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2008 World Mountain Running Trophy
Organisers	WMRA
Edition	24th
Dates	14 September
Host city	Crans-Montana, Switzerland
Level	Senior and Junior
Events	8
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The 2008 World Mountain Running Championships was the 24th edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.

Results

Men Senior

Distance 12 km, difference in height 930 m, participants 157.

Individual

Rank	Runner	Country	Time
	Jonathan Wyatt	New Zealand	55:04
	Martin Toroitich	Uganda	55:16
	Ahmet Arslan	Turkey	55:26
4	Bernard Dematteis	Italy	55:48
5	Raymond Fontaine	France	55:52
6	John Jairo Vargas E.	Colombia	56:30
7	Timo Zeiler	Germany	56:43
8	Marco De Gasperi	Italy	56:50
9	Andrey Safronov	Russia	56:53
10	David Schneider	Switzerland	56:54

Team

Rank	Team	Athletes	Points
	Italy	Bernard Dematteis, Marco De Gasperi, Marco Gaiardo, Gabriele Abate, Hannes Rungger, Emanuele Manzi	43
	Switzerland	David Schneider, Alexis Gex-Fabry, Sabastien Epiney, Tarcis Ancay, Stephan Wenk, Martin Anthamatten	59
	United States	Rickey Gates, Joe Gray, Eric Blake, Simon Gutierrez, Matt Byrne, Zac Freudenberg	76

Women Senior

Distance 8.3 km, difference in height 690 m, participants 95.

Individual

Rank	Runner	Country	Time
	Andrea Mayr	Austria	39:40
	Renate Rungger	Italy	41:42
	Elisa Desco	Italy	41:59
4	Kirsten Otterbu M.	Norway	42:39
5	Martina Strähl	Switzerland	42:47
6	Anita Evertsen-Haak	Norway	42:56
7	Paula Claudia Tudoran	Romania	43:21
8	Bernadette Meier	Switzerland	43:38
9	Constance Devillers	France	43:46
10	Anna Frost	New Zealand	44:10

Team

Rank	Team	Athletes	Points
	Norway	M. Kirsten Otterbu, Anita Haakenstad-Evertsen, Ingunn Weltzien	24
	Switzerland	Martina Straehl, Barnadette Meier, Angeline Flückiger-Joly, Daniela Gassmann	25
	Italy	Renate Rungger, Elisa Desco, Maria Grazia Roberti, Vittoria Salvini	33

Junior Men

Distance 8.3 km, difference in height 690 m, participants 74.

Individual

Rank	Runner	Country	Time
	Sindre Buraas	Norway	42:12
	Riccardo Sterni	Italy	42:25
	Mevlut Savaser	Turkey	42:43
4	Alper Demir	Turkey	42:51
5	Tim Smith	United States	43:02
6	Emrah Akalin	Turkey	43:06
7	Dewi Griffiths	Wales	43:07
8	Akif Kitir	Turkey	43:21
9	Lars Bakke	Norway	43:30
10	Joel Dyrhovden	Norway	43:31

Team

Rank	Team	Athletes	Points
	Turkey	Mevlut Savaser, Alper Demir, Emrah Akalin, Akif Kitir	13
	Norway	Sindre Buraas, Lars Bakke, Joel Dyrhovden, Sjur Prestsaether	20
	Italy	Riccardo Sterni, Xavier Chevrier, Emanuelle Rampa, Luca Re	35

Junior Women

Distance 4.3 km, difference in height 350 m, participants 48.

Individual

Rank	Runner	Country	Time
	Laura Park	England	22:34
	Esra Gullu	Turkey	23:07
	Alex Dunne	United States	23:33
4	Victoria Kreuzer	Switzerland	23:55
5	Gina Paletta	Wales	24:04
6	Veronica Wallington	Australia	24:25
7	Heather Timmins	England	24:28
8	Katerina Berouskova	Czech Republic	24:31
9	Yagmur Tarhan	Turkey	24:40
10	Beata Wojciechowska	Poland	24:53

Team

Rank	Team	Athletes	Points
	England	Laura Park, Heather Timmins, Hannah Bateson	8
	Turkey	Esra Gullu, Yagmur Tarhan, Mavlude Ulu	11
	Switzerland	Victoria Kreuzer, Lucy Pichard, Marie Luisier	22

External links

• Official website