2013 World Mountain Running Championships

The 2013 World Mountain Running Championships were held on 8 September in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. It was the 29th edition of the championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). The competition featured four races, with senior and junior (under-19) races for both men and women. A total of 329 runners from 39 nations were present at the start of the races.[1]

2013 World Mountain Running Championships
OrganisersWMRA
Edition29th
Date8 September
Host cityKrynica-Zdrój, Poland
Events4
Participation329 athletes from
39 nations

The men's course was 13.56 km long with an incline of 1,630 m.[2] The women's and junior men's course had a distance of 9.1 km with an ascent of 1,090 m.[3][4] The junior women's race was 4.6 km in length with a climb of 550 m.[5] Each of the races had an individual and team race element

Ten nations reached the medal table, Italy being the most successful country with three gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze. Uganda followed with two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal. Great Britain won one gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal. The USA took one gold medal and one silver medal, the Czech Republic one gold medal. Turkey won one silver and two bronze, Slovenia one silver and Austria, Russia and Ireland with one bronze medal each.[1]

Results

Senior men
Individual race[2]
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Philip Kiplimo  Uganda 54:22
Geoffrey Kusuro  Uganda 55:06
Nathan Ayeko  Uganda 55:19
4 Peter Kibet  Uganda 55:27
5 Bernard Dematteis  Italy 55:44
6 Juan Carlos Carera  Mexico 55:51
7 Joseph Gray  United States 56:25
8 Ahmet Arslan  Turkey 56:26

Total: 129 participants[2]

Teams[6]
Rank Team Points
 Uganda 10
 Italy (Bernard Dematteis, Martin Dematteis, Alex Baldaccini, Gabriele Abate) 40
 Turkey 82

Total: 19 teams[6]

Senior women
Individual race[3]
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Alice Gaggi  Italy 42:47
Emma Clayton  United Kingdom 43:12
Alisa Desco  Italy 43:32
4 Mateja Kosovelj  Slovenia 43:51
5 Maude Mathys   Switzerland 44:13
6 Sarah McCormack  Ireland 44:23
7 Antonela Confortola  Italy 44:32
8 Sarah Tunstall  United Kingdom 44:40

Total: 79 participants[3]

Teams[6]
Rank Team Points
 Italy 11
 United Kingdom 22
 Ireland 51

Total: 19 teams[6]

Junior men
Individual race[4]
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Nekagenet Crippa  Italy 38:58
Ramazan Karagöz  Turkey 39:13
Manuel Innerhofer  Austria 39:44

Total: 66 participants[4]

Teams[6]
Rank Team Points
 Czech Republic 25
 Italy 29
 United Kingdom 32

Total: 16 teams[6]

Junior women
Individual race[5]
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
Mandy Ortiz  United States 22:56
Lea Einfalt  Slovenia 23:07
Tubay Erdal  Turkey 23:21

Total: 40 participants[5]

Teams[6]
Rank Team Points
 United Kingdom 9
 United States 17
 Russia 19

Total: 14 teams[6]

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy (ITA)3216
2 Uganda (UGA)2114
3 Great Britain (GBR)1214
4 United States (USA)1102
5 Czech Republic (CZE)1001
6 Turkey (TUR)0123
7 Slovenia (SLO)0101
8 Austria (AUT)0011
 Ireland (IRL)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (10 entries)88824

Participating nations

References
  1. "Italy and Uganda triumphed at 30. World Mountain Running Championships 2013". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  2. "Results - Men individual". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  3. "Results - Women individual". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  4. "Results - Junior Men individual". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  5. "Results - Junior Women individual". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  6. "Results - Teams". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
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