2011_European_Mountain_Running_Championships

2011 European Mountain Running Championships

2011 European Mountain Running Championships

Sports championship

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.

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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

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

Women

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

Junior men

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

Junior women

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  • 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

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    Team Rankings Senior Men. 2010 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
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    Finish List Junior Men. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
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    Team Rankings Junior Men. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
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    Finish List Junior Women. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
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    Team Rankings Junior Women. 2011 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.
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