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]

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
		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
		Italy	43:32
4		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
		Turkey	39:13
		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)
		United States	22:56
		Slovenia	23:07
		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[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	3	2	1	6
2	Uganda (UGA)	2	1	1	4
3	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	1	4
4	United States (USA)	1	1	0	2
5	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
6	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	2	3
7	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	0	1
8	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	0	1	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		8	8	8	24

Participating nations[]

References[]

Results

• In-depth results

External links[]

• Official championships website
• Official WMRA website