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Midnattsloppet (Swedish for "The Midnight Run") is a running competition organised in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö in Sweden, as well as Helsinki in Finland, by Midnattsloppet Nordic AB, a daughter company of Hammarby IF.〔(Företagsinformation på www.121.nu ). Accessed 16 August 2010.〕 ==Stockholm== The first Midnattsloppet run was held in Södermalm in Stockholm in 1982 and has been held annually since. The length of the run varied until 1995, when it was set at 10 kilometres. In recent years, the run has been controlled by officially licensed referees. The run is held on a Saturday at the beginning of August every year. Since 2011, the first group starts at 21:30,〔(Midnattsloppet home page ). Accessed 22 July 2011.〕 before that it started at 22:00. The number of participants varies between 15 thousand and 22 thousand, but the number of spectators is usually much greater. For children and youths, the Lilla midnattsloppet ("little midnight run") is held at 20:00 on the same evening. It started as Middagsloppet ("mid-day run") in 1990, and has since been shifted to the evening.〔 The starting place for Midnattsloppet in Stockholm has been at Zinkendamms IP and Ringvägen in the south since 1991, the goal is at Hornsgatan in the west near Roselundsgatan.〔 Since 2004, Midnattsloppet has been held together with Riddarfjärdssimningen on the same day, both competitions belong to the Stockholm 2atlon.〔(History of Riddarfjärdssimningen )〕 In 2010, the run was held on an unusually warm and humid day. Two runners died during the run. A 26-year-old collapsed upon reaching the goal near Zinkendamms IP, and a 50-year-old man couldn't survive going along a sloping street towards the Sofia Church. He had a heart attack and died while being transported to Södersjukhuset in an ambulance. Many other runners had to be hospitalised because of dehydration.〔(Löpare dog under midnattsloppet ). DN.se, 15 August 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Midnattsloppet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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