The 2011 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 10 July at Uludağ

Uludag

Uludağ , the ancient Mysian Olympus, is a mountain in Bursa Province, Turkey, with an altitude of . It is a popular center for winter sports such as skiing, and a national park of rich flora and fauna...

 in Bursa, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, 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...

 in conjunction with the Turkish Athletic Federation

Turkish Athletic Federation

Turkish Athletic Federation is the governing body for athletics in Turkey....

. The competition featured four races, with senior and junior races for both men and women. A total of 221 runners from 26 nations started the competition.

The men's race was 12.0 km long and featured an ascent of 1,245 m. The women's and junior men's races were 8.5 km long comprising a rise of 865 m. The junior women's race was 3.5 km over a hill of 405 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....

 from Turkey took his fifth consecutive men's title, while Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 Martina Strahl won the gold medal in senior women's category. Italian senior men's and senior women's teams were the champions. In the junior men's category, Turkish Nuri Kömür became the champion followed by two of his countrymen. Denisa Ionela Dragomir from Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 was the gold medalist in junior women's race. Turkish junior men's and junior women's teams took the gold medals in team ranking.

The event was dominated by the host nation Turkey, which won in total nine medals (four gold, three silver and two bronze) in three categories. It was the senior women's race, at which Turkey was not able to win any medal.

Men

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....		0:58:08
	Gabriele Abate		0:58:40
	Jose Gaspar		0:59:05
4	Bernard Dematteis		0:59:41
5	Süleyman Büyükbezgin		0:59:56
6	Alex Baldaccini		1:00:25
7	Jones Andy		1:00:39
8	Anders Kleist		1:00:47

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
		12
		34
		36
4		39
5		67

• Totals: 78 starters, 74 finishers, 17 national teams.

Women

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.... )
	Martina Strähl		48:44
	Antonella Confortola Antonella Confortola Antonella Confortola is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...		49:09
	Lucija Krkoc		49:24
4	Valentina Belotti		49:40
5	Marina Ivanova		49:57
6	Pavla Schorna		50:10
7	Cristina Alexandra Frumuz		50:20
8	Bernadette Meier-Brändle		50:22

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
		22
		28
		38
4		44
5		62

• Totals: 57 starters, 54 finishers, 12 national teams.

Junior men

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.... )
	Nuri Kömür		43:08
	Sönmez Dağ		43:12
	Murat Orak		43:40
4	Szabolcs Istvan Gheorgy		45:27
5	Anton Palzer		45:41

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
		6
		39
		43

• Totals: 54 starters, 54 finishers, 12 national teams.

Junior women

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.... )
	Denisa Ionela Dragomir		21:43
	Yasemin Can		22:08
	Sevilay Eytemis		22:16
4	Susanne Mair		22:23
5	Rebeca Rus		23:08

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
		5
		6
		16

• Totals: 32 starters, 32 finishers, 10 national teams.

Participation

A total of 26 nations had athletes, which took part in the 2011 Championships.

External links

• Official website
• European Athletics competition page