Lidingöloppet

Annual cross country running competition held in Lidingö, Sweden
Lidingöloppet
Lidingöloppet, Saturday September 27, 2008. Starting group 1A, B och C, 30 km men/women, some minutes after the start 12:30 pm from Koltorps gärde.
DateSeptember
LocationLidingö, Sweden
Event typeCross country running
DistanceLong-distance
Primary sponsorTCS
Established1965
Course recordsMen's: 1:33:33 (1998)
Kenya Isaac Chemobo
Women's: 1:51:57 (2019)
Kenya Sylvia Medugu
Official siteLidingöloppet
Participants8,355 finishers (2022)
5,328 finishers (2021)
12,389 (2019)

Lidingöloppet is an annual cross country running competition held in Lidingö, Sweden. The 30 km run has about 15,000 participants per year and the shorter races several thousands, making it the largest cross-country event in the world.[1] It is held the last weekend of September each year.

The initiative to arrange Lidingöloppet came from Karl Axel Karlberg and Sven Gärderud but the original idea to have a large competition for the average jogger comparable with Vasaloppet for cross country skiers, came from the sports magazine journalist Sven Lindhagen. In the first competition 1965, the number of participants was 644. The number of competitors grew rapidly as well as professional runners and has during the 2010s stabilized around 40,000 participants. In the 2022 competition the number of participants was 23,265. It is a tradition that long distance runners studying at Bosön sports training and education center participate at Lidingö. Tata Consultancy Services, a major IT company from India, is currently the primary sponsor of this event.

Winners

Course records with green background.

Men 30 km

Year Winner Nation Time (h:m:s)
1965 Berndt Ekström  Sweden 1:52:21
1966 Tim Johnston  United Kingdom 1:45:26
1967 Karl-Åke Asp  Sweden 1:50:44
1968 Rolf Hesselwall  Sweden 1:46:26
1969 Christopher Wade  Sweden 1:41:58
1970 Ingvald Midelf  Sweden 1:45:00
1971 Tapio Kantanen  Finland 1:41:45
1972 Reino Paukkonen  Finland 1:40:51
1973 Reino Paukkonen  Finland 1:38:21
1974 Rolf Hesselvall  Sweden 1:42:00
1975 Jukka Toivola  Finland 1:40:10
1976 Max Holmnäs  Sweden 1:42:54
1977 Jouni Kortelainen  Finland 1:42:18
1978 Lars Enkvist  Sweden 1:41:03
1979 Öivind Dahl  Norway 1:38:05
1980 Knut Kvalheim  Norway 1:37:51
1981 John Graham  United Kingdom 1:40:56
1982 Jarl Gaute Aase  Norway 1:38:23
1983 Öivind Dahl  Norway 1:39:34
1984 Knut Kvalheim  Norway 1:38:43
1985 Jarl Gaute Aase  Norway 1:38:25
1986 Suleiman Nyambui  Tanzania 1:36:38
1987 Tommy Ekblom  Finland 1:38:17
1988 Tommy Ekblom  Finland 1:37:26
1989 Douglas Wakiihuri  Kenya 1:36:10
1990 Simon Naali  Tanzania 1:37:45
1991 Boniface Merande  Kenya 1:38:41
1992 Benson Masya  Kenya 1:37:12
1993 Josphat Ndeti  Kenya 1:37:29
1994 Benson Masya  Kenya 1:37:02
1995 Paul Evans  United Kingdom 1:36:01
1996 William Musyoki  Kenya 1:35:14
1997 Isaac Chemobo  Kenya 1:35:16
1998 Isaac Chemobo  Kenya 1:33:33
1999 Barnabas Kosgei  Kenya 1:36:01
2000 Barnabas Kosgei  Kenya 1:35:51
2001 Francis Kirwa  Kenya 1:39:49
2002 Augustus Mbusya  Kenya 1:36:51
2003 Mustafa Mohamed  Sweden 1:37:29
2004 Mustafa Mohamed  Sweden 1:40:47
2005 Silas Sang  Kenya 1:37:39
2006 Johnstone Chebii  Kenya 1:39:18
2007 Joseph Kimisi  Kenya 1:40:44
2008 Mustafa Mohamed  Sweden 1:37:10
2009 Japhet Kipkorir  Kenya 1:39:42
2010 Japhet Kipkorir  Kenya 1:36:30
2011 Lewis Korir  Kenya 1:34:54
2012 Lewis Korir  Kenya 1:35:26
2013 Lewis Korir  Kenya 1:35:23
2014 Lewis Korir  Kenya 1:37:13
2015 William Morwabe  Kenya 1:37:37
2016 Japhet Kipkorir  Kenya 1:37:52
2017 Napoleon Solomon  Sweden 1:38:47
2018 Napoleon Solomon  Sweden 1:37:42
2019 Robel Fsiha  Sweden 1:37:55
2020 Linus Hultegård  Sweden 1:43:46
2021 Samuel Russom  Eritrea 1:36:56
2022 Samuel Tsegay  Sweden 1:38:00
2023 Diego Estrada  United States 1:39:11

