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. The women's and junior men's races were 8.3 km long comprising a rise of 470 m. The junior women's race was 4.4 km over a hill of 240 m.
Ahmet Arslan from Turkey took his sixth consecutive men's title, while Swiss Monika Furholz won the gold medal in senior women's category. Italian senior men's and British senior women's teams were the champions. In the junior men's category, Turkish Ahmet Özrek became the champion. Annabel Mason from United Kingdom 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 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 Rank Athlete Country 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 Chevrier 51:23 8Simon Lechleitner51:26
+Teams Rank Team Points 16 19 48 456 560 664 765 869
Totals: 49 starters
Women Rank Athlete Country 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 Rank Team Points 20 30 30 431 564 665 778 885
Totals: 47
Junior men Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Ahmet Özrek35:18 Anton Palzer36:26 Vitaly Lagushin36:42 4Rodion Reshetnikov36:52 5Yetkin Tunçtan37:04
+Teams Rank Team Points 17 28 29
Totals: 39 starters
Junior women Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Annabel Mason20:25 Sevilay Eytemis21:14 Çeşminaz Yılmaz21:45 4Melanie Hyder22:25 5Marinela Nineva22:31
+Teams Rank Team Points 5 5 12
Totals: 28 starters
Medal table RankCountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 4 3 1 82 2 1 33 1 2 34 1 15 1 2 36 1 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Total 8 8 8 24
Participation A total of 21 nations had athletes, which took part in the 2012 Championships.
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