1965 Nordic Athletics Championships

1965 Nordic Athletics Championships Helsinki, Finland Senior Outdoor 34 20 championship records 1963 2023 Nordic Athletics Championships 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.European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-29. 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 Men 100 metresOle Bernt Skarstein NOR 10.6Aarno Musku FIN 10.7Jorma Ehrström FIN 10.8200 metresAarno Musku FIN 21.6Ole Bernt Skarstein NOR 21.7Bo Althoff SWE 21.9400 metresCarl Fredrik Bunæs NOR 47.2Bengt-Göran Fernström SWE 48.0Heikki Pippola FIN 48.1800 metresJuha Väätäinen FIN 1:50.7Anders Gärderud SWE 1:50.8Keijo Ceder FIN 1:50.91500 metresKarl-Uno Olofsson SWE 3:46.4Stig Rekdal NOR 3:46.6Keijo Ceder FIN 3:47.15000 metresBengt Nåjde SWE 14:05.0 CRGunnar Larsson SWE 14:14.8Odd Fuglem NOR 14:19.010,000 metresGunnar Larsson SWE 30:18.4Bjarne Sletten NOR 30:36.4Erkki Rantala FIN 30:42.0MarathonTenho Salakka FIN 2:24:51Per Gunnar Lien NOR 2:24:51Paavo Pystynen FIN 2:26:563000 metres steeplechaseBengt Persson SWE 8:40.0 CREsko Sirén FIN 8:40.6Jouko Kuha FIN 8:41.0110 m hurdlesBo Forssander SWE 14.0 CROve Andersson SWE 14.8Sture Fröberg SWE 14.8400 m hurdlesBertil Vistam SWE 52.0Jan Gulbrandsen NOR 52.5Lennart Bring SWE 52.6High jumpKjell-Åke Nilsson SWE 2.08 mPertti Lantti FIN 2.08 mStig Pettersson SWE 2.08 mPole vaultAulis Kairento FIN 4.85 m CRTapio Mertanen SWE 4.80 mHans Lagerqvist SWE 4.75 mLong jumpRainer Stenius FIN 7.89 m CRPentti Eskola FIN 7.77 mJuhani Manninen FIN 7.65 mTriple jumpPertti Pousi FIN 15.61 m CRKjell Arthur Paulsen NOR 15.50 mJorma Gröhn FIN 15.41 mShot putBjørn Bang Andersen NOR 17.80 m CRMatti Yrjölä FIN 17.43 mHarald Lorentzen NOR 17.30 mDiscus throwLars Haglund SWE 57.68 m CRPentti Repo FIN 55.24 mNiilo Hangasvaara FIN 54.78 mHammer throwOddvar Krogh NOR 64.30 m CRBirger Asplund SWE 63.46 mReino Suuripää FIN 60.46 mJavelin throwJorma Kinnunen FIN 82.90 m CRWilly Rasmussen NOR 80.72 mVäinö Kuisma FIN 76.40 mDecathlonValbjörn Thorláksson ISL 6902 ptsTore Carbe SWE 6801 ptsStig Nymander FIN 6782 pts4 × 100 m relayFIN 40.3 CRSWE 41.5NOR 41.64 × 400 m relaySWE 3:10.3 CRNOR 3:10.3Only 2 teams finished Women 