2012 European Mountain Running Championships Explained

2012 European Mountain Running Championships
Organisers:EAA
Edition:11th
Date:7 July
Host City:Denizli, Turkey
Distances:12.2 km +700m– Men
8.3 km +470m– Women
8.3 km +470m– Junior men
4.4 km +240m– Junior women
Previous:2011 Bursa
Next:2013 Sofia

The 2012 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 7 July at Pamukkale in Denizli, 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 163 runners from 21 nations started the competition.

The men's race was 12.2 km long and featured an ascent of 700 m.[1] The women's and junior men's races were 8.3 km long comprising a rise of 470 m.[2] [3] The junior women's race was 4.4 km over a hill of 240 m.[4]

Ahmet Arslan from Turkey took his sixth consecutive men's title,[1] while Swiss Monika Furholz won the gold medal in senior women's[2] category. Italian senior men's and British senior women's teams were the champions.[5] In the junior men's category, Turkish Ahmet Özrek became the champion.[3] Annabel Mason from United Kingdom was the gold medalist in junior women's race.[4] Turkish junior men's and junior women's teams took the gold medals in team ranking.[5]

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

Results

Men

width=5%Rankwidth=20%Athletewidth=15%Countrywidth=10%Time (h:m:s)
Ahmet Arslan49:46
Ercan Muslu49:57
Ionut Zinca50:19
4Gabriele Abate50:33
5Marco De Gasperi50:49
6Julien Rancon51:00
7 Xavier Chevrier51:23
8Simon Lechleitner51:26
+Teams
width=10%Rankwidth=30%Teamwidth=10%Points
16
19
48
456
560
664
765
869

Women

width=5%Rankwidth=20%Athletewidth=15%Countrywidth=10%Time (m:s)
Monika Furholz39:54
Nadezhda Leschinskaia40:03
Pavla Schorna Matyasova40:07
4Mary Wilkinson40:10
5Veronica Perez40:21
6Emma Clayton40:27
7 Antonella Confortola40:54
8Sarah McCormack40:55
+Teams
width=10%Rankwidth=30%Teamwidth=10%Points
20
30
30
431
564
665
778
885

Junior men

width=5%Rankwidth=20%Athletewidth=15%Countrywidth=10%Time (m:s)
Ahmet Özrek35:18
Anton Palzer36:26
Vitaly Lagushin36:42
4Rodion Reshetnikov36:52
5Yetkin Tunçtan37:04
+Teams
width=10%Rankwidth=30%Teamwidth=10%Points
17
28
29

Junior women

width=5%Rankwidth=20%Athletewidth=15%Countrywidth=10%Time (m:s)
Annabel Mason20:25
Sevilay Eytemis21:14
Çeşminaz Yılmaz21:45
4Melanie Hyder22:25
5Marinela Nineva22:31
+Teams
width=10%Rankwidth=30%Teamwidth=10%Points
5
5
12

Medal table

RankCountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 align=left 4 3 1 8
2 align=left 2 1 3
3 align=left 1 2 3
4 align=left 1 1
5 align=left 1 2 3
6 align=left 1 1
7 align=left 1 1
align=left 1 1
align=left 1 1
align=left 1 1
align=left 1 1
Total 8 8 8 24

Participation

A total of 21 nations had athletes, which took part in the 2012 Championships.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Men individual . World Mountain Running Association . 2013-09-01 .
  2. Web site: European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Women individual . World Mountain Running Association . 2013-09-01 .
  3. Web site: European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Junior Men individual . World Mountain Running Association . 2013-09-01 .
  4. Web site: European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Junior Women individual . World Mountain Running Association . 2013-09-01 .
  5. Web site: European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Teams . World Mountain Running Association . 2013-09-01 .