The European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international mountain running race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the European Athletic Association (EAA) in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year.
The history of the competition lies in the European Mountain Running Trophy, which was first held in 1994 in Quantin, Belluno, Italy. It was officially sanctioned by the World Mountain Running Association in 1995 and continued until 2001, at which point the EAA introduced the official European Mountain Running Championships.European Mountain Running Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-01-10.
Exclusively a senior championships until 2009, the competition now features separate senior and junior (under 20s) races for both men and women. Medals are awarded on an individual and national team basis.Arslan and Strähl rule mountains in Telfes im Stubai. European Athletics (2009-07-13). Corrected on 2017-03-21. For the team competition, the finishing positions of each country's top three runners are combined, and the team with the smallest cumulative total wins the medals.2009 European Mountain Running Championships Results. European Athletics (2009-07-12). Retrieved on 2010-01-10.
The 2021 edition was cancelled. A new competition was started in 2022, the European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships, which was described as the "forerunner" to the European Mountain Running Championships. The Off-Road Running Championships was held in 2022 and 2024 and , it is next scheduled to be held in 2026.
Editions
EditionYearLocationCountryDateEvents 1stThis first edition was an unofficial edition. 1994 Ponte nelle Alpi, Venice 13 July4 1st 1995 Valleraugue, Gard 15 July4 2nd 1996 Llanberis, Wales 13 July 3rd 1997 Ebensee, Oberösterreich 6 July 4th 1998 Sestriere, Piemonte 15 July 5th 1999 Bad Kleinkirchheim, Kärnten 4 July 6th 2000 Międzygórze, Dolnośląskie 2 July 7th 2001 Cerklje, Gorenjska 1 July 8th2002Câmara de Lobos, Madeira 7 July 9th2003Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige 6 July 10th2004Korbielów, Śląskie 4 July 11th2005Heiligenblut, Kärnten 10 July 12th2006Úpice, Hradec Králové 9 July 13th2007Cauterets, Hautes-Pyrénées 8 July 14th2008Zell am Harmersbach, Baden-Württemberg 12 July 15th2009Telfes, Tirol 12 July 16th2010Sapareva Banya, Kyustendil 4 July 17th2011Uludağ, Bursa 9 July 18th2012Pamukkale, Denizli 7 July 19th2013Borovets, Sofia 6 July 20th2014Gap, Hautes-Alpes 12 July 21st2015Porto Moniz, Madeira 4 July 22nd2016Arco, Trentino 2 July 23rd2017Kamnik, Upper Carniola 8 July 24th2018Skopje 1 July 25th2019Zermatt 7 July 26th2021
Medals All results at European Athletic Association web site.
Men Year Gold TimeSilverTimeBronzeTim-1994 Andrea Agostini 41:09 Lucio Fregona 41:33 Fabio Ciaponi 41:431995 Helmut Schmuck 56:53 Antonio Molinari 57:25 Davide Milesi 58:001996 Jaime de Jesus Mendes 1:03:16 Thierry Breuil 1:03:32 Lucio Fregona 1:041997 Helmut Schmuck 49:46 Antonio Molinari 50:48 Peter Schatz 50:561998 Antonio Molinari 53:02 Andrew Pearson 53:44 Marco De Gasperi 53:581999 Antonio Molinari 52:17 Arnaud Fourdin 52:34 Richard Findlow 53:202000 Massimo Galliano 50:22 Richard Findlow 50:56 Antonio Molinari 51:032001 Antonio Molinari 49:47 Martin Bajcicák 50:01 Raymond Fontaine 50:142002 Alexis Gex-Fabry 56:37 Marco De Gasperi 56:55 Abdülkadir Türk 57:522003 Marco Gaiardo 1:06:05 Helmut Schmuck 1:07:13 Róbert Krupicka 1:07:312004 Marco De Gasperi 44:06 Florian Heinzle 45:05 Marco Gaiardo 45:102005 