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Orienteering

Orienteering is a group of sports in which participants use a map and compass to navigate from point to point in unfamiliar terrain as quickly as possible.

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Clubs
78 national federations
Contact
No
Country or region
Worldwide
Equipment
Compass, orienteering map
First public contest
1897, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Highest governing body
International Orienteering Federation (IOF)

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The Olympics

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Orienteering

Nodes115
Edges114
Triples220
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017391
Components1

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Orienteering

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related to The Olympics · 27
Orienteering → According, Although, Chicago Orienteering, Efforts, Executive Board, In, International Cultural Festival, International Olympic Committee, International Orienteering Federation, IOC, Japan, Nagano, Nordic, November, Olympic, Olympic Games, Olympic Programme Commission, Olympic World, On, Sprint Orienteering
related to Personal clothing · 19
Orienteering → Clubs, English, Gaiters, In, In Australia, In Canada, IOF, Ireland, Lightweight, New Zealand, O-suits, Purpose-made, Rule, Similarly, Some, The, UK, Unique, United States
related to Semiotic research · 14
Orienteering → Finding, Half, Hikers, In, National Park, Novice, One, Other, Over, The, Therefore, This, Trees, When
related to World Orienteering Championships · 14
Orienteering → As, Europe, Finland, Fiskars, International Orienteering Federation, Olympic-style, Since, Sweden's, The, The World Orienteering Championships, They, WOC, World Championships, World Orienteering Championships
related to Relay · 10
Orienteering → Additionally, In, Jukola, Relays, Swedish, The, The IOF, This, To, World Orienteering Championships
related to history · 9
Orienteering → Bromma Church, In, Military Academy Karlberg, Norway, Spånga Church, Sweden, Swedish, The, Union
related to Sprint · 9
Orienteering → Control, In, IOF, Map, Park World Tour, Tampere, The, This, Very
related to European Championships · 8
Orienteering → As, As Orienteering, Europe, European Championships, European Orienteering Championships, Forest, Sprint, World Championships
related to Local · 8
Orienteering → BAOC, British Army, British Army Orienteering Club, Closed, Clubs, For, It, Open
related to National · 8
Orienteering → British Orienteering Federation, For, Orienteering USA, The, There, These, United Kingdom, United States

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map world competitors control events event used held international sport race championships usually iof course national courses also games may

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
OrienteeringClubs78 national federations1.00infobox
OrienteeringContactNo1.00infobox
OrienteeringCountry or regionWorldwide1.00infobox
OrienteeringEquipmentCompass, orienteering map1.00infobox
OrienteeringFirst public contest1897, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway1.00infobox
OrienteeringHighest governing bodyInternational Orienteering Federation (IOF)1.00infobox
OrienteeringMixed-sexMixed participation, with most competitions held in separate divisions1.00infobox
OrienteeringOlympicNo1.00infobox
OrienteeringTeam membersIndividuals or teams of varying size1.00infobox
OrienteeringTypeOutdoor1.00infobox
OrienteeringWorld Championships19661.00infobox
OrienteeringWorld Games19951.00infobox
Orienteeringis agroup of sports in which participants use a map and compass to navigate from point to point in unfamiliar terrain as quickly as possible.The sport originated from military land-…0.90text
Orienteeringis asport practiced primarily in Europe0.90text

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