2012 European Mountain Running Championships

2012 competition held in Turkey International athletics championship event

2012 European Mountain Running Championships
Organisers	EAA
Edition	11th
Date	7 July
Host city	Denizli, Turkey
Distances	12.2 km +700m– Men 8.3 km +470m– Women 8.3 km +470m– Junior men 4.4 km +240m– Junior women
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The 2012 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 7 July at Pamukkale in Denizli, 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 163 runners from 21 nations started the competition.

The men's race was 12.2 km long and featured an ascent of 700 m. The women's and junior men's races were 8.3 km long comprising a rise of 470 m. The junior women's race was 4.4 km over a hill of 240 m.

Ahmet Arslan from Turkey took his sixth consecutive men's title, while Swiss Monika Furholz won the gold medal in senior women's category. Italian senior men's and British senior women's teams were the champions. In the junior men's category, Turkish Ahmet Özrek became the champion. Annabel Mason from United Kingdom 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 eight medals (four gold, three silver and one bronze) in six categories. It was the senior women's race, at which Turkey was not able to win any medal.

Results

Men

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (h:m:s)
	Ahmet Arslan	Turkey	49:46
	Ercan Muslu	Turkey	49:57
	Ionut Zinca	Romania	50:19
4	Gabriele Abate	Italy	50:33
5	Marco De Gasperi	Italy	50:49
6	Julien Rancon	France	51:00
7	Xavier Chevrier	Italy	51:23
8	Simon Lechleitner	Austria	51:26

Teams
Rank	Team	Points
	Italy	16
	Turkey	19
	France	48
4	Czech Republic	56
5	Spain	60
6	Slovenia	64
7	United Kingdom	65
8	Portugal	69

Totals: 49 starters

Women

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Monika Furholz	Switzerland	39:54
	Nadezhda Leschinskaia	Russia	40:03
	Pavla Schorna Matyasova	Czech Republic	40:07
4	Mary Wilkinson	United Kingdom	40:10
5	Veronica Perez	Spain	40:21
6	Emma Clayton	United Kingdom	40:27
7	Antonella Confortola	Italy	40:54
8	Sarah McCormack	Ireland	40:55

Teams
Rank	Team	Points
	Great Britain	20
	Italy	30
	Russia	30
4	Czech Republic	31
5	Spain	64
6	Romania	65
7	France	78
8	Ireland	85

Totals: 47

Junior men

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Ahmet Özrek	Turkey	35:18
	Anton Palzer	Germany	36:26
	Vitaly Lagushin	Russia	36:42
4	Rodion Reshetnikov	Russia	36:52
5	Yetkin Tunçtan	Turkey	37:04

Teams
Rank	Team	Points
	Turkey	17
	Russia	28
	Czech Republic	29

Totals: 39 starters

Junior women

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m:s)
	Annabel Mason	United Kingdom	20:25
	Sevilay Eytemis	Turkey	21:14
	Çeşminaz Yılmaz	Turkey	21:45
4	Melanie Hyder	United Kingdom	22:25
5	Marinela Nineva	Bulgaria	22:31

Teams
Rank	Team	Points
	Turkey	5
	United Kingdom	5
	Bulgaria	12

Totals: 28 starters

Medal table

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey	4	3	1	8
2	United Kingdom	2	1		3
3	Italy	1	2		3
4	Switzerland	1			1
5	Russia		1	2	3
6	Germany		1		1
7	Bulgaria			1	1
	Czech Republic			1	1
	France			1	1
	Romania			1	1
	Slovenia			1	1
Total		8	8	8	24

Participation

A total of 21 nations had athletes, which took part in the 2012 Championships.

References

^ "European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Men individual". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
^ "European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Women individual". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
^ "European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Junior Men individual". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
^ "European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Junior Women individual". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
^ "European Trophy/European Championships - Results - Details-Teams". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-01.

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