# 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 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.

### Women 10 km

| 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 15 km

| 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 |