The 2003 World Orienteering Championships, the 20th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Rapperswil and Jona, Switzerland, 3 –9 August 2003.^[1]

The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's sprint [1]	Jamie Stevenson (GBR)	12:43.7	Rudolf Ropek  (CZE)		Thierry Gueorgiou  (FRA)
Women's sprint [1]	Simone Luder  (SUI)	13:21.3	Marie-Luce Romanens  (SUI)		Jenny Johansson  (SWE)
Men's middle distance [1]	Thierry Gueorgiou  (FRA)	30:08	Bjørnar Valstad (NOR)		Øystein Kristiansen  (NOR)
Women's middle distance [1]	Simone Luder (SUI)	32:40	Hanne Staff (NOR)		Heli Jukkola  (FIN)
Men's long distance [1]	Thomas Bührer  (SUI)	1:48:20	Yuri Omeltchenko (UKR)		Emil Wingstedt  (SWE)
Women's long distance [1]	Simone Luder  (SUI)	1:26:14	Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard  (SWE)		Brigitte Wolf  (SUI)
Men's relay[1]		1:58:42
Women's relay[1]		1:57:41

Results

Women's long distance

WOC 2003 – Long – Women ^[1]

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Simone Luder	Switzerland	1:26:14
	Karolina Arewång Höjsgaard	Sweden	1:29:19
	Brigitte Wolf	Switzerland	1:32:52
4	Emma Engstrand	Sweden	1:33:59
5	Sara Gemperle	Switzerland	1:34:28
6	Barbara Bączek	Poland	1:34:31
7	Hanne Staff	Norway	1:34:57
8	Marianne Andersen	Norway	1:36:17
9	Karin Schmalfeld	Germany	1:36:28
10	Martina Rakayova	Slovakia	1:36:29
11	Dana Brožková	Czech Republic	1:36:50
12	Yulia Novikova	Russia	1:36:52
13	Terhi Holster	Finland	1:37:28
14	Heather Monro	Great Britain	1:38:36
15	Zsuzsa Fey	Romania	1:40:00
16	Marta Štěrbová	Czech Republic	1:40:21