| World Mountain Running Championships | |
| Sport: | Mountain Running |
| Founded: | World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) |
| Inaugural: | 1985 |
| Champion: | Joseph Gray (men) Grayson Murphy (women) |
| Most Champs: | 6 Jonathan Wyatt (men) 6 Andrea Mayr (women) |
| Website: | wmra.ch |
The World Mountain Running Championships (World Mountain Running Trophy until 2008), is an international mountain running competition contested by athletes of the members of WMRA, World Mountain Running Association, the sport's global governing body.
The championships include a senior men, senior women, junior men and women events and the team events of these races.
It was first held in 1985 as the World Mountain Running Trophy before obtaining its current moniker in 2009.
The 2020 championships, which were scheduled for 13–14 November in Haria, Lanzarote, Spain, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
The 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (abbreviated WMTRC 2021), held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from November 4–6, 2022, combined the World Mountain Running Championships and IAU Trail World Championships.
| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 1st | 1985 | San Vigilio di Marebbe, Südtirol |  Italy | 23 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 2nd | 1986 | Morbegno - Sondrio - Albosaggia, Lombardia | Italy | 5 October | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 3rd | 1987 | Lenzerheide - Valbella, Graubünden |  Switzerland | 23 August | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 4th | 1988 | Keswick, Cumbria |  United Kingdom | 15 October | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 5th | 1989 | Die - Châtillon-en-Diois, Drôme |  France | 16 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 6th | 1990 | Telfes, Tirol |  Austria | 15 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 7th | 1991 | Zermatt, Valais | Switzerland | 8 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 8th | 1992 | Valle di Susa, Piemonte | Italy | 30 August | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 9th | 1993 | Gap, Hautes-Alpes | France | 5 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 10th | 1994 | Berchtesgaden, Bayern |  Germany | 4 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 11th | 1995 | Edinburgh, Scotland | United Kingdom | 10 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 12th | 1996 | Telfes, Tirol | Austria | 1 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 13th | 1997 | Úpice - Malé Svatoňovice, Hradec Králové |  Czech Republic | 7 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 14th | 1998 | Dimitile, Réunion | France | 20 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 15th | 1999 | Mount Kinabalu Park, Sabah |  Malaysia | 19 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 16th | 2000 | Bergen, Bayern | Germany | 10 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 17th | 2001 | Arta Terme, Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Italy | 16 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 18th | 2002 | Innsbruck, Tirol | Austria | 15 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 19th | 2003 | Girdwood, Alaska |  United States | 20 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 20th | 2004 | Sauze d'Oulx, Piemonte | Italy | 4 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 21st | 2005 | Wellington |  New Zealand | 25 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 22nd | 2006 | Bursa |  Turkey | 10 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 23rd | 2007 | Ovronnaz, Valais | Switzerland | 15 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 24th | 2008 | Sierre - Crans Montana, Valais | Switzerland | 14 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 25th | 2009 | Madesimo - Campodolcino, Lombardia | Italy | 6 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 26th | 2010 | Kamnik - Velika Planina, Gorenjska |  Slovenia | 5 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 27th | 2011 | Tirana |  Albania | 11 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 