# 2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering

The 2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the fourth World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC), held in Portes du Soleil, Switzerland, from February 23 to February 29, 2008.
About 450 athletes of 29 nations participated. Compared to the former world masterships a long distance race was added.

## Results
### Nation ranking and medals

(without long distance ranking; all age groups)
| ranking | country | individual | individual | individual | individual | relay | relay | relay | relay | team | team | team | team | vertical race | vertical race | vertical race | vertical race | |
| ranking | country | points | | | | points | | | | points | | | | points | | | | total points |
| 1 | Italy | 3235 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 722 | 1 | 1 | | 1212 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1920 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7089 |
| 2 | France | 3176 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 638 | | | 2 | 1182 | 1 | | | 1935 | 3 | | 3 | 6931 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3236 | | 2 | 3 | 770 | 2 | 1 | | 1068 | | 1 | 1 | 1833 | | 4 | 2 | 6907 |
| 4 | Spain | 2627 | 2 | | | 642 | | 1 | 1 | 588 | | | | 1660 | 2 | | 2 | 5487 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 1426 | | | | 314 | | | | 378 | | | | 767 | | 1 | | 2885 |
| 6 | Germany | 1253 | | | | 346 | | | | 498 | | | | 750 | | | | 2847 |
| 7 | Andorra | 1285 | | | | 198 | | | | 438 | | | | 816 | | | | 2737 |
| 8 | Norway | 852 | | | | 442 | | | | 684 | | | | 624 | | | | 2592 |
| 9 | Slovakia | 1629 | | | | 192 | | | | | | | | 769 | | | | 2590 |
| 10 | Austria | 1382 | | | | 216 | | | | 168 | | | | 578 | | | | 2344 |
| 11 | Sweden | 874 | | | | 186 | | | | 324 | | | | 599 | | | | 1983 |
| 12 | Poland | 915 | | | 1 | 324 | | | | 174 | | | | 394 | | | | 1807 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 680 | | | | 162 | | | | 246 | | | | 563 | | | | 1651 |
| 14 | United States | 648 | | | | 156 | | | | 210 | | | | 346 | | | | 1360 |
| 15 | Slovenia | 584 | | | | 168 | | | | | | | | 403 | | | | 1155 |
| 16 | Greece | 490 | | | | 150 | | | | 114 | | | | 238 | | | | 992 |
| 17 | Argentina | 406 | | | | | | | | 12 | | | | 218 | | | | 636 |
| 18 | Chile | 248 | | | | 144 | | | | 12 | | | | 153 | | | | 557 |
| 19 | Canada | 345 | | | | | | | | | | | | 166 | | | | 511 |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 297 | | | | | | | | | | | | 166 | | | | 463 |
| 21 | New Zealand | 210 | | | | | | | | | | | | 106 | | | | 316 |
| 22 | China | 280 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 280 |
| 23 | Japan | 141 | | | | | | | | 18 | | | | 100 | | | | 259 |
| 24 | South Korea | 129 | | | | | | | | | | | | 88 | | | | 217 |
| 25 | Liechtenstein | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 86 | | | | 107 |
| 26 | Belgium | 66 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 66 |
| 27 | Romania | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | Venezuela | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Individual

Event held in Valerette on February 24, 2008
* starting point: Les Cerniers/Monthey
* altitude difference:
** ascent: 1,650m
** downhill: 1,650m
List of the best 10 participants by gender (incl. "Espoirs" level):
| Women ranking participant total time  Roberta Pedranzini 01h 51' 48"  Laëtitia Roux 01h 53' 30"  Francesca Martinelli 01h 55' 59" 4  Nathalie Etzensperger 01h 56' 49" 5  Gloriana Pellissier 01h 57' 26" 6  Séverine Pont-Combe 02h 01' 02" 7  Izaskun Zubizarreta 02h 05' 26" 8  Ariadna Tudel Cuberes 02h 07' 24" 9  Stefanie Koch 02h 08' 06" 10  Lydia Prugger 02h 08' 56" | Men ranking participant total time  Florent Perrier 01h 30' 03"  Florent Troillet 01h 32' 13"  Dennis Brunod 01h 32' 32" 4  Andreas Ringhofer 01h 33' 13" 5  Grégory Gachet 01h 35' 14" 6  Yannick Buffet 01h 35' 15" 7  Alexander Lugger 01h 35' 17" 8  Manfred Reichegger 01h 35' 20" 9  Marc Solá Pastoret 01h 35' 27" 10  Pierre Bruchez 01h 35' 28" |

### Relay

event held in Morgins on February 25, 2008
* altitude difference (ascent): 260m
List of the best 10 relay teams by gender (some teams included "Espoirs" level athletes):
Women
ranking
team
total time
 Nathalie Etzensperger/Gabrielle Magnenat/Marie Troillet/Séverine Pont-Combe
01h 28' 54"
 Gloriana Pellissier/Francesca Martinelli/Elisa Fleischmann/Roberta Pedranzini
01h 32' 31"
 Corinne Favre/Valentine Fabre/Véronique Lathuraz/Nathalie Bourillon
01h 34' 54"
4
 Lene Pedersen/Ellen Blom/Bodil Ryste/Marit Tveite Bystøl
01h 38' 27"
5
 Cristina Bes Ginesta/Gemma Arró Ribot/Izaskun Zubizarreta/Emma Roca Rodríguez
02h 04' 18" :
Men
ranking
team
total time
 Dennis Brunod/Manfred Reichegger/Denis Trento/Martin Riz
00h 58' 59"
 Pierre Bruchez/Martin Anthamatten/Florent Troillet/Didier Moret
01h 00' 14"
 Javier Martín de Villa/Manuel Pérez Brunicardi/Marc Solá Pastoret/Kílian Jornet Burgada
01h 02' 01"
4
 Nicolas Bonnet/Martial Premat/Sébastien Perrier/Adrien Piccot
01h 02' 36"
5
 Martin Bader/Andreas Kalß/Andreas Fischbacher/Alexander Lugger
01h 05' 10"
6
 Toni Steurer/Andreas Strobel/Stefan Klinger/Konrad Lex
01h 06' 32"
7
 Ola Berger/Ove-Erik Tronvoll/Ola Herje Hovdenak/Ole-Jakob Sande
01h 07' 10"
8
 Xavier Comas Guixé/Xavier Capdevila Romero/Joan Vilana Díaz/Joan Albós Cavaliere
01h 07' 34"
9
 Peter Svätojánsky/Miroslav Leitner/Jozef Hlavco/Juraj Laštík
01h 07' 36"
10
 Patrik Nordin/André Jonsson/Björn Gund/John Bergstedt
01h 08' 34" :

