The last leg was a hectical one: big stars of orienteering were fighting face to face, and who made less mistake could finally celebrate. Minna Kauppi started almost one minute ahead of Simone Niggli, but they were soon together, meanwhile Helena Jansson ran in a really high speed, and started to narrow the gap. Marianne Andersen was the fastest of all, so it looked like they will all meet. The Swiss and the Finnish made a mistake, so it really happened, and more: Simone Niggli lost more time, and she had to follow the others. That time Helena Jansson was in first position, but after her mistake Marianne Andersen took the lead. On spectators' control Norway was half a minute in front of Sweden, and these two left the others behind (Finland 2 minutes, Switzerland ans Czech Republic 3 minutes, Russia 7 minutes behind the leader). Marianne Andersen was unsure for some seconds, so Helena Jansson could get closer but not enough close to overtake her, so there were no change in the best six positions until the finish line.