28th | 2012 | Temù - Ponte di Legno, Lombardia | Italy | 2 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 29th | 2013 | Krynica-Zdrój, Małopolska |  Poland | 8 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 30th | 2014 | di Massa, Tuscany | Italy | 14 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 31st | 2015 | Betws-y-Coed, Wales | United Kingdom | 19 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 32nd | 2016 | Sapareva Banya, Kyustendil |  Bulgaria | 11 September[2] | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 33rd | 2017 | Premana, Lombardy | Italy | 30 July | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 34th | 2018 | Canillo |  Andorra | 16 September | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 35th | 2019 | Villa La Angostura, Los Lagos |  Argentina | 15 November | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 36th & 1st (incl. Trail) | 2021 (hosted in 2022) | Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai province |  Thailand | 4-6 November | |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF align="right" | 37th & 2nd (incl. Trail) | 2023 | Innsbruck-Stubai Alps, Tyrol | Austria | 7-10 June |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Fausto Bonzi | |||
| 1986 | Karl-Heinz Doll | |||
| 1987 | Guido Dold | |||
| 1988 | Rod Pilbeam | |||
| 1989 | Luigi Bortoluzzi | |||
| 1990 | Luigi Bortoluzzi | |||
| 1991 |  Francisco Sánchez | |||
| 1992 | Costantino Bertolla | |||
| 1993 | Michel Humbert | |||
| 1994 | Ladislav Raim | |||
| 1995 | Marco Toini | |||
| 1996 | Helmut Schmuck | |||
| 1997 | Thierry Breuil | |||
| 1998 | Guido Dold | |||
| 1999 | Gino Caneva | |||
| 2000 | Alexis Gex-Fabry | |||
| 2001 | Billy Burns | |||
| 2002 |  Ranulfo Sánchez | |||
| 2003 | Marco Gaiardo | |||
| 2004 | Raymond Fontaine | |||
| 2005 | Davide Chicco | |||
 Geofrey Kusuro | ||||
 Samson Gashazghi | ||||
| Max King | ||||
| 2012 | Petro Mamu | |||
| Fred Musobo | ||||
| Victor Kiplangat | ||||
| Marek Chrascina |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Guidina Dal Sasso | |||
| 1986 | Gaby Schütz | |||
| 1987 | Guiliana Savaris | |||
| 1988 | Isabelle Guillot | |||
| 1989 | Manuela Di Centa | |||
| 1990 | Eroica Spiess | |||
| 1991 | Annie Mougel | |||
| 1992 | Sabine Stelzmüller | |||
| 1993 | Carol Greenwood | |||
| 1994 | Dita Hebelková | |||
| 1995 | Nives Curti | |||
| 1996 |  Catherine Lallemand | |||
| 1997 | Melissa Moon | |||
| 1998 | Melissa Moon | |||
| 1999 | Maree Bunce | |||
| 2000 | Izabela Zatorska | |||
| 2001 | Izabela Zatorska | |||
| 2002 | Izabela Zatorska | |||
| 2003 | Tracey Brindley | |||
| 2004 | Andrea Mayr | |||
| 2005 | Anna Pichrtová | |||
| 2006 | Isabelle Guillot | |||
| 2007 | Laura Haefeli | |||
| 2008 | Elisa Desco | |||
| 2009 | Sarah Tunstall | |||
| 2010 | Martina Strähl | |||
| 2011 | Marie Dumergues | |||
| 2012 | Morgan Arritola | |||
| 2013 | Elisa Desco | |||
| 2014 | Allison McLaughlin | |||
| 2015 | Emma Clayton | |||
| 2016 | Christel Dewalle | |||
| 2017 | Sarah Tunstall | |||
| 2018 |  Viola Jelagat | |||
| 2019 | Phillipa Williams |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Luigi Bortoluzzi | |||
| 1986 | Renato Gotti | |||
| 1987 | Renato Gotti | |||
| 1988 | Wolfgang Münzel | |||
| 1989 | Martin May | |||
| 1990 | Lucio Fregona | |||
| 1991 | Woody Schoch | |||
| 1992 | Robin Bergstrand |
| Year | Nation | Athletes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Maurizio Simonetti, Luigi Bortoluzzi, Battista Scanzi, Stefano Visini | ||
| 1986 | |||
| 1987 | Fausto Bonzi, Luigi Bortoluzzi, Renato Gotti, Alberto Tassi | ||
| 1988 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1990 | Severino Bernardini, Fausto Bonzi, Lucio Fregona, Giovanni Rossi | ||
| 1991 | Marius Hasler, Woody Schoch, Renatus Birrer | ||
| 1992 | Martin Jones, Robin Bergstrand, Neil Wilkinson |
In the team rankings, the score is scored considering the top three ranked for each nation (win the team with score fewer points, giving the score for the place scored). But medals are also assigned to the 4th eventual ranking of each country.[4]
See main article: world championships.