The Stockholm Marathon, known as the adidas Stockholm Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon arranged in Stockholm, Sweden, since 1979. It serves as the Swedish marathon championship race. More than 20 000 runners ran in the 2026 Stockholm Marathon, with around 19 000 finishing. The marathon is categorized as a Bronze Label Road Race by World Athletics.

Course

The marathon starts adjacent to the 1912 Olympic Stadium and consists of two loops around the city, finishing with a three-quarter lap around the tracks of the Olympic Stadium. Until and including the 2009 edition, the two loops around the city differed only slightly from each other, but the major part of the loops were identical. However, from 2010 the route was changed somewhat to make the loops more different from each other. Most notably, the first loop is now shorter, thus minimizing the number of trailing runners that the elite runners have to lap.

Date The marathon normally takes place at the end of May or the beginning of June. It is held on a Saturday afternoon, thus distinguishing it from the majority of city marathons (London, New York, Paris) which take place on Sunday mornings, to minimise disruption to the city. This leads to a risk in some editions being held in considerable heat, and indeed has been, as with the 2018 marathon where temperatures reached around in certain areas.

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.https://marathongruppen.se/stockholmmarathon-corona/ The 2021 competition was postponed as well, and ended up held on Saturday, 9 October.

Reception The book The Ultimate Guide to International Marathons ranks the Stockholm Marathon as the best marathon in the world.

Winners In the case of Swedish runners, the runner's club is also mentioned. Key:

Men Year Athlete Country Time 1979 Jukka Toivola 2:17:35 1980 Jeff Wells 2:15:49 1981 Bill Rodgers 2:13:26 1982 Kjell-Erik Ståhl - Hässleholms AIS 2:19:20 1983 Hugh Jones 2:11:37 1984 Agapius Masong 2:13:47 1985 Tommy Persson - Heleneholms IF 2:17:18 1986 Kjell-Erik Ståhl - Enhörna IF 2:12:33 1987 Kevin Forster 2:13:52 1988 Suleiman Nyambui 2:14:26 1989 Dave Clarke 2:13:34 1990 Simon Naali 2:13:04 1991 Åke Eriksson - Hässelby SK 2:12:38 1992 Hugh Jones 2:15:58 1993 Daniel Mbuli 2:16:30 1994 Tesfaye Bekele 2:14:06 1995 Åke Eriksson - Hässelby SK 2:14:29 1996 Tesfaye Bekele 2:15:05 1997 Benson Masya 2:17:22 1998 Martin Ojuko 2:16:12 1999 Alfred Shemweta - Flemingsbergs SK 2:14:52 2000 Alfred Shemweta - Flemingsbergs SK 2:18:49 2001 Anders Szalkai - Spårvägens FK 2:18:17 2002 Mytahar Echchadi 2:18:20 2003 Josphat Chemjor 2:18:14 2004 Joseph Riri 2:16:12 2005 Kasirayi Sita 2:13:28 2006 Philipp Bandawe 2:17:01 2007 Philipp Bandawe 2:20:56 2008 Willy Korir 2:16:03 2009 Paul Kogo 2:15:34 2010 Joseph Lagat 2:12:48 2011 Shume Gerbaba 2:14:07 2012 Methkal Abu Drais 2:19:16 2013 Shume Gerbaba 2:16:13 2014 Benjamin Bitok 2:13:21 2015 Yekeber Bayabel 2:18:22 2016 Stanley Koech 2:10:58 2017 Abrha Milaw 2:11:36 2018 Lawi Kiptui 2:13:30 2019 Nigussie Sahlesilassie 2:10:10 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic 2021 Fikadu Teferi 2:12:23 2022 Felix Kirwa 2:11:08 2023 Ashenafi Moges 2:10:32 2024 Fredrick Kibii 2:14:17 2025 Onemus Kiplagat Kiplimo 2:11:34 2026 Edwin Kiptoo 2:10:46

Women Year Athlete Country Time 1979 Heide Brenner 2:47:06 1980 Ingrid Kristiansen 2:38:45 1981 Ingrid Kristiansen 2:41:34 1982 Ingrid Kristiansen 2:34:26 1983 Tuulikki Räisänen - Enhörna IF 2:36:58 1984 Ria Van Landeghem 2:34:13 1985 Jeanette Nordgren - IK Vikingen 2:36:43 1986 Evy Palm - Mölndals AIK 2:34:42 1987 Evy Palm - Mölndals AIK 2:35:14 1988 Grete Waitz 2:28:24 1989 Evy Palm - Mölndals AIK 2:33:26 1990 Midde Hamrin - Mölndals AIK 2:37:07 1991 Midde Hamrin - Mölndals AIK 2:36:15 1992 Linda Milo 2:39:10 1993 Grete Kirkeberg 2:37:58 1994 Irina Sklarenko Ukraine 2:40:34 1995 Ingmarie Nilsson - Ullevi Friidrott 2:33:03 1996 Grete Kirkeberg 2:36:40 1997 Anita Håkenstad 2:33:26 1998 Grete Kirkeberg 2:37:39 1999 Marie Söderström-Lundberg - Hässelby SK 2:36:55 2000 Marie Söderström-Lundberg - Hässelby SK 2:37:57 2001 Esther Kiplagat 2:29:55 2002 Lena Gavelin - BIF Jamtrennarna 2:33:48 2003 Marie Söderström-Lundberg - Hässelby SK 2:35:07 2004 Rita Jeptoo 2:35:14 2005 Tina María Ramos 2:41:31 2006 Anna Rahm - Rånäs 2:36:35 2007 Kirsten Otterbu 2:37:02 2008 Isabellah Andersson - Hässelby SK 2:34:14 2009 Isabellah Andersson - Hässelby SK 2:33:52 2010 Isabellah Andersson - Hässelby SK 2:31:35 2011 Isabellah Andersson - Hässelby SK 2:37:28 2012 Derebe Godana 2:40:19 2013 Isabellah Andersson - Hässelby SK 2:33:49 2014 Isabellah Andersson - Hässelby SK 2:32:28 2015 Isabellah Andersson - Hässelby SK 2:34:14 2016 Jane Onyangi 2:31:45 2017 Konjit Tilahun 2:35:45 2018 Mikaela Larsson 2:40:28 2019 Aberash Fayesa 2:33:38 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic 2021 Atalel Anmut 2:29:03 2022 Tsige Haileslase 2:31:48 2023 Sifan Melaku 2:30:44 2024 Marion Kibor 2:31:46 2025 Shewarge Alene 2:30:38 2026 Rebeca Chesir 2:30:58

Notes

References

List of winners Heyworth, Malcolm & Fält, Birger (8 June 2009). Stockholm Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 27 May 2011.

External links

Marathon Info profile Stockholm Marathon at SVT's open archive