Lidingöloppet facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 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.
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) Isaac Chemobo Women's: 1:51:36 (2024) Carolina Wikström
Participants	8,355 finishers (2022) 5,328 finishers (2021) 12,389 (2019)

Lidingöloppet is a big annual cross country running race held in Lidingö, Sweden. It's a competition where runners race across natural terrain like fields and forests. The main race is 30 kilometers long. About 15,000 people run this race every year. There are also shorter races that thousands of people join. This makes Lidingöloppet the largest cross-country running event in the world! It takes place every year on the last weekend of September.

The idea for Lidingöloppet came from a sports journalist named Sven Lindhagen. He wanted to create a big running event for everyday joggers, similar to the famous Vasaloppet ski race. The first Lidingöloppet was held in 1965. Only 644 people took part in that first race. Over the years, the number of runners grew quickly. By the 2010s, around 40,000 people were participating each year. In 2022, 23,265 people finished the race. Many long-distance runners who train at the Bosön sports center also join Lidingöloppet. A large IT company from India, Tata Consultancy Services, is the main sponsor of this event.

Race Winners

The course records are highlighted with a green background in the tables below.

Men's 30 km Race Year Winner Nation Time (h:m:s) 1965 Berndt Ekström  Sweden 1:52:21 1966 Tim Johnston  United Kingdom 1:45:26 1967 Karl-Åke Asp  Sweden 1:50:44 1968 Rolf Hesselwall  Sweden 1:46:26 1969 Christopher Wade  Sweden 1:41:58 1970 Ingvald Midelf  Sweden 1:45:00 1971 Tapio Kantanen  Finland 1:41:45 1972 Reino Paukkonen  Finland 1:40:51 1973 Reino Paukkonen  Finland 1:38:21 1974 Rolf Hesselvall  Sweden 1:42:00 1975 Jukka Toivola  Finland 1:40:10 1976 Max Holmnäs  Sweden 1:42:54 1977 Jouni Kortelainen  Finland 1:42:18 1978 Lars Enkvist  Sweden 1:41:03 1979 Öivind Dahl  Norway 1:38:05 1980 Knut Kvalheim  Norway 1:37:51 1981 John Graham  United Kingdom 1:40:56 1982 Jarl Gaute Aase  Norway 1:38:23 1983 Öivind Dahl  Norway 1:39:34 1984 Knut Kvalheim  Norway 1:38:43 1985 Jarl Gaute Aase  Norway 1:38:25 1986 Suleiman Nyambui  Tanzania 1:36:38 1987 Tommy Ekblom  Finland 1:38:17 1988 Tommy Ekblom  Finland 1:37:26 1989 Douglas Wakiihuri  Kenya 1:36:10 1990 Simon Naali  Tanzania 1:37:45 1991 Boniface Merande  Kenya 1:38:41 1992 Benson Masya  Kenya 1:37:12 1993 Josphat Ndeti  Kenya 1:37:29 1994 Benson Masya  Kenya 1:37:02 1995 Paul Evans  United Kingdom 1:36:01 1996 William Musyoki  Kenya 1:35:14 1997 Isaac Chemobo  Kenya 1:35:16 1998 Isaac Chemobo  Kenya 1:33:33 1999 Barnabas Kosgei  Kenya 1:36:01 2000 Barnabas Kosgei  Kenya 1:35:51 2001 Francis Kirwa  Kenya 1:39:49 2002 Augustus Mbusya  Kenya 1:36:51 2003 Mustafa Mohamed  Sweden 1:37:29 2004 Mustafa Mohamed  Sweden 1:40:47 2005 Silas Sang  Kenya 1:37:39 2006 Johnstone Chebii  Kenya 1:39:18 2007 Joseph Kimisi  Kenya 1:40:44 2008 Mustafa Mohamed  Sweden 1:37:10 2009 Japhet Kipkorir  Kenya 1:39:42 2010 Japhet Kipkorir  Kenya 1:36:30 2011 Lewis Korir  Kenya 1:34:54 2012 Lewis Korir  Kenya 1:35:26 2013 Lewis Korir  Kenya 1:35:23 2014 Lewis Korir  Kenya 1:37:13 2015 William Morwabe  Kenya 1:37:37 2016 Japhet Kipkorir  Kenya 1:37:52 2017 Napoleon Solomon  Sweden 1:38:47 2018 Napoleon Solomon  Sweden 1:37:42 2019 Robel Fsiha  Sweden 1:37:55 2020 Linus Hultegård  Sweden 1:43:46 2021 Samuel Russom  Eritrea 1:36:56 2022 Samuel Tsegay  Sweden 1:38:00 2023 Diego Estrada  United States 1:39:11 2024 Ebba Tulu Chala  Sweden 1:38:19

