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World Orienteering

The historic controls of the world
1897	- 31st October - the first orienteering event in the world: NOR - Oslo (Nordmarken); 8 competitors; map scale 1:30 000; course length 10,5 km; 3 control points; winning time 1,41,07
1899	- 6th February - the first ski-orienteering event in the world: NOR - Trondheim; 12 competitors; course length 20 km; winning time 2,30,20
1900	- the first ski-orienteering relay: SWE
1906	- the first ski-orienteering relay: FIN
1928	- the first independent orienteering club: SWE - SK Gothia
1931	- -the first national championships: SWE - the first international competition: NOR - Oslo; NOR & SWE
1936	- the establishment of SOFT (Svenska Orienteringsforbundet)
1945	- the establishment of NOF (Norges Orienteringsforbund) - the establishment of SSL (Suomen Suunnistusliitto) - the first orienteering magazine: FIN - Suunnistaja
1946	- the establishment of NORD (Nordisk Orienteringsrat - the Nordic Orienteering Council) = NOR, SWE, FIN, DEN
1948	- the first maps drawn especially for orienteering: NOR
1950	- the first special colour map for orienteering: NOR; Knut Valstad; used for the competition on 30th April

1961	- the establishment of IOF (International Orienteering Federation)
1962	- the first European Orienteering Championships (EOC): NOR; winners: D = U. Lindkvist (SWE), H = A. Hadler (NOR)
1966	- the first World Orienteering Championships (WOC): FIN; winners: D = U. Lindkvist (SWE), H = M. Lystad (NOR)
1972	- the first official international ski-orienteering contest: BUL - IPSOL (International Pokal der Ski-OL)
1975	- the first WOC Ski: FIN; winners: D = O. Svanberg (SWE), H = A. Kukkonen (FIN)
1978	- IOF-Symbols for the control descriptions used for the first time: NOR - WOC

1983	- '1. Unofficial' World Cup (WC): HUN, BEL, FIN, AUT, SWE, NOR
1984	- '2. Unofficial' WC
1987	- the first European Cup (EC) Ski: TCH, AUT, ITA, FIN, FIN, SWE
1988	- the introduction of 'the short distance race' to the WOC Ski: FIN
1989	- the first WC Ski: AUT, TCH, SWE, NOR
1990	- the first Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC): SWE - the introduction of 'the short distance race' to the WC
1991	- the introduction of 'the short distance race' to the WOC: TCH
1994	- the first JWOC Ski: FIN - IOF electronic events calendar - electronic punching used at the WC for the first time: NOR; the Regnly system
1995	- the first Park World Tour (PWT): SWE, NOR, FIN, CZE
1998	- Ski-orienteering presented at the Olympics in Nagano - the first official World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC): CZE - Novy Bor - MTBO European Cup
1999	- the first WMOC Ski: RUS - the first WC MTBO
2000	- European Orienteering Championships (EOC) renewed