2008 European Mountain Running Championships

2008 European Mountain Running Championships
Organisers EAA
Edition 7th
Date 12 July
Host city Zell am Harmersbach, Germany Germany
Nations participating 25
Athletes participating 227
Races 4
Distances 12 km – Men
8.75 km – Women
8.75 km – U20 men
4 km – U20 women

The 2008 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 12 July in Zell am Harmersbach, Germany. Held by the European Athletic Association, the competition was held on an up- and downhill course in the Black Forest. The championships featured 227 athletes representing 25 nations.[1]

The championships comprised four races: the men's race which was 12 km long with an 804 m ascent and 714 m descent, the women's and under-20s men's competitions over 8.75 km and containing a 566 m ascent and 476 m descent, and finally the under-20s women's race which was competed over 4 km with a rise and fall of 238 m.[2]

Ahmet Arslan defended his title in the men's senior race while Elisa Desco took the gold medal in the women's race. Bernard Dematteis headed home Italy to the senior men's team gold medal and Great Britain won the women's team gold, with bronze medallist Sarah Tunstall the nation's best finisher. The junior men's competition was largely a Turkish affair, with Hasan Pak winning gold and leading a 1-2-3 for his country. The women's junior race was won by Mariya Bykova who, along with Tatyana Prorokova, took the team gold.[1]

Results

Men's senior race

Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Ahmet Arslan  Turkey 50:01
Bernard Dematteis  Italy 50:29
Marco De Gasperi  Italy 50:57
4 Jose Gaspar  Portugal 51:09
5 Julien Rancon  France 51:13
6 Marco Gaiardo  Italy 51:22
7 Gabriele Abate  Italy 51:33
8 Mitja Kosovelj  Slovenia 51:39
9 Javier Crespo  Spain 51:46
10 Cristofol Castañer  Spain 51:51
Teams
Rank Team Points
 Italy 11
 Spain 32
 France 32
4  Turkey 32
5  Portugal 41

Women's senior race

Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Elisa Desco  Italy 40:00
Constance Devillers  France 40:18
Sarah Tunstall  United Kingdom 40:48
4 Mateja Kosovelj  Slovenia 41:20
5 Victoria Wilkinson  United Kingdom 41:28
6 Bernadette Meier   Switzerland 41:31
7 Isabelle Guillot  France 41:49
8 Maria Grazia Roberti  Italy 41:54
9 Katie Ingram  United Kingdom 42:00
10 Milka Mikhaylova  Bulgaria 42:04
Teams
Rank Team Points
 United Kingdom 17
 France 21
 Italy 22
4  Slovenia 57
5  Czech Republic 61

Men's under-20s race

Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Hasan Pak  Turkey 35:23
Alper Demir  Turkey 35:58
Emrah Akalın  Turkey 36:09
4 Renè Stöckert  Germany 36:27
5 Adem Karataş  Turkey 36:46
6 Xavier Chevrier  Italy 37:04
7 Marc Tolstikhin  Russia 37:16
8 Candide Pralong   Switzerland 37:18
9 Luca Re  Italy 37:39
10 Peter Oblak  Slovenia 37:44
Teams
Rank Team Points
 Turkey 6
 Italy 31
 Russia 32
4   Switzerland 52
5  Austria 54

Women's under-20s race

Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Mariya Bykova  Russia 18:45
Esra Gullu  Turkey 18:48
Tatyana Prorokova  Russia 18:54
4 Natalia Strzelecka  Poland 19:02
5 Hannah Bateson  United Kingdom 19:03
6 Cansu Turan  Turkey 19:10
7 Hülya Ongun  Turkey 19:15
8 Katerina Berousková  Czech Republic 19:18
9 Anastasiya Mikhaylova  Russia 19:20
10 Helen Wolfson  Israel 19:26
Teams
Rank Team Points
 Russia 4
 Turkey 8
 United Kingdom 17
4  Italy 25
5  Czech Republic 28

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turkey & Italy reign supreme at Mountain Running Championships. European Athletics (2008-07-14). Retrieved on 2010-02-01.
  2. ↑ 26 countries do battle over the mountains in Zell am Harmersbach this weekend. European Athletics (2008-07-11). Retrieved on 2010-02-01.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Zell am Harmersbach GER 12 July. European Athletics (2008-07-12). Retrieved on 2010-01-02.

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