ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship
Follow the 16th ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Championship on Sept. 5th
Press Release / 31.08.2022
ÖTILLÖ®, the Swimrun World Championship in the Stockholm archipelago is the race that started the sport of swimrun. The 16th edition of the prestigious race will see 160 teams of two from more than 20 countries.
They will trail run and open-water swim for 75 km across the beautiful Stockholm archipelago. ÖTILLÖ® will decide the 2022 Swimrun World Champions in the categories women, mixed and men. It is a gruelling, spectacular race, known as one of the toughest one-day races in the world.
ÖTILLÖ®, meaning "island to island" in Swedish, has become one of the most respected endurance races in the world. The course is hard and long. Technical trails, slippery rocks, and cold, sometimes rough swims with a lot of current is part of the demanding course of 65 km of running and 10 km of swimming, over and between 24 islands in the Stockholm archipelago.
The internationally growing swimrun movement saw its birth in 2006 when ÖTILLÖ® was conceived after a daring bet in the bar between four friends. The phenomena of alternating running and swimming on a natural course has grown to the new popular sport, swimrun. Athletes in all three categories men, women and mixed, are nowadays investing wholeheartedly in the sport and racing in competitions all year round on every continent.
Following the Race
This year the competitors are as hungry as ever to give it all they got to clinch the Swimrun World champion titles on Monday 5th of September.
ÖTILLÖ®, The Swimrun World Championship, can be followed live from start to finish on https://otilloswimrun.com/live where we will gather different feeds from the race. starting at 05:45 CET, Monday 5th of September.
You can see the race start list at: https://www.sportstiming.dk/event/10256/participants?page=1
Fast Facts
16th edition, Monday 5th of September
75 km running and swimming from dawn till dusk in the Stockholm archipelago
65 km of trail running
10 km of open water swimming in the Baltic Sea
Water temperature 13–18° C
24 islands to cross
50 changes between running and swimming
The swims are between 20 and 1 750 metres long
The runs are between 85 and 19 700 metres long
160 teams – three categories: women, mixed, men
Teams of two
21 nationalities from all over the world
Reigning World Champions (winners 2021):
MEN: Oscar Olsson (SWE) & Adriel Young (AUS), 7:38:43
MIXED: Desirée Andersson & Victor Dahl (SWE), 8:14:57
WOMEN: Helena Sivertsson & Kristin Larsson (SWE) 9:00:47
Course records:
MEN: 7:38:43 - Oscar Olsson (SWE) & Adriel Young (AUS) - 2021
MIXED: 8:14:57 - Desirée Andersson & Victor Dahl (SWE) - 2021
WOMEN: 8:56:26 - Kristin Larsson and Annika Ericsson (SWE) - 2018
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