European Mountain Running Championships
The European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international mountain running race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the European Athletic Association 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, Italy. It was officially sanctioned by the World Mountain Running Association 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 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
Edition | Year | Location | Country | Date | No. of athletes |
1st | 1994 | Ponte nelle Alpi, Venice | Italy | 13 July | |
1st | 1995 | Valleraugue, Gard | France | 15 July | |
2nd | 1996 | Llanberis, Wales | United Kingdom | 13 July | |
3rd | 1997 | Ebensee, Oberösterreich | Austria | 6 July | |
4th | 1998 | Sestriere, Piemonte | Italy | 15 July | |
5th | 1999 | Bad Kleinkirchheim, Kärnten | Austria | 4 July | |
6th | 2000 | Międzygórze, Dolnośląskie | Poland | 2 July | |
7th | 2001 | Cerklje, Gorenjska | Slovenia | 1 July | |
8th | 2002 | Câmara de Lobos, Madeira | Portugal | 7 July | |
9th | 2003 | Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige | Italy | 6 July | |
10th | 2004 | Korbielów, Śląskie | Poland | 4 July | |
11th | 2005 | Heiligenblut, Kärnten | Austria | 10 July | |
12th | 2006 | Úpice, Hradec Králové | Czech Republic | 9 July | |
13th | 2007 | Cauterets, Hautes-Pyrénées | France | 8 July | |
14th | 2008 | Zell am Harmersbach, Baden-Württemberg | Germany | 12 July | |
15th | 2009 | Telfes, Tirol | Austria | 12 July | |
16th | 2010 | Sapareva Banya, Kyustendil | Bulgaria | 4 July | |
17th | 2011 | Uludağ, Bursa | Turkey | 9 July | |
18th | 2012 | Pamukkale, Denizli | Turkey | 7 July | |
19th | 2013 | Borovets, Sofia | Bulgaria | 6 July | |
20th | 2014 | Gap, Hautes-Alpes | France | 12 July | |
21st | 2015 | Porto Moniz, Madeira | Portugal | 4 July | |
22nd | 2016 | Arco, Trentino | Italy | 2 July | |
23rd | 2017 | Kamnik, Upper Carniola | Slovenia | 8 July | |
24th | 2018 | Skopje | Macedonia | 1 July | |
25th | 2019 | Zermatt | Switzerland | 7 July |