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: 1:51:57 (2019) Sylvia Medugu
Official site	Lidingöloppet
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.

Course records with green background.

Men 30 km 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

Women 30 km 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 Note: Although women were allowed to enter the 30 km before 1996, they had no competition class thus no winner was selected.

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

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

List of winners

• Civai, Franco & Fält, Birger (2011-09-28). Lidingoloppet 30 km + 10 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2012-01-09.

Media related to Lidingöloppet at Wikimedia Commons

• Lidingöloppet official website (press flag for English or Finnish)
• Lidingöloppet viewed in Google earth. (Requires free software installed)
• Map showing the running tracks of Lidingöloppet (PDF-file, 467 KB)
• The event at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)