Lidingöloppet Explained

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Date:September
Location:Lidingö, Sweden
Type:Cross country running
Distance:Long-distance
Est:1965
Sponsor:TCS
Record:Men's: 1:33:33 (1998)
Isaac Chemobo
Women's: 1:51:57 (2019)
Sylvia Medugu
Participants:8,355 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

YearWinnerNationTime (h:m:s)
1965 1:52:21
1966 1:45:26
1967 1:50:44
1968 1:46:26
1969 1:41:58
1970 1:45:00
1971 1:41:45
1972 1:40:51
1973 1:38:21
1974 1:42:00
1975 1:40:10
1976 1:42:54
1977 1:42:18
1978 1:41:03
1979 1:38:05
1980 1:37:51
1981 1:40:56
1982 1:38:23
1983 1:39:34
1984 1:38:43
1985 1:38:25
1986 1:36:38
1987 1:38:17
1988 1:37:26
1989 1:36:10
1990 1:37:45
1991 1:38:41
1992 1:37:12
1993 1:37:29
1994 1:37:02
1995 1:36:01
1996 1:35:14
1997 1:35:16
1998 1:33:33
1999 1:36:01
2000 1:35:51
2001 1:39:49
2002 1:36:51
2003 1:37:29
2004 1:40:47
2005 1:37:39
2006 1:39:18
2007 1:40:44
2008 1:37:10
2009 1:39:42
2010 1:36:30
2011 1:34:54
2012 1:35:26
2013 1:35:23
2014 1:37:13
2015 1:37:37
2016 1:37:52
2017 1:38:47
2018 1:37:42
2019 1:37:55
2020 1:43:46
2021 1:36:56
2022 1:38:00
2023 1:39:11

Women 30 km

YearWinnerNationTime (h:m:s)
1996 2:05:20
1997 1:56:55
1998 2:05:53
1999 2:03:15
2000 2:10:26
2001 2:02:04
2002 1:53:13
2003 1:58:26
2004 1:54:43
2005 1:58:39
2006 2:00:00
2007 1:57:34
2008 1:53:20
2009 1:57:46
2010 2:00:40
2011 2:02:55
2012 1:59:54
2013 1:57:50
2014 1:57:28
2015 1:58:15
2016 1:56:54
2017 1:55:19
2018 1:53:00
2019 1:51:57
2020 2:04:43
2021 1:55:03
2022 1:54:57
2023 1:54:25

Women 10 km

Year Winner Nation Time (m:s)
2002 35:06
2003 35:32
2004 34:24
bgcolor=#A9F5A9 2005 bgcolor=#A9F5A9 bgcolor=#A9F5A9 bgcolor=#A9F5A9 33:27
2006 34:22
2007 34:44
2008 34:16
2009 34:19
2010 35:03
2011 35:26
2012 35:11
2013 34:13
2014 35:18
2015 34:29
2016 34:50
2017 33:54
2018 35:06
2019 37:13
2021 38:21
2022 39:14

Women 15 km

Year Name Nation Time
1967 1:12:01
1968 1:05:34
1969 1:03:34
1970 1:02:31
1971 1:02:13
1972 1:01:02
1973 57:19
1974 1:01:17
1975 58:02
1976 54:39
1977 53:05
1978 51:52
1979 53:05
bgcolor=#A9F5A9 1980 bgcolor=#A9F5A9 bgcolor=#A9F5A9 bgcolor=#A9F5A9 51:03
1981 53:20
1982 52:08
1983 52:07
1984 53:52
1985 53:20
1986 53:12
1987 51:58
1988 54:39
1989 54:49
1990 54:45
1991 54:17
1992 53:22
1993 53:30
1994 53:23
1995 52:34
1996 51:15
1997 52:19
1998 53:52
1999 54:35
2000 54:47
2001 56:08
2023 55:54

References

List of winners

External links

Notes and References

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