World Ski Mountaineering Championship 2008
The 4th World Ski Mountaineering Championship 2008 was held from February 23 to 29, 2008 in Portes du Soleil , Switzerland . The organizer was the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC) of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). For the first time, the so-called long distance was added as a discipline in the IV. Around 450 ski mountaineers from the national team from a total of 29 nations took part.
procedure
After the first briefings on the event, the opening ceremony and the presentation of the participating nations took place on February 23, 2008 in the Champery ice rink . On February 24th, the individual ski mountaineering race for women and men in the age groups “Seniors” and “Juniors” was held. The relay race in four seasons followed on February 25 and the team competition on February 26. After a day of rest for the runners, the vertical race was held on February 28 and the individual long distance race on the last day of the World Cup. On February 29th, following the award ceremony for the long distance, the closing ceremony with the invasion of the athletes took place.
Results
Nations overall ranking according to points and medal table
(evaluated without individual country distance run; all age groups)
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| 1 |
 Italy
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3235 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 722 | 1 | 1 | 1212 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1920 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7089 | |
| 2 |
 France
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3176 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 638 | 2 | 1182 | 1 | 1935 | 3 | 3 | 6931 | |||||
| 3 |
 Switzerland
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3236 | 2 | 3 | 770 | 2 | 1 | 1068 | 1 | 1 | 1833 | 4th | 2 | 6907 | ||||
| 4th |
 Spain
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2627 | 2 | 642 | 1 | 1 | 588 | 1660 | 2 | 2 | 5487 | |||||||
| 5 |
 Czech Republic
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1426 | 314 | 378 | 767 | 1 | 2885 | |||||||||||
| 6th |
 Germany
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1253 | 346 | 498 | 750 | 2847 | ||||||||||||
| 7th |
 Andorra
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1285 | 198 | 438 | 816 | 2737 | ||||||||||||
| 8th |
 Norway
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852 | 442 | 684 | 624 | 2592 | ||||||||||||
| 9 |
 Slovakia
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1629 | 192 | 769 | 2590 | |||||||||||||
| 10 |
 Austria
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1382 | 216 | 168 | 578 | 2344 | ||||||||||||
| 11 |
 Sweden
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874 | 186 | 324 | 599 | 1983 | ||||||||||||
| 12 |
 Poland
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915 | 1 | 324 | 174 | 394 | 1807 | |||||||||||
| 13 |
 United Kingdom
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680 | 162 | 246 | 563 | 1651 | ||||||||||||
| 14th |
 United States
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648 | 156 | 210 | 346 | 1360 | ||||||||||||
| 15th |
 Slovenia
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584 | 168 | 403 | 1155 | |||||||||||||
| 16 |
 Greece
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490 | 150 | 114 | 238 | 992 | ||||||||||||
| 17th |
 Argentina
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406 | 12 | 218 | 636 | |||||||||||||
| 18th |
 Chile
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248 | 144 | 12 | 153 | 557 | ||||||||||||
| 19th |
 Canada
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345 | 166 | 511 | ||||||||||||||
| 20th |
 Bulgaria
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297 | 166 | 463 | ||||||||||||||
| 21st |
 New Zealand
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210 | 106 | 316 | ||||||||||||||
| 22nd |
 People's Republic of China
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280 | 280 | |||||||||||||||
| 23 |
 Japan
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141 | 18th | 100 | 259 | |||||||||||||
| 24 |
 South Korea
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129 | 88 | 217 | ||||||||||||||
| 25th |
 Liechtenstein
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21st | 86 | 107 | ||||||||||||||
| 26th |
 Belgium
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66 | 66 | |||||||||||||||
| 27 |
 Romania
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| 27 |
 Venezuela
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Ski mountaineering individual races
The single race for took place on February 24, 2008 in Valerette . The start was in Les Cerniers / Monthey . The difference in altitude for ascent and descent was +/- 1650 m. With a corresponding result, participants in the “Espoirs” age group were included in the “Seniors” category.
Overview of the 10 best participants:
Ladies singles
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Men's singles
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Ski mountaineering relay
The relay race took place on February 25, 2008 with the award ceremony in Morgins . It was run in teams of four. The difference in altitude for the ascent was + 260 m for the single runners in the “senior” class. The relay team also included runners in the "Espoirs" age group.
Overview of the 10 best relay teams:
Ski mountaineering team
The team race took place on February 26, 2008 in Pointe de l'Au for the "seniors". The difference in altitude for the ascent was + 1940 m and for the descent - 2125 m. Some of the teams also included ski mountaineers from the “Espoirs” age group.
Overview of the 10 best participating teams:
Women's team
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Men's team
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Vertical race
The Vertical Race was held on February 28, 2008 for all age groups. The difference in altitude for the ascent was + 870 m for the individual runners in the “senior” class. Among the seniors, members of the “Espoirs” age group also took part.
Overview of the 10 best participants:
Ladies
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Men's
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Long distance ski mountaineering single
For the first time, the long distance individual discipline was held on the last day of the world championship as part of the ski mountaineering world championship. The difference in altitude for ascent and descent was +/- 3200 m for men, + 2500 m for women for ascent and - 2700 m for descent.
Overview of the 10 best participants:
Ladies
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Men's
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Combined evaluations of the participants
For the combined evaluation for individual participants, the results of the individual, team and vertical race disciplines were used.
Overview of the 10 best participants:
Ladies
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Men's
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Web links
- World Championship 2008 , details on the 2008 World Cup
- Video of the 2008 World Championship single race , mountains2b.com
- A look back at the winter highlight for ski mountaineers! (with a focus on Germany and Austria), www.mountains2b.com, March 3, 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Cup ski mountaineering 2008: Season highlight casts shadows ahead ( memento from August 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), mountain2b.com, February 21, 2008.
- ↑ Final Nation Medals Ranking ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 118 kB), UIAA.
- ↑ Individual Race Results Senior Female ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 76 kB), UIAA.
- ↑ Individual Race Results Senior Male ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 81 kB), UIAA.
- ↑ Relay Results- Senior Female ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 25 kB), UIAA.
- ↑ Relay Results- Senior Male. ( Memento of July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 29 kB), UIAA.
- ↑ Team Race Results - Senior Male & Female ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 34 kB), UIAA.
- ↑ Vertical Race Results: Senior Male, Female, Young ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 169 kB), UIAA.
- ↑ Individual Long Distance Race Results Female ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 148 kB), UIAA.
- ↑ Individual Long Distance Race Results Male ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 155 kB), UIAA.
- ↑ Final combined senior championship ranking (Ind + Team + Vertical): Female. ( Memento of July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 139 kB) UIAA.
- ↑ Final combined senior championship ranking (Ind + Team + Vertical): Male. ( Memento of July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 161 kB) UIAA.