### Team

event held in Pointe de l'Au on February 26, 2008
* altitude difference:
** ascent: 1,940m
** downhill: 2,125m
List of the best 10 relay teams by gender (some teams included "Espoirs" level athletes):
| Women ranking team total time  Martinelli/Pedranzini 02h 23' 53"  Etzensperger/Pont-Combe 02h 25' 43"  Magnenat/Mabillard 02h 31' 35" 4  Favre/Bourillon 02h 32' 33" 5  Fabre/Lathuraz 02h 37' 18" 6  Koch/Graßl 02h 38' 26" 7  Zubizarreta/Roca Rodríguez 02h 38' 51" 8  Pedersen/Tveite Bystøl 02h 46' 36" 9  T. Lunger/Cuminetti 02h 46' 55" 10  Hook/Vikberg 02h 49' 59" | Men ranking team total time  F. Perrier/Pellicier 01h 55' 40"  H. Lunger/Giacomelli 01h 56' 16"  Brunod/Reichegger 01h 56' 17" 4  Gachet/Bon Mardion 02h 00' 18" 5  Martín de Villa/J. Bes Ginesta 02h 03' 24" 6  D. Blanc/P. Blanc 02h 03 47" 7  Murada/Holzknecht 02h 05' 25" 8  Marti/Willy 02h 05' 55" 9  Berger/Hovdenak 02h 06' 51" 10  Bonnet/Premat 02h 07' 06" |

### Vertical race

event held on February 28, 2008
* altitude difference (ascent): 870m
List of the best 10 participants by gender (incl. "Espoirs" level):
| Women ranking participant total time  Roberta Pedranzini 00h 43' 39"  Francesca Martinelli 00h 44' 49"  Nathalie Etzensperger 00h 45' 08" 4  Lydia Prugger 00h 45' 19" 5  Corinne Favre 00h 45' 23" 6  Véronique Lathuraz 00h 45' 26" 7  Ariadna Tudel Cuberes 00h 45' 30" 8  Laëtitia Roux 00h 45' 59" 9  Sophie Dusautoir Bertrand 00h 46' 27" 10  Gloriana Pellissier 00h 47' 16" | Men ranking participant total time  Florent Perrier 00h 35' 04"  Dennis Brunod 00h 35' 42"  Grégory Gachet 00h 35' 49" 4  Kílian Jornet Burgada 00h 35' 54" 5  Manfred Reichegger 00h 36' 06" 6  Agustí Roc Amador 00h 36' 31" 7  Sébastien Epiney 00h 36' 35" 8  Florent Troillet 00h 37' 05" 9  Ola Berger 00h 37' 10" 10  Alexandre Pellicier 00h 37' 17" |

### Long distance

event held on February 29, 2008
* altitude difference
** ascent (men / women): 3,200m / 2,500m
** downhill (men / women): 3,200m / 2,700m
List of the best 10 participants by gender:
| Women ranking participant total time  Francesca Martinelli 03h 15' 10"  Gabrielle Magnenat 03h 16' 51"  Nathalie Etzensperger 03h 21' 11" 4  Catherine Mabillard 03h 25' 20" 5  Nathalie Bourillon 03h 26' 30" 6  Veronika Swidrak 03h 31' 02" 7  Véronique Lathuraz 03h 32' 04" 8  Corinne Favre 03h 33' 38" 9  Izaskun Zubizarreta 03h 36' 36" 10  Emma Roca Rodríguez 03h 38' 44" | Men ranking participant total time  Guido Giacomelli 02h 54' 48"  Florent Perrier 02h 57' 47"  Kílian Jornet Burgada 02h 58' 38" 4  Florent Troillet 03h 00' 53" 5  Peter Svätojánsky 03h 01' 09" 6  Alexander Lugger 03h 01' 53" 7  Hansjörg Lunger 03h 05' 52" 8  Tony Sbalbi 03h 05' 55" 9  Marc Solá Pastoret 03h 05' 57" 10  Didier Moret 03h 06' 01" |

### Combination ranking

(vertical race, individual and team ranking)
List of the best 10 participants by gender:
| Women ranking participant  Roberta Pedranzini  Francesca Martinelli  Nathalie Etzensperger 4  Izaskun Zubizarreta 5  Marit Tveite Bystøl 6  Martina Hook 7  Lene Pedersen 8  Josefina Vikberg 9  Séverine Pont-Combe 10  Corinne Favre | Men ranking participant  Florent Perrier  Dennis Brunod  Grégory Gachet 4  Alexandre Pellicier 5  Manfred Reichegger 6  Ola Berger 7  Javier Martín de Villa 8  Johann Wieland 9  Florent Troillet 10  Toni Steurer |