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2007 World Orienteering Championships 
Summary
The 2007 World Orienteering Championships, the 24th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Kyiv, Ukraine, 18 –26 August 2007.[1]
| Host city | Kyiv |
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| Country | Ukraine |
| Events | 8 |
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 edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's sprint [1] |  Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA) |
14:44.0 |  Matthias Merz (SUI) |
 Martin Johansson (SWE) |
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| Women's sprint [1] | Simone Niggli (SUI) |
12:06.9 |  Minna Kauppi (FIN) |
Lena Eliasson (SWE) |
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| Men's middle distance [1] | Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA) |
32:21 | Tero Föhr (FIN) |
 Valentin Novikov (RUS) |
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| Women's middle distance [1] | Simone Niggli (SUI) |
32:13 | Heli Jukkola (FIN) |
 Marianne Andersen (NOR) |
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| Men's long distance [1] | Matthias Merz (SUI) |
1:44:28 | Andrey Khramov (RUS) |
Anders Nordberg (NOR) |
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| Women's long distance [1] | Minna Kauppi (FIN) |
1:20:17 | Heli Jukkola (FIN) |
Simone Niggli (SUI) |
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| Men's relay[1] | 2:10:26 | |||||
| Women's relay[1] | 1:46:35 | |||||