2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering

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The 2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the fourth World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC), held in Portes du Soleil, Switzerland, from February 23 to February 29, 2008.

About 450 athletes of 29 nations participated. Compared to the former world masterships a long distance race was added.

## Results

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### Nation ranking and medals

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(without long distance ranking; all age groups)[1]

ranking  | country  | individual  | relay  | team  | vertical race  |

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points  |  |  |  | points  |  |  |  | points  |  |  |  | points  |  |  |  | total points
1  |  Italy | 3235  | 3  | 3  | 3  | 722  | 1  | 1  |  | 1212  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1920  | 3  | 3  | 1  | 7089
2  |  France | 3176  | 3  | 3  | 1  | 638  |  |  | 2  | 1182  | 1  |  |  | 1935  | 3  |  | 3  | 6931
3  |  Switzerland | 3236  |  | 2  | 3  | 770  | 2  | 1  |  | 1068  |  | 1  | 1  | 1833  |  | 4  | 2  | 6907
4  |  Spain | 2627  | 2  |  |  | 642  |  | 1  | 1  | 588  |  |  |  | 1660  | 2  |  | 2  | 5487
5  |  Czech Republic | 1426  |  |  |  | 314  |  |  |  | 378  |  |  |  | 767  |  | 1  |  | 2885
6  |  Germany | 1253  |  |  |  | 346  |  |  |  | 498  |  |  |  | 750  |  |  |  | 2847
7  |  Andorra | 1285  |  |  |  | 198  |  |  |  | 438  |  |  |  | 816  |  |  |  | 2737
8  |  Norway | 852  |  |  |  | 442  |  |  |  | 684  |  |  |  | 624  |  |  |  | 2592
9  |  Slovakia | 1629  |  |  |  | 192  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 769  |  |  |  | 2590
10  |  Austria | 1382  |  |  |  | 216  |  |  |  | 168  |  |  |  | 578  |  |  |  | 2344
11  |  Sweden | 874  |  |  |  | 186  |  |  |  | 324  |  |  |  | 599  |  |  |  | 1983
12  |  Poland | 915  |  |  | 1  | 324  |  |  |  | 174  |  |  |  | 394  |  |  |  | 1807
13  |  United Kingdom | 680  |  |  |  | 162  |  |  |  | 246  |  |  |  | 563  |  |  |  | 1651
14  |  United States | 648  |  |  |  | 156  |  |  |  | 210  |  |  |  | 346  |  |  |  | 1360
15  |  Slovenia | 584  |  |  |  | 168  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 403  |  |  |  | 1155
16  |  Greece | 490  |  |  |  | 150  |  |  |  | 114  |  |  |  | 238  |  |  |  | 992
17  |  Argentina | 406  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12  |  |  |  | 218  |  |  |  | 636
18  |  Chile | 248  |  |  |  | 144  |  |  |  | 12  |  |  |  | 153  |  |  |  | 557
19  |  Canada | 345  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 166  |  |  |  | 511
20  |  Bulgaria | 297  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 166  |  |  |  | 463
21  |  New Zealand | 210  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 106  |  |  |  | 316
22  |  China | 280  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 280
23  |  Japan | 141  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18  |  |  |  | 100  |  |  |  | 259
24  |  South Korea | 129  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 88  |  |  |  | 217
25  |  Liechtenstein | 21  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 86  |  |  |  | 107
26  |  Belgium | 66  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 66
27  |  Romania |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
27  |  Venezuela |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

### Individual

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Event held in Valerette on February 24, 2008

* starting point: Les Cerniers/Monthey
* altitude difference:
* ascent: 1,650m
* downhill: 1,650m

List of the best 10 participants by gender (incl. "Espoirs" level):

#### Women

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| ranking  | participant  | total time

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|  Roberta Pedranzini | 01h 51' 48"
|  Laëtitia Roux | 01h 53' 30"
|  Francesca Martinelli | 01h 55' 59"
4  |  Nathalie Etzensperger | 01h 56' 49"
5  |  Gloriana Pellissier | 01h 57' 26"
6  |  Séverine Pont-Combe | 02h 01' 02"
7  |  Izaskun Zubizarreta | 02h 05' 26"
8  |  Ariadna Tudel Cuberes | 02h 07' 24"
9  |  Stefanie Koch | 02h 08' 06"
10  |  Lydia Prugger | 02h 08' 56"

#### Men

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| ranking  | participant  | total time

