Vienna O Challenge

Vienna

3 days sprint orienteering
Join & meet international athletes in Austria's capital! 🙌

Vienna O Challenge

Orienteering

Planned by elite orienteers for sprint fans: perfect for sprinters 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Vienna O Challenge

Challenge

A challenging & fun event for elites, youth, experienced orienteers & newcomers 🍀

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Program

Thursday 29.8.2024 19:00-20:00 Open Training
Friday 30.8.2024 17:00-20:00 Stage 1
Saturday 31.8.2024 9:45-12:45 Stage 2
Sunday 1.9.2024 9:00-12:00 Stage 3
12:35-13:30 Sprint Relay
13:40 Prize giving ceremony

Sprint Weekend with 3-days ranking & Sprint Relay

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Vienna O Challenge

Orienteering =

High-quality sprint orienteering maps and challenging courses in attractive areas - brought to you by experienced organisers and elite orienteers.

Participant satisfaction: 93/100
Recommended by participants

Team Orienteering Guide

Experience orienteering

Vienna. Now.

Why Vienna? Vienna has been ranked first 11 times as the most liveable city.

There is enough time before and after the orienteering events for other activities. Check wien.info and follow @viennatouristboard for inpiration.

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How to get here? Easygoing.

It is easy to travel to and within Vienna.

The mobility concept of the event is based on the use of public transport services. All venues are within the city so you do not need a car during your stay.

Travel by train, night train or bus services to Vienna.
Train tickets: ÖBB, Westbahn, Regiojet, ČD

Public transport tickets: Single ticket (up to 15 years 1.2 €, regular 2.4 €, 65+ years 1.5 €), 48 hours travel card (14.1 €), 7 days travel card (17.1 €)

The Vienna O Challenge was certified as EcoEvent Plus of the City of Vienna (2021 & 2022) and the environmental aspects have been an integral part of the event concept ever since. Since the first edition we haven't produced any event flyers and rely on digital communication. Tell your friends about the Vienna O Challenge! Thank you 😊

Orienteering. With good vibes.

Sprint orienteering events in a positive & relaxed atmosphere.

World Championship medalists and upcoming sprint orienteering stars have used the VOC Sprint Weekend to test their sprint skills.

Make it a plan

Vienna O Challenge is fun

Venues. A different approach.

Vienna is Austria's sprint-O capital and has a wide variety of sprint areas. To ensure a fair competition, event areas will be announced just-in-time, about 2 weeks before the event starts. Expect professional sprint mapping in different parts of the city. For inspiration, below some map and route excerpts from previous editions.

Welcome to Vienna

The Vienna O Challenge launched in 2019, with the idea to create an international event open for everyone, in challenging areas, and fun to be part of. Thanks to everyone who has participated in the first four editions; 2023 already more than 300 participants from 30 countries. See you at the 5-years anniversary event 2024!

Erik Nilsson Simkovics

Erik Nilsson Simkovics

Event Director

VOC Event Team, Photo: Burmann

Volunteer & be part of the Event Team!

Do you want to be part of our team & create an international sport event? Join the team of volunteers :)

Sprint Weekend Classes

Newcomers all ages unisex
Team Challenge all ages unisex
Experience non-competitive all ages unisex
Kids non-competitive -12 years unisex
Youth 10-14 years M | W
Open 15+ years M | W
Elite 15+ years M | W
40+ 40-49 years M | W
50+ 50-59 years M | W
60+ 60-69 years M | W
70+ 70-79 years M | W
80+ 80-100 years M | W
Register for the Sprint Weekend

VOC

Open

For Orienteers

Open for all orienteers from 15 years. Separate Women's and Men's class.

Team Challenge

Team up with Friends

Teams of 2-3 people orienteering together on one course: Map & number bib for each team member, 1 chip, 1 result.

Newcomers

For Orienteering Newcomers

Unisex class for beginners

Orienteering Guide

Experience

Orienteering without (time) pressure

Unisex class without ranking - your goal is to enjoy orienteering. It's for you, if you like to do orienteering but don't want it to be competitive. You will receive your personal splits but there won't be a result list with times.

Sprint Relay Classes

Mixed Sprint relay teams consists of 2 runners, and each person runs twice = 4 legs in total. The length of each relay leg is 5-7 min.
Use the Runners bank to find a team mate.

