1972 World Orienteering Championships

The 4th World Orienteering Championships were held in Staré Splavy, Czechoslovakia, 14–16 September 1972.^[1]

The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's individual^[1]	Åge Hadler (NOR)	1.35.57	Stig Berge (NOR)	1.40.52	Bernt Frilén (SWE)	1.43.55
Women's individual^[1]	Sarolta Monspart (HUN)	1.17.01	Pirjo Seppä (FIN)	1.18.35	Birgitta Larsson (SWE)	1.18.53
Men's relay^[1]	Sweden (SWE) Lennart Carlström Rolf Pettersson Arne Johansson Bernt Frilén	4.41.37	Switzerland (SUI) Dieter Hulliger Dieter Wolf Bernard Marti Karl John	4.47.23	Hungary (HUN) Zoltán Boros János Sotér Géza Vajda András Hegedűs	5.09.29
Women's relay^[1]	Finland (FIN) Sinikka Kukkonen Pirjo Seppä Liisa Veijalainen	2.33.42	Sweden (SWE) Birgitta Johansson Ulla Lindkvist Birgitta Larsson	2.45.00	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Naďa Mertová Renata Vlachová Anna Hanzlová	2.38.59

WOC 1972 – Individual – Women (7.1 km)^[1]
Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
1	Sarolta Monspart	Hungary	1:17:01
2	Pirjo Seppä	Finland
3	Birgitta Larsson	Sweden
4	Ulla Lindkvist	Sweden
5	Ingrid Hadler	Norway
6	Liisa Veijalainen	Finland
7	Kristin Danielsen	Norway
8	Birgitta Johansson	Sweden
9	Magda Horváth	Hungary
10	Naďa Mertová	Czechoslovakia
11	Renata Vlachová	Czechoslovakia
12	Linda Verde	Norway
13	Mona Hebo	Denmark
14	Anna Handzlová	Czechoslovakia
15	Elsa Arnesson	Sweden

WOC 1972 – Individual – Men (13.5 km)^[1]
Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
1	Åge Hadler	Norway	1:35:57
2	Stig Berge	Norway
3	Bernt Frilén	Sweden
4	Dieter Hulliger	Switzerland
5	Petr Uher	Czechoslovakia
6	Dieter Wolf	Switzerland
7	Risto Nuuros	Finland
8	Zdeněk Lenhart	Czechoslovakia
9	Veijo Tahvanainen	Finland
10	Lennart Carlström	Sweden
11	Geoffrey Peck	Great Britain
12	Rolf Pettersson	Sweden