The 2007 European Mountain Running Championships

European Mountain Running Championships

The European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international mountain running race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the European Athletic Association in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year....

were held on 14 July in Cauterets

Cauterets

Cauterets is a spa town, a ski resort and a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-Geography:Cauterets is located southwest of Lourdes in the beautiful valley of the Gave de Cauterets and borders the Pyrenees National Park....

, France

France

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. Held by the European Athletic Association

European Athletic Association

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The championships comprised four races, incorporating junior races for the first time: the men's race, which was 12.8 km long with a 1,570 m ascent, the women's and under-20s men's competitions over 8.5 km and containing a 1,010 m ascent, and finally the under-20s women's race which was competed over 4 km with a rise of 400 m.

Ahmet Arslan

Ahmet Arslan

Ahmet Arslan is a long-distance runner from Turkey competing in mountain running. He is five time consecutive champion of European Mountain Running Championships....

 of Turkey won the title in the men's senior race while the Norwegian Anita Evertsen took the gold medal in the women's race. Italy reached to the senior men's team gold medal and Switzerland won the women's team gold. The junior men's competition was largely a Turkish affair, with Mehmet Akkoyun winning gold and leading a 1-2-3 for his country. The women's junior race was won by Lucija Krkoc from Slovenia. United Kingdom took the team gold.

Men's senior race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
	Ahmet Arslan Ahmet Arslan Ahmet Arslan is a long-distance runner from Turkey competing in mountain running. He is five time consecutive champion of European Mountain Running Championships....		1:08:39
	Marco De Gasperi		1:08:50
	Marco Gaiardo		1:09:09

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
		15
		31
		36

• Total participants: 67 runners finished and 17 teams.

Women's senior race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
	Anita Evertsen		51:45
	Anna Pichrtova Anna Pichrtova Anna Pichrtová is a professional long distance runner. In 2004 she finished 28th in the Women's marathon at the Athens Olympics, and the following year placed 27th at the World Championships in Helsinki, as well as winning the inaugural edition of the Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race in...		52:34
	Kirsten Otterbu		52:56

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
		17
		22
		29

• Total participants: 65 runners finished and 16 teams.

Men's under-20s race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
	Mehmet Akkoyun		48:27
	Emrah Akalın		48:34
	Mahmut Uruclu		48:40

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
		6
		21
		34

• Total participants: 36 runners finished and 9 teams.

Women's under-20s race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
	Lucija Krkoc		23:33
	Kerstin Strauss		23:58
	Hannah Bateson		24:50

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
		8
		10
		13

• Total participants: 20 runners finished and 6 teams.

External links

• Official website at European Athletics