The European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international
mountain running
Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; also its courses are more ...
race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the
European Athletic Association
The European Athletic Association (more commonly known as European Athletics) is the governing body for Sport of athletics, athletics in Europe. It is one of the six Area Associations of the world's athletics governing body World Athletics. Europe ...
(EAA) in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year.
The history of the competition lies in the European Mountain Running Trophy, which was first held in 1994 in Quantin,
Belluno
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, Italy. It was officially sanctioned by the
World Mountain Running Association
The World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) is the global governing body of mountain running.
For World Athletics purposes, mountain running takes place on terrain that is mainly off-road, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, ...
in 1995 and continued until 2001, at which point the EAA introduced the official European Mountain Running Championships.
Exclusively a senior championships until 2009, the competition now features separate senior and junior (under 20s) races for both men and women. Medals are awarded on an individual and national team basis. For the team competition, the finishing positions of each country's top three runners are combined, and the team with the smallest cumulative total wins the medals.
Editions
Medals
All results at
European Athletic Association
The European Athletic Association (more commonly known as European Athletics) is the governing body for Sport of athletics, athletics in Europe. It is one of the six Area Associations of the world's athletics governing body World Athletics. Europe ...
web site.
Men
Women
See also
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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 ...
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World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge The World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships (from 2004 up to 2014 the name was World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge), is an annual international mountain running competition organised by the World Mountain Running Association ( ...
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NACAC Mountain Running Championships
The NACAC Mountain Running Championships is an annual Mountain running competition organized by NACAC for athletes representing the countries of its member associations. Until 2012, only the participation of athletes from Canada, Mexico, and the ...
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South American Mountain Running Championships
The South American Mountain Running Championships (''Spanish language, Spanish'': Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Carreras de Montaña) is an annual Mountain running competition organized by CONSUDATLE for athletes representing the countries of its m ...
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Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships The Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships, founded in 2009, was a biennial fell running tournament operated by the Commonwealth Games Federation. It had its last edition in 2011.Ward, Matt (2011-09-28)Commonwealth Mountain an ...
References
;List of champions
EA European Trophy (1995-2001)/European Championships (2002 on): Results World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved on 2015-02-04.
External links
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WMRA
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Official websiteat European Athletics
at Association of Road Racing Statisticians
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Mountain
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Recurring sporting events established in 1994
Continental athletics championships