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Göteborgsvarvet
Göteborgsvarvet
	Runners at the 2010 edition of the race
Date	May
Location	Gothenburg, Sweden
Event type	Road
Distance	Half marathon
Established	1980; 45 years ago
Course records	Men's: 59:35 (2016); Richard Mengich [nl]; Women's: 1:07:58 (2017); Fancy Chemutai
Official site	Göteborgsvarvet
Participants	39,221 (2019)

Göteborgsvarvet (Swedish: [jœtɛˈbɔ̂rjsˌvarːvɛt]) is an annual half marathon running competition in Gothenburg, Sweden (often called the Gothenburg Half Marathon in English). It is the largest annual running competition in the world in terms of entries, with its 62,000 entries for the Göteborgsvarvet competition on 18 May 2013.^[1] In 2016, 64,500 people entered the race. The youngest runner was 17 years old and the oldest female runner 83 and male runner 87.

Its name is a word play; the Swedish language-word "varv" has a double meaning and can mean both lap and shipyard ("[skepps]varv"), as Gothenburg historically has been known as a shipyard town (Gothenburgers also particularly enjoy word-play-humour). ^{[citation needed]}

The race takes place in May, and has been organised annually since 1980. It starts outside, and finishes in, the old athletics arena Slottsskogsvallen in the Slottsskogen park. It takes off northwards over the large suspension bridge Älvsborg Bridge, follows the north bank to the Göta älv river, and returns over Hisingen Bridge, goes through the inner city, before reaching the finish.

The race has hosted the Swedish national championship race on five occasions (1995, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2016 and 2017).

The 2020 and 2021 editions were both cancelled because of the Coronavirus pandemic.^[2]^[3]

Past winners

Key: Course record Swedish national championship race

Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1980	Göran Högberg (SWE)	1:06:17	Midde Hamrin (SWE)	1:15:50
1981	Göran Högberg (SWE)	1:05:44	Evy Palm (SWE)	1:17:47
1982	Mats Erixon (SWE)	1:02:54	Grete Waitz (NOR)	1:09:57
1983	Tommy Persson (SWE)	1:04:40	Jeanette Nordgren (SWE)	1:14:54
1984	Mats Erixon (SWE)	1:03:14	Midde Hamrin (SWE)	1:10:46
1985	Mats Erixon (SWE)	1:04:35	Jeanette Nordgren (SWE)	1:13:44
1986	Mats Erixon (SWE)	1:03:41	Evy Palm (SWE)	1:12:11
1987	Mats Erixon (SWE)	1:03:37	Midde Hamrin (SWE)	1:13:24
1988	Håkan Börjesson (SWE)	1:05:13	Evy Palm (SWE)	1:14:19
1989	Francis Naali (TAN)	1:03:35	Elisabeth Johannesson (SWE)	1:17:16
1990	Francis Naali (TAN)	1:01:54	Midde Hamrin (SWE)	1:12:45
1991	Andrea Nade (KEN)	1:04:38	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	1:12:30
1992	Onesmo Ludago (TAN)	1:03:24	Suzanne Rigg (GBR)	1:13:26
1993	Francis Naali (TAN)	1:03:37	Ritva Lemettinen (FIN)	1:13:30
1994	Onesmo Ludago (TAN)	1:03:08	Ritva Lemettinen (FIN)	1:13:04
1995	Richard Nerurkar (GBR)	1:02:39	Ritva Lemettinen (FIN)	1:13:18
1996	Wilson Musto (KEN)	1:03:12	Aniela Nikiel (POL)	1:14:29
1997	Martin Ojuku (KEN)	1:01:44	Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)	1:09:50
1998	Fred Ntabo (KEN)	1:03:28	Nadesjda Iljina (RUS)	1:12:31
1999	Rachid Aït Bensalem (MAR)	1:02:18	Nadesjda Iljina (RUS)	1:11:47
2000	Phaustin Baha (TAN)	1:02:42	Stine Larsen (NOR)	1:09:28
2001	Pavel Loskutov (EST)	1:03:00	Stine Larsen (NOR)	1:11:07
2002	Mustafa Mohamed (SWE)	1:03:35	Lena Gavelin (SWE)	1:13:03
2003	Benjamin Rotich (KEN)	1:03:43	Meriem Wangari (KEN)	1:13:27
2004	Mustafa Mohamed (SWE)	1:04:03	Leah Kiprono (KEN)	1:18:06
2005	Silas Sang (KEN)	1:03:19	Susan Kirui (KEN)	1:12:34
2006	Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR)	1:02:14	Helena Javornik (SLO)	1:12:34
2007	Sylvester Teimet (KEN)	1:04:03	Kirsten Otterbu (NOR)	1:12:38
2008	Sylvester Teimet (KEN)	1:01:21	Kirsten Otterbu (NOR)	1:10:19
2009	Nicholas Kamakya (KEN)	1:01:55	Ana Dulce Félix (POR)	1:11:27
2010	Sammy Kirui (KEN)	1:01:10	Amane Gobena (ETH)	1:11:40
2011	Albert Matebor (KEN)	1:00:52	Joyce Chepkirui (KEN)	1:09:04
2012	Victor Kipchirchir (KEN)	1:00:25	Hilda Kibet (NED)	1:09:27
2013	Jackson Kiprop (UGA)	1:03:13	Isabella Ochichi (KEN)	1:11:29
2014	Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (ERI)	1:00:36	Worknesh Degefa (ETH)	1:10:12
2015	Richard Mengich (KEN)	1:00:44	Worknesh Degefa (ETH)	1:08:13
2016	Richard Mengich [nl] (KEN)	0:59:35	Violah Jepchumba (KEN)	1:08:01
2017	Geoffrey Yegon (KEN)	1:00:19	Fancy Chemutai (KEN)	1:07:58
2018	Shadrack Kimining (KEN)	1:01:31	Meseret Tola (ETH)	1:09:06
2019	Shadrack Kimining (KEN)	1:00:38	Tabitha Gichia (KEN)	1:08:18
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2022 ^[4]	Amos Kipruto (KEN)	1:00:50	Tigist Assefa (ETH)	1:08:20
2023^[5]	Edmond Kipngetich (KEN)	1.01.46	Susan Chembai (KEN)	1.10.40
2024^[6]	Moses Koech (KEN)	1:02:56	Janet Ruguru (KEN)	1:11:35

References

Hultman, Hans & Monti, Dave (24 May 2011). Göteborgsvarvet Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 30 July 2011.

^ "Sold out in the GöteborgsVarvet Half Marathon". Göteborgsvarvet. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
^ Olof Thorell (24 September 2020). "Så ska Göteborgsvarvet räddas" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
^ "Göteborgsvarvet ställs in" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ Göteborgsvarvet 2022 | Resultat: Results. (2022, May 21). Goteborgsvarvet.r.Mikatiming.Com. Retrieved May 22, 2022, from https://goteborgsvarvet.r.mikatiming.com/2022/?pid=leaderboard&pidp=leaderboard
^ "Dubbel kenyansk seger i Göteborgsvarvet" (in Swedish). SVT Nyheter. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ Amorina Ahlsell (18 May 2024). "Dubbla kenyanska segrar i Göteborgsvarvet" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 19 May 2024.