The 2013 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 6 July at Borovets in Sofia, Bulgaria. The competition featured four individual races: The men's race was 11.8 km long and with an ascent of 1152 m, the women's and junior men's races were 8.8 km long with an ascent of 1072 m. and the junior women's race was 3.5 km long with an ascent of 530 m.
In the men's race, Bernard Dematteis ended Ahmet Arslan's six year winning streak by finishing first, over a minute ahead of Alex Baldaccini who finished second and Arslan who finished third. In the women's race, Andrea Mayr won her second title, beating Valentina Belotti and Mateja Kosovelj by 1 minute 5 seconds and 1 minute 18 seconds respectively. In total 217 athletes from 27 countries participated.
Results Men Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Bernard Dematteis56:30 Alex Baldaccini57:35 Ahmet Arslan57:47 4Xavier Chevrier58:01 5Steve Vernon58:33 6Enrique Meneses58:50 7 Robert Krupicka58:52 8Chris Smith59:12
Women Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s) Andrea Mayr51:49 Valentina Belotti52:54 Mateja Kosovelj53:08 4Elisa Desco53:42 5Renate Runnger54:05 6Emma Clayton55:16 7 Christel Dewalle56:01 8Bernadette Meier56:12
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