Mountain Running World Championships 2008

The 24th Mountain Running World Championships took place on September 14, 2008 in the Swiss municipality of Sierre and in the holiday area of Crans-Montana .

Attendees

Europe (28 countries)
Belgium Belgium Bulgaria Bulgaria Germany Germany England England France France Ireland Ireland Italy Italy Croatia Croatia North Macedonia North Macedonia Monaco Monaco	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Norway Norway Austria Austria Poland Poland Portugal Portugal Romania Romania Russia Russia Scotland Scotland Switzerland Switzerland Serbia Serbia	Slovakia Slovakia Slovenia Slovenia Czech Republic Czech Republic Turkey Turkey Ukraine Ukraine Hungary Hungary Wales Wales Belarus 1995 Belarus
America (5 countries)
Canada Canada Colombia Colombia	Mexico Mexico Venezuela Venezuela	United States United States
Africa (2 countries)
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea	Uganda Uganda
Asia (1 countries)
Israel Israel
Asia (2 countries)
Australia Australia	New Zealand New Zealand

All athletes who were at least 18 years old on December 31, 2008 were eligible to participate in the senior competitions.

space	country	athlete	time
1	NZL	Jonathan Wyatt	55:04 min
2	UGA	Martin Toroitich	55:16 min
3	DOOR	Ahmet Arslan	55:26 min

Length of the route: 12 km
Ascent of the route: 930 m
Number of participants: 157 runners

space	country	Relevant athletes	Points
1	ITA	4. Bernard Dematteis 8. Marco De Gasperi 11. Marco Gaiardo 20. Gabriele Abate	43
2	SUI	10. David Schneider 14. Alexis Gex-Fabry 17. Sébastien Epiney 18. Tarcis Ançay	59
3	United States	12. Rickey Gates 16. Joe Gray 23. Eric Blake 25. Simon Guiterrez	76

Length of the route: 12 km
Ascent of the route: 930 m
Number of participants: 27 groups

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	AUT	Andrea Mayr	43:58 min
2	ITA	Renate Rungger	44:57 min
3	ITA	Elisa Desco	45:29 min

Length of the route: 8.3 km
Ascent of the route: 690 m
Number of participants: 95 runners

space	country	Relevant female athletes	Points
1	NOR	4. Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu 6. Anita Håkenstad Evertsen 14. Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien	24
2	SUI	5. Martina Strähl 8. Bernadette Meier-Brändle 12. Angéline Flückiger-Joly	25th
3	ITA	2. Renate Rungger 3. Elisa Desco 28. Maria Grazia Roberti	33

Length of the route: 8.3 km
Ascent of the route: 690 m
Number of participants: 21 groups

All athletes between the ages of 16 and 19 on December 31, 2008 were eligible to participate in the junior competitions.

space	country	athlete	time
1	NOR	Sindre Buraas	42:12 min
2	ITA	Riccardo Sterni	42:25 min
3	DOOR	Mevlüt Savaşer	42:43 min

Length of the route: 8.3 km
Ascent of the route: 690 m
Number of participants: 74 runners

space	country	Relevant athletes	Points
1	DOOR	3. Mevlüt Savaşer 4. Alper Demir 6. Emrah Akalın	13
2	NOR	1. Sindre Buraas 9. Lars Bakke 10. Joel Dyrhovden	20th
3	ITA	2. Riccardo Sterni 12. Xavier Chevrier 21. Emanuele Rampa	35

Length of the route: 8.3 km
Ascent of the route: 690 m
Number of participants: 15 groups

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	CLOSELY	Laura Park	22:34 min
2	DOOR	Esra Güllü	23:07 min
3	United States	Alex Dunne	23:33 min

Length of the route: 4.3 km
Ascent of the route: 350 m
Number of participants: 48 runners

space	country	Relevant female athletes	Points
1	CLOSELY	1. Laura Park 7. Heather Timmins	8th
2	DOOR	2. Ezra Güllü 9. Yagmur Tarhan	11
3	SUI	4. Victoria cruiser 18. Lucy Pichard	22nd

Length of the route: 4.3 km
Ascent of the route: 350 m
Number of participants: 18 groups

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Norway Norway	2	1	-	3
2	England England	2	-	-	2
3	Italy Italy	1	2	3	6th
4th	Turkey Turkey	1	2	2	5
5	New Zealand New Zealand	1	-	-	1
	Austria Austria	1	-	-	1
7th	Switzerland Switzerland	-	2	1	3
8th	Uganda Uganda	-	1	-	1
9	United States United States	-	-	2	2