Göteborgsvarvet
Sign in to saveGöteborgsvarvet () 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. 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.
Key facts
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- Runners at the 2010 edition of the race
- Athletics race.date
- May
- Athletics race.location
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- Athletics race.type
- Road
- Athletics race.distance
- Half marathon
- Athletics race.participants
- 39,221 (2019)
- Athletics race.record
- Men's: 59:35 (2016) Women's: 1:07:58 (2017) Fancy Chemutai
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- half marathon
- Country
- Sweden
- Location
- Gothenburg
- Sport
- athletics
- Official website
- www.goteborgsvarvet.se
- Image
- Göteborgsvarvet2010.JPG
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- Commons category
- Göteborgsvarvet
- inception
- 1980-00-00
- month of the year
- May
- number of viewers/listeners
- 1234208
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Past winners
- References
- External links
Göteborgsvarvet () 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. 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).
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