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1965 Nordic Athletics Championships

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1965 Nordic Athletics Championships
Host cityHelsinki, Finland
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events34
Records set20 championship records
1963
2023


The 1965 Nordic Athletics Championships was the third and final edition of the international athletics competition between Nordic countries and was held in Helsinki, Finland. 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 won its third team title in the men's points classification with 161 points and dethroned Sweden in the women's team competition with a total of 77 points. Iceland took part in the men's competition only and had its first and only champion at this edition – Valbjörn Thorláksson in the decathlon. Among the athletes in attendance were 1962 European Athletics Championships medalists Stig Pettersson, Rainer Stenius and Pentti Eskola.[1]

Berit Berthelsen of Norway was the athlete of the tournament, taking a sweep of the women's sprints from 100 metres to 400 metres as well as the long jump. Finland's Marjatta Mäkinen won the shot put and discus throw events. No man won an individual double at this edition. Nina Hansen won the women's pentathlon, making her the only athlete in the competition's history to win three straight titles in an event. Carl Fredrik Bunæs (twice 100 m champion) returned to win a third title, this time in 400 m. Athletes to defend their 1963 titles included Bengt Persson (steeplechase) and Bjørn Bang Andersen (shot put).

Medal summary

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Ole Bernt Skarstein (NOR) 10.6  Aarno Musku (FIN) 10.7  Jorma Ehrström (FIN) 10.8
200 metres  Aarno Musku (FIN) 21.6  Ole Bernt Skarstein (NOR) 21.7  Bo Althoff (SWE) 21.9
400 metres  Carl Fredrik Bunæs (NOR) 47.2  Bengt-Göran Fernström (SWE) 48.0  Heikki Pippola (FIN) 48.1
800 metres  Juha Väätäinen (FIN) 1:50.7  Anders Gärderud (SWE) 1:50.8  Keijo Ceder (FIN) 1:50.9
1500 metres  Karl-Uno Olofsson (SWE) 3:46.4  Stig Rekdal (NOR) 3:46.6  Keijo Ceder (FIN) 3:47.1
5000 metres  Bengt Nåjde (SWE) 14:05.0 CR  Gunnar Larsson (SWE) 14:14.8  Odd Fuglem (NOR) 14:19.0
10,000 metres  Gunnar Larsson (SWE) 30:18.4  Bjarne Sletten (NOR) 30:36.4  Erkki Rantala (FIN) 30:42.0
Marathon  Tenho Salakka (FIN) 2:24:51  Per Gunnar Lien (NOR) 2:24:51  Paavo Pystynen (FIN) 2:26:56
3000 metres steeplechase  Bengt Persson (SWE) 8:40.0 CR  Esko Sirén (FIN) 8:40.6  Jouko Kuha (FIN) 8:41.0
110 m hurdles  Bo Forssander (SWE) 14.0 CR  Ove Andersson (SWE) 14.8  Sture Fröberg (SWE) 14.8
400 m hurdles  Bertil Vistam (SWE) 52.0  Jan Gulbrandsen (NOR) 52.5  Lennart Bring (SWE) 52.6
High jump  Kjell-Åke Nilsson (SWE) 2.08 m  Pertti Lantti (FIN) 2.08 m  Stig Pettersson (SWE) 2.08 m
Pole vault  Aulis Kairento (FIN) 4.85 m CR  Tapio Mertanen (SWE) 4.80 m  Hans Lagerqvist (SWE) 4.75 m
Long jump  Rainer Stenius (FIN) 7.89 m CR  Pentti Eskola (FIN) 7.77 m  Juhani Manninen (FIN) 7.65 m
Triple jump  Pertti Pousi (FIN) 15.61 m CR  Kjell Arthur Paulsen (NOR) 15.50 m  Jorma Gröhn (FIN) 15.41 m
Shot put  Bjørn Bang Andersen (NOR) 17.80 m CR  Matti Yrjölä (FIN) 17.43 m  Harald Lorentzen (NOR) 17.30 m
Discus throw  Lars Haglund (SWE) 57.68 m CR  Pentti Repo (FIN) 55.24 m  Niilo Hangasvaara (FIN) 54.78 m
Hammer throw  Oddvar Krogh (NOR) 64.30 m CR  Birger Asplund (SWE) 63.46 m  Reino Suuripää (FIN) 60.46 m
Javelin throw  Jorma Kinnunen (FIN) 82.90 m CR  Willy Rasmussen (NOR) 80.72 m  Väinö Kuisma (FIN) 76.40 m
Decathlon  Valbjörn Thorláksson (ISL) 6902 pts  Tore Carbe (SWE) 6801 pts  Stig Nymander (FIN) 6782 pts
4 × 100 m relay  Finland (FIN) 40.3 CR  Sweden (SWE) 41.5  Norway (NOR) 41.6
4 × 400 m relay  Sweden (SWE) 3:10.3 CR  Norway (NOR) 3:10.3 Only 2 teams finished

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Berit Berthelsen (NOR) 12.0  Karin Wallgren (SWE) 12.0  Lone Hadrup (DEN) 12.2
200 metres  Berit Berthelsen (NOR) 24.4  Karin Wallgren (SWE) 24.6  Else Hadrup (DEN) 25.1
400 metres  Berit Berthelsen (NOR) 54.4 CR  Elisabeth Östberg (SWE) 55.6  Tove Bakkejord (NOR) 55.8
800 metres  Jette Andersen (DEN) 2:12.0 CR  Gunilla Olausson (SWE) 2:13.0  Elisabeth Östberg (SWE) 2:14.0
80 m hurdles  Sirkka Norrlund (FIN) 10.9 CR  Nina Hansen (DEN) 11.3  Lena Kindberg (SWE) 11.5
High jump  Agneta Falkengren (SWE) 1.64 m CR=  Monica Lidholt (SWE) 1.64 m  Margareta Bergqvist (SWE) 1.64 m
Long jump  Berit Berthelsen (NOR) 6.37 m CR  Oddrun Hokland (NOR) 6.08 m  Maija Koivusaari (FIN) 5.90 m
Shot put  Marjatta Mäkinen (FIN) 15.66 m CR  Karen Inge Halkier (DEN) 14.23 m  Gun-Britt Flink (SWE) 14.00 m
Discus throw  Marjatta Mäkinen (FIN) 51.70 m CR  Sirkka Kauppinen (FIN) 44.90 m  Inkeri Lehtonen (FIN) 44.70 m
Javelin throw  Ellen Kortsen (DEN) 47.72 m  Raija Mustonen (FIN) 45.14 m  Gun-Britt Liljergren (SWE) 44.74 m
Pentathlon  Nina Hansen (DEN) 4477 pts  Oddrun Hokland (NOR) 4475 pts  Pirkko Heikkilä (FIN) 4311 pts
4 × 100 m relay  Norway (NOR) 47.0 CR  Sweden (SWE) 47.5  Finland (FIN) 47.8

Points table

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Future European champion Juha Väätäinen won the 800 m to help Finland to a third men's title
Karin Wallgren of Sweden was runner-up in the short sprints and in the women's competition with Sweden

Men

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Rank Country Points
1  Finland 161
2  Sweden 147
3  Norway 106
4  Iceland 10
5  Denmark 9

Women

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Rank Country Points
1  Finland 77
2  Sweden 69
3  Norway 54
4  Denmark 47

References

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  1. ^ European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-29.