Women's 30 km Race Year Winner Nation Time (h:m:s) 1996 Malin Ewerlöf-Krepp  Sweden 2:05:20 1997 Heléne Willix  Sweden 1:56:55 1998 Maria Andersson  Sweden 2:05:53 1999 Jennie Åkerberg  Sweden 2:03:15 2000 Annelie Södergårds  Sweden 2:10:26 2001 Malin Ewerlöf-Krepp  Sweden 2:02:04 2002 Lena Gavelin  Sweden 1:53:13 2003 Helena Olofsson  Sweden 1:58:26 2004 Lena Gavelin  Sweden 1:54:43 2005 Lena Gavelin  Sweden 1:58:39 2006 Lena Gavelin  Sweden 2:00:00 2007 Isabellah Andersson  Sweden 1:57:34 2008 Anna Rahm  Sweden 1:53:20 2009 Malin Ewerlöf-Krepp  Sweden 1:57:46 2010 Ulrika Johansson  Sweden 2:00:40 2011 Charlotte Karlsson  Sweden 2:02:55 2012 Sandra Eriksson  Finland 1:59:54 2013 Therese Olin  Sweden 1:57:50 2014 Annelie Johansson  Sweden 1:57:28 2015 Annelie Johansson  Sweden 1:58:15 2016 Maria Larsson  Sweden 1:56:54 2017 Maria Larsson  Sweden 1:55:19 2018 Sylvia Medugu  Kenya 1:53:00 2019 Sylvia Medugu  Kenya 1:51:57 2020 Hanna Kumlin  Sweden 2:04:43 2021 Sylvia Medugu  Kenya 1:55:03 2022 Sylvia Medugu  Kenya 1:54:57 2023 Carolina Johnson  Sweden 1:54:25 2024 Carolina Wikström  Sweden 1:51:36 Note: Even though women could run the 30 km race before 1996, there was no official competition class for them, so no winner was chosen.

Women's 10 km Race

Year	Winner	Nation	Time (m:s)
2002	Janet Ongera	Kenya	35:06
2003	Flomena Chepchirchir	Kenya	35:32
2004	Nancy Kiprop	Kenya	34:24
2005	Susanne Wigene	Norway	33:27
2006	Ida Nilsson	Sweden	34:22
2007	Tigist Tufa	Ethiopia	34:44
2008	Pauline Njeri	Kenya	34:16
2009	Benita Willis	Australia	34:19
2010	Isabellah Andersson	Sweden	35:03
2011	Isabellah Andersson	Sweden	35:26
2012	Perine Nengampi	Kenya	35:11
2013	Perine Nengampi	Kenya	34:13
2014	Ayantu Abera	Ethiopia	35:18
2015	Webelam Ayele	Ethiopia	34:29
2016	Sylvia Mmboga Medugu	Kenya	34:50
2017	Sylvia Mmboga Medugu	Kenya	33:54
2018	Alemtsehay Asefa	Ethiopia	35:06
2019	Elisabet Clausén	Sweden	37:13
2021	Sofia Öberg	Sweden	38:21
2022	Madeleine Larsson	Sweden	39:14

Women's 15 km Race

Year	Name	Nation	Time
1967	Barbro Tano	Sweden	1:12:01
1968	Viola Ylipaa	Sweden	1:05:34
1969	Siv Larsson	Sweden	1:03:34
1970	Siv Larsson	Sweden	1:02:31
1971	Eva Olsson	Sweden	1:02:13
1972	Irja Paukkonen-Pettinen	Finland	1:01:02
1973	Inger Knutsson	Sweden	57:19
1974	Irja Paukkonen-Pettinen	Finland	1:01:17
1975	Inger Knutsson	Sweden	58:02
1976	Grete Waitz	Norway	54:39
1977	Grete Waitz	Norway	53:05
1978	Grete Waitz	Norway	51:52
1979	Grete Waitz	Norway	53:05
1980	Grete Waitz	Norway	51:03
1981	Grete Waitz	Norway	53:20
1982	Grete Waitz	Norway	52:08
1983	Grete Waitz	Norway	52:07
1984	Grete Waitz	Norway	53:52
1985	Grete Waitz	Norway	53:20
1986	Grete Waitz	Norway	53:12
1987	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	51:58
1988	Grete Waitz	Norway	54:39
1989	Angela Tooby	Wales	54:49
1990	Angela Tooby	Wales	54:45
1991	Yan-fang Wang	China	54:17
1992	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	53:22
1993	Annemari Sandell	Finland	53:30
1994	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	53:23
1995	Annemari Sandell	Sweden	52:34
1996	Sara Wedlund	Sweden	51:15
1997	Annemari Sandell	Finland	52:19
1998	Annemari Sandell	Finland	53:52
1999	Annemari Sandell	Finland	54:35
2000	Stine Larsen	Norway	54:47
2001	Gunhild Haugen	Norway	56:08
2023	Lovisa Kissa	Uganda	55:54
2024	Sara Schou Kristensen	Denmark	54:18

Images for kids

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  This stone was put up in 1999 to remember the start of Lidingöloppet in 1965 at Koltorps gärde.