2009 European Mountain Running Championships
Organisers	EAA
Edition	8th
Date	12 July
Host city	Telfes im Stubai, Austria
Events	4
Distances	11 km – Men 9.5 km – Women 9.5 km – U20 men 4 km – U20 women
Participation	241 athletes from 25 nations
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The 2009 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 12 July in Telfes im Stubai, Austria. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, held by the European Athletic Association. The 2009 edition saw the introduction of two under-20s competitions into the championships programme, complementing the usual men's and women's senior races. The men's race was 11 km long and featured a total climb of 1300 m in altitude, while the women's and under-20s men's competitions were over 9.5 km and scaled a height of 950 m. ^[1] The women's junior competition was held over 4 km with a total climb of 400 m. ^[2]

Turkish runner Ahmet Arslan retained his European title for a second time in the men's senior race, following wins in 2007 and 2008. In the women's senior race, Martina Strähl took the honours over home favourite Andrea Mayr. Italian athletes dominated the team competitions at the championships, taking the gold medals in the senior men's and women's races, as well as the men's under-20s event. Turkish runners topped the podium in both the under-20s contests; Yusuf Alici and Derya Altintas won the boys and girls titles respectively. ^[3]

Results

Men

Rank	Runner	Country	Time ( m: s)
	Ahmet Arslan	Turkey	58:26
	Marco De Gasperi	Italy	59:09
	Sébastien Epiney	Switzerland	59:19
4	Timo Zeiler	Germany	59:31
5	Raymond Fontaine	France	59:37
6	Martin Dematteis	Italy	60:04
7	Said Jandari	France	60:29
8	Emmanuel Meyssat	France	60:58
9	Riccardo Sterni	Italy	61:05
10	Javier Crespo	Spain	61:09

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Italy	17
	France	20
	Turkey	32
4	Switzerland	45
5	Czech Republic	48

• Total participants: 80 runners and 19 teams. ^[4]

Women

Rank	Runner	Country	Time ( m: s)
	Martina Strähl	Switzerland	54:39
	Valentina Belotti	Italy	55:28
	Andrea Mayr	Austria	56:55
4	Renate Rungger	Italy	57:17
5	Natalya Leontyeva	Russia	57:29
6	Bernadette Meier-Brändle	Switzerland	57:36
7	Zhanna Vokuyeva	Russia	58:01
8	Kate Goodhead	United Kingdom	58:34
9	Katie Ingram	United Kingdom	58:37
10	Maria Grazia Roberti	Italy	58:40

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Italy Valentina Belotti Renate Rungger Maria Grazia Roberti	16
	Switzerland	19
	United Kingdom	34
4	Russia	54
5	Czech Republic	57

• Total participants: 64 runners and 16 teams. ^[4]

Under-20s men

Rank	Runner	Country	Time ( m: s)
	Yusuf Alici	Turkey	50:29
	Xavier Chevrier	Italy	50:44
	Candide Pralong	Switzerland	51:39
4	Jakub Bajza	Czech Republic	52:58
5	Scott McDonald	United Kingdom	53:06
6	Didrik Tønseth	Norway	53:13
7	Michael Gras	France	53:28
8	Luca Cagnati	Italy	53:37
9	Jørgen Bye Brevik	Norway	53:51
10	Kelemu Crippa	Italy	53:54

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Italy	20
	Norway	26
	United Kingdom	32
4	Switzerland	39
5	Turkey	58

• Total participants: 59 runners and 14 teams. ^[4]

Under-20s women

Rank	Runner	Country	Time ( m: s)
	Derya Altintas	Turkey	23:15
	Elif Karabulut	Turkey	23:20
	Yasemin Can	Turkey	23:29
4	Andra Ologu	Romania	23:39
5	Tatyana Prorokova	Russia	23:43
6	Gina Paletta	United Kingdom	23:45
7	Ludmila Horká	Czech Republic	23:51
8	Raluca Morjan	Romania	23:59
9	Victoria Graves	United Kingdom	24:03
10	Kaja Obidic	Slovenia	24:15

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Turkey	3
	Romania	12
	United Kingdom	15
4	Czech Republic	18
5	Russia	26

• Total participants: 38 runners and 14 teams. ^[4]
• NB: The women's under-20s team competition was decided by the performances of each country's top two performers.

References

External links

• Official website at European Athletics