en 2011 European Mountain Running Championships

2011 European Mountain Running Championships
2011 European Mountain Running Championships
Organisers	EAA
Edition	10th
Date	10 July
Host city	Bursa, Turkey
Distances	12.0 km +1,245m– Men; 8.5 km +865m– Women; 8.5 km +865m– Junior men; 3.5 km +405m– Junior women
	← 2010 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

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (h:m:s)
	Ahmet Arslan	Turkey	58:08
	Gabriele Abate	Italy	58:40
	Bernard Dematteis	Italy	59:41
4	Süleyman Büyükbezgin	Turkey	59:56
5	Alex Baldaccini	Italy	1:00:25
6	Andi Jones	United Kingdom	1:00:39
7	Anders Kleist	Sweden	1:00:47
8	Georges Burrier	France	1:01:03

Teams
Rank	Team	Points
	Italy (Gabriele Abate, Bernard Dematteis, Alex Baldaccini, Martin Dematteis)	12
	Turkey	34
	Portugal	36
4	France	39
5	United Kingdom	67

Totals: 78 starters, 74 finishers, 17 national teams.^[3]^[4] Jose Gaspar, who had finished third, was disqualified for a doping offence.^[5]

Women

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Martina Strähl	Switzerland	48:44
	Antonella Confortola	Italy	49:09
	Lucija Krkoc	Slovenia	49:24
4	Valentina Belotti	Italy	49:40
5	Marina Ivanova	Russia	49:57
6	Pavla Schorna	Czech Republic	50:10
7	Cristina Alexandra Frumuz	Romania	50:20
8	Bernadette Meier-Brändle	Switzerland	50:22

Teams
Rank	Team	Points
	Italy	22
	Russia	28
	Switzerland	38
4	Norway	44
5	Slovenia	62

Totals: 57 starters, 54 finishers, 12 national teams.^[6]^[7]

Junior men

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Nuri Kömür	Turkey	43:08
	Sönmez Dağ	Turkey	43:12
	Murat Orak	Turkey	43:40
4	Szabolcs Istvan Gheorgy	Romania	45:27
5	Anton Palzer	Germany	45:41

Teams
Rank	Team	Points
	Turkey	6
	Czech Republic	39
	Italy	43

Totals: 54 starters, 54 finishers, 12 national teams.^[8]^[9]

Junior women

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Denisa Ionela Dragomir	Romania	21:43
	Yasemin Can	Turkey	22:08
	Sevilay Eytemis	Turkey	22:16
4	Susanne Mair	Austria	22:23
5	Rebeca Rus	Romania	23:08

Teams
Rank	Team	Points
	Turkey	5
	Romania	6
	Austria	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

^ 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.
^ Wonderful 10. European Mountain Running Championships 2011 in Bursa-Uludag. World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
^ Finish List Senior Men. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
^ Team Rankings Senior Men. 2010 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
^ European Mountain Running Championships 2011: new bronze medallist.
^ Finish List Senior Women. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
^ Team Rankings Senior Women. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
^ Finish List Junior Men. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
^ Team Rankings Junior Men. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
^ Finish List Junior Women. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
^ Team Rankings Junior Women. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.

External links

[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.

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2011 European Mountain Running Championships