# World Mountain Running Championships

The World Mountain Running Championships (World Mountain Running Trophy until 2008), is an international mountain running competition contested by athletes of the members of WMRA, World Mountain Running Association, the sport's global governing body.
The championships include a senior men, senior women, junior men and women events and the team events of these races.
It was first held in 1985 as the World Mountain Running Trophy before obtaining its current moniker in 2009.
The 2020 championships, which were scheduled for 13–14 November in Haria, Lanzarote, Spain, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (abbreviated WMTRC 2021), held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from November 4–6, 2022, combined the World Mountain Running Championships and IAU Trail World Championships.

## Editions

| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date |
| 1st | 1985 (details) | San Vigilio di Marebbe, Südtirol | Italy | 23 September |
| 2nd | 1986 (details) | Morbegno - Sondrio - Albosaggia, Lombardia | Italy | 5 October |
| 3rd | 1987 (details) | Lenzerheide - Valbella, Graubünden | Switzerland | 23 August |
| 4th | 1988 (details) | Keswick, Cumbria | United Kingdom | 15 October |
| 5th | 1989 (details) | Die - Châtillon-en-Diois, Drôme | France | 16 September |
| 6th | 1990 (details) | Telfes, Tirol | Austria | 15 September |
| 7th | 1991 (details) | Zermatt, Valais | Switzerland | 8 September |
| 8th | 1992 (details) | Valle di Susa, Piemonte | Italy | 30 August |
| 9th | 1993 (details) | Gap, Hautes-Alpes | France | 5 September |
| 10th | 1994 (details) | Berchtesgaden, Bayern | Germany | 4 September |
| 11th | 1995 (details) | Edinburgh, Scotland | United Kingdom | 10 September |
| 12th | 1996 (details) | Telfes, Tirol | Austria | 1 September |
| 13th | 1997 (details) | Úpice - Malé Svatoňovice, Hradec Králové | Czech Republic | 7 September |
| 14th | 1998 (details) | Dimitile, Réunion | France | 20 September |
| 15th | 1999 (details) | Mount Kinabalu Park, Sabah | Malaysia | 19 September |
| 16th | 2000 (details) | Bergen, Bayern | Germany | 10 September |
| 17th | 2001 (details) | Arta Terme, Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Italy | 16 September |
| 18th | 2002 (details) | Innsbruck, Tirol | Austria | 15 September |
| 19th | 2003 (details) | Girdwood, Alaska | United States | 20 September |
| 20th | 2004 (details) | Sauze d'Oulx, Piemonte | Italy | 4 September |
| 21st | 2005 (details) | Wellington | New Zealand | 25 September |
| 22nd | 2006 (details) | Bursa | Turkey | 10 September |
| 23rd | 2007 (details) | Ovronnaz, Valais | Switzerland | 15 September |
| 24th | 2008 (details) | Sierre - Crans Montana, Valais | Switzerland | 14 September |
| 25th | 2009 (details) | Madesimo - Campodolcino, Lombardia | Italy | 6 September |
| 26th | 2010 (details) | Kamnik - Velika Planina, Gorenjska | Slovenia | 5 September |
| 27th | 2011 (details) | Tirana | Albania | 11 September |
| 28th | 2012 (details) | Temù - Ponte di Legno, Lombardia | Italy | 2 September |
| 29th | 2013 (details) | Krynica-Zdrój, Małopolska | Poland | 8 September |
| 30th | 2014 (details) | Casette di Massa, Tuscany | Italy | 14 September |
| 31st | 2015 (details) | Betws-y-Coed, Wales | United Kingdom | 19 September |
| 32nd | 2016 (details) | Sapareva Banya, Kyustendil | Bulgaria | 11 September |
| 33rd | 2017 (details) | Premana, Lombardy | Italy | 30 July |
| 34th | 2018 (details) | Canillo | Andorra | 16 September |
| 35th | 2019 (details) | Villa La Angostura, Los Lagos | Argentina | 15 November |
| 36th & 1st (incl. Trail) | 2021 (hosted in 2022) (details) | Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai province | Thailand | 4-6 November |
| 37th & 2nd (incl. Trail) | 2023 (details) | Innsbruck-Stubai Alps, Tyrol | Austria | 7-10 June |

