O-Ringen

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A finish at the 2005 O-Ringen
A finish at the 2005 O-Ringen

O-Ringen, or Swedish 5-Days, is a multiday orienteering race. It has been held annually since 1965. The first competition included only 156 competitors, but at its peak in 1985, exactly 23,000 competitors took part. O-Ringen for 2006 was held in the Swedish province of Hälsingland during July 15th-21st. 11,500 orienteers from 32 different countries were registered to participate in this year's competition.

This race attracts significant media coverage in Sweden and winning O-Ringen is often considered second only to the World Championships in prestige.

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.

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Year Location(s) Number of contestants Ladies winner Men's winner
1965 Skåne, Blekinge, Denmark 156 Flag of Sweden Sweden Inga-Britt Bengtsson Flag of Sweden Sweden Nils Bohman
1966 Småland (4), Västergötland 672 Flag of Sweden Sweden Kerstin Granstedt Flag of Finland Finland Juhani Salmenkylä
1967 Motala 1 910 Flag of Sweden Sweden Ulla Lindkvist Flag of Sweden Sweden Kalle Johansson
1968 Borås 3 250 Flag of Sweden Sweden Ulla Lindkvist Flag of Norway Norway Åge Hadler
1969 Rommehed 5 355 Flag of Sweden Sweden Ulla Lindkvist Flag of Sweden Sweden Stefan Green
1970 Kristianstad 6 378 Flag of Sweden Sweden Ulla Lindkvist Flag of Sweden Sweden Bernt Frilén
1971 Malmköping 8 627 Flag of Sweden Sweden Ulla Lindkvist Flag of Sweden Sweden Hans Aurell
1972 Eksjö 8 253 Flag of Sweden Sweden Ulla Lindkvist Flag of Sweden Sweden Hans Aurell
1973 Rättvik 10 449 Flag of Sweden Sweden Ulla Lindkvist Flag of Sweden Sweden Bengt Gustafsson
1974 Kristianstad 10 196 Flag of Sweden Sweden Ulla Lindkvist Flag of Sweden Sweden Ernst Jönsson
1975 Haninge 9 322 Flag of Sweden Sweden Anne Lundmark Flag of Finland Finland Matti Mäkinen
1976 Ransäter 14 843 Flag of Hungary Hungary Sarolta Monspart Flag of Sweden Sweden Gert Pettersson
1977 Visby 7 186 Flag of Finland Finland Liisa Veijalainen Flag of Norway Norway Sigurd Dähli
1978 Skara 15 148 Flag of Finland Finland Liisa Veijalainen Flag of Sweden Sweden Kjell Lauri
1979 Örebro 15 842 Flag of Sweden Sweden Britt-Marie Karlsson Flag of Sweden Sweden Lars-Henrik Undeland
1980 Uppsala 15 142 Flag of Finland Finland Liisa Veijalainen Flag of Sweden Sweden Lars Lönnkvist
1981 Mohed 18 983 Flag of Sweden Sweden Annichen Kringstad Flag of Sweden Sweden Jörgen Mårtensson
1982 Luleå 13 631 Flag of Sweden Sweden Annichen Kringstad Flag of Sweden Sweden Lars Lönnkvist
1983 Anderstorp 22 498 Flag of Sweden Sweden Annichen Kringstad Flag of Sweden Sweden Håkan Eriksson
1984 Bräkne-Hoby 16 123 Flag of Sweden Sweden Karin Gunnarsson Flag of Sweden Sweden Kent Olsson
1985 Falun exactly 23 000 Flag of Sweden Sweden Annichen Kringstad Flag of Sweden Sweden Joakim Ingelsson
1986 Borås 17 353 Flag of Sweden Sweden Annichen Kringstad Flag of Sweden Sweden Anders Erik Olsson
1987 Norrköping 16 216 Flag of Sweden Sweden Katarina Borg Flag of Sweden Sweden Lars Lönnkvist
1988 Sundsvall 16 413 Flag of Sweden Sweden Barbro Lönnkvist Flag of Sweden Sweden Lars Lönnkvist
1989 Östersund 17 818 Flag of Sweden Sweden Barbro Lönnkvist Flag of Sweden Sweden Niklas Löwegren
1990 Göteborg 20 172 Flag of Norway Norway Ragnhild Bente Andersen Flag of Sweden Sweden Per Ek
1991 Arboga 16 581 Flag of Sweden Sweden Arja Hannus Flag of Sweden Sweden Håkan Eriksson
1992 Södertälje 17 806 Flag of Sweden Sweden Gunilla Svärd Flag of Norway Norway Allan Morgensen
1993 Falkenberg 15 006 Flag of Sweden Sweden Annika Zell Flag of Norway Norway Petter Thoresen
1994 Örnsköldsvik 14 414 Flag of Sweden Sweden Katarina Borg Flag of Norway Norway Petter Thoresen
1995 Hässleholm 14 304 Flag of Finland Finland Eija Koskivaara Flag of Sweden Sweden Jörgen Olsson
1996 Karlstad 17 007 Flag of Sweden Sweden Annika Zell Flag of Sweden Sweden Jörgen Mårtensson
1997 Umeå 11 179 Flag of Sweden Sweden Katarina Borg Flag of Sweden Sweden Jörgen Mårtensson
1998 Gävle 13 249 Flag of Norway Norway Hanne Staff Flag of Sweden Sweden Johan Ivarsson
1999 Borlänge 15 238 Flag of Sweden Sweden Jenny Johansson Flag of Sweden Sweden Fredrik Löwegren
2000 Hallsberg 13 740 Flag of Norway Norway Hanne Staff Flag of Sweden Sweden Jimmy Birklin
2001 Märsta 12 525 Flag of Sweden Sweden Marlena Jansson Flag of Sweden Sweden Johan Ivarsson
2002 Skövde 14 651 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Flag of Finland Finland Mats Haldin
2003 Uddevalla 14 998 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Heather Monro Flag of Finland Finland Mats Haldin
2004 Göteborg 13 259 Flag of Sweden Sweden Jenny Johansson Flag of Russia Russia Valentin Novikov
2005 Skillingaryd 12 657 Flag of Sweden Sweden Emma Engstrand Flag of Sweden Sweden Emil Wingstedt
2006 Mohed 13 500 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Simonas Krepsta
2007 Mjölby 14 300 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder Flag of Norway Norway Anders Nordberg
2008 Sälen
2009 Eksjö

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