Orienteering at IMGA Master Games
Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points.
Originally a training exercise in land navigation for military officers, orienteering has developed many variations. Among these, the oldest and the most popular is foot orienteering, however ski orienteering is commonplace in the Nordic region.
Discover Orienteering at World Masters Games Taipei 2025
Age categories
Orienteering
Men & Women: 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+, 75+, 80+, 85+, 90+, 95+
Ski Orienteering
Men & Women: 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+, 75+, 80+, 85+, 90+, 95+
The age category you will compete in for Orienteering will be determined as at 31 December of the year of the event. For example, if you are 39 during Games time but have turned 40 by 31 December, you would compete in the 40+ age category.
Possible events and disciplines
Orienteering
Long Model – Long Qual and Long Final
Sprint Model – Sprint Qual and Sprint Final
Night Sprint
Ski Orienteering
Model Event
Sprint Distance
Long Distance
Middle Distance
2023 Results
View the EMG Tampere 2023 Orienteering Results
Past Results
Orienteering
View the WMG Portland 1998 Orienteering Results
View the WMG Melbourne 2002 Orienteering Results
View the WMG Edmonton 2005 Orienteering Results
View the WMG Sydney 2009 Orienteering Results
View the EMG Lignano 2011 Orienteering Results
View the EMG Nice 2015 Orienteering Results
View the WMG Auckland 2017 Orienteering Results
Ski Orienteering
View the WWMG Innsbruck 2020 Ski Orienteering Results
The IMGA doesn’t allow building new venues and encourages the host cities to use existing facilities to keep the costs lower. Therefore, the following information is subject to changes depending on the venues available.
