| Host city | Aarhus |
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| Country | Denmark |
| Events | 8 |
| ← 2005 Aichi2007 Kyiv → | |
The 2006 World Orienteering Championships, the 23rd World Orienteering Championships, were held in Aarhus, Denmark, 1 –5 August 2006.
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
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's sprint |  Emil Wingstedt (SWE) |
13:35.3 |  Daniel Hubmann (SUI) |
13:36.3 |  Claus Bloch (DEN) |
13:37.0 |
| Women's sprint |  Hanny Allston (AUS) |
13:13.3 | Simone Niggli-Luder (SUI) |
13:19.1 | Kajsa Nilsson (SWE) |
13:24.3 |
| Men's middle distance |  Holger Hott Johansen (NOR) |
35:49.4 |  Jarkko Huovila (FIN) |
 Jamie Stevenson (GBR) |
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| Women's middle distance | Simone Niggli-Luder (SUI) |
33:58.1 | Marianne Andersen (NOR) |
 Tatiana Ryabkina (RUS) |
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| Men's long distance | Jani Lakanen (FIN) |
1:45:01,0 | Marc Lauenstein (SUI) |
Andrey Khramov (RUS) |
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| Women's long distance | Simone Niggli-Luder (SUI) |
1:19:50.4 | Marianne Andersen (NOR) |
 Dana Brozková (CZE) |
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| Men's relay |
Russia (RUS)
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2:11:41 |
Finland (FIN)
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Sweden (SWE)
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| Women's relay |
Finland (FIN)
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2:21:05 |
Sweden (SWE)
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Switzerland (SUI)
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References
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2006". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2017.