The men's middle-distance competition at the 2025 World Games took place on 8 August at the Eastern New Area Orienteering Venue in Chengdu, China.
The competition was characterized by extreme heat, with temperatures of 37 degrees Celsius seen out on the course. During the competition, Italian orienteer Mattia Debertolis collapsed and was taken to hospital, where he died two days later, receiving international attention. He was classified among 12 athletes that did not finish in the official results.
Competition format A total of forty athletes from twenty-one different nations qualified, based on a point system, taking in consideration both the Orienteering World Ranking and the results from the 2024 World Orienteering Championships.
Results The results were a follows: RankAthleteNationTime Riccardo Rancan 45:22 Francesco Mariani 47:43 Vegard Westergard 47:48 4 Tim Robertson 48:09 5 Michał Olejnik 48:27 6 Zoltán Bujdosó 52:12 7 Jonatan Gustafsson 52:24 8 Yannick Michiels 53:40 9 Tino Polsini 54:41 10 Jim Bailey 55:25 11 Bojan Blumenstein 56:13 12 Alastain George 56:16 13 David Rojas 56:31 14 Matthias Reiner 57:58 15 Joseph Lynch 59:33 16 August Mollén 59:35 17 Uldis Upītis 18 Tang Jianda 19 Fabian Aebersold 20 Martin Roháč 21 Douglas Schmitz 22 Illia Otreshko 23 Liu Xiaoming 24 Freddie Carcas 25 Kento Kato 26 Damian Konotopetz 27 Shin Futamata 28 Ma Lok Hin Angus Haines Leandro Nascimento Joshua Au Endijs Titomers Piotr Parfianowicz Anselm Reichenbach Jakub Glonek Quim Vich Mattia Debertolis Tomáš Křivda Ferenc Jónás Jannis Bonek
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