Open Relay open for all ages
Youth Relay Maximum age 16 years (born 2008)
Masters Relay Minimum age 45 years (born 1979)
Register for the Sprint Relay
It is also possible to register non-mixed teams, but only mixed and female-only (when among top 3) teams are awarded.


Entries

Register for the Sprint Weekend and Sprint Relay 2024 via OL-Sport Alpha

Entry deadlines Early 30 June Regular 31 July Late 20 August

We offer a reduced entry fee (-15 €) for anyone aged above 15 and below 30, or in university education in Sprint Weekend Open/Elite classes. It is applied by entering vocstudent24 as a voucher code in the booking checkout.
If you are an international elite runner (IOF Sprint Orienteering World Ranking Top 130), we can support your travel by offering a reduced entry fee. Please send us a message via Instagram (@viennaochallenge).
VOC Sprint Weekend

VOC Sprint Weekend

    • 30 August - 1 September 2024
    • Sprint Orienteering in Vienna
    • 3 Stages in 3 Days
Vienna Sprint Relay

Vienna Sprint Relay

  • 1 September 2024
  • Sprint Orienteering Relay in Vienna
  • 2 Runners with 2 Relay legs each
  • Mixed teams: Open, Youth, Masters
Vienna O Challenge

1-Day Start

  • Orienteering in Vienna
  • 1 Day
  • Classes: Newcomers, Experience, Women Open, Men Open, Team Challenge

Details

Objective

The aim of the Vienna Orienteering Challenge (VOC) is to offer a high-quality orienteering event that is attractive for beginners, recreational and competitive athletes. VOC is a multi-day event with 3 stages in Vienna. The sprint orienteering format attracts international participants, world-class athletes and Austrian orienteers.

Das Ziel der Vienna Orienteering Challenge (VOC) ist es, eine hochqualitative OL-Veranstaltung anzubieten, die für Neulinge, Jugendliche, Breiten- und Leistungssportler*innen attraktiv ist. Die VOC ist ein Mehrtagebewerb mit 3 Etappen in Wien, die Wettkampfform Sprint-OL zieht internationale Teilnehmer*, Weltklasseathlet* und österreichische Orientierungsläufer*innen an.

Start times

Preliminary times (small changes possible, depending on number of participants):
Friday 18:00 - 19:10
Saturday 10:45 - 11:55
Sunday 10:00 - 11:10, Sprint relay 12:45

Maps

Scale 1:4000. 1:3000 for age classes 50+. Maps drawn to the latest sprint map standard (IOF ISSprOM 2019-2).

Courses

Sprint orienteering courses - max. 4 km

Sprint Relay

5-7 min / leg. 2 legs per person.

Locations and Event Details

The final details with event locations and instructions will be published a few days before the event.
The Open Training takes place on Thursday 30 August 19:00 - 20:00 at TĂźrkenschanzpark, no registration required.

Timekeeping

Sportident electronic timekeeping will be used with mixed punching. Competitors with a classic Sportident card will dib in the ordinary way, SIAC users will be able to use it touchfree. You can get hold on a new SIAC touchfree at OL-Shop.

Sportident Card

Rental SI cards (classic punching) are available at no additional cost for participants without own chip. The charge for a lost Sportident card is 75 €.

Results

Live results online, overall results will be published on the website after the final stage. Split times on Winsplits Online after each stage.

Race Format

3-stage sprint orienteering with overall ranking based on time. The start list of stage 3 is based on the overall ranking after 2 stages in competitive classes: reverse order - class leaders start last (1 min start interval). Early start times on stage 3 on request.
For the overall ranking mispunched runners will receive the time of the last runner + x minutes penalty or their own time + 3 min if it is slower than the time of the last ranked runner.
The non-competitive classes Kids and Experience have no overall ranking or penalties.

Awards

Prize giving ceremony for the overall ranking, VOC medals and prizes for the top 3 in each class. Prizes for the top 6 elite runners. For the Experience class, prizes will be randomly drawn among participants. All Kids class participants receive a small prize. It is mandatory to be at the awards ceremony to collect a prize.

Orienteering for Deaf Athletes

The event is organised to suit deaf athletes.

Accessibility

All venues are outdoors and accessible by wheelchair. Those who need a wheelchair to move around during the run, please contact us via info@viennaochallenge.com ahead of the event to plan a suitable course according to your needs. We are happy to make it possible to participate for everyone.

