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Finnmarksløpet 2024 are three dog sled races in Norway's northernmost county. They started in Alta, Finnmark in March 2024. All the races have winners.

FL1200

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FL1200 is Europe's longest sled dog race; It started on March 8, 2024. Teams started with 14 sled dogs.

Checkpoints and other places in the race,

  • The 12. checkpoint was Jotka (map). The first team (Petter Karlsson's) started on the last leg of the race at 6 PM, March 15; The team went on with only 8 (of the team's 14) dogs; The team went on the Alta River and passed Sorrisniva (settlement) in Alta municipality (at 9 PM).[1][2] The team won the race.[3]
  • The 11. checkpoint was in Karasjok (village). The first team (Petter Karlsson's) left at 7 AM, March 15; The team went on with only 9 (of the team's 14) dogs.[1]
  • The tenth checkpoint was Levajok 2 (map) on the western shore of Tana River (Europe). The first team (Petter Karlsson's) left at 7 PM, March 14.[4]
  • The ninth checkpoint was Varangerbotn (map) in Nesseby municipality. The first team (Petter Karlsson's) left at 11 PM, March 13.[4] The team went on with only 10 (of the team's 14) dogs.[5]
  • The eighth checkpoint was Neiden 2[2] (map) in Sør-Varanger municipality. The first team (Petter Karlsson's) left at noon, March 13; The team went on with only 11 (of the team's 14) dogs.[6]
  • The seventh checkpoint was Kirkenes (map) in in Sør-Varanger municipality. The first team (Petter Karlsson's) left at 1 AM, March 13; The team went on with only 12 (of the team's 14) dogs.[6]
  • The sixth checkpoint was "Øvre Pasvik" (map) at the village Vaggatem[7] in Sør-Varanger municipality. At 1 PM, March 12, the first team left.[8]
  • The fifth checkpoint is Neiden (map) in Sør-Varanger municipality. The first team (Petter Karlsson's) left at 4 AM, March 12. The rules of the race, say that each team must also take one 20-hour break [at either checkpoint 2 (Jergul) or (at any other checkpoint) as late as checkpoint 9 (Varangerbotn)]; Karlsson's team has already finished their 20-hour break; The team went on with only 13 (of the team's 14) dogs.[8]
  • The fourth checkpoint is at Tana bru(map), Tana; The first to move on from that checkpoint was Tom-Frode Johansen; He drove thru,[9] at 8 PM, March 10.
  • The third checkpoint was at Levajok (map). The first to move on (from that checkpoint) was Tom-Frode Johansen (at 8 AM, March 10).[9]
  • Karasjok (village); The first team drove thru at 8 PM on March 9.[10]
  • The second checkpoint was at Jergul (in Karasjok municipality);[9] The first to move on from that checkpoint was Tom-Frode Johansen; He drove thru,[10] at 5 PM on March 9.
  • The first checkpoint was in Kautokeino.[11] The first to move on from that checkpoint was Tom-Frode Johansen;[10]

Length of different legs of the trip,

  • 49 km from Alta to Jotka[1]
  • 82 km from Jotka to Karasjok
  • 83 km from Karasjok to Levajok 2
  • 121 km from Levajok 2[2] to Varangerbotn
  • 82 km from Varangerbotn (or Vuonnabahta) to Neiden
  • 71 km from Neiden to Kirkenes
  • 86 km from Kirkenes to "Øvre Pasvik"
  • 78 km from "Øvre Pasvik" to Neiden
  • 100 km from Neiden (or Njauddâm) to Tana bru[12]
  • 100 km from Tana bru (or Deanušaldi) to Levajok[9]
  • 122 km from Levajok to Jergul[10]
  • 101 km from Jergul to Kautokeino;[10] Jergul Astu[2] ('Jergul mountain-lodge') is the checkpoint, at the Jergul settlement.
  • The track is 168 km long, from Kautokeino to Alta; 13 hours and 57 minutes was used by the first team.[10]

FL600 and FL-junior

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  • FL600; Some teams left the Jotka (map) checkpoint, to go to Alta (March 12).

Other checkpoints are

The track is 570 km long.[2] The race started on March 9. The winner is Ronny Wingren from Finland. The race ended on March 15, several days after the race had its winner.

  • FL-junior; The race started on March 9. The length was 198 km.[13] The winner was decided the next day (and in the afternoon).[9] The race ended in Alta; The checkpoints were Jotka, Šuoššjávri, and (again) Jotka.[10][14] The winner is Elisabeth Kristensen.[9]
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Sources

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.nrk.no/finnmarkslopet/. NRK.no. Retrieved 2024-03-15
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://snl.no/Finnmarksl%C3%B8pet. SNL.no. Retrieved 2024-03-09
  3. ↑ https://www.nrk.no/finnmarkslopet/se-direkte_-petter-karlsson-forst-over-malstreken-i-finnmarkslopet-1.16805720. Retrieved 2024-03-16
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.nrk.no/finnmarkslopet/. NRK.no. Retrieved 2024-03-14
  5. ↑ ('chose a race') Velg et løp >. Retrieved 2024-03-14
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.nrk.no/finnmarkslopet/. NRK.no. Retrieved 2024-03-13
  7. ↑ http://admin.finnmarkslopet.no/page.jsp?ref=checkpoints&lang=no. Retrieved 2024-03-12
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://www.nrk.no/finnmarkslopet/. NRK.no. Retrieved 2024-03-12
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 https://www.nrk.no/finnmarkslopet/. NRK.no. Retrieved 2024-03-10
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 https://www.nrk.no/finnmarkslopet/. NRK.no. Retrieved 2024-03-09
  11. ↑ https://www.nrk.no/finnmarkslopet/direkte-finnmarkslopet-2024-_-start-av-1200-km-klassen-1.16795433. NRK.no. 2024-03-09
  12. ↑ ('chose a race') Velg et løp >. Retrieved 2024-03-11
  13. ↑ https://portal.finnmarkslopet.no/results. Retrieved 2024-03-11
  14. ↑ https://www.finnmarkslopet.no/home-event-program/. Retrieved 2024-03-09


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