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
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)
Isaac Chemobo
Women's: 1:51:57 (2019)
Sylvia Medugu
Official siteLidingöloppet
Participants12,389 (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.

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.
Year Winner Nation Time (m:s)
2002Janet Ongera Kenya35:06
2003Flomena Chepchirchir Kenya35:32
2004Nancy Kiprop Kenya34:24
2005Susanne Wigene Norway33:27
2006Ida Nilsson Sweden34:22
2007Tigist Tufa Ethiopia34:44
2008Pauline Njeri Kenya34:16
2009Benita Willis Australia34:19
2010Isabellah Andersson Sweden35:03
2011Isabellah Andersson Sweden35:26
2012Perine Nengampi Kenya35:11
2013Perine Nengampi Kenya34:13
2014Ayantu Abera Ethiopia35:18
2015Webelam Ayele Ethiopia34:29

Women 15 km
Year Name Nation Time
1967Barbro Tano Sweden1:12:01
1968Viola Ylipaa Sweden1:05:34
1969Siv Larsson Sweden1:03:34
1970Siv Larsson Sweden1:02:31
1971Eva Olsson Sweden1:02:13
1972Irja Paukkonen-Pettinen Finland1:01:02
1973Inger Knutsson Sweden57:19
1974Irja Paukkonen-Pettinen Finland1:01:17
1975Inger Knutsson Sweden58:02
1976Grete Waitz Norway54:39
1977Grete Waitz Norway53:05
1978Grete Waitz Norway51:52
1979Grete Waitz Norway53:05
1980Grete Waitz Norway51:03
1981Grete Waitz Norway53:20
1982Grete Waitz Norway52:08
1983Grete Waitz Norway52:07
1984Grete Waitz Norway53:52
1985Grete Waitz Norway53:20
1986Grete Waitz Norway53:12
1987Ingrid Kristiansen Norway51:58
1988Grete Waitz Norway54:39
1989Angela Tooby Wales54:49
1990Angela Tooby Wales54:45
1991Yan-fang Wang China54:17
1992Tegla Loroupe Kenya53:22
1993Annemari Sandell Finland53:30
1994Tegla Loroupe Kenya53:23
1995Annemari Sandell Sweden52:34
1996Sara Wedlund Sweden51:15
1997Annemari Sandell Finland52:19
1998Annemari Sandell Finland53:52
1999Annemari Sandell Finland54:35
2000Stine Larsen Norway54:47
2001Gunhild Haugen Norway56:08

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

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