## Medals
### Men

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1985 | Alfonso Vallicella | Helmut Stuhlpfarrer | Fausto Bonzi |
| 1986 | Alfonso Vallicella | Helmut Stuhlpfarrer | Karl-Heinz Doll |
| 1987 | Jay Johnson | Helmut Stuhlpfarrer | Guido Dold |
| 1988 | Dino Tadello | Davide Milesi | Rod Pilbeam |
| 1989 | Jairo Correa | Costantino Bertolla | Luigi Bortoluzzi |
| 1990 | Costantino Bertolla | Florian Stern | Luigi Bortoluzzi |
| 1991 | Jairo Correa | Jean-Paul Payet | Francisco Sánchez |
| 1992 | Helmut Schmuck | Jean-Paul Payet | Costantino Bertolla |
| 1993 | Martin Jones | Dave Dunham | Michel Humbert |
| 1994 | Helmut Schmuck | Antonio Molinari | Ladislav Raim |
| 1995 | Lucio Fregona | Tommy Murray | Marco Toini |
| 1996 | Antonio Molinari | Severino Bernardini | Helmut Schmuck |
| 1997 | Marco De Gasperi | Davide Milesi | Thierry Breuil |
| 1998 | Jonathan Wyatt | Antonio Molinari | Guido Dold |
| 1999 | Marco De Gasperi | Richard Findlow | Gino Caneva |
| 2000 | Jonathan Wyatt | Hans Kogler | Alexis Gex-Fabry |
| 2001 | Marco De Gasperi | Emanuele Manzi | Billy Burns |
| 2002 | Jonathan Wyatt | Raymond Fontaine | Ranulfo Sánchez |
| 2003 | Marco De Gasperi | Florian Heinzle | Marco Gaiardo |
| 2004 | Jonathan Wyatt | Tesfayouhanis Mesfin | Raymond Fontaine |
| 2005 | Jonathan Wyatt | Gabriele Abate | Davide Chicco |
| 2006 | Rolando Ortiz | Jonathan Wyatt | Tesfay Felfele |
| 2007 | Marco De Gasperi | Yohannes Tesfay | Ermias Tesfazghi |
| 2008 | Jonathan Wyatt | Martin Toroitich | Ahmet Arslan |
| 2009 | Geofrey Kusuro | Azeria Teklay | James Kibet |
| 2010 | Samson Gashazghi | Azeria Teklay | Geoffrey Kusuro |
| 2011 | Max King | Ahmet Arslan | Martin Dematteis |
| 2012 | Petro Mamu | Azeria Teklay | Andrey Safronov |
| 2013 | Phillip Kiplimo | Geffrey Kusuro | Nathan Ayeko |
| 2014 | Isaac Kiprop | Daniel Rotich | Kibet Soyekwo |
| 2015 | Fred Musobo | Bernard Dematteis | Robbie Simpson |
| 2016 | Joseph Gray | Israel Morales | Ahmet Arslan |
| 2017 | Victor Kiplangat | Joel Ayeko | Fred Musobo |
| 2018 | Robert Chemonges | Joel Ayeko | Victor Kiplangat |
| 2019 | Joseph Gray | Cesare Maestri | Marek Chrascina |

