# IAU European 24 Hour Championships

The IAU European 24 Hour Championships is a biennial long-distance running competition in the 24-hour run for athletes from Europe. Organised by the International Association of Ultrarunners, it was first held in 1992 as an annual competition known as the IAU European 24 Hours Challenge. The establishment of the IAU 24 Hour World Championship in 2003 saw the European event staged within the global race until the competitions were each recast as separate, biennial championships, with the world event in odd years and the European one in even years. The competition is typically a road running one, though the championships was contested on the track in 1999.

## Editions

| Ed. | Year | City | Country | Dates | No. of nations | No. of athletes |
| 1 | 1992 | Apeldoorn | Netherlands | 29–30 May | | |
| 2 | 1993 | Basel | Switzerland | 1–2 May | | |
| 3 | 1994 | Szeged | Hungary | 21–22 May | | |
| 4 | 1996 | Courçon | France | 21–22 September | | |
| 5 | 1997 | Basel | Switzerland | 3–4 May | | |
| 6 | 1998 | Fleurbaix-Marquette | France | 29–30 August | | |
| 7 | 1999 | San Giovanni Lupatoto | Italy | 25–26 September | | |
| 8 | 2000 | Uden | Netherlands | 20–21 October | | |
| 9 | 2001 | Apeldoorn | Netherlands | 25–26 May | | |
| 10 | 2002 | Gravigny | France | 7–8 September | | |
| 11 | 2003 | Uden | Netherlands | 11–12 October | | |
| 12 | 2004 | Brno | Czech Republic | 23–24 October | | |
| 13 | 2005 | Wörschach | Austria | 16–17 July | | |
| 14 | 2006 | Verona | Italy | 23–24 September | | |
| 15 | 2007 | Madrid | Spain | 5–6 May | | |
| 16 | 2009 | Bergamo | Italy | 2–3 May | | |
| 17 | 2010 | Brive-la-Gaillarde | France | 13–14 May | | |
| 18 | 2012 | Katowice | Poland | 9–10 September | | |
| 19 | 2013 | Steenbergen | Netherlands | 11–12 May | | |
| 20 | 2015 | Turin | Italy | 11–12 April | | |
| 21 | 2016 | Albi | France | 22–23 October | | |
| 22 | 2018 | Timișoara | Romania | 26–27 May | | |
| 23 | 2020 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 24 | 2022 | Verona | Italy | 17–18 September | | |

