Lidingöloppet is an annual Cross-country running competition held in Lidingö

Lidingö Municipality

Lidingö Municipality is a municipality just east of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lidingö...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. 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 . It is held the last weekend of September each year.

History

The initiative to arrange Lidingöloppet came from Karl Axel Karlberg och Sven Gärderud but the original idea to have a large competition for the average jogger comparable with Vasaloppet

Vasaloppet

Vasaloppet is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March in northwestern Dalarna, Sweden between the village of Sälen and town of Mora. It is the oldest, one of the longest, and in popular consideration the biggest cross-country ski race in the world...

 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

Bosön

Bosön is a sports complex on Lidingö outside Stockholm in Sweden, and the headquarters for the Swedish Sports Confederation. Several Swedish national teams have annual training camps at Bosön.- External links:*...

 sports training and education center participate at Lidingö.

Running track

• Lidingöloppet viewed in Google earth. (Requires free software installed).
• Map showing the running tracks of Lidingöloppet (PDF-file, 467 kByte).

Men 30 km

Year	Name	Nation	Time (h.m.s)
2010	Japhet Kipkorir	Kenya	1.36.30
2009	Japhet Kipkorir	Kenya	1.39.42
2008	Mustafa Mohamed Mustafa Mohamed Mustafa Hassan Mohamed is a Somali-Swedish long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase.-Biography:Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Mohamed moved to Sweden at the age of 11...	Sweden	1.37.10
2007	Joseph Kimisi	Kenya	1.40.44
2006	Johnstone Chebii Kemboi	Kenya	1.39.18
2005	Silas Sang Silas Sang Silas Kipngetich Sang is a Kenyan long-distance runner who mainly competes in half marathon competitions. He is a three-time winner of the Portugal Half Marathon and set his personal best of 1:00:20 hours at the race in 2009....	Kenya	1.37.39
2004	Mustafa Mohamed Mustafa Mohamed Mustafa Hassan Mohamed is a Somali-Swedish long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase.-Biography:Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Mohamed moved to Sweden at the age of 11...	Sweden	1.40.47
2003	Mustafa Mohamed Mustafa Mohamed Mustafa Hassan Mohamed is a Somali-Swedish long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase.-Biography:Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Mohamed moved to Sweden at the age of 11...	Sweden	1.37.29
2002	Augustus Mbusya	Kenya	1.36.51
2001	Francis Kirwa	Kenya	1.39.49
2000	Barnabas Kosgei	Kenya	1.35.51
1999	Barnabas Kosgei	Kenya	1.36.01
1998	Isaac Chemobo	Kenya	1.33.33
1997	Isaac Chemobo	Kenya	1.35.16
1996	William Musyoki	Kenya	1.35.14
1995	Paul Evans Paul Evans Paul Evans may refer to:*Paul Evans , British Olympic runner*Paul Evans , American college basketball coach*Paul Evans , Canadian ice hockey player in the National Hockey League who played for the Philadelphia Flyers*Paul Evans Paul Evans may refer to:*Paul Evans (athlete) (born 1961), British...	United Kingdom	1.36.01
1994	Benson Masya Benson Masya Benson Masya was a Kenyan long-distance runner and marathon specialist, who competed in the late 1980s and 1990s. He participated at the inaugural IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and finished in first place....	Kenya	1.37.02
1993	Josphat Ndeti	Kenya	1.37.29
1992	Benson Masya Benson Masya Benson Masya was a Kenyan long-distance runner and marathon specialist, who competed in the late 1980s and 1990s. He participated at the inaugural IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and finished in first place....	Kenya	1.37.12
1991	Boniface Merande Boniface Merande Boniface Merande is a retired Kenyan long-distance runner, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Four years later he finished in 14th position in the 1992 Olympic Marathon....	Kenya	1.38.41
1990	Simon-Robert Naali	Tanzania	1.37.45
1989	Douglas Wakiihuri Douglas Wakiihuri Douglas Wakiihuri is a former Kenyan long-distance runner, who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome. No other male Kenyan runner had ever won the marathon at World Championships or Olympic Games until 2007, when Luke Kibet became a world champion...	Kenya	1.36.10
1988	Tommy Ekblom Tommy Ekblom Tommy Uolevi Ekblom is a retired long-distance runner from Finland. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase. Ekblom set his personal best in that event in 1983...	Finland	1.37.26
1987	Tommy Ekblom Tommy Ekblom Tommy Uolevi Ekblom is a retired long-distance runner from Finland. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase. Ekblom set his personal best in that event in 1983...	Finland	1.38.17
1986	Suleiman Nyambui Suleiman Nyambui Suleiman Nyambui is a former athlete from Tanzania who won the silver medal in 5000 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Nyambui had dropped out of school after primary education. He became a fisherman in Ukerewe District Mwanza Region where his potential as a good athlete was spotted by the...	Tanzania	1.36.38
1985	Jarl Gaute Aase	Norway	1.38.25
1984	Knut Kvalheim Knut Kvalheim Knut Kvalheim is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner. He is the brother of Arne Kvalheim.He finished fourteenth at the 1974 European Championships , ninth at the 1976 Summer Olympics and ninth at the 1978 European Championships...	Norway	1.38.43
1983	Öivind Dahl	Norway	1.39.34
1982	Jarl Gaute Aase	Norway	1.38.23
1981	John Graham John Graham - Politics and history :*John de Graham , Scottish soldier*John Graham, Earl of Menteith*John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose , Scottish peer*John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose, , Scottish peer...	United Kingdom	1.40.56
1980	Knut Kvalheim Knut Kvalheim Knut Kvalheim is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner. He is the brother of Arne Kvalheim.He finished fourteenth at the 1974 European Championships , ninth at the 1976 Summer Olympics and ninth at the 1978 European Championships...	Norway	1.37.51
1979	Öivind Dahl	Norway	1.38.05
1978	Lars Enkvist	Sweden	1.41.03
1977	Jouni Kortelainen Jouni Kortelainen Jouni Ensio Kortelainen is a retired male long-distance runner from Finland. He represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon. He set his personal best in the classic distance on May 3, 1980, finishing in fourth place in Chemnitz...	Finland	1.42.18
1976	Max Holmnäs	Sweden	1.42.54
1975	Jukka Toivola Jukka Toivola Jukka Olavi Toivola was a male long-distance runner and teacher of chemistry from Finland.Born in Liperi, North Karelia, Toivola represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, finishing in 27th place...	Finland	1.40.10
1974	Rolf Hesselvall	Sweden	1.42.00
1973	Reino Paukkonen	Finland	1.38.21
1972	Reino Paukkonen	Finland	1.40.51
1971	Tapio Kantanen Tapio Kantanen Tapio Kantanen was a Finnish athlete, who mainly competed in the 3,000 metre steeple chase.He competed for Finland at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where he won the bronze medal in the 3,000 metres steeplechase event. He also competed in the 5,000 metres at Munich, but did not...	Finland	1.41.45
1970	Ingvald Midelf	Sweden	1.45.00
1969	Christopher Wade Christopher Wade Christopher Wade was an English Protestant martyr. His story is recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs.He was executed by burning in July 1555, on the same day as Margaret Polley, in Dartford, Kent. He had been condemned by Maurice Griffith, bishop of Rochester.-References:...	Sweden	1.41.58
1968	Rolf Hesselwall	Sweden	1.46.26
1967	Karl-Åke Asp	Sweden	1.50.44
1966	Tim Johnston	United Kingdom	1.45.26
1965	Berndt Ekström	Sweden	1.52.21

Women 30 km

Year	Name	Nation	Time
2010	Ulrika Johansson		2.00.40
2009	Malin Ewerlöf Krepp	Sweden	1.57.46
2008	Anna Rahm	Sweden	1.53.20
2007	Isabellah Andersson Isabellah Andersson Isabellah Andersson is a Swedish - Kenyan distance runner. She resides in Vilshult in Sweden, and since May 2009 is a Swedish citizen. She competes for the club Hässelby SK....	Sweden	1.57.34
2006	Lena Gavelin	Sweden	2.00.00
2005	Lena Gavelin	Sweden	1.58.39
2004	Lena Gavelin	Sweden	1.54.43
2003	Helena Olofsson	Sweden	1.58.26
2002	Lena Gavelin	Sweden	1.53.13
2001	Malin Ewerlöf Krepp	Sweden	2.02.04
2000	Annelie Södergårds	Sweden	2.10.26
1999	Jennie Åkerberg	Sweden	2.03.15
1998	Maria Andersson Maria Andersson Maria Eufrosyne Andersson is possibly the longest-lived Finn ever, dying at the claimed age of 117 years and 243 days, although her exact date of birth cannot be completely proven , because many of the documents located in her birth town were destroyed during the Second World War.Andersson started...	Sweden	2.05.53
1997	Heléne Willix	Sweden	1.56.55
1996	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	2.05.20

• 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

Year	Name	Nation	Time
2008	Pauline Njeri	Kenya	34.16
2007	Tigist Tufa	Ethiopia	34.44
2006	Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson is a Swedish long-distance runner.She finished 7th in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, where she set the Swedish national record .-External links:...	Sweden	34.22
2005	Susanne Wigene Susanne Wigene Susanne Wigene is a Norwegian middle and long distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres...	Norway	33.27
2004	Nancy Kiprop	Kenya	34.24
2003	Filomena Chepchirchir	Kenya	35.32
2002	Janet Ongera	Kenya	35.06

Women 15 km

Year	Name	Nation	Time
2001	Gunhild Halle Haugen Gunhild Halle Haugen Gunhild Haugen is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. She is the daughter of Per Halle, who was her coach as well. Haugen represented IL Runar....	Norway	56:08
2000	Stine Larsen Stine Larsen Stine Larsen is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon.In her younger days she won a bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the inaugural European Under 23 Championships in 1997, finishing behind Olivera Jevtic and Annemari Sandell. She finished twelfth at the 2000...	Norway	54:47
1999	Annemari Sandell	Finland	54:35
1998	Annemari Sandell	Finland	53:52
1997	Annemari Sandell	Finland	52:19
1996	Sara Wedlund	Sweden	51:15

External links

• Lidingöloppet official website (press flag for English or Finnish).