Broloppet ( da, Broløbet; the Bridge Run) was a running event that took place on the

Øresund Bridge The Öresund or Øresund Bridge ( da, Øresundsbroen ; sv, Öresundsbron ; hybrid name: ) is a combined railway and motorway bridge across the Øresund strait between Denmark and Sweden. It is the longest in Europe with both roadway and rai ...

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

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ahead of

Göteborgsvarvet 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 ent ...

() and the

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(). 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 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as ...

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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

Amager Amager ( or, especially among older speakers, ) in the Øresund is Denmark's most densely populated island, with more than 212,000 inhabitants (January 2021) a small appendage to Zealand. The protected natural area of ''Naturpark Amager'' (includi ...

, continued through the tunnel under the artificial island of

Peberholm Peberholm ( , sv, Pepparholm, links=no ()), is a small artificial island in the Danish part of the Øresund strait, created as part of the Øresund Bridge connecting Denmark with Sweden. Peberholm lies approximately 1 km south of the small n ...

, over the Öresund Bridge to the finish in

Limhamn Limhamn () is, in an administrative sense, the southern district of Malmö Municipality in Sweden. Before 1915, Limhamn was (briefly) a town of its own. The population of Limhamn-Bunkeflo (including suburbs) is 31,000, of which 7,000 live in th ...

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 populat ...

. 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

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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 ...

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Róbert Štefko Róbert Štefko (born 28 May 1968) is a retired Slovak long-distance runner. He finished fourth in the 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres in a time of 28:08.02, less than 2 seconds behind the winner Abel Antón of S ...

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Gezahegne Abera Gezahegne Abera ( Amharic: ገዛሄኘ አበራ; born April 23, 1978) is an Ethiopian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Born in Etya, Arsi Province, Gezahegne's first international competition was the ...

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Women

Restituta Joseph Restituta Joseph Kemi (born 30 July 1971 in Singida) is a Tanzanian long-distance runner. She twice carried the flag for Tanzania at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics: in 2000 and 2004. She was the 1997 and 1999 winner of the Corrida ...

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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 *1998 ...

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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 ...

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Maria Guida Maria Guida (born 23 January 1966 in Vico Equense) is an Italian long-distance runner. Biography Maria Guida won one important medal, at individual level, at the International athletics competitions (gold medal at the European Championships in th ...

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References

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