## Medallists
### Men's individual

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1992 | Helmut Schieke (GER) | 250.698 | Peter Samulski (GER) | 241.583 | Valery Klement (GER) | 237.326 |
| 1993 | Helmut Dreyer (GER) | 259.265 | Milan Tuhovcak (CZE) | 257.965 | Gennadiy Groshev (RUS) | 247.900 |
| 1994 | Janos Bogar (HUN) | 261.122 | Jean-Pierre Guyomarch (FRA) | 254.018 | Valery Klement (GER) | 252.110 |
| 1996 | Ferenc Györi (HUN) | 259.922 | Michael Maier (GER) | 250.999 | Jean-Pierre Guyomarch (FRA) | 240.614 |
| 1997 | Vladimir Tivikov (RUS) | 249.039 | Serge Flohic (FRA) | 245.221 | Marcel Foucat (FRA) | 242.200 |
| 1998 | Lucien Taelman (BEL) | 267.626 | Tomas Rusek (CZE) | 263.144 | Michael Maier (GER) | 259.067 |
| 1999 | Yiannis Kouros (GRE) | 262.324 | Lubomir Hrmo (SVK) | 249.239 | Alain Prual (FRA) | 234.823 |
| 2000 | Lubomir Hrmo (SVK) | 259.273 | Andrey Kazantsev (RUS) | 257.760 | Alain Prual (FRA) | 255.510 |
| 2001 | Paul Beckers (BEL) | 260.559 | Jens Lukas (GER) | 258.907 | Vladimir Kurbatov (RUS) | 252.801 |
| 2002 | Jens Lukas (GER) | 267.294 | Alain Prual (FRA) | 264.796 | Jean-Pierre Guyomarch (FRA) | 255.726 |
| 2003 | Paul Beckers (BEL) | 270.087 | Etienne van Acker (BEL) | 264.967 | Andrei Kazantsev (RUS) | 258.037 |
| 2004 | Lubomir Hrmo (SVK) | 259.064 | Mohamed Magroun (FRA) | 257.881 | Vladimir Bychkov (RUS) | 248.595 |
| 2005 | Anatolii Kruglikov (RUS) | 268.065 | Ewald Eder (AUT) | 263.810 | Jens Lukas (GER) | 256.369 |
| 2006 | Vladimir Bychkov (RUS) | 254.774 | Geert Stynen (BEL) | 248.642 | Antonio Mammoli (ITA) | 248.440 |
| 2007 | Anatolii Kruglikov (RUS) | 257.358 | Vladimir Bychkov (RUS) | 251.631 | Jose Luis Posado Perez (ESP) | 247.937 |
| 2009 | Henrik Olson (SWE) | 257.042 | Ralf Weis (GER) | 244.492 | Vladimir Bychkov (RUS) | 240.605 |
| 2010 | Ivan Cudin (ITA) | 263.841 | Vladimir Bychkov (RUS) | 258.534 | Fabien Hoblea (FRA) | 256.256 |
| 2012 | Florian Reuss (GER) | 261.718 | Ludovic Dilmi (FRA) | 258.819 | Piotr Sawicki (POL) | 254.093 |
| 2013 | Florian Reuss (GER) | 259.939 | Anatolii Kruglikov (RUS) | 257.040 | Timur Ponomarev (RUS) | 256.666 |
| 2015 | Florian Reuss (GER) | 263.899 | Pawel Szynal (POL) | 261.181 | Robbie Britton (GBR) | 261.140 |
| 2016 | Dan Lawson (GBR) | 261.843 | Ondrej Velicka (CZE) | 258.661 | Stephan Ruel (FRA) | 257.296 |
| 2018 | Andrzej Radzikowski (POL) | 265.419 | Stephane Ruel (FRA) | 263.540 | Aleksandr Sorokin (LTU) | 260.991 |
| 2022 | Aleksandr Sorokin (LTU) | 319.614 | Andrzej Piotrowski (POL) | 301.859 | Marco Visintini (ITA) | 288.438 |

### Men's team

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1993 | Germany | 732.560 | Russia | 699.397 | Czech Republic | 679.637 |
| 1994 | France | 712.895 | Russia | 692.754 | Germany | 691.609 |
| 1996 | Germany | 712.477 | France | 703.248 | Belgium | 679.699 |
| 1997 | France | 726.933 | Russia | 721.747 | Slovakia | 655.218 |
| 1998 | France | 746.897 | Germany | 734.429 | Czech Republic | 714.714 |
| 2000 | France | 752.642 | Russia | 731.880 | United Kingdom | 667.688 |
| 2001 | Russia | 730.208 | Germany | 718.446 | France | 695.814 |
| 2002 | France | 771.278 | Germany | 719.796 | Russia | 662.573 |
| 2003 | Belgium | 791.901 | Russia | 739.569 | France | 715.792 |
| 2004 | France | 745.725 | Russia | 704.876 | Slovakia | 672.143 |
| 2005 | Russia | 731.229 | Italy | 725.897 | Austria | 722.476 |
| 2009 | Russia | 693.445 | Germany | 689.111 | Sweden | 684.333 |
| 2010 | Italy | 758.932 | France | 751.835 | United Kingdom | 742.777 |
| 2012 | Germany | 759.457 | France | 756.710 | Poland | 741.267 |
| 2013 | Germany | 752.007 | Russia | 748.162 | Italy | 715.739 |
| 2015 | United Kingdom | 770.777 | Germany | 745.075 | France | 736.237 |
| 2016 | France | 763.291 | United Kingdom | 743.269 | Germany | 720.006 |
| 2018 | France | 754.625 | United Kingdom | 735.155 | Germany | 725.963 |
| 2022 | Poland | 825.526 | Lithuania | 817.916 | Spain | 800.017 |

