World Mountain Running Championships
The World Mountain Running Championships (World Mountain Running Trophy 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.[ 1]
The 2020 championships, which were scheduled for 13–14 November in Haria, Lanzarote, Spain, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 2]
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
Edition
Year
City
Country
Date
1st
1985 (details
San Vigilio di Marebbe , Südtirol
Italy
23 September
2nd
1986 (details
Morbegno - Sondrio - Albosaggia , Lombardia
Italy
5 October
3rd
1987 (details
Lenzerheide - Valbella , Graubünden
Switzerland
23 August
4th
1988 (details
Keswick , Cumbria
United Kingdom
15 October
5th
1989 (details
Die - Châtillon-en-Diois , Drôme
France
16 September
6th
1990 (details
Telfes , Tirol
Austria
15 September
7th
1991 (details
Zermatt , Valais
Switzerland
8 September
8th
1992 (details
Valle di Susa , Piemonte
Italy
30 August
9th
1993 (details
Gap , Hautes-Alpes
France
5 September
10th
1994 (details
Berchtesgaden , Bayern
Germany
4 September
11th
1995 (details
Edinburgh , Scotland
United Kingdom
10 September
12th
1996 (details
Telfes , Tirol
Austria
1 September
13th
1997 (details
Úpice - Malé Svatoňovice , Hradec Králové
Czech Republic
7 September
14th
1998 (details
Dimitile , Réunion
France
20 September
15th
1999 (details
Mount Kinabalu Park , Sabah
Malaysia
19 September
16th
2000 (details
Bergen , Bayern
Germany
10 September
17th
2001 (details
Arta Terme , Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Italy
16 September
18th
2002 (details
Innsbruck , Tirol
Austria
15 September
19th
2003 (details
Girdwood , Alaska
United States
20 September
20th
2004 (details
Sauze d'Oulx , Piemonte
Italy
4 September
21st
2005 (details
Wellington
New Zealand
25 September
22nd
2006 (details
Bursa
Turkey
10 September
23rd
2007 (details
Ovronnaz , Valais
Switzerland
15 September
24th
2008 (details
Sierre - Crans Montana , Valais
Switzerland
14 September
25th
2009 (details
Madesimo - Campodolcino , Lombardia
Italy
6 September
26th
2010 (details
Kamnik - Velika Planina , Gorenjska
Slovenia
5 September
27th
2011 (details
Tirana
Albania
11 September
28th
2012 (details
Temù - Ponte di Legno , Lombardia
Italy
2 September
29th
2013 (details
Krynica-Zdrój , Małopolska
Poland
8 September
30th
2014 (details
Casette di Massa , Tuscany
Italy
14 September
31st
2015 (details
Betws-y-Coed , Wales
United Kingdom
19 September
32nd
2016 (details
Sapareva Banya , Kyustendil
Bulgaria
11 September[ 3]
33rd
2017 (details
Premana , Lombardy
Italy
30 July
34th
2018 (details
Canillo
Andorra
16 September
35th
2019 (details
Villa La Angostura , Los Lagos
Argentina
15 November
36th & 1st (incl. Trail)
2021 (hosted in 2022) (details
Chiang Mai , Chiang Mai province
Thailand
4-6 November
37th & 2nd (incl. Trail)
2023 (details
Innsbruck -Stubai Alps , Tyrol
Austria
7-10 June
Medals
Men
Women
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.[ 5]
Men
Edition
Country
Athletes
1985
Italy Alfonso Vallicella , Fausto Bonzi , Claudio Simi , Privato Pezzoli
1986
Italy Alfonso Valicella , Costantino Bertolla , Privato Pezzoli . Luigi Bortoluzzi
1987
Italy Pio Tomaselli , Privato Pezzoli , Alfonso Vallicella , Claudio Galeazzi
1988
Italy Dino Tadello , Davide Milesi , Luigi Bortoluzzi , Privato Pezzoli
1989
Italy Costantino Bertolla , Luigi Bortoluzzi , Fabio Ciaponi
1990
Italy Costantino Bertolla , Luigi Bortoluzzi , Fabio Ciaponi , Privato Pezzoli
1991
Italy Costantino Bertolla , Davide Milesi , Marco Toini , Bortolo Saio
1992
France
1993
Italy Costantino Bertolla , Adriano Pezzoli , Antonio Molinari , Fabio Ciaponi , Battista Lizzoli , Lucio Fregona
1994
Italy Galdino Pilot , Costantino Bertolla , Claudio Amati , Andrea Agostini , Roberto Barbi
1995
Italy Lucio Fregona , Marco Toin , Antonio Molinari , Andrea Agostini , Roberto Barbi , Gino Caneva
