2011 European Mountain Running Championships
OrganisersEAA
Edition10th
Date10 July
Host cityBursa, Turkey
Distances12.0 km +1,245m– Men
8.5 km +865m– Women
8.5 km +865m– Junior men
3.5 km +405m– Junior women
Previous2010 Sapareva Banya

The 2011 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 10 July at Uludağ in Bursa, 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 221 runners from 26 nations started the competition.

The men's race was 12.0 km long and featured an ascent of 1,245 m. The women's and junior men's races were 8.5 km long comprising a rise of 865 m. The junior women's race was 3.5 km over a hill of 405 m.

Ahmet Arslan from Turkey took his fifth consecutive men's title,[1] while Swiss Martina Strahl won the gold medal in senior women's category. Italian senior men's and senior women's teams were the champions. In the junior men's category, Turkish Nuri Kömür became the champion followed by two of his countrymen. Denisa Ionela Dragomir from Romania 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 nine medals (four gold, three silver and two bronze) in three categories. It was the senior women's race, at which Turkey was not able to win any medal.[2]

Results

Men

RankAthleteCountryTime (h:m:s)
Ahmet Arslan58:08
Gabriele Abate58:40
Bernard Dematteis59:41
4Süleyman Büyükbezgin59:56
5Alex Baldaccini1:00:25
6Andi Jones1:00:39
7Anders Kleist1:00:47
8Georges Burrier1:01:03
Teams
RankTeamPoints
(Gabriele Abate, Bernard Dematteis, Alex Baldaccini, Martin Dematteis)12
34
36
439
567
  • Totals: 78 starters, 74 finishers, 17 national teams.[3][4] Jose Gaspar, who had finished third, was disqualified for a doping offence.[5]

Women

RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Martina Strähl48:44
Antonella Confortola49:09
Lucija Krkoc49:24
4Valentina Belotti49:40
5Marina Ivanova49:57
6Pavla Schorna50:10
7Cristina Alexandra Frumuz50:20
8Bernadette Meier-Brändle50:22
Teams
RankTeamPoints
22
28
38
444
562
  • Totals: 57 starters, 54 finishers, 12 national teams.[6][7]

Junior men

RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Nuri Kömür43:08
Sönmez Dağ43:12
Murat Orak43:40
4Szabolcs Istvan Gheorgy45:27
5Anton Palzer45:41
Teams
RankTeamPoints
6
39
43
  • Totals: 54 starters, 54 finishers, 12 national teams.[8][9]

Junior women

RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Denisa Ionela Dragomir21:43
Yasemin Can22:08
Sevilay Eytemis22:16
4Susanne Mair22:23
5Rebeca Rus23:08
Teams
RankTeamPoints
5
6
16
  • Totals: 32 starters, 32 finishers, 10 national teams.[10][11]

Participation

A total of 26 nations had athletes, which took part in the 2011 Championships.

References

  1. ^ Turkey's Arslan lays claim to 'greatest' title after 5th straight victory Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
  2. ^ Wonderful 10. European Mountain Running Championships 2011 in Bursa-Uludag. World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  3. ^ Finish List Senior Men. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
  4. ^ Team Rankings Senior Men. 2010 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
  5. ^ European Mountain Running Championships 2011: new bronze medallist.
  6. ^ Finish List Senior Women. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
  7. ^ Team Rankings Senior Women. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
  8. ^ Finish List Junior Men. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
  9. ^ Team Rankings Junior Men. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
  10. ^ Finish List Junior Women. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
  11. ^ Team Rankings Junior Women. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.