2008 European Mountain Running Championships
Organisers	EAA
Edition	7th
Date	12 July
Host city	Zell am Harmersbach, Germany
Events	4
Distances	12 km – Men 8.75 km – Women 8.75 km – U20 men 4 km – U20 women
Participation	227 athletes from 25 nations
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The 2008 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 12 July in Zell am Harmersbach, Germany. Held by the European Athletic Association, the competition was held on an up- and downhill course in the Black Forest. The championships featured 227 athletes representing 25 nations. ^[1]

The championships comprised four races: the men's race which was 12 km long with an 804 m ascent and 714 m descent, the women's and under-20s men's competitions over 8.75 km and containing a 566 m ascent and 476 m descent, and finally the under-20s women's race which was competed over 4 km with a rise and fall of 238 m. ^[2]

Ahmet Arslan defended his title in the men's senior race while Elisa Desco took the gold medal in the women's race. Bernard Dematteis headed home Italy to the senior men's team gold medal and Great Britain won the women's team gold, with bronze medallist Sarah Tunstall the nation's best finisher. The junior men's competition was largely a Turkish affair, with Hasan Pak winning gold and leading a 1-2-3 for his country. The women's junior race was won by Mariya Bykova who, along with Tatyana Prorokova, took the team gold. ^[1]

Results

Men's senior race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time ( m: s)
	Ahmet Arslan	Turkey	50:01
	Bernard Dematteis	Italy	50:29
	Marco De Gasperi	Italy	50:57
4	Jose Gaspar	Portugal	51:09
5	Julien Rancon	France	51:13
6	Marco Gaiardo	Italy	51:22
7	Gabriele Abate	Italy	51:33
8	Mitja Kosovelj	Slovenia	51:39
9	Javier Crespo	Spain	51:46
10	Cristofol Castañer	Spain	51:51

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Italy	11
	Spain	32
	France	32
4	Turkey	32
5	Portugal	41

• Total participants: 82 runners and 19 teams. ^[3]

Women's senior race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time ( m: s)
	Elisa Desco	Italy	40:00
	Constance Devillers	France	40:18
	Sarah Tunstall	United Kingdom	40:48
4	Mateja Kosovelj	Slovenia	41:20
5	Victoria Wilkinson	United Kingdom	41:28
6	Bernadette Meier-Brändle	Switzerland	41:31
7	Isabelle Guillot	France	41:49
8	Maria Grazia Roberti	Italy	41:54
9	Katie Ingram	United Kingdom	42:00
10	Milka Mikhaylova	Bulgaria	42:04

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	United Kingdom	17
	France	21
	Italy	22
4	Slovenia	57
5	Czech Republic	61

• Total participants: 71 runners and 17 teams. ^[3]

Men's under-20s race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time ( m: s)
	Hasan Pak	Turkey	35:23
	Alper Demir	Turkey	35:58
	Emrah Akalın	Turkey	36:09
4	Renè Stöckert	Germany	36:27
5	Adem Karataş	Turkey	36:46
6	Xavier Chevrier	Italy	37:04
7	Marc Tolstikhin	Russia	37:16
8	Candide Pralong	Switzerland	37:18
9	Luca Re	Italy	37:39
10	Peter Oblak	Slovenia	37:44

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Turkey	6
	Italy	31
	Russia	32
4	Switzerland	52
5	Austria	54

• Total participants: 44 runners and 10 teams. ^[3]

Women's under-20s race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time ( m: s)
	Mariya Bykova	Russia	18:45
	Esra Gullu	Turkey	18:48
	Tatyana Prorokova	Russia	18:54
4	Natalia Strzelecka	Poland	19:02
5	Hannah Bateson	United Kingdom	19:03
6	Cansu Turan	Turkey	19:10
7	Hülya Ongun	Turkey	19:15
8	Kateřina Beroušková	Czech Republic	19:18
9	Anastasiya Mikhaylova	Russia	19:20
10	Helen Wolfson	Israel	19:26

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Russia	4
	Turkey	8
	United Kingdom	17
4	Italy	25
5	Czech Republic	28

• Total participants: 30 runners and 10 teams. ^[3]

References

External links

• Official website at European Athletics