Notes: This day includes 3 different broadcasts. A free (Youtube) Qualification broadcast, a Quarter-final broadcast only included in the IOF TV ticket, and the main TV-broadcast (18:00-20:00 CEST, GMT+2).
9:00 (Approx.) Free broadcast start
9:30 First start Qualification Men
10:20 First start Qualification Women
16:00 (Approx.) IOF TV QF broadcast starts
16:03 First start Quarter finals Men
16:39 First start Quarter finals Women
18:00 TV Broadcast start
18:08 First start Semi finals Men
18:45 First start Semi finals Women
19:29 Final Men
19:42 Final Women
20:00 TV Broadcast ends
Times are in local time (CEST, GMT+2)
Free broadcast from the Qualification. Click on the ‘Refresh-arrow’ if the video-player does not load properly.
Start lists
Qualification races and Quarter finals
Live results
Qualification
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Finals
Official results
Qualification, Quarter finals, Semi Finals, Finals
Men | Women
Overall result list
Men | Women
Split times
All races
Format
Knockout sprint, including a qualification race in
three heats in the morning where the starting order is
determined by the order of the Sprint World Ranking
as of 26th May 2026 (best ranked starting first).
The 12 best athletes in each heat will be qualified for
the KO-finals. In a case of a tie, all tied runners will
advance to the KO-finals.
The elimination rounds consist of 6 quarterfinals, 3
semi-finals and 1 final per class with 6 runners in each
heat. The top 3 from each heat of the quarterfinal and
the top 2 from each heat of the semi-final qualify for
the next round.
For all rounds, the courses may incorporate forking/
splitting systems:
• No forking.
• Forking.
• «Course Choice Model» where each athlete picks
one of three options.
There will be no announcement in advance about
which method is used in which round.
Heat selection
The athletes will be able to select their heats for the
quarterfinals. The heat selection event will take place
on the qualification arena right after the final qualification
results are published. (approx. 11:35).
Terrain
Urban terrain with smaller and bigger buildings and
park areas.
Approximately 80% hard surface and up to 20%
grass in the qualification and 90% hard surface and
up to 10 % grass in the finals.
The race area is almost completely flat. Climb is between
0-5 m in all races.
Map information
| Scale | 1: 4000 |
| Contour interval | 2 m |
Web-TV – Ended
Results – Ended
Live tracking – Ended