Annichen Kringstad Template:Flagicon Anders Erik Olsson
1987 Norrköping 16,216 Template:Flagicon Katarina Borg Template:Flagicon Lars Lönnkvist
1988 Sundsvall 16,413 Template:Flagicon Barbro Lönnkvist Template:Flagicon Lars Lönnkvist
1989 Östersund 17,818 Template:Flagicon Barbro Lönnkvist Template:Flagicon Niklas Löwegren
1990 Gothenburg 20,172 Template:Flagicon Ragnhild Bente Andersen Template:Flagicon Per Ek
1991 Arboga 16,581 Template:Flagicon Arja Hannus Template:Flagicon Håkan Eriksson
1992 Södertälje 17,806 Template:Flagicon Gunilla Svärd Template:Flagicon Allan Mogensen
1993 Falkenberg 15,006 Template:Flagicon Annika Zell Template:Flagicon Petter Thoresen
1994 Örnsköldsvik 14,414 Template:Flagicon Katarina Borg Template:Flagicon Petter Thoresen
1995 Hässleholm 14,304 Template:Flagicon Eija Koskivaara Template:Flagicon Jörgen Olsson
1996 Karlstad 17,007 Template:Flagicon Annika Zell Template:Flagicon Jörgen Mårtensson
1997 Umeå 11,179 Template:Flagicon Katarina Borg Template:Flagicon Jörgen Mårtensson
1998 Gävle 13,249 Template:Flagicon Hanne Staff Template:Flagicon Johan Ivarsson
1999 Borlänge 15,238 Template:Flagicon Jenny Johansson Template:Flagicon Fredrik Löwegren
2000 Hallsberg 13,740 Template:Flagicon Hanne Staff Template:Flagicon Jimmy Birklin
2001 Märsta 12,525 Template:Flagicon Marlena Jansson Template:Flagicon Johan Ivarsson
2002 Skövde 14,651 Template:Flagicon Simone Niggli-Luder Template:Flagicon Mats Haldin
2003 Uddevalla 14,998 Template:Flagicon Heather Monro Template:Flagicon Mats Haldin
2004 Gothenburg 13,259 Template:Flagicon Jenny Johansson Template:Flagicon Valentin Novikov
2005 Skillingaryd 12,657 Template:Flagicon Emma Engstrand Template:Flagicon Emil Wingstedt
2006 Mohed 13,500 Template:Flagicon Simone Niggli-Luder Template:Flagicon Simonas Krepsta
2007 Mjölby 14,300 Template:Flagicon Simone Niggli-Luder Template:Flagicon Anders Nordberg
2008 Sälen 24,375 Template:Flagicon Anne Margrethe Hausken Template:Flagicon Tero Föhr
2009 Eksjö 15,589 Template:Flagicon Helena Jansson Template:Flagicon Martin Johansson
2010 Örebro 16,069 Template:Flagicon Simone Niggli-Luder Template:Flagicon David Andersson
2011 Mohed 12,939 Template:Flagicon Tove Alexandersson Template:Flagicon Erik Rost
2012 Halmstad 21,172 Template:Flagicon Tatiana Ryabkina Template:Flagicon Olav Lundanes
2013 Boden 12,907 Template:Flagicon Tove Alexandersson Template:Flagicon Thierry Gueorgiou
2014 Kristianstad 23,088 Template:Flagicon Tove Alexandersson Template:Flagicon Thierry Gueorgiou
2015 Borås 18,058 Template:Flagicon Anne Margrethe Hausken Template:Flagicon William Lind
2016 Sälen 24,313 Template:Flagicon Tove Alexandersson Template:Flagicon Thierry Gueorgiou
2017 Arvika 15,127 Template:Flagicon Tove Alexandersson Template:Flagicon William Lind
2018 Örnsköldsvik 17,171 Template:Flagicon Simone Niggli-Luder Template:Flagicon Magne Daehli
2019 Norrköping 21,171 Template:Flagicon Tove Alexandersson Template:Flagicon Ruslan Glebov
2020 Postponed to 2021
2021 Postponed to 2022
2022 Uppsala 20,271[4] Template:Flagicon Sara Hagström Template:Flagicon Gustav Bergman
2023 Åre 15,657[5] Template:Flagicon Sara Hagström Template:Flagicon Olli Ojanaho
2024 Oskarshamn 19 304 Template:Flagicon Tove Alexandersson Template:Flagicon Emil Svensk
2025 Jönköping – – –
2026 Gothenburg – – –
2027 Stockholm – – –
2028 Sundsvall – – –

See also

References

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External links

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