2009 European Mountain Running Championships

9.5 km – Women 9.5 km – U20 men 4 km – U20 women 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. The women's junior competition was held over 4 km with a total climb of 400 m.

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.

Results

Men

Rank	Runner	Country	Time (m:s)
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]	Ahmet Arslan		58:26
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]	Marco De Gasperi		59:09
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]	Sébastien Epiney		59:19
4	Timo Zeiler		59:31
5	Raymond Fontaine		59:37
6	Martin Dematteis		60:04
7	Said Jandari		60:29
8	Emmanuel Meyssat		60:58
9	Riccardo Sterni		61:05
10	Javier Crespo		61:09

Rank	Team	Points
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]		17
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]		20
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]		32
4		45
5		48

• Total participants: 80 runners and 19 teams.

Women

Rank	Runner	Country	Time (m:s)
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]	Martina Strähl		54:39
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]	Valentina Belotti		55:28
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]	Andrea Mayr		56:55
4	Renate Rungger		57:17
5	Natalya Leontyeva		57:29
6	Bernadette Meier-Brändle		57:36
7	Zhanna Vokuyeva		58:01
8	Kate Goodhead		58:34
9	Katie Ingram		58:37
10	Maria Grazia Roberti		58:40

Rank	Team	Points
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]
Valentina Belotti
Renate Rungger
Maria Grazia Roberti	16
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]		19
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]		34
4		54
5		57

• Total participants: 64 runners and 16 teams.

Under-20s men

Rank	Runner	Country	Time (m:s)
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]	Yusuf Alici		50:29
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]	Xavier Chevrier		50:44
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]	Candide Pralong		51:39
4	Jakub Bajza		52:58
5	Scott McDonald		53:06
6	Didrik Tønseth		53:13
7	Michael Gras		53:28
8	Luca Cagnati		53:37
9	Jørgen Bye Brevik		53:51
10	Kelemu Crippa		53:54

Rank	Team	Points
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]		20
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]		26
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]		32
4		39
5		58

• Total participants: 59 runners and 14 teams.

Under-20s women

Rank	Runner	Country	Time (m:s)
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]	Derya Altintas		23:15
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]	Elif Karabulut		23:20
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]	Yasemin Can		23:29
4	Andra Ologu		23:39
5	Tatyana Prorokova		23:43
6	Gina Paletta		23:45
7	Ludmila Horká		23:51
8	Raluca Morjan		23:59
9	Victoria Graves		24:03
10	Kaja Obidic		24:15

Rank	Team	Points
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]		3
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]		12
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]		15
4		18
5		26

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