Lidingöloppet
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.
| Lidingöloppet | |
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 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. | |
| Date | September |
| Location | Lidingö, Sweden |
| Event type | Cross country running |
| Distance | Long-distance |
| Primary sponsor | TCS |
| Established | 1965 |
| Course records | Men's: 1:33:33 (1998) Women's: 1:51:57 (2019) |
| Official site | Lidingöloppet |
| Participants | 12,389 (2019) |
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 last years stabilized around 30-35,000 participants. In the 2008 competition the number of participants was 34,475. 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
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Women 30 km
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Women 10 km
Stone set up to the memory of the birth of Lidingöloppet 1965 at Koltorps gärde. The stone was set up 1999.
Coordinates GPS, WGS 84:
59°21′36.60″N 18°10′36.01″E.
Coordinates GPS, WGS 84:
59°21′36.60″N 18°10′36.01″E.
| Year | Winner | Nation | Time (m:s) |
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| 2002 | Janet Ongera | | 35:06 |
| 2003 | Flomena Chepchirchir | | 35:32 |
| 2004 | Nancy Kiprop | | 34:24 |
| 2005 | Susanne Wigene |  | 33:27 |
| 2006 | Ida Nilsson |  | 34:22 |
| 2007 | Tigist Tufa |  | 34:44 |
| 2008 | Pauline Njeri | | 34:16 |
| 2009 | Benita Willis | .svg.png){kind=small} | 34:19 |
| 2010 | Isabellah Andersson | | 35:03 |
| 2011 | Isabellah Andersson | | 35:26 |
| 2012 | Perine Nengampi | | 35:11 |
| 2013 | Perine Nengampi | | 34:13 |
| 2014 | Ayantu Abera | | 35:18 |
| 2015 | Webelam Ayele | | 34:29 |
Women 15 km
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References
- 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
- Civai, Franco & Fält, Birger (2011-09-28). Lidingoloppet 30 km + 10 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2012-01-09.
External links
- 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 kByte).
- The event at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)
| En svensk klassiker |
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| Vasaloppet | Vätternrundan | Vansbrosimningen | Lidingöloppet |
European Athletics cross country permit meetings | ||
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