2008 European Mountain Running Championships
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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.
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.
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.
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 12 July in Zell am Harmersbach
Zell am Harmersbach
Zell am Harmersbach is a small historic city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies in the Ortenaukreis, between the Black Forest and the Rhine.-History:...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Held by the European Athletic Association
European Athletic Association
The European Athletic Association is the European governing body for the sport of athletics.- History :In 1932, during a meeting of the International Amateur Athletic Federation in Los Angeles, a special committee was designated by the Council with the task of reviewing the conditions for the...
, the competition was held on an up- and downhill course in the Black Forest
Black Forest
The Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres ....
. The championships featured 227 athletes representing 25 nations.
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.
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....
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.
Men'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.... ) |
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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.... |
50:01 | |
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Bernard Dematteis | 50:29 | |
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Marco De Gasperi | 50:57 | |
| 4 | Jose Gaspar | 51:09 | |
| 5 | Julien Rancon | 51:13 | |
| 6 | Marco Gaiardo | 51:22 | |
| 7 | Gabriele Abate | 51:33 | |
| 8 | Mitja Kosovelj | 51:39 | |
| 9 | Javier Crespo | 51:46 | |
| 10 | Cristofol Castañer | 51:51 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
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11 | |
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32 | |
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32 | |
| 4 | 32 | |
| 5 | 41 |
- Total participants: 82 runners and 19 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.... ) |
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Elisa Desco | 40:00 | |
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Constance Devillers | 40:18 | |
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Sarah Tunstall | 40:48 | |
| 4 | Mateja Kosovelj | 41:20 | |
| 5 | Victoria Wilkinson | 41:28 | |
| 6 | Bernadette Meier | 41:31 | |
| 7 | Isabelle Guillot | 41:49 | |
| 8 | Maria Grazia Roberti | 41:54 | |
| 9 | Katie Ingram | 42:00 | |
| 10 | Milka Mikhaylova | 42:04 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
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17 | |
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21 | |
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22 | |
| 4 | 57 | |
| 5 | 61 |
- Total participants: 71 runners and 17 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.... ) |
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Hasan Pak | 35:23 | |
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Alper Demir | 35:58 | |
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Emrah Akalın | 36:09 | |
| 4 | Renè Stöckert | 36:27 | |
| 5 | Adem Karataş | 36:46 | |
| 6 | Xavier Chevrier | 37:04 | |
| 7 | Marc Tolstikhin | 37:16 | |
| 8 | Candide Pralong | 37:18 | |
| 9 | Luca Re | 37:39 | |
| 10 | Peter Oblak | 37:44 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
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6 | |
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31 | |
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32 | |
| 4 | 52 | |
| 5 | 54 |
- Total participants: 44 runners and 10 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.... ) |
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Mariya Bykova | 18:45 | |
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Esra Gullu | 18:48 | |
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Tatyana Prorokova | 18:54 | |
| 4 | Natalia Strzelecka | 19:02 | |
| 5 | Hannah Bateson | 19:03 | |
| 6 | Cansu Turan | 19:10 | |
| 7 | Hülya Ongun | 19:15 | |
| 8 | Katerina Berousková | 19:18 | |
| 9 | Anastasiya Mikhaylova | 19:20 | |
| 10 | Helen Wolfson | 19:26 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
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4 | |
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8 | |
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17 | |
| 4 | 25 | |
| 5 | 28 |
- Total participants: 30 runners and 10 teams.
External links
- Official website at European Athletics