Ö TILL Ö is a unique race in a unique environment. Teams of two race together from island to island (Ö till Ö). The teams swim between the islands and run on them. The total distance is 64 kilometres of which 10 km are swimming and 54 km are running.

The course starts by the Seglarhotel in Sandhamn and finishes at Utö Värdshus on Utö. The course passes the big islands of Runmarö, Nämdö and Ornö. The running sections are beautiful. At times the go though the wood without trail but most of the time the course is on trail or gravelled roads. The swim sections are between 100 and 1600 metres long.

To manage to finish the course from dawn to dusk demands that the competitors are fit and that they have practiced a good technique to be quick in and out of the water as there are as many as 38 in and outs.

The Seglarhotel in Sandhamn and Utö Värdshus on Utö guarantee a high quality prerace scene and a very good finishing environment. We will have spectator spots and food stations at some well- known restaurants on the islands along the way. With the assistance of Sjöassistans we will have safety boats and staff along the course to guarantee everyones safety.

Race report 2010

Wow! What a race!
After 9 hours and 10 minutes Red Bull Ironman - Jonas Colting & Gordon Byrn - finished barely three minutes ahead of SAF/MHS K - Johan Hasselmark & Daniel Hansson - from the Swedish Armed Forces. The whole way from the start they battled neck to neck trying to get ahead of the other. SAF/ MHS K won the Red Bull Sprint Prize and Red Bull Ironman won the Addnature.com Sprint Prize and so it was throughout the race. The winner was truly undecided until the last run on Utö. So exciting! Last years 3rd place finishers - FM Swimmers - managed to cross the line as undisputed third this year again, even this an astonishing feat as they were 10 minutes late in the start as the had forgotten their swim glasses somewhere. Yet the groveled back and pulled in third. Well done!

Read the complete report here
Race video - Ö TILL Ö 2010
Interview with the winners