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|  Florent Perrier | 01h 30' 03"
|  Florent Troillet | 01h 32' 13"
|  Dennis Brunod | 01h 32' 32"
4  |  Andreas Ringhofer | 01h 33' 13"
5  |  Grégory Gachet | 01h 35' 14"
6  |  Yannick Buffet | 01h 35' 15"
7  |  Alexander Lugger | 01h 35' 17"
8  |  Manfred Reichegger | 01h 35' 20"
9  |  Marc Solá Pastoret | 01h 35' 27"
10  |  Pierre Bruchez | 01h 35' 28"

### Relay

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event held in Morgins on February 25, 2008

* altitude difference (ascent): 260m

List of the best 10 relay teams by gender (some teams included "Espoirs" level athletes):

#### Women

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| ranking  | team  | total time

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|  Nathalie Etzensperger/Gabrielle Magnenat/Marie Troillet/Séverine Pont-Combe | 01h 28' 54"
|  Gloriana Pellissier/Francesca Martinelli/Elisa Fleischmann/Roberta Pedranzini | 01h 32' 31"
|  Corinne Favre/Valentine Fabre/Véronique Lathuraz/Nathalie Bourillon | 01h 34' 54"
4  |  Lene Pedersen/Ellen Blom/Bodil Ryste/Marit Tveite Bystøl | 01h 38' 27"
5  |  Cristina Bes Ginesta/Gemma Arró Ribot/Izaskun Zubizarreta/Emma Roca Rodríguez | 02h 04' 18"

#### Men

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| ranking  | team  | total time

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|  Dennis Brunod/Manfred Reichegger/Denis Trento/Martin Riz | 00h 58' 59"
|  Pierre Bruchez/Martin Anthamatten/Florent Troillet/Didier Moret | 01h 00' 14"
|  Javier Martín de Villa/Manuel Pérez Brunicardi/Marc Solá Pastoret/Kílian Jornet Burgada | 01h 02' 01"
4  |  Nicolas Bonnet/Martial Premat/Sébastien Perrier/Adrien Piccot  | 01h 02' 36"
5  |  Martin Bader/Andreas Kalß/Andreas Fischbacher/Alexander Lugger | 01h 05' 10"
6  |  Toni Steurer/Andreas Strobel/Stefan Klinger/Konrad Lex | 01h 06' 32"
7  |  Ola Berger/Ove-Erik Tronvoll/Ola Herje Hovdenak/Ole-Jakob Sande  | 01h 07' 10"
8  |  Xavier Comas Guixé/Xavier Capdevila Romero/Joan Vilana Díaz/Joan Albós Cavaliere  | 01h 07' 34"
9  |  Peter Svätojánsky/Miroslav Leitner/Jozef Hlavco/Juraj Laštík | 01h 07' 36"
10  |  Patrik Nordin/André Jonsson/Björn Gund/John Bergstedt | 01h 08' 34"

### Team

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event held in Pointe de l'Au on February 26, 2008

* altitude difference:
* ascent: 1,940m
* downhill: 2,125m

List of the best 10 relay teams by gender (some teams included "Espoirs" level athletes):[6]

#### Women

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| ranking  | team  | total time

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|  Martinelli/Pedranzini | 02h 23' 53"
|  Etzensperger/Pont-Combe | 02h 25' 43"
|  Magnenat/Mabillard | 02h 31' 35"
4  |  Favre/Bourillon | 02h 32' 33"
5  |  Fabre/Lathuraz | 02h 37' 18"
6  |  Koch/Graßl | 02h 38' 26"
7  |  Zubizarreta/Roca Rodríguez | 02h 38' 51"
8  |  Pedersen/Tveite Bystøl | 02h 46' 36"
9  |  T. Lunger/Cuminetti | 02h 46' 55"
10  |  Hook/Vikberg  | 02h 49' 59"

#### Men

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| ranking  | team  | total time

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|  F. Perrier/Pellicier | 01h 55' 40"
|  H. Lunger/Giacomelli | 01h 56' 16"
|  Brunod/Reichegger | 01h 56' 17"
4  |  Gachet/Bon Mardion | 02h 00' 18"
5  |  Martín de Villa/J. Bes Ginesta  | 02h 03' 24"
6  |  D. Blanc/P. Blanc | 02h 03 47"
7  |  Murada/Holzknecht | 02h 05' 25"
8  |  Marti/Willy | 02h 05' 55"
9  |  Berger/Hovdenak  | 02h 06' 51"
10  |  Bonnet/Premat | 02h 07' 06"

### Vertical race

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event held on February 28, 2008

