{{Short description|2008 edition of the World Orienteering Championships}} {{One source|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox games | name = 2008 World Orienteering Championships | logo = | size = | caption = | host_city = Olomouc | country = Czech Republic | motto = | nations = | teams = | athletes = | events = 8 | opening = | closing = | opened_by = | athlete_oath = | judge_oath = | torch_lighter = | stadium = | length = | ind_prize = | team_prize = | website = | previous = 2007 Kyiv | next = 2009 Miskolc }}thumb|World Orienteering Championships 2008 The '''2008 World Orienteering Championships''', the 25th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Olomouc in the Czech Republic, 10&ndash;20 July 2008.<ref name=iof-woc2008>{{cite web | url=https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=51 | title=World Orienteering Championships 2008 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |accessdate=10 September 2017 |archive-date=25 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025110443/https://old.orienteering.sport/events/?event_id=51 }}</ref>

The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.

==Medalists== [[File:Hausken-seierspall-sprint-V.jpg|right | 200 px | thumb | Medalists at the WOC 2008 women's sprint: Kauppi (silver), Hausken (gold), Jansson (bronze).]] {|{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2|labelwidth=150}} |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Men's sprint <ref name=iof-woc2008/>

| {{flagathlete|Andrey Khramov|RUS}} ||style="text-align:right;"| 13:36.9 | {{flagathlete|Daniel Hubmann|SUI}} ||style="text-align:right;"| | {{flagathlete|Martin Johansson|SWE}} ||style="text-align:right;"|

|- style="vertical-align:top;" | Women's sprint <ref name=iof-woc2008/>

| {{flagathlete|Anne Margrethe Hausken|NOR}} ||style="text-align:right;"| 12:42.2 | {{flagathlete|Minna Kauppi|FIN}} ||style="text-align:right;"| | {{flagathlete|Helena Jansson|SWE}} ||style="text-align:right;"|

|- style="vertical-align:top;"

| Men's middle distance <ref name=iof-woc2008/>

| {{flagathlete|Thierry Gueorgiou|FRA}} ||style="text-align:right;"| 33:49 | {{flagathlete|Michal Smola|CZE}} ||style="text-align:right;"| | {{flagathlete|Valentin Novikov|RUS}} ||style="text-align:right;"|

|- style="vertical-align:top;" | Women's middle distance <ref name=iof-woc2008/>

| {{flagathlete|Minna Kauppi|FIN}} ||style="text-align:right;"| 32:35 | {{flagathlete|Vroni König-Salmi|SUI}} ||style="text-align:right;"| | {{flagathlete|Radka Brožková|CZE}} ||style="text-align:right;"|

|- style="vertical-align:top;" | Men's long distance <ref name=iof-woc2008/>

| {{flagathlete|Daniel Hubmann|SUI}} ||style="text-align:right;"| 1:46:08 | {{flagathlete|Anders Nordberg|NOR}} ||style="text-align:right;"| | {{flagathlete|François Gonon|FRA}} ||style="text-align:right;"|

|- style="vertical-align:top;" | Women's long distance <ref name=iof-woc2008/>

| {{flagathlete|Dana Brožková|CZE}} ||style="text-align:right;"| 1:24:26 | {{flagathlete|Marianne Andersen|NOR}} ||style="text-align:right;"| | {{flagathlete|Annika Billstam|SWE}} ||style="text-align:right;"|

|- style="vertical-align:top;" | Men's relay<ref name=iof-woc2008/>

| {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|GBR}} |1= Graham Gristwood |2= Jon Duncan |3= Jamie Stevenson }} |style="text-align:right;"| 2:18:17 | {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent;

|title= {{flagteam|RUS}} |1= Dmitriy Tsvetkov |2= Andrey Khramov |3= Valentin Novikov }} |style="text-align:right;"| | {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|SUI}} |1= Baptiste Rollier |2= Matthias Merz|3=Daniel Hubmann}} |style="text-align:right;"|

|- style="vertical-align:top;" | Women's relay<ref name=iof-woc2008/> | {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|FIN}} |1= Katri Lindeqvist |2= Merja Rantanen |3= Minna Kauppi}} |style="text-align:right;"| 2:13:14 | {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|RUS}} |1= Galina Vinogradova |2= Yulia Novikova |3= Tatiana Ryabkina}} |style="text-align:right;"| | {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|SWE}} |1= Annika Billstam |2= Sofie Johansson |3= Helena Jansson}} |style="text-align:right;"| |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

{{World Orienteering Championships}}

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