### Women's individual

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1992 | Sigrid Lomsky (GER) | 231.008 | Helga Backhaus (GER) | 224.164 | Anna Dyck (GER) | 213.332 |
| 1993 | Sigrid Lomsky (GER) | 243.657 | Helga Backhaus (GER) | 223.647 | Anna Dyck (GER) | 214.980 |
| 1994 | Sigrid Lomsky (GER) | 231.482 | Rimma Paitseva (RUS) | 202.276 | Gisela Fricke (GER) | 201.850 |
| 1996 | Marie Bertrand-Mayeras (FRA) | 231.049 | Elena Sidorenkova (RUS) | 227.287 | Eleanor Robinson (GBR) | 223.129 |
| 1997 | Irina Reutovich (RUS) | 236.284 | Elena Sidorenkova (RUS) | 230.862 | Marie Bertrand-Mayeras (FRA) | 223.720 |
| 1998 | Marie Bertrand-Mayeras (FRA) | 226.457 | Colette Musy (FRA) | 223.378 | Christiane Lecerf (FRA) | 220.966 |
| 1999 | Irina Reutovich (RUS) | 223.763 | Helga Backhaus (GER) | 209.678 | Rimma Paitseva (RUS) | 202.082 |
| 2000 | Irina Reutovich (RUS) | 225.418 | Joelle Semur (FRA) | 219.260 | Rimma Paitseva (RUS) | 216.299 |
| 2001 | Irina Reutovich (RUS) | 226.635 | Irina Koval (RUS) | 222.650 | Helga Backhaus (GER) | 212.692 |
| 2002 | Edit Berces (HUN) | 232.284 | Irina Reutovich (RUS) | 226.825 | Irina Koval (RUS) | 225.036 |
| 2003 | Irina Reutovich (RUS) | 237.052 | Galina Eremina (RUS) | 232.050 | Joelle Semur (FRA) | 227.279 |
| 2004 | Galina Eremina (RUS) | 235.013 | Edit Berces (HUN) | 217.665 | Irina Reutovich (RUS) | 214.633 |
| 2005 | Lyudmila Kalinina (RUS) | 242.228 | Galina Eremina (RUS) | 239.874 | Irina Koval (RUS) | 227.469 |
| 2006 | Irina Koval (RUS) | 229.452 | Michaela Dimitriadu (CZE) | 225.228 | Edit Berces (HUN) | 211.218 |
| 2007 | Lyudmila Kalinina (RUS) | 233.307 | Monica Casiraghi (ITA) | 217.989 | Rosario Munoz Olivares (ESP) | 210.721 |
| 2009 | Anne-Cecile Fontaine (FRA) | 243.644 | Brigitte Bec (FRA) | 234.977 | Monica Casiraghi (ITA) | 223.848 |
| 2010 | Anne-Cecile Fontaine (FRA) | 239.797 | Monica Casiraghi (ITA) | 231.390 | Julia Alter (GER) | 230.258 |
| 2012 | Michaela Dimitriadu (CZE) | 244.232 | Emily Gelder (GBR) | 238.875 | Cecile Nisson (FRA) | 234.524 |
| 2013 | Anne-Marie Vernet (FRA) | 229.393 | Cecile Nisson (FRA) | 227.618 | Sharon Law (GBR) | 226.107 |
| 2015 | Maria Jannson (SWE) | 238.964 | Patrycja Bereznowska (POL) | 233.395 | Annika Nilrud (SWE) | 230.054 |
| 2016 | Maria Jannson (SWE) | 250.647 | Patrycja Bereznowska (POL) | 241.633 | Agata Matejczuk (POL) | 232.285 |
| 2018 | Patrycja Bereznowska (POL) | 243.355 | Stine Rex (DEN) | 241.921 | Małgorzata Pazda-Pozorska (POL) | 240.697 |
| 2022 | Patrycja Bereznowska (POL) | 256.250 | Stéphanie Gicquel (FRA) | 253.581 | Małgorzata Pazda-Pozorska (POL) | 251.806 |

### Women's team

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2016 | Poland | 701.429 | Sweden | 691.656 | France | 655.332 |
| 2018 | Poland | 720.454 | Germany | 656.245 | United Kingdom | 645.069 |
| 2022 | Poland | 754.822 | France | 731.729 | Germany | 719.584 |