* altitude difference (ascent): 870m

List of the best 10 participants by gender (incl. "Espoirs" level):[7]

#### Women

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| ranking  | participant  | total time

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|  Roberta Pedranzini | 00h 43' 39"
|  Francesca Martinelli | 00h 44' 49"
|  Nathalie Etzensperger | 00h 45' 08"
4  |  Lydia Prugger | 00h 45' 19"
5  |  Corinne Favre | 00h 45' 23"
6  |  Véronique Lathuraz | 00h 45' 26"
7  |  Ariadna Tudel Cuberes | 00h 45' 30"
8  |  Laëtitia Roux | 00h 45' 59"
9  |  Sophie Dusautoir Bertrand | 00h 46' 27"
10  |  Gloriana Pellissier | 00h 47' 16"

#### Men

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| ranking  | participant  | total time

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|  Florent Perrier | 00h 35' 04"
|  Dennis Brunod | 00h 35' 42"
|  Grégory Gachet | 00h 35' 49"
4  |  Kílian Jornet Burgada | 00h 35' 54"
5  |  Manfred Reichegger | 00h 36' 06"
6  |  Agustí Roc Amador | 00h 36' 31"
7  |  Sébastien Epiney | 00h 36' 35"
8  |  Florent Troillet | 00h 37' 05"
9  |  Ola Berger | 00h 37' 10"
10  |  Alexandre Pellicier | 00h 37' 17"

### Long distance

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event held on February 29, 2008

* altitude difference
* ascent (men / women): 3,200m / 2,500m
* downhill (men / women): 3,200m / 2,700m

List of the best 10 participants by gender:

#### Women

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| ranking  | participant  | total time

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|  Francesca Martinelli | 03h 15' 10"
|  Gabrielle Magnenat | 03h 16' 51"
|  Nathalie Etzensperger | 03h 21' 11"
4  |  Catherine Mabillard | 03h 25' 20"
5  |  Nathalie Bourillon | 03h 26' 30"
6  |  Veronika Swidrak | 03h 31' 02"
7  |  Véronique Lathuraz | 03h 32' 04"
8  |  Corinne Favre | 03h 33' 38"
9  |  Izaskun Zubizarreta | 03h 36' 36"
10  |  Emma Roca Rodríguez | 03h 38' 44"

#### Men

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| ranking  | participant  | total time

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|  Guido Giacomelli | 02h 54' 48"
|  Florent Perrier | 02h 57' 47"
|  Kílian Jornet Burgada | 02h 58' 38"
4  |  Florent Troillet | 03h 00' 53"
5  |  Peter Svätojánsky  | 03h 01' 09"
6  |  Alexander Lugger | 03h 01' 53"
7  |  Hansjörg Lunger | 03h 05' 52"
8  |  Tony Sbalbi | 03h 05' 55"
9  |  Marc Solá Pastoret | 03h 05' 57"
10  |  Didier Moret | 03h 06' 01"

### Combination ranking

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(vertical race, individual and team ranking)

List of the best 10 participants by gender:

#### Women

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| ranking  | participant

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|  Roberta Pedranzini
|  Francesca Martinelli
|  Nathalie Etzensperger
4  |  Izaskun Zubizarreta
5  |  Marit Tveite Bystøl
6  |  Martina Hook
7  |  Lene Pedersen
8  |  Josefina Vikberg
9  |  Séverine Pont-Combe
10  |  Corinne Favre

#### Men

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| ranking  | participant

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|  Florent Perrier
|  Dennis Brunod
|  Grégory Gachet
4  |  Alexandre Pellicier
5  |  Manfred Reichegger
6  |  Ola Berger
7  |  Javier Martín de Villa
8  |  Johann Wieland
9  |  Florent Troillet
10  |  Toni Steurer

## References

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1. ^ Final Nation Medals Ranking, UIAA. Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Individual Race Results Senior Female, UIAA. Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Individual Race Results Senior Male, UIAA. Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ Relay Results- Senior Female, UIAA. Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Relay Results- Senior Male., UIAA. Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ Team Race Results - Senior Male & Female, UIAA. Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
7. ^ Vertical Race Results : Senior Male, Female, Young, UIAA. Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
8. ^ Individual Long Distance Race Results Female, UIAA. Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
9. ^ Individual Long Distance Race Results Male, UIAA. Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
10. ^ Final combined senior championship ranking (Ind+Team+Vertical): Female. UIAA. Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
11. ^ Final combined senior championship ranking (Ind+Team+Vertical): Male. UIAA. Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine

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