World Mountain Running Championships
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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 body.
The championships include a senior men, senior women, junior men and women events and the team events of these races.
It was first held in 1985 as the World Mountain Running Trophy before obtaining its current moniker in 2009.
The 2020 championships, which were scheduled for 13–14 November in Haria, Lanzarote, Spain, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (abbreviated WMTRC 2021), held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from November 4–6, 2022, combined the World Mountain Running Championships and IAU Trail World Championships.
Editions
Medals
Men
Women
- nb Italy's Elisa Desco was the original winner of the 2009 women's race but was later disqualified for erythropoietin (EPO).
Men's short race (defunct)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | England Kenny Stuart | Italy Maurizio Simonetti | Italy Luigi Bortoluzzi |
| 1986 | Italy Maurizio Simonetti | Italy Fausto Bonzi | Italy Renato Gotti |
| 1987 | Italy Fausto Bonzi | Italy Luigi Bortoluzzi | Italy Renato Gotti |
| 1988 | Italy Alfonso Vallicella | Switzerland Hanspeter Näpflin | West Germany Wolfgang Münzel |
| 1989 | Italy Fausto Bonzi | Scotland Colin Donnelly | Switzerland Martin May |
| 1990 | Italy Severino Bernardini | Italy Fausto Bonzi | Italy Lucio Fregona |
| 1991 | Republic of Ireland John Lenihan | Switzerland Marius Hasler | Switzerland Woody Schoch |
| 1992 | England Martin Jones | Switzerland Renatus Birrer | England Robin Bergstrand |
Team winner
| Year | Nation | Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Italy | Maurizio Simonetti, Luigi Bortoluzzi, Battista Scanzi, Stefano Visini |
| 1986 | Italy | Maurizio Simonetti, Fausto Bonzi, Renato Gotti, Pier Alberto Tassi |
| 1987 | Italy | Fausto Bonzi, Luigi Bortoluzzi, Renato Gotti, Alberto Tassi |
| 1988 | Italy | Alfonso Vallicella, Lucio Fregona, Claudio Galeazzi, Fausto Bonzi |
| 1989 | Italy | Fausto Bonzi, Claudio Galeazzi, Lucio Fregona |
| 1990 | Italy | Severino Bernardini, Fausto Bonzi, Lucio Fregona, Giovanni Rossi |
| 1991 | Switzerland | Marius Hasler, Woody Schoch, Renatus Birrer |
| 1992 | England | Martin Jones, Robin Bergstrand, Neil Wilkinson |
Teams
In the team rankings, the score is scored considering the top three ranked for each nation (win the team with score fewer points, giving the score for the place scored). But medals are also assigned to the 4th eventual ranking of each country.
Men
Women
See also
- World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships
- Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships
- NACAC Mountain Running Championships
- European Mountain Running Championships
- South American Mountain Running Championships
Medalists and editions
- . World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved on 2015-02-04.
External links
- at Association of Road Racing Statisticians