2011 European Mountain Running Championships

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.

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

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
  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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