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1961 Nordic Athletics Championships

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1961 Nordic Athletics Championships
Host cityOslo, Norway
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1963


The 1961 Nordic Athletics Championships was the inaugural edition of the international athletics competition between Nordic countries and was held in Oslo, Norway. It consisted of 34 individual athletics events, 22 for men and 12 for women. This covered a track and field programme plus a men's marathon race.

Finland topped the men's points classification with 190.5 points, while Sweden won the first women's team title with 89 points. Iceland took part in the men's competition only and was the only nation not to have an athlete top the podium. Among the athletes in attendance were 1956 Olympic medalists Vilhjálmur Einarsson and Jorma Valkama and 1960 Olympic medalist Eeles Landström.[1]

Nina Hansen was the most successful athlete of the tournament, taking the women's titles in 80 metres hurdles, long jump and women's pentathlon for Denmark. Carl Fredrik Bunæs and Ulla-Britt Wieslander won 100 metres/200 metres sprint doubles in the men's and women's sections, respectively. Dan Waern of Sweden had a middle-distance track double and Finland's Reijo Höykinpuro similarly completed a long-distance track double.

Medal summary

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Carl Fredrik Bunæs (NOR) 10.5  Owe Jonsson (SWE) 10.6  Sven Hörtevall (SWE) 10.7
200 metres  Carl Fredrik Bunæs (NOR) 21.2  Owe Jonsson (SWE) 21.6  Börje Strand (FIN) 21.6
400 metres  Alf Petersson (SWE) 47.1  Jussi Rintamäki (FIN) 47.6  Hans-Olof Johansson (SWE) 47.7
800 metres  Dan Waern (SWE) 1:48.9  Olavi Salonen (FIN) 1:49.7  Jan Henrik Bentzon (NOR) 1:49.9
1500 metres  Dan Waern (SWE) 3:44.8  Sten Jonsson (SWE) 3:45.9  Olavi Salonen (FIN) 3:46.0
5000 metres  Reijo Höykinpuro (FIN) 14:12.4  Simo Saloranta (FIN) 14:15.8  Niels Nielsen (DEN) 14:16.0
10,000 metres  Reijo Höykinpuro (FIN) 30:03.2  Niels Nielsen (DEN) 30:03.8  Ola Tellesbø (NOR) 30:03.8
Marathon  Tenho Salakka (FIN) 2:26:14  Evert Nyberg (SWE) 2:26:37  Arnold Vaide (SWE) 2:26:40
3000 metres steeplechase  Lage Tedenby (SWE) 8:51.0  Gunnar Tjörnebo (SWE) 8:52.0  Esko Sirén (FIN) 8:52.4
110 m hurdles  Bo Forssander (SWE) 14.4  Raimo Koivu (FIN) 14.8  Jan Gulbrandsen (NOR) 14.9
400 m hurdles  Jussi Rintamäki (FIN) 51.1  Hannu Ehoniemi (FIN) 52.0  Jan Gulbrandsen (NOR) 52.1
High jump  Stig Pettersson (SWE) 2.11 m  Richard Dahl (SWE) 2.01 m  Jón Thordur Ólafsson (ISL) 2.01 m
Pole vault  Eeles Landström (FIN) 4.50 m  Risto Ankio (FIN) 4.50 m  Kjell Hovik (NOR)
 Per-Olof Jonasson (FIN)
4.45 m
Long jump  Jorma Valkama (FIN) 7.45 m  Aarre Asiala (FIN) 7.31 m  Juhani Manninen (FIN) 7.30 m
Triple jump  Kari Rahkamo (FIN) 15.47 m  Vilhjálmur Einarsson (ISL) 15.34 m  Odd Bergh (NOR) 15.27 m
Shot put  Erik Uddebom (SWE) 16.96 m  Jarmo Kunnas (FIN) 16.90 m  Alpo Nisula (FIN) 16.49 m
Discus throw  Stein Haugen (NOR) 54.09 m  Paavo Lammi (FIN) 53.06 m  Erik Uddebom (SWE) 52.87 m
Hammer throw  Birger Asplund (SWE) 62.98 m  Kalevi Horppu (FIN) 62.23 m  Magne Føleide (NOR) 59.61 m
Javelin throw  Willy Rasmussen (NOR) 79.16 m  Väinö Kuisma (FIN) 78.38 m  Pauli Nevala (FIN) 77.57 m
Decathlon  Seppo Suutari (FIN) 7178 pts  Markus Kahma (FIN) 6843 pts  Björgvin Hólm (ISL) 6229 pts
4 × 100 m relay  Sweden (SWE) 41.2  Finland (FIN) 41.5  Denmark (DEN) 41.8
4 × 400 m relay  Sweden (SWE) 3:10.6  Norway (NOR) 3:13.8  Finland (FIN) 3:13.8

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Ulla-Britt Wieslander (SWE) 12.4  Solgunn Bovall (SWE) 12.5  Lone Hadrup (DEN) 12.5
200 metres  Ulla-Britt Wieslander (SWE) 25.1  Solgunn Bovall (SWE) 25.1  Lone Hadrup (DEN) 25.7
400 metres  Elisabeth Östberg (SWE) 56.6  Ann-Marie Tegelius (SWE) 57.8  Aulikki Jaakkola (FIN) 58.8
800 metres  Ellen Jørgensen (DEN) 2:17.3  Ylva Lindberg (SWE) 2:18.2  Saara Vilén (FIN) 2:18.5
80 m hurdles  Nina Hansen (DEN) 11.5  Sirkka Norrlund (FIN) 11.5  Gunilla Cederström (SWE) 11.7
High jump  Mette Oxvang (DEN) 1.64 m  Leena Kaarna (FIN) 1.61 m  Riitta-Maija Soppi (FIN) 1.61 m
Long jump  Nina Hansen (DEN) 5.82 m  Oddrun Lange (NOR) 5.70 m  Brita Johansson (FIN) 5.65 m
Shot put  Karen Inge Halkier (DEN) 14.00 m  Maj-Britt Stolpe (SWE) 13.06 m  Vieno Väliahde (FIN) 12.91 m
Discus throw  Inkeri Talvitie (FIN) 45.40 m  Karen Inge Halkier (DEN) 42.76 m  Edel Leverås (NOR) 42.29 m
Javelin throw  Ingrid Almqvist (SWE) 50.85 m  Raija Talvensaari (FIN) 47.13 m  Sirpa Toivola (FIN) 47.04 m
Pentathlon  Nina Hansen (DEN) 4367 pts  Gunilla Cederström (SWE) 4353 pts  Tuovi Vahtera (FIN) 4127 pts
4 × 100 m relay  Sweden (SWE) 48.2  Denmark (DEN) 48.5  Finland (FIN) 48.7

Points table

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Eeles Landström win in the pole vault helped the Finnish men to the team title
Ulla-Britt Wieslander, winner of both 100 m and 200 m races, was part of the winning Swedish women's team

Men

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Rank Country Points
1  Finland 190.5
2  Sweden 157
3  Norway 89.5
4  Denmark 21
5  Iceland 17

Women

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Rank Country Points
1  Sweden 89
2  Denmark 68
3  Finland 56
4  Norway 40

References

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  1. ^ Olympic Games Medalists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-29.