### Women

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1985 | Olivia Grüner | Chiara Saporetti | Guidina Dal Sasso |
| 1986 | Carol Haigh | Valentina Bottarelli | Gaby Schütz |
| 1987 | Fabiola Rueda | Christiane Fladt | Guiliana Savaris |
| 1988 | Fabiola Rueda | Gaby Schütz | Isabelle Guillot |
| 1989 | Isabelle Guillot | Fabiola Rueda | Manuela Di Centa |
| 1990 | Beverley Redfern | Maria Cocchetti | Eroica Spiess |
| 1991 | Isabelle Guillot | Manuela Di Centa | Annie Mougel |
| 1992 | Gudrun Pflüger | Sarah Rowell | Sabine Stelzmüller |
| 1993 | Isabelle Guillot | Gudrun Pflüger | Carol Greenwood |
| 1994 | Gudrun Pflüger | Isabelle Guillot | Dita Hebelková |
| 1995 | Gudrun Pflüger | Isabelle Guillot | Nives Curti |
| 1996 | Gudrun Pflüger | Isabelle Guillot | Catherine Lallemand |
| 1997 | Isabelle Guillot | Jaroslava Bukvajová | Melissa Moon |
| 1998 | Dita Hebelková | Matilda Ravizza | Melissa Moon |
| 1999 | Rosita Rota Gelpi | Izabela Zatorska | Maree Bunce |
| 2000 | Angela Mudge | Birgit Sonntag | Izabela Zatorska |
| 2001 | Melissa Moon | Anna Pichrtová | Izabela Zatorska |
| 2002 | Svetlana Demidenko | Antonella Confortola | Izabela Zatorska |
| 2003 | Melissa Moon | Angela Mudge | Tracey Brindley |
| 2004 | Rosita Rota Gelpi | Anna Pichrtová | Andrea Mayr |
| 2005 | Kate McIlroy | Tracey Brindley | Anna Pichrtová |
| 2006 | Andrea Mayr | Martina Strähl | Isabelle Guillot |
| 2007 | Anna Pichrtová | Andrea Mayr | Laura Haefeli |
| 2008 | Andrea Mayr | Renate Rungger | Elisa Desco |
| 2009 | Valentina Belotti | Maria Grazia Roberti | Sarah Tunstall |
| 2010 | Andrea Mayr | Valentina Belotti | Martina Strähl |
| 2011 | Kasie Enman | Elena Rukhlyada | Marie Dumergues |
| 2012 | Andrea Mayr | Valentina Belotti | Morgan Arritola |
| 2013 | Alice Gaggi | Emma Clayton | Elisa Desco |
| 2014 | Andrea Mayr | Lucy Murigi | Allison McLaughlin |
| 2015 | Stella Chesang | Emily Collinge | Emma Clayton |
| 2016 | Andrea Mayr | Valentina Belotti | Christel Dewalle |
| 2017 | Lucy Murigi | Andrea Mayr | Sarah Tunstall |
| 2018 | Lucy Murigi | Maude Mathys | Viola Jelagat |
| 2019 | Grayson Murphy | Élise Poncet | Phillipa Williams |
* $^{nb}$ Italy's Elisa Desco was the original winner of the 2009 women's race but was later disqualified for erythropoietin (EPO).

### Men's short race (defunct)

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1985 | Kenny Stuart | Maurizio Simonetti | Luigi Bortoluzzi |
| 1986 | Maurizio Simonetti | Fausto Bonzi | Renato Gotti |
| 1987 | Fausto Bonzi | Luigi Bortoluzzi | Renato Gotti |
| 1988 | Alfonso Vallicella | Hanspeter Näpflin | Wolfgang Münzel |
| 1989 | Fausto Bonzi | Colin Donnelly | Martin May |
| 1990 | Severino Bernardini | Fausto Bonzi | Lucio Fregona |
| 1991 | John Lenihan | Marius Hasler | Woody Schoch |
| 1992 | Martin Jones | Renatus Birrer | Robin Bergstrand |

#### Team winner

| Year | Nation | Athletes |
| 1985 | Italy | Maurizio Simonetti, Luigi Bortoluzzi, Battista Scanzi, Stefano Visini |
| 1986 | Italy | Maurizio Simonetti, Fausto Bonzi, Renato Gotti, Pier Alberto Tassi |
| 1987 | Italy | Fausto Bonzi, Luigi Bortoluzzi, Renato Gotti, Alberto Tassi |
| 1988 | Italy | Alfonso Vallicella, Lucio Fregona, Claudio Galeazzi, Fausto Bonzi |
| 1989 | Italy | Fausto Bonzi, Claudio Galeazzi, Lucio Fregona |
| 1990 | Italy | Severino Bernardini, Fausto Bonzi, Lucio Fregona, Giovanni Rossi |
| 1991 | Switzerland | Marius Hasler, Woody Schoch, Renatus Birrer |
| 1992 | England | Martin Jones, Robin Bergstrand, Neil Wilkinson |