Women 30 km

Year Winner Nation Time (h:m:s)
1996 Malin Ewerlöf-Krepp  Sweden 2:05:20
1997 Heléne Willix  Sweden 1:56:55
1998 Maria Andersson  Sweden 2:05:53
1999 Jennie Åkerberg  Sweden 2:03:15
2000 Annelie Södergårds  Sweden 2:10:26
2001 Malin Ewerlöf-Krepp  Sweden 2:02:04
2002 Lena Gavelin  Sweden 1:53:13
2003 Helena Olofsson  Sweden 1:58:26
2004 Lena Gavelin  Sweden 1:54:43
2005 Lena Gavelin  Sweden 1:58:39
2006 Lena Gavelin  Sweden 2:00:00
2007 Isabellah Andersson  Sweden 1:57:34
2008 Anna Rahm  Sweden 1:53:20
2009 Malin Ewerlöf-Krepp  Sweden 1:57:46
2010 Ulrika Johansson  Sweden 2:00:40
2011 Charlotte Karlsson  Sweden 2:02:55
2012 Sandra Eriksson  Finland 1:59:54
2013 Therese Olin  Sweden 1:57:50
2014 Annelie Johansson  Sweden 1:57:28
2015 Annelie Johansson  Sweden 1:58:15
2016 Maria Larsson  Sweden 1:56:54
2017 Maria Larsson  Sweden 1:55:19
2018 Sylvia Medugu  Kenya 1:53:00
2019 Sylvia Medugu  Kenya 1:51:57
2020 Hanna Kumlin  Sweden 2:04:43
2021 Sylvia Medugu  Kenya 1:55:03
2022 Sylvia Medugu  Kenya 1:54:57
2023 Carolina Johnson  Sweden 1:54:25
  • Note: Although women were allowed to enter the 30 km before 1996, they had no competition class thus no winner was selected.

Women 10 km

Stone commemorating the birth of Lidingöloppet 1965 at Koltorps gärde. The stone was erected in 1999.
Coordinates GPS, WGS 84:
59°21′36.60″N 18°10′36.01″E / 59.3601667°N 18.1766694°E / 59.3601667; 18.1766694.
Year Winner Nation Time (m:s)
2002 Janet Ongera  Kenya 35:06
2003 Flomena Chepchirchir  Kenya 35:32
2004 Nancy Kiprop  Kenya 34:24
2005 Susanne Wigene  Norway 33:27
2006 Ida Nilsson  Sweden 34:22
2007 Tigist Tufa  Ethiopia 34:44
2008 Pauline Njeri  Kenya 34:16
2009 Benita Willis  Australia 34:19
2010 Isabellah Andersson  Sweden 35:03
2011 Isabellah Andersson  Sweden 35:26
2012 Perine Nengampi  Kenya 35:11
2013 Perine Nengampi  Kenya 34:13
2014 Ayantu Abera  Ethiopia 35:18
2015 Webelam Ayele  Ethiopia 34:29
2016 Sylvia Mmboga Medugu  Kenya 34:50
2017 Sylvia Mmboga Medugu  Kenya 33:54
2018 Alemtsehay Asefa  Ethiopia 35:06
2019 Elisabet Clausén  Sweden 37:13
2021 Sofia Öberg  Sweden 38:21
2022 Madeleine Larsson  Sweden 39:14

Women 15 km

Year Name Nation Time
1967 Barbro Tano  Sweden 1:12:01
1968 Viola Ylipaa  Sweden 1:05:34
1969 Siv Larsson  Sweden 1:03:34
1970 Siv Larsson  Sweden 1:02:31
1971 Eva Olsson  Sweden 1:02:13
1972 Irja Paukkonen-Pettinen  Finland 1:01:02
1973 Inger Knutsson  Sweden 57:19
1974 Irja Paukkonen-Pettinen  Finland 1:01:17
1975 Inger Knutsson  Sweden 58:02
1976 Grete Waitz  Norway 54:39
1977 Grete Waitz  Norway 53:05
1978 Grete Waitz  Norway 51:52
1979 Grete Waitz  Norway 53:05
1980 Grete Waitz  Norway 51:03
1981 Grete Waitz  Norway 53:20
1982 Grete Waitz  Norway 52:08
1983 Grete Waitz  Norway 52:07
1984 Grete Waitz  Norway 53:52
1985 Grete Waitz  Norway 53:20
1986 Grete Waitz  Norway 53:12
1987 Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway 51:58
1988 Grete Waitz  Norway 54:39
1989 Angela Tooby  Wales 54:49
1990 Angela Tooby  Wales 54:45
1991 Yan-fang Wang  China 54:17
1992 Tegla Loroupe  Kenya 53:22
1993 Annemari Sandell  Finland 53:30
1994 Tegla Loroupe  Kenya 53:23
1995 Annemari Sandell  Sweden 52:34
1996 Sara Wedlund  Sweden 51:15
1997 Annemari Sandell  Finland 52:19
1998 Annemari Sandell  Finland 53:52
1999 Annemari Sandell  Finland 54:35
2000 Stine Larsen  Norway 54:47
2001 Gunhild Haugen  Norway 56:08
2023 Lovisa Kissa  Uganda 55:54

References

  1. ^ IAAF "Lidingöloppet – the longest and the largest cross country race in the world", International Association of Athletics Federations, accessed August 26th 2011
List of winners

External links

Media related to Lidingöloppet at Wikimedia Commons

  • Lidingöloppet official website (press flag for English or Finnish)
  • Lidingöloppet viewed in Google earth. (Requires free software installed)
  • Map showing the running tracks of Lidingöloppet (PDF-file, 467 KB)
  • The event at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)
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