Daycare

No daycare for children. Playgrounds in close proximity to/directly at the arenas. Separated start times for parents available on request.

Risk and Safety

Participants are not insured by the organiser. Competitors accept the hazards associated with participating in the event, and that they take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety. Event Officials will not accept liability for any injury, accident, loss or damage to the competitor or their property that may arise before, during or after the event as a consequence of participation in the event. Please note that there will be no road closures during the event and that streets with traffic might be crossed.

Minimum Age

Due to safety reasons the minimum age for competition categories is 10 years. Younger athletes only allowed when accompanied by a person aged 18 or older (in Newcomers, Team Challenge or Open category). For the Kids class we will try to avoid crossings, but ask parents to instruct their children about possible hazards before the start of each event.

Entries and Payment

Entries and payment through the online entry platform OL-Sport Alpha (booking terms)

The entry fee is for the VOC 3 days competition. Open Training free of charge. Relay to be booked extra. 1-day entries in Newcomers, Experience, Team Challenge and Women/Men Open. Individual stage starts cannot be transferred to another competitor. Entries after the deadline and in the event centre are possible only in case of unreached limit of participants and according to the possibilities of the organiser.
Entry fees increase by +5 € at each entry deadline. Last minute entries +10 €. Relay entries possible until the day before the Relay at the same cost.

Non-Participation of Russia and Belarus (as of 1 March 2022)

As a consequence of the ongoing war in Ukraine, we follow the principles of the decision made by the International Orienteering Federation to ban Russia & Belarus from international sport events. Runners representing Russian / Belarusian clubs or teams are not allowed to participate until further notice.

Amendments

Amendments which affect the category or name entered may be made free of charge up to the final entry deadline. It is possible to transfer an entry to another person until 23 August 2024. Other amendments, which do not affect the entry cost or category, are free of charge at all times. If you wish to change your entry, please email to .

Withdrawal

After registering for the event, withdrawal from the event is not possible in accordance with § 18 (1) 10 FAGG (Act on Distance Contracts and Off-Premises Contracts). No right of withdrawal for leisure activities and events. If a registered person does not take part in the competition for reasons for which the organiser is not responsible, nor due to neutral reasons, or if the person declares a non-participation to the organiser beforehand, then the registered person is not entitled to a refund of the entry fee. Each participant is solely responsible to have an insurance in order to claim a refund by his/her insurance provider.

Rules

IOF competition rules + VOC special rules announced in final details.

Fair Play

If we notice violations against fair play we reserve the right to disqualify runners.
We will not have any quarantine areas and maps will not be collected after finishing. To ensure a fair competition, we expect runners to not share information with runners starting later. We believe it makes for a better challenge.

Personal Data

When you enter we will ask you for the following personal information:

  • Contact details: name, year of birth, email address
  • Participation details: class, club, country

Why we need your details

We need to collect your personal information so that we can enable you to participate in the event. If you do not provide us with all of the personal information that we need to collect then this may affect our ability to manage your entry.

We also process participants’ personal information in pursuit of our legitimate interest to:

Promote and encourage participation in orienteering by sending participants communications and entry information for upcoming events. Our events may be filmed or photographed and your personal information may also be used in images captured from our events, which we use for promotional and development purposes. Provide competition in orienteering by accepting and managing entries for our events and checking your personal information to ensure you are entered into the correct category. Where we process your personal information in pursuit of our legitimate interest, you have the right to object to us using your personal information for the above purposes. If you wish to object to any of the above processing, please contact us.

Who we share your personal information with

If your personal information is included in any images or videos taken by us at our events, we may share this with our event partners for promotional and/or journalistic purposes.

Participants’ personal data

We publish the results of our events on our website. This includes competitors’ name, club, age class and result.

Your rights

You can exercise any of the following rights by writing to us. Your rights in relation to your personal information are:

  • You have a right to request access to the personal information that we hold about you by making a “subject access request”;
  • If you believe that any of your personal information is inaccurate or incomplete, you have a right to request that we correct or complete your personal information;
  • You have a right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information for specific purposes; and
  • If you wish us to delete your personal information, you may request that we do so.

Any requests received by us will be considered under applicable data protection legislation.

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