2011 European Mountain Running Championships Explained

2011 European Mountain Running Championships
Organisers:EAA
Edition:10th
Date:10 July
Host City:Bursa, Turkey
Distances:12.0 km +1,245m– Men
8.5 km +865m– Women
8.5 km +865m– Junior men
3.5 km +405m– Junior women
Previous:2010 Sapareva Banya

The 2011 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 10 July at Uludağ in Bursa, Turkey. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, held by the European Athletic Association in conjunction with the Turkish Athletic Federation. 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 from Turkey took his fifth consecutive men's title,[1] while Swiss 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 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.[2]

Results

Men

width=5%Rankwidth=20%Athletewidth=15%Countrywidth=10%Time (h:m:s)
Ahmet Arslan58:08
Gabriele Abate58:40
Bernard Dematteis59:41
4Süleyman Büyükbezgin59:56
5Alex Baldaccini1:00:25
6Andi Jones1:00:39
7Anders Kleist1:00:47
8Georges Burrier1:01:03
+Teams
width=10%Rankwidth=60%Teamwidth=10%Points
(Gabriele Abate, Bernard Dematteis, Alex Baldaccini, Martin Dematteis)12
34
36
439
567

Women

width=5%Rankwidth=20%Athletewidth=15%Countrywidth=10%Time (m:s)
Martina Strähl48:44
Antonella Confortola49:09
Lucija Krkoc49:24
4Valentina Belotti49:40
5Marina Ivanova49:57
6Pavla Schorna50:10
7 Cristina Alexandra Frumuz50:20
8Bernadette Meier-Brändle50:22
+Teams
width=10%Rankwidth=30%Teamwidth=10%Points
22
28
38
444
562

Junior men

width=5%Rankwidth=20%Athletewidth=15%Countrywidth=10%Time (m:s)
Nuri Kömür43:08
Sönmez Dağ43:12
Murat Orak43:40
4Szabolcs Istvan Gheorgy45:27
5Anton Palzer45:41
+Teams
width=10%Rankwidth=30%Teamwidth=10%Points
6
39
43

Junior women

width=5%Rankwidth=20%Athletewidth=15%Countrywidth=10%Time (m:s)
Denisa Ionela Dragomir21:43
Yasemin Can22:08
Sevilay Eytemis22:16
4Susanne Mair22:23
5Rebeca Rus23:08
+Teams
width=10%Rankwidth=30%Teamwidth=10%Points
5
6
16

Participation

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.european-athletics.org/10th-european-mountain-running-championships.html Turkey's Arslan lays claim to 'greatest' title after 5th straight victory
  2. http://www.wmra.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=717&Itemid=2 Wonderful 10. European Mountain Running Championships 2011 in Bursa-Uludag
  3. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/emrch/RepInd_SM.pdf Finish List Senior Men
  4. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/emrch/RepTeam_SM.pdf Team Rankings Senior Men
  5. http://www.wmra.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=735&Itemid=2 European Mountain Running Championships 2011: new bronze medallist.
  6. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/emrch/RepInd_SW.pdf Finish List Senior Women
  7. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/emrch/RepTeam_SW.pdf Team Rankings Senior Women
  8. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/emrch/RepInd_JM.pdf Finish List Junior Men
  9. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/emrch/RepTeam_JM.pdf Team Rankings Junior Men
  10. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/emrch/RepInd_JW.pdf Finish List Junior Women
  11. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/emrch/RepTeam_JW.pdf Team Rankings Junior Women