### Teams

In the team rankings, the score is scored considering the top three ranked for each nation (win the team with score fewer points, giving the score for the place scored). But medals are also assigned to the 4th eventual ranking of each country.

#### Men

| Edition | Country | Athletes |
| 1985 | Italy | Alfonso Vallicella, Fausto Bonzi, Claudio Simi, Privato Pezzoli |
| 1986 | Italy | Alfonso Valicella, Costantino Bertolla, Privato Pezzoli. Luigi Bortoluzzi |
| 1987 | Italy | Pio Tomaselli, Privato Pezzoli, Alfonso Vallicella, Claudio Galeazzi |
| 1988 | Italy | Dino Tadello, Davide Milesi, Luigi Bortoluzzi, Privato Pezzoli |
| 1989 | Italy | Costantino Bertolla, Luigi Bortoluzzi, Fabio Ciaponi |
| 1990 | Italy | Costantino Bertolla, Luigi Bortoluzzi, Fabio Ciaponi, Privato Pezzoli |
| 1991 | Italy | Costantino Bertolla, Davide Milesi, Marco Toini, Bortolo Saio |
| 1992 | France | |
| 1993 | Italy | Costantino Bertolla, Adriano Pezzoli, Antonio Molinari, Fabio Ciaponi, Battista Lizzoli, Lucio Fregona |
| 1994 | Italy | Galdino Pilot, Costantino Bertolla, Claudio Amati, Andrea Agostini, Roberto Barbi |
| 1995 | Italy | Lucio Fregona, Marco Toin, Antonio Molinari, Andrea Agostini, Roberto Barbi, Gino Caneva |
| 1996 | Italy | Antonio Molinari, Severino Bernardini, Lucio Fregona, Massimo Galliano, Costantino Bertolla, Claudio Amati |
| 1997 | Italy | Marco De Gasperi, Davide Milesi, Lucio Fregona, Antonio Molinari, Carmelo Traini, Danilo Bosio |
| 1998 | Italy | Antonio Molinari, Davide Milesi, Massimo Galliano, Lucio Fregona, Marco De Gasperi |
| 1999 | Italy | Marco De Gasperi, Gino Caneva, Lucio Fregona, Antonio Molinari, Simone Lenzi |
| 2000 | Italy | Sergio Chiesa, Massimo Galliano, Antonio Molinari, Roberto Calandro, Marco De Gasperi, Davide Milesi |
| 2001 | Italy | Marco De Gasper, Emanuele Manzi, Lucio Fregona, Alessio Rinaldi, Antonio Molinari, Andrea Agostini |
| 2002 | Italy | Marco Gaiardo, Antonio Molinari, Marco De Gasperi, Emanuele Manzi, Davide Milesi, Alessio Rinaldi |
| 2003 | Italy | Marco De Gasperi, Marco Gaiardo, Emanuele Manzi, Claudio Cassi, Alessio Rinaldi, Marco Agostini |
| 2004 | Italy | Marco Gaiardo, Marco De Gasperi, Davide Chicco, Gabriele Abate, Roberto Porro, Antonio Molinari |
| 2005 | Italy | Gabriele Abate, Davide Chicco, Marco Gaiardo, Emanuele Manzi, Alessio Rinaldi, Antonio Molinari |
| 2006 | Eritrea | |
| 2007 | Italy | Marco De Gasperi, Marco GaiardovGabriele Abate, Andrea Regazzoni, Marco Rinaldi, Davide Chicco |
| 2008 | Italy | Bernard Dematteis, Marco De Gasperi, Marco GaiardovGabriele Abatev Hannes Rungger, Emanuele Manzi |
| 2009 | Eritrea | |
| 2010 | Eritrea | |
| 2011 | Italy | Martin Dematteis, Bernard Dematteis, Marco De Gasperi, Gabriele Abate, Emanuele Manzi, Alex Baldaccini |
| 2012 | Eritrea | |
| 2013 | Uganda | |
| 2014 | Uganda | |
| 2015 | Italy | Bernard Dematteis, Martin Dematteis, Xavier Chevrier, Alex Baldaccini, Luca Cagnati, Alessandro Rambaldini |
| 2016 | United States | |
| 2017 | Uganda | |
| 2018 | Uganda | Robert Chemonges, Joel Ayeko, Victor Kiplangat |
| 2019 | Czech Republic | Marek Chrascina, Jan Janů, Jáchym Kovář |