1996
Italy Antonio Molinari , Severino Bernardini , Lucio Fregona , Massimo Galliano , Costantino Bertolla , Claudio Amati
1997
Italy Marco De Gasperi , Davide Milesi , Lucio Fregona , Antonio Molinari , Carmelo Traini , Danilo Bosio
1998
Italy Antonio Molinari , Davide Milesi , Massimo Galliano , Lucio Fregona , Marco De Gasperi
1999
Italy Marco De Gasperi , Gino Caneva , Lucio Fregona , Antonio Molinari , Simone Lenzi
2000
Italy Sergio Chiesa , Massimo Galliano , Antonio Molinari , Roberto Calandro , Marco De Gasperi , Davide Milesi
2001
Italy Marco De Gasper , Emanuele Manzi , Lucio Fregona , Alessio Rinaldi , Antonio Molinari , Andrea Agostini
2002
Italy Marco Gaiardo , Antonio Molinari , Marco De Gasperi , Emanuele Manzi , Davide Milesi , Alessio Rinaldi
2003
Italy Marco De Gasperi , Marco Gaiardo , Emanuele Manzi , Claudio Cassi , Alessio Rinaldi , Marco Agostini
2004
Italy Marco Gaiardo , Marco De Gasperi , Davide Chicco , Gabriele Abate , Roberto Porro , Antonio Molinari
2005
Italy Gabriele Abate , Davide Chicco , Marco Gaiardo , Emanuele Manzi , Alessio Rinaldi , Antonio Molinari
2006
Eritrea
2007
Italy Marco De Gasperi , Marco GaiardovGabriele Abate , Andrea Regazzoni , Marco Rinaldi , Davide Chicco
2008
Italy Bernard Dematteis , Marco De Gasperi , Marco GaiardovGabriele Abatev Hannes Rungger , Emanuele Manzi
2009
Eritrea
2010
Eritrea
2011
Italy Martin Dematteis , Bernard Dematteis , Marco De Gasperi , Gabriele Abate , Emanuele Manzi , Alex Baldaccini
2012
Eritrea
2013
Uganda
2014
Uganda
2015
Italy Bernard Dematteis , Martin Dematteis , Xavier Chevrier , Alex Baldaccini , Luca Cagnati , Alessandro Rambaldini
2016
United States
2017
Uganda
2018
Uganda Robert Chemonges , Joel Ayeko , Victor Kiplangat
2019
Czech Republic Marek Chrascina , Jan Janů , Jáchym Kovář
Women
Edition
Country
Athletes
1985
Italy Chiara Saporetti , Guidina Dal Sasso , Valentina Bottarelli , Sonia Basso
1986
Switzerland Gaby Schütz , Helene Eschler , Karin Möbes , Daniela Salvi
1987
Italy Giuliana Savaris , Maria Cocchetti , Lucia Soranzo . Cristina Porta
1988
Switzerland Gaby Schütz , Christine Tischhauser , Irmgard Steiner , Helen Eschler
1989
Italy Manuela Di Centa , Maria Cocchetti , Giuliana Savaris , Maria Grazia Roberti
1990
Switzerland
1991
Switzerland
1992
Austria
1993
Italy Nives Curti , Maria Grazia Roberti , Valeria Colpo , Antonella Molinari
1994
France
1995
France
1996
France
1997
France
1998
Italy Matilde Ravizza , Maria Grazia Roberti , Rosita Rota Gelpi , Pierangela Baronchelli
1999
Italy Rosita Rota Gelpi , Flavia Gaviglio , Pierangela Baronchelli , Maria Grazia Roberti
2000
New Zealand Melissa Moon , Megan Edhouse, Karen Murphy & Carlene McDonald
2001
Italy Rosita Rota Gelpi , Pierangela Baronchelli , Flavia Gaviglio , Daniela Spilotti
2002
Italy Antonella Confortola , Pierangela Baronchelli , Rosita Rota Gelpi , Vittoria Salvini
2003
Scotland
2004
Italy Rosita Rota Gelpi , Antonella Confortola , Flavia Gaviglio , Matilde Ravizza
2005
Italy Vittoria Salvini , Maria Grazia Roberti , Pierangela Baronchelli , Elisa Desco
2006
United States
2007
United States
2008
Norway
2009
Great Britain
2010
Italy Valentina Belotti , Antonella Confortola , Maria Grazia Roberti , Alice Gaggi
2011
Italy Ornella Ferrara , Antonella Confortola , Alice Gaggi , Valentina Belotti
2012
United States
2013
Italy Alice Gaggi , Elisa Desco , Antonella Confortola , Samantha Galassi
2014
Italy Alice Gaggi , Elisa Desco , Antonella Confortola , Renate Rungger
2015
Great Britain
2016
Italy Valentina Belotti , Alice Gaggi , Sara Bottarelli , Antonella Confortola
2017
United States
2018
Kenya Lucy Murigi , Viola Jelagat , Joyce Njeru , Purity Gitonga
2019
France Élise Poncet , Christel Dewalle , Anaïs Sabrié , Mathilde Sagnes
See also
References
Medalists and editions
External links
World Continental
Regional Seasonal Defunct
