Summary
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.
| 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 |
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 edit
Men edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Ahmet Arslan | Turkey
|
49:46 |
|
Ercan Muslu | Turkey
|
49:57 |
|
Ionut Zinca |  Romania
|
50:19 |
| 4 | Gabriele Abate |  Italy
|
50:33 |
| 5 | Marco De Gasperi | Italy
|
50:49 |
| 6 | Julien Rancon |  France
|
51:00 |
| 7 | Xavier Chevrier | Italy
|
51:23 |
| 8 | Simon Lechleitner |  Austria
|
51:26 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Italy
|
16 |
|
|
Turkey
|
19 |
|
|
France
|
48 |
| 4 |  Czech Republic
|
56 |
| 5 |  Spain
|
60 |
| 6 |  Slovenia
|
64 |
| 7 |  United Kingdom
|
65 |
| 8 |  Portugal
|
69 |
- Totals: 49 starters
Women edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Monika Furholz |  Switzerland
|
39:54 |
|
|
Nadezhda Leschinskaia |  Russia
|
40:03 |
|
|
Pavla Schorna Matyasova | Czech Republic
|
40:07 |
| 4 | Mary Wilkinson | United Kingdom
|
40:10 |
| 5 | Veronica Perez | Spain
|
40:21 |
| 6 | Emma Clayton | United Kingdom
|
40:27 |
| 7 | Antonella Confortola | Italy
|
40:54 |
| 8 | Sarah McCormack |  Ireland
|
40:55 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Great Britain
|
20 |
|
|
Italy
|
30 |
|
|
Russia
|
30 |
| 4 | Czech Republic
|
31 |
| 5 | Spain
|
64 |
| 6 | Romania
|
65 |
| 7 | France
|
78 |
| 8 | Ireland
|
85 |
- Totals: 47
Junior men edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Ahmet Özrek | Turkey
|
35:18 |
|
|
Anton Palzer |  Germany
|
36:26 |
|
|
Vitaly Lagushin | Russia
|
36:42 |
| 4 | Rodion Reshetnikov | Russia
|
36:52 |
| 5 | Yetkin Tunçtan | Turkey
|
37:04 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Turkey
|
17 |
|
|
Russia
|
28 |
|
|
Czech Republic
|
29 |
- Totals: 39 starters
Junior women edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Annabel Mason | United Kingdom
|
20:25 |
|
|
Sevilay Eytemis | Turkey
|
21:14 |
|
|
Çeşminaz Yılmaz | Turkey
|
21:45 |
| 4 | Melanie Hyder | United Kingdom
|
22:25 |
| 5 | Marinela Nineva |  Bulgaria
|
22:31 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Turkey
|
5 |
|
|
United Kingdom
|
5 |
|
|
Bulgaria
|
12 |
- Totals: 28 starters
Medal table edit
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey |
4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | United Kingdom |
2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Italy |
1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Switzerland |
1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Russia |
1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 6 | Germany |
1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Bulgaria |
1 | 1 | ||
| Czech Republic |
1 | 1 | |||
| France |
1 | 1 | |||
| Romania |
1 | 1 | |||
| Slovenia |
1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Participation edit
A total of 21 nations had athletes, which took part in the 2012 Championships.
References edit
- ^ a b "European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Men individual". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ a b "European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Women individual". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ a b "European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Junior Men individual". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ a b "European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Junior Women individual". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ a b "European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Teams". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-01.