World Trail Orienteering Championships

The World Trail Orienteering Championships are the world championships of trail orienteering, organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The championships were first held in 2004 and have taken place in most years since. Most editions have been held in Europe, and 2005 is the only edition so far to take place elsewhere. The programme currently has three championship events: PreO, the traditional event; TempO, a competition made up of timed controls only, held since 2013 and open to all competitors in one single class because no physical movement is involved; and the TrailO Relay for three-person teams, held since 2016 and replacing the earlier team event. PreO was called the individual competition before 2010. Open and Paralympic classes are run within the events.