#### Women

| Edition | Country | Athletes |
| 1985 | Italy | Chiara Saporetti, Guidina Dal Sasso, Valentina Bottarelli, Sonia Basso |
| 1986 | Switzerland | Gaby Schütz, Helene Eschler, Karin Möbes, Daniela Salvi |
| 1987 | Italy | Giuliana Savaris, Maria Cocchetti, Lucia Soranzo. Cristina Porta |
| 1988 | Switzerland | Gaby Schütz, Christine Tischhauser, Irmgard Steiner, Helen Eschler |
| 1989 | Italy | Manuela Di Centa, Maria Cocchetti, Giuliana Savaris, Maria Grazia Roberti |
| 1990 | Switzerland | |
| 1991 | Switzerland | |
| 1992 | Austria | |
| 1993 | Italy | Nives Curti, Maria Grazia Roberti, Valeria Colpo, Antonella Molinari |
| 1994 | France | |
| 1995 | France | |
| 1996 | France | |
| 1997 | France | |
| 1998 | Italy | Matilde Ravizza, Maria Grazia Roberti, Rosita Rota Gelpi, Pierangela Baronchelli |
| 1999 | Italy | Rosita Rota Gelpi, Flavia Gaviglio, Pierangela Baronchelli, Maria Grazia Roberti |
| 2000 | New Zealand | Melissa Moon, Megan Edhouse, Karen Murphy & Carlene McDonald |
| 2001 | Italy | Rosita Rota Gelpi, Pierangela Baronchelli, Flavia Gaviglio, Daniela Spilotti |
| 2002 | Italy | Antonella Confortola, Pierangela Baronchelli, Rosita Rota Gelpi, Vittoria Salvini |
| 2003 | Scotland | |
| 2004 | Italy | Rosita Rota Gelpi, Antonella Confortola, Flavia Gaviglio, Matilde Ravizza |
| 2005 | Italy | Vittoria Salvini, Maria Grazia Roberti, Pierangela Baronchelli, Elisa Desco |
| 2006 | United States | |
| 2007 | United States | |
| 2008 | Norway | |
| 2009 | Great Britain | |
| 2010 | Italy | Valentina Belotti, Antonella Confortola, Maria Grazia Roberti, Alice Gaggi |
| 2011 | Italy | Ornella Ferrara, Antonella Confortola, Alice Gaggi, Valentina Belotti |
| 2012 | United States | |
| 2013 | Italy | Alice Gaggi, Elisa Desco, Antonella Confortola, Samantha Galassi |
| 2014 | Italy | Alice Gaggi, Elisa Desco, Antonella Confortola, Renate Rungger |
| 2015 | Great Britain | |
| 2016 | Italy | Valentina Belotti, Alice Gaggi, Sara Bottarelli, Antonella Confortola |
| 2017 | United States | |
| 2018 | Kenya | Lucy Murigi, Viola Jelagat, Joyce Njeru, Purity Gitonga |
| 2019 | France | Élise Poncet, Christel Dewalle, Anaïs Sabrié, Mathilde Sagnes |