Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon

Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon
Date	June
Location	Tromsø, Norway
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon
Primary sponsor	SpareBank 1
Established	1990
Course records	Men's: 2:20:03 (2022) Ebrahim Abdulaziz Women's: 2:38:08 (2023) Yngvild Kaspersen
Official site	Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon
Participants	246 finishers (2021) 1,022 (2019)

Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon is the northernmost Association of International Marathons and Distance Races certified marathon in the world. The Midnight Sun Marathon is hosted annually by the Norwegian city of Tromsø in June each year.

Temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of northern Scandinavia. It was used as a shelter during the midnight sun marathon.

History

The Midnight Sun Marathon first started in 1990 and has runners from most of the world, attracted by its special feature of running in the midnight sun. The race starts and finishes at the city centre. The runners are facing the Tromsø Bridge after 2 km; an uphill from 6 to 43 meters over sea level. After running about 20 km the runners recross the bridge, and return through the city centre. The field record of the marathon is 2:38:22 for women and 2:20:56 for men.

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Course records

• Male: 2:20:03 - Ebrahim Abdulaziz (Norway) 2022
• Female: 2:38:08 - Yngvild Kaspersen (Norway) 2023

Winners

Key:   Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner Freh Zenebe	Time (h:m:s)
34th	2024	Ebrahim Abdulaziz (NOR)	2:21:29	Hanna Lindholm (SWE)	2:43:42
33rd	2023	Ebrahim Abdulaziz (NOR)	2:20:24	Yngvild Kaspersen (NOR)	2:38:08
32nd	2022	Ebrahim Abdulaziz (NOR)	2:20:03	Yngvild Kaspersen (NOR)	2:45:13
31st	2021	Frew Zenebe (ETH)	2:24:36	Trude Thomassen (NOR)	3:03:07
	2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
30th	2019	Ebrahim Abdulaziz (NOR)	2:20:31	Marthe Myhre (NOR)	2:50:49
29th	2018	Ebrahim Abdulaziz (NOR)	2:23:00	Marianne Dønnem (NOR)	3:09:31
28th	2017	Frew Zenebe (ETH)	2:26:30	Nina Kreisherr (GER)	3:00:32
27th	2016	Matthew Sigei (KEN)	2:31:55	Leah Kusar (KEN)	2:59:35
26th	2015	Anthony Mugo (KEN)	2:26:15	Claire Grima (GBR)	2:49:07
25th	2014	Martin Kjäll-Ohlsson (NOR)	2:28:54	Maria Venås (NOR)	2:46:46
24th	2013	Kristoffer Österlund (SWE)	2:25:20	Josephine Ambjörnsson (SWE)	2:53:33
23rd	2012	Tomas Bereket (ERI)	2:29:37	Marthe Myhre (NOR)	2:45:13
22nd	2011	Jens-Kristian Berg (NOR)	2:34:17	Mari Brox (NOR)	2:58:01
21st	2010	David Kanyari (KEN)	2:28:42	Mari Brox (NOR)	2:59:17
20th	2009	Samwel Kiprotich (KEN)	2:31:20	Anne Hodne (NOR)	2:47:15
19th	2008	Samwel Kiprotich (KEN)	2:23:14	Mona Rydland (NOR)	3:17:51
18th	2007	David Kanyari (KEN)	2:36:19	Elena Babenko (UKR)	3:15:30
17th	2006	Jens-Kristian Berg (NOR)	2:43:12	Cinta Groos (NED)	3:18:20
16th	2005	Runar Höiom (SWE)	2:36:11	Sharon Broadwell (NOR)	2:54:45
15th	2004	Knut Aalien (NOR)	2:27:48	Sharon Broadwell (NOR)	2:59:55
14th	2003	Egil Skarpsno (NOR)	2:30:25	Kristin Thorkellsdottir (NOR)	3:22:42
13th	2002	Salvatore Calderone (ITA)	2:24:24	Trude Kvanli (NOR)	3:27:25
12th	2001	Tor-Erik Nyquist (NOR)	2:25:11	Brynhild Synstnes (NOR)	2:38:22
11th	2000	Gjermund Hanssen (NOR)	2:33:25	Ingvill Holden (NOR)	3:27:20
10th	1999	Tor-Erik Nyquist (NOR)	2:26:48	Gitte Karlshøj (DEN)	2:46:03
9th	1998	Egil Skarpsno (NOR)	2:29:26	Gitte Karlshøj (DEN)	2:42:12
8th	1997	Abderrahim Goumri (MAR)	2:30:54	Monica Casiraghi (ITA)	3:04:25
7th	1996	Knut Hegvold (NOR)	2:20:56	Trine Jørgensen (NOR)	3:07:09
6th	1995	Ole-Petter Hjelle (NOR)	2:23:51	Trine Jørgensen (NOR)	3:13:33
5th	1994	Terje Hole (NOR)	2:23:49	Anita Bergdal (NOR)	2:54:55
4th	1993	Terje Hole (NOR)	2:23:21	Romy Lindner (GER)	2:47:25
3rd	1992	Jarmo Rundgren (FIN)	2:26:12	Sigrid Renna (NOR)	2:54:23
2nd	1991	Øyvind Trongmo (NOR)	2:29:33	Sigrid Renna (NOR)	2:53:13
1st	1990	Eimund Aamodt (NOR)	2:30:13	Sigrid Renna (NOR)	2:49:08

See also

• Midnight Sun Run

External links

• Official pages online in Norwegian and English
• Picture Gallery