World Mountain Running Championships
The World Mountain Running Championships (World Mountain Running Trophy until 2008), is an international mountain running competition contested by athletes of the members of WMRA, World Mountain Running Association, the sport's global governing body.
| Sport | Mountain Running |
|---|---|
| Founded | World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) |
| Inaugural season | 1985 |
| Most recent champion(s) | Joseph Gray (men) Grayson Murphy (women) |
| Most titles | 6 Jonathan Wyatt (men) 6 Andrea Mayr (women) |
| Official website | wmra.ch |
The championships include a senior men, senior women, junior men and women events and the team events of these races.
It was first held in 1985 as the World Mountain Running Trophy before obtaining its current moniker in 2009.[1]
Editions
| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1985 () | San Vigilio di Marebbe, Südtirol | Italy | 23 September |
| 2nd | 1986 () | Morbegno - Sondrio - Albosaggia, Lombardia | Italy | 5 October |
| 3rd | 1987 () | Lenzerheide - Valbella, Graubünden | Switzerland | 23 August |
| 4th | 1988 () | Keswick, Cumbria | United Kingdom | 15 October |
| 5th | 1989 () | Die - Châtillon-en-Diois, Drôme | France | 16 September |
| 6th | 1990 () | Telfes, Tirol | Austria | 15 September |
| 7th | 1991 () | Zermatt, Valais | Switzerland | 8 September |
| 8th | 1992 () | Valle di Susa, Piemonte | Italy | 30 August |
| 9th | 1993 () | Gap, Hautes-Alpes | France | 5 September |
| 10th | 1994 () | Berchtesgaden, Bayern | Germany | 4 September |
| 11th | 1995 () | Edinburgh, Scotland | United Kingdom | 10 September |
| 12th | 1996 () | Telfes, Tirol | Austria | 1 September |
| 13th | 1997 () | Úpice - Malé Svatoňovice, Hradec Králové | Czechoslovakia | 7 September |
| 14th | 1998 () | Dimitile, Réunion | France | 20 September |
| 15th | 1999 () | Mount Kinabalu Park, Sabah | Malaysia | 19 September |
| 16th | 2000 () | Bergen, Bayern | Germany | 10 September |
| 17th | 2001 () | Arta Terme, Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Italy | 16 September |
| 18th | 2002 () | Innsbruck, Tirol | Austria | 15 September |
| 19th | 2003 () | Girdwood, Alaska | United States | 20 September |
| 20th | 2004 () | Sauze d'Oulx, Piemonte | Italy | 4 September |
| 21st | 2005 () | Wellington | New Zealand | 25 September |
| 22nd | 2006 () | Bursa | Turkey | 10 September |
| 23rd | 2007 () | Ovronnaz, Valais | Switzerland | 15 September |
| 24th | 2008 () | Sierre - Crans Montana, Valais | Switzerland | 14 September |
| 25th | 2009 () | Madesimo - Campodolcino, Lombardia | Italy | 6 September |
| 26th | 2010 () | Kamnik - Velika Planina, Gorenjska | Slovenia | 5 September |
| 27th | 2011 () | Tirana | Albania | 11 September |
| 28th | 2012 () | Temù - Ponte di Legno, Lombardia | Italy | 2 September |
| 29th | 2013 () | Krynica-Zdrój, Małopolska | Poland | 8 September |
| 30th | 2014 () | Casette di Massa, Tuscany | Italy | 14 September |
| 31st | 2015 () | Betws-y-Coed, Wales | United Kingdom | 19 September |
| 32nd | 2016 () | Sapareva Banya, | Bulgaria | 11 September[2] |
| 33rd | 2017 () | Premana, Lombardy | Italy | 30 July |
| 34th | 2018 () | Canillo | Andorra | 16 September |
| 35th | 2019 () | Villa La Angostura | Argentina | 15 November |
Medals
Men
Women
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Men's short race (defunct)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 |  |  | |
| 1986 | | | |
| 1987 | | | |
| 1988 | |  |  |
| 1989 | |  | |
| 1990 | | | |
| 1991 |  | | |
| 1992 | | | |
- Team winner
| Year | Nation | Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | | Maurizio Simonetti, Luigi Bortoluzzi, Battista Scanzi, Stefano Visini |
| 1986 | | Maurizio Simonetti, Fausto Bonzi, Renato Gotti, Pier Alberto Tassi |
| 1987 | | Fausto Bonzi, Luigi Bortoluzzi, Renato Gotti, Alberto Tassi |
| 1988 | | Alfonso Vallicella, Lucio Fregona, Claudio Galeazzi, Fausto Bonzi |
| 1989 | | Fausto Bonzi, Claudio Galeazzi, Lucio Fregona |
| 1990 | | Severino Bernardini, Fausto Bonzi, Lucio Fregona, Giovanni Rossi |
| 1991 |  | Marius Hasler, Woody Schoch, Renatus Birrer |
| 1992 | | Martin Jones, Robin Bergstrand, Neil Wilkinson |
Teams
In the team rankings, the score is scored considering the top three ranked for each nation (win the team with score fewer points, giving the score for the place scored). But medals are also assigned to the 4th eventual ranking of each country.[4]
Men
Women
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See also
- World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships
- Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships
References
- World Trophy (1985-2008)/World Championships (2009 on): Results, World Mountain Running Association, retrieved March 13, 2013
- 32nd WMRA World Mountain Running Championships Bulgaria National Athletic Federation. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
- Women individual (8.8 km/550 m /68 participants). World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved on 2015-02-04.
- "WMastersMRCh Regulations 2017 - WMRA" (PDF). wmra.ch. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- Medalists and editions
- World Trophy (1985-2008)/World Championships (2009 on): Results. World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved on 2015-02-04.
External links
- Official WMRA website
- World Mountain Running Championships at Association of Road Racing Statisticians
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