2008 European Mountain Running Championships

International athletics championship event

2008 European Mountain Running Championships

Organisers| EAA
Edition| 7th
Date| 12 July
Host city| Zell am Harmersbach, Germany
Events| 4
Distances| 12 km – Men
8.75 km – Women
8.75 km – U20 men
4 km – U20 women
Participation| 227 athletes from
25 nations

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The 2008 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 12 July in Zell am Harmersbach, Germany. Held by the European Athletic Association, the competition was held on an up- and downhill course in the Black Forest. The championships featured 227 athletes representing 25 nations.[1]

The championships comprised four races: the men's race which was 12 km long with an 804 m ascent and 714 m descent, the women's and under-20s men's competitions over 8.75 km and containing a 566 m ascent and 476 m descent, and finally the under-20s women's race which was competed over 4 km with a rise and fall of 238 m.[2]

Ahmet Arslan defended his title in the men's senior race while Elisa Desco took the gold medal in the women's race. Bernard Dematteis headed home Italy to the senior men's team gold medal and Great Britain won the women's team gold, with bronze medallist Sarah Tunstall the nation's best finisher. The junior men's competition was largely a Turkish affair, with Hasan Pak winning gold and leading a 1-2-3 for his country. The women's junior race was won by Mariya Bykova who, along with Tatyana Prorokova, took the team gold.[1]

## Results

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### Men's senior race

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Rank  | Athlete  | Country  | Time (m:s)

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|
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| Ahmet Arslan |  Turkey | 50:01
| Bernard Dematteis |  Italy | 50:29
| Marco De Gasperi |  Italy | 50:57
4  | Jose Gaspar |  Portugal | 51:09
5  | Julien Rancon |  France | 51:13
6  | Marco Gaiardo  |  Italy | 51:22
7  | Gabriele Abate  |  Italy | 51:33
8  | Mitja Kosovelj  |  Slovenia | 51:39
9  | Javier Crespo  |  Spain | 51:46
10  | Cristofol Castañer  |  Spain | 51:51
Teams  Rank  | Team  | Points

|
|

|  Italy | 11
|  Spain | 32
|  France | 32
4  |  Turkey | 32
5  |  Portugal | 41

* Total participants: 82 runners and 19 teams.[3]

### Women's senior race

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Rank  | Athlete  | Country  | Time (m:s)

|
|
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| Elisa Desco |  Italy | 40:00
| Constance Devillers |  France | 40:18
| Sarah Tunstall |  United Kingdom | 40:48
4  | Mateja Kosovelj |  Slovenia | 41:20
5  | Victoria Wilkinson |  United Kingdom | 41:28
6  | Bernadette Meier-Brändle |  Switzerland | 41:31
7  | Isabelle Guillot |  France | 41:49
8  | Maria Grazia Roberti |  Italy | 41:54
9  | Katie Ingram |  United Kingdom | 42:00
10  | Milka Mikhaylova |  Bulgaria | 42:04
Teams  Rank  | Team  | Points

|
|

|  United Kingdom | 17
|  France | 21
|  Italy | 22
4  |  Slovenia | 57
5  |  Czech Republic | 61

* Total participants: 71 runners and 17 teams.[3]

### Men's under-20s race

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Rank  | Athlete  | Country  | Time (m:s)

|
|
|

| Hasan Pak |  Turkey | 35:23
| Alper Demir |  Turkey | 35:58
| Emrah Akalın |  Turkey | 36:09
4  | Renè Stöckert  |  Germany | 36:27
5  | Adem Karataş  |  Turkey | 36:46
6  | Xavier Chevrier  |  Italy | 37:04
7  | Marc Tolstikhin  |  Russia | 37:16
8  | Candide Pralong  |  Switzerland | 37:18
9  | Luca Re  |  Italy | 37:39
10  | Peter Oblak  |  Slovenia | 37:44
Teams  Rank  | Team  | Points

|
|

|  Turkey | 6
|  Italy | 31
|  Russia | 32
4  |  Switzerland | 52
5  |  Austria | 54

* Total participants: 44 runners and 10 teams.[3]

### Women's under-20s race

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Rank  | Athlete  | Country  | Time (m:s)

|
|
|

| Mariya Bykova |  Russia | 18:45
| Esra Gullu |  Turkey | 18:48
| Tatyana Prorokova |  Russia | 18:54
4  | Natalia Strzelecka  |  Poland | 19:02
5  | Hannah Bateson  |  United Kingdom | 19:03
6  | Cansu Turan  |  Turkey | 19:10
7  | Hülya Ongun  |  Turkey | 19:15
8  | Kateřina Beroušková |  Czech Republic | 19:18
9  | Anastasiya Mikhaylova  |  Russia | 19:20
10  | Helen Wolfson  |  Israel | 19:26
Teams  Rank  | Team  | Points

|
|

|  Russia | 4
|  Turkey | 8
|  United Kingdom | 17
4  |  Italy | 25
5  |  Czech Republic | 28

* Total participants: 30 runners and 10 teams.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b Turkey & Italy reign supreme at Mountain Running Championships[permanent dead link]. European Athletics (2008-07-14). Retrieved on 2010-02-01.
2. ^ 26 countries do battle over the mountains in Zell am Harmersbach this weekend[permanent dead link]. European Athletics (2008-07-11). Retrieved on 2010-02-01.
3. ^ a b c d Zell am Harmersbach GER 12 July. European Athletics (2008-07-12). Retrieved on 2010-01-02.

## External links

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* Official website at European Athletics

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