Florian Heinzle 1:11:36 Helmut Schiessl 1:12:16 Marco De Gasperi 1:12:352006 Marco Gaiardo 57:42 Selahattin Selçuk 57:50 Julien Rancon 57:592007 Ahmet Arslan 1:08:39 Marco De Gasperi 1:08:50 Marco Gaiardo 1:09.092008 Ahmet Arslan 50:01 Bernard Dematteis 50:29 Marco De Gasperi 50:572009 Ahmet Arslan 58:26 Marco De Gasperi 59:09 Sébastien Epiney 59:192010 Ahmet Arslan 46:14 Martin Dematteis 46:40 Marco De Gasperi 47:192011 Ahmet Arslan 58:08 Gabriele Abate 58:40 Bernard Dematteis 59:412012 Ahmet Arslan 49:46 Ercan Muslu 49:57 Ionut-Alin Zinca 50:192013 Bernard Dematteis 56:30 Alex Baldaccini 57:35 Ahmet Arslan 57:472014 Bernard Dematteis 56:10 Robbie Simpson 56:19 Martin Dematteis 56:322015 Johan Bugge 1:02:35 David Schneider 1:02:49 Alex Baldaccini 1:02:562016 Martin Dematteis 53:33 Bernard Dematteis 53:34 Ahmet Arslan 54:092017 Xavier Chevrier 1:02:51 Luis Saraiva 1:03:34 Francesco Puppi 1:03:352018 Bernard Dematteis 46:51 Cesare Maestri 47:18 Martin Dematteis 47:472019 Jacob Adkin 53:21 Stian Øvergaard 53:46 Xavier Chevrier 54:02
Women Year Gold TimeSilverTimeBronzeTime1994 Nives Curti 30:28 Anna Baloghová 30:57 Lucy Wright 32:171995 Eroica Spiess 1:05:17 Cristina Moretti 1:05:20 Carolina Reiber 1:07:321996 Isabelle Guillot 53:09 Maria Grazia Roberti 53:22 Nives Curti 53:591997 Eroica Spiess 49:26 Carol Greenwood 50:06 Isabella Crettenand-Moretti 50:221998 Rosita Rota Gelpi 34:58 Flavia Gaviglio 35:47 Pierangela Baronchelli 36:141999 Izabela Zatorska 55:37 Angela Mudge 57:18 Johanna Baumgartner 57:342000 Izabela Zatorska 33:38 Birgit Sonntag 33:53 Rosita Rota Gelpi 34:172001 Svetlana Demidenko 56:30 Angela Mudge 57:08 Catherine Lallemand 57:282002 Svetlana Demidenko 39:59 Catherine Lallemand 41:05 Anna Pichrtová 42:012003 Catherine Lallemand 43:48 Angela Mudge 44:01 Antonella Confortola 44:302004 Anna Pichrtová 34:50 Andrea Mayr 36:27 Rosita Rota Gelpi 36:432005 Andrea Mayr 1:07:42 Anna Pichrtová 1:09:38 Angéline Joly 1:10:442006 Anna Pichrtová 41:28 Mateja Kosovelj 42:12 Vittoria Salvini 43:322007 Anita Håkenstad Evertsen 51:45 Anna Pichrtová 52.34 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu 52:052008 Elisa Desco 40:00 Constance Devillers 40:18 Sarah Tunstall 40:482009 Martina Strähl 54:39 Valentina Belotti 55:28 Andrea Mayr 56:55 2010 Marie-Laure Dumergues 39:13 Valentina Belotti 39:29 Elena Nagovitsyna 39:44 2011 Martina Strähl 48:44 Antonella Confortola 49:09 Lucija Krkoč 49:25 2012 Monika Fürholz 39:54 Nadezhda Leshchinskaya 40:03 Pavla Schorná Matyášová 40:07 2013 Andrea Mayr 51:49 Valentina Belotti 52:54 Mateja Kosovelj 53:08 2014 Andrea Mayr 39:43 Mateja Kosovelj 40:53 Sabine Reiner 41:03 2015 Andrea Mayr 50:40 Eli-Anne Dvergsdal 53:05 Emma Clayton 53:36 2016 Emily Collinge 43:41 Alice Gaggi 44:08 Sara Bottarelli 44:24 2017 Maude Mathys 49:30 Sarah Tunstall 50:51 Andrea Mayr 51:432018 Maude Mathys 52:32 Anaïs Sabrié 56:41 Emma Gould 57:482019 Maude Mathys 1:00:18 Andrea Mayr 1:01:19 Christel Dewalle 1:02:48
See also World Mountain Running Championships World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge NACAC Mountain Running Championships South American Mountain Running Championships Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships
References
List of champions EA European Trophy (1995-2001)/European Championships (2002 on): Results . World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved on 2015-02-04.
External links at WMRA Official website at European Athletics All medalists from 1994 to 2017 at Association of Road Racing Statisticians