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. 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 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

Women 30 km

YearWinnerNationTime
2002Janet Ongera35:06
2003Flomena Chepchirchir35:32
2004Nancy Kiprop34:24
2005Susanne Wigene33:27
2006Ida Nilsson34:22
2007Tigist Tufa34:44
2008Pauline Njeri34:16
2009Benita Willis34:19
2010Isabellah Andersson35:03
2011Isabellah Andersson35:26
2012Perine Nengampi35:11
2013Perine Nengampi34:13
2014Ayantu Abera35:18
2015Webelam Ayele34:29

Women 15 km