Spectators
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Event Timetable
Date | Start | Race | Arena | WOC Tour race | WOC Tour start |
Thursday 11 July | 10:00 | Model Event | Warmup race | 15:00 | |
Friday 12 July | 09:00 | Sprint Qualification | Leith Links | Urban sprint race | 11:30 |
Friday 12 July | 14:00 | Opening Ceremony | Princes Street Gardens | ||
Friday 12 July | 15:00 | Sprint Finals | Princes Street Gardens | ||
Saturday 13 July | Rest Day | Indoor race | 10:30 | ||
Sunday 14 July | 12:45 | Sprint Relay | Oriam, Riccarton Campus | Urban and campus middle race | 15:15 |
Monday 15 July | Rest Day | Urban long race | 10:30 | ||
Tuesday 16 July | 09:00 | Knock‑out Sprint Qualification | Wester Hailes | Urban sprint race | 11:00 |
Tuesday 16 July | 15:00 | Knock-out Sprint Finals | St. John Street, Edinburgh |
Arena access ticket for WOC Sprint Relay on Sunday 14 July
Limited numbers available! These tickets give access to the part of the race arena that has views of the changeover and finish line. For those without an access ticket, there is also the adjacent spectator village with big screen which is free to enter. Arena access tickets will be issued by email nearer to race day.
Cost £10, deadline July 5th
Come and support the athletes!
Sprint Relay Race
We look forward to seeing you at Riccarton for the Sprint Relay race at 12:45pm. Parking and bus travel to the event is to Hermiston Park and Ride from where you can follow the signs to the race arena.
The Sprint Relay was first introduced in 2014. Each country can enter one mixed-gender team of two men and two women, running in the order woman-man-man-woman.
Each team member races their course individually before handing over to the next runner, with the first team to cross the finish line being the winner. To stop athletes forming a pack and following one another, there are several slight variations to the courses. To keep it fair, each team runs all the different variations, just not necessarily in the same order.
The Sprint Relay sees athletes having to make split-second decisions on which route to take under the extreme pressure of head-to-head racing. Each leg of the race will take the leading teams roughly 14 minutes so the whole event is over within an hour. After a short pause to cool down, medals will be presented at 14:30.
Access to the race arenas is free every day and you can watch the action live and follow along on the big screen! For the Sprint Relay you can also purchase a £10 ticket to have a spot with views of the changeover area.
After the World Champions are decided there will be public races in the same area.
Try Maze Orienteering...
Join us in Princes Street Gardens on Friday 12 July from 13:00 until 17:00 to watch all the action and have a go at orienteering in our very own maze.
From Saturday 13 July until Monday 15 July the maze will be up in The Meadows from 11:00 until 15:00 and you can have another go as well as taking part in the mini-courses and other orienteering activities.
Suitable for all ages and all free!
Watching at home
If you can’t come to Edinburgh this July you can still follow all the action live.
Live results and GPS tracking will be available for each of the races.
The IOF Live Center has paid-for live web streams of the races but you may be lucky enough to live somewhere which is showing the championships on live TV or in a country participating in the IOF’s partnership with Eurovision Sport.