Broloppet ( da, Broløbet; the Bridge Run) was a running event that took place on the Øresund Bridge between 2000 and 2006. The event was organized by MAI and Sparta Atletik. The first event took place on 12 June 2000. With over entrants and finishers it remains one of the largest running events ever held, and the world's largest half marathon ahead of

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() and the Great North Run (). The first race, which was won by

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n runner

Tesfaye Tola Tesfaye Tola (born 19 October 1974) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning a bronze medal in marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The next year he finished fourth at the 2001 World Championships, and fifth in the World Hal ...

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"Broloppet Half-Marathon: World's Largest First-Time Race 96,000 entrants; 80,000 starters"
only three months before he won the

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at the

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, started at the Danish end of the bridge on the island of

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, continued through the tunnel under the artificial island of Peberholm, over the Öresund Bridge to the finish in Limhamn in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal popul ...

. The competition was originally meant to be a one-time event to celebrate the opening of the Öresund Bridge, but it continued on for six more years until it ended in 2006. On 12 June 2010 the race was revived as part of the 10th anniversary of the Øresund Bridge. The race distance was the same as the original.

Race results

Men

, , 59:51
2. Philip Rugut, , 1:00:00
3.

Phaustin Baha Sulle Phaustin Baha Sulle (born 30 May 1982 in Arusha) is a Tanzanian long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon and marathon. He won the silver medal at the 2000 World Half Marathon Championships. In 1999 he won the Paris Half Marathon ...

, , 1:00:05
4. Róbert Štefko, , 1:00:29
5. Gezahegne Abera, , 1:00:30

Women

1. Restituta Joseph, , 1:07:59
2.

Joyce Chepchumba Joyce Chepchumba (born 6 November 1970 in Kericho) is a long distance athlete from Kenya. Achievements *1995 ** Tilburg Ten Miles winner ** Parelloop 10Kwinner Arrs.netList of Parelloop winners/ref> *1997 **London Marathon winner *199 ...

, , 1:08:18
3.

Lyubov Morgunova Lyubov Vasilyevna Morgunova (russian: Любовь Васильевна Моргунова; born 14 January 1971 in Tatarstan) is a long-distance runner from Russia. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 S ...

, , 1:08:45
4. Abeba Tola, , 1:08:48
5. Maria Guida, , 1:09:00

References

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