| Host city | Linköping |
|---|---|
| Country |  Sweden |
| Events | 4 |
The 2ndWorld Orienteering Championships were held inLinköping, Sweden, 28–29 September 1968.[1]
The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women.
The men's individualcourse had 18controls over 14.6 kilometres, while the women's individual course had 10 controls over 7.8 kilometres.[2]
Swedish Television (SVT) broadcast the entire individual competition live. This was the first time ever orienteering was shown live on TV in Sweden,[3] or in any other country in the world.[4]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual[1] | Karl Johansson (SWE) | 1:48:19 | Sture Björk (SWE) | 1:49:38 |  Åge Hadler (NOR) | 1:50:13 |
| Women's individual[1] | Ulla Lindkvist (SWE) | 1:04:55 | Ingrid Hadler (NOR) | 1:10:35 | Kerstin Granstedt (SWE) | 1:11:27 |
| Men's relay[1] | 4:25:19 | 4:25:28 | 4:42:31 | |||
| Women's relay[1] | 3:17:53 | 3:18:07 | 3:42:15 | |||
| Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Karl Johansson | Sweden | 1:48:19 |
 | Sture Björk | Sweden | 1:49:38 |
 | Åge Hadler | Norway | 1:50:13 |
| 4 | Juhani Salmenkylä |  Finland | 1:51:18 |
| 5 | Ola Skarholt | Norway | 1:51:48 |
| 6 | Sten-Olof Carlström | Sweden | 1:53:37 |
| 7 | Jostein Nilsen | Norway | 1:54:16 |
| 8 | Stig Berge | Norway | 1:54:32 |
| 9 | Pauli Reunamäki | Finland | 1:55:27 |
| 10 | Veijo Tahvanainen | Finland | 1:55:30 |
| Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulla Lindkvist | Sweden | 1:04:55 |
| Ingrid Hadler | Norway | 1:10:35 |
| Kerstin Granstedt | Sweden | 1:11:27 |
| 4 | Pirjo Seppä | Finland | |
| 5 | Raila Kerkelä | Finland | |
| 6 | Vibeke Bøgevig |  Denmark | |
| 7 | Jitenka Sevcikova |  Czechoslovakia | |
| 8 | Birgitta Larsson | Sweden | |
| 9 | Inga-Britt Bengtsson | Sweden | |
| 10 | Astrid Rødmyr | Norway | |
| 11 | Tuula Hovi | Finland | |
| 12 | Katharina Mo | Norway | 1:28:50 |