About 35,000 participants were registered for the classic half marathon - but now the news comes that it can not be implemented.
Instead, the race will take place digitally.
“It is extremely difficult for us organizers, for all the participants, the officials and Gothenburg as a city that we can not carry out the Gothenburg shipyard in its original format.
The increased spread of infection in the region unfortunately puts a brake on the physical implementation, "says Jahja Zeqiraj, chairman of the Gothenburg Athletics Association in a press release.
The yard was also canceled last year and this year was moved from May to September.
But Göteborgs-Posten reported on Tuesday that the competition has still not received the necessary permits to be able to gather such a large number of runners.
On Monday, the Swedish Public Health Agency announced that they do not consider it appropriate to ease coronary restrictions due to the increasing spread of infection.
This would mean that the current rules are fixed, which means that a maximum of 900 people are allowed to be on site at the same time in the start and finish area during exercise races.
“We have always had a good and rewarding dialogue with the Swedish Public Health Agency, the police and the health service.
The forecasts for the races to be arranged have been good, but today's reality and the negative development in the near future means that it is not justifiable to arrange events of this size right now ", says Claes Mangelus, medically responsible competition doctor for Göteborgsvarvet.