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.^[1]

The 2020 championships, which were scheduled for 13–14 November in Haria, Lanzarote, Spain, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

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[3]
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).^[4]

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.^[5]

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