O-Ringen
Finish line during the 2005 event in Skillingaryd
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)July
Frequencyannual
CountrySweden
Inaugurated1965 (1965)

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 Peo Bengtsson and Sivar Nordstöm. 156 participants attended the first and the participation levels have steadily increased since. 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]
1965Skåne, Blekinge, Denmark156Sweden Inga-Britt BengtssonSweden Nils Bohman
1966Småland (4), Västergötland672Sweden Kerstin GranstedtFinland Juhani Salmenkylä
1967Motala1,910Sweden Ulla LindkvistSweden Kalle Johansson
1968Borås3,250Sweden Ulla LindkvistNorway Åge Hadler
1969Rommehed5,355Sweden Ulla LindkvistSweden Stefan Green
1970Kristianstad6,378Sweden Ulla LindkvistSweden Bernt Frilén
1971Malmköping8,627Sweden Ulla LindkvistSweden Hans Aurell
1972Eksjö8,253Sweden Ulla LindkvistSweden Hans Aurell
1973Rättvik10,449Sweden Ulla LindkvistSweden Bengt Gustafsson
1974Kristianstad10,196Sweden Ulla LindkvistSweden Ernst Jönsson
1975Haninge9,322Sweden Anne LundmarkFinland Matti Mäkinen
1976Ransäter14,843Hungary Sarolta MonspartSweden Gert Pettersson
1977Visby7,186Finland Liisa VeijalainenNorway Sigurd Dæhli
1978Skara15,148Finland Liisa VeijalainenSweden Kjell Lauri
1979Örebro15,842Sweden Britt-Marie KarlssonSweden Lars-Henrik Undeland
1980Uppsala15,142Finland Liisa VeijalainenSweden Lars Lönnkvist
1981Mohed18,983Sweden Annichen KringstadSweden Jörgen Mårtensson
1982Luleå13,631Sweden Annichen KringstadSweden Lars Lönnkvist
1983Anderstorp22,498Sweden Annichen KringstadSweden Håkan Eriksson
1984Bräkne-Hoby16,123Sweden Karin GunnarssonSweden Kent Olsson
1985Falun25,021Sweden Annichen KringstadSweden Joakim Ingelsson
1986Borås17,353Sweden Annichen KringstadSweden Anders Erik Olsson
1987Norrköping16,216Sweden Katarina BorgSweden Lars Lönnkvist
1988Sundsvall16,413Sweden Barbro LönnkvistSweden Lars Lönnkvist
1989Östersund17,818Sweden Barbro LönnkvistSweden Niklas Löwegren
1990Gothenburg20,172Norway Ragnhild Bente AndersenSweden Per Ek
1991Arboga16,581Sweden Arja HannusSweden Håkan Eriksson
1992Södertälje17,806Sweden Gunilla SvärdDenmark Allan Mogensen
1993Falkenberg15,006Sweden Annika ZellNorway Petter Thoresen
1994Örnsköldsvik14,414Sweden Katarina BorgNorway Petter Thoresen
1995Hässleholm14,304Finland Eija KoskivaaraSweden Jörgen Olsson
1996Karlstad17,007Sweden Annika ZellSweden Jörgen Mårtensson
1997Umeå11,179Sweden Katarina BorgSweden Jörgen Mårtensson
1998Gävle13,249Norway Hanne StaffSweden Johan Ivarsson
1999Borlänge15,238Sweden Jenny JohanssonSweden Fredrik Löwegren
2000Hallsberg13,740Norway Hanne StaffSweden Jimmy Birklin
2001Märsta12,525Sweden Marlena JanssonSweden Johan Ivarsson
2002Skövde14,651Switzerland Simone Niggli-LuderFinland Mats Haldin
2003Uddevalla14,998United Kingdom Heather MonroFinland Mats Haldin
2004Gothenburg13,259Sweden Jenny JohanssonRussia Valentin Novikov
2005Skillingaryd12,657Sweden Emma EngstrandSweden Emil Wingstedt
2006Mohed13,500Switzerland Simone Niggli-LuderLithuania Simonas Krepsta
2007Mjölby14,300Switzerland Simone Niggli-LuderNorway Anders Nordberg
2008Sälen24,375Norway Anne Margrethe HauskenFinland Tero Föhr
2009Eksjö15,589Sweden Helena JanssonSweden Martin Johansson
2010Örebro16,069Switzerland Simone Niggli-LuderSweden David Andersson
2011Mohed12,939Sweden Tove AlexanderssonSweden Erik Rost
2012Halmstad21,172Russia Tatiana RyabkinaNorway Olav Lundanes
2013Boden12,907Sweden Tove AlexanderssonFrance Thierry Gueorgiou
2014Kristianstad23,088Sweden Tove AlexanderssonFrance Thierry Gueorgiou
2015Borås18,058Norway Anne Margrethe HauskenSweden William Lind
2016Sälen24,313Sweden Tove AlexanderssonFrance Thierry Gueorgiou
2017Arvika15,127Sweden Tove AlexanderssonSweden William Lind
2018Örnsköldsvik17,171Switzerland Simone Niggli-LuderNorway Magne Daehli
2019Norrköping21,171Sweden Tove AlexanderssonUkraine Ruslan Glebov
2020Postponed to 2021
2021Postponed to 2022
2022Uppsala20,271[4]Sweden Sara HagströmSweden Gustav Bergman
2023Åre
2024Oskarshamn
2025Jönköping

See also

References

  1. "O-Ringens historia - O-Ringen". www.oringen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  2. "Vinnare Damklassen". Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. "Vinnare herrklassen". Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. "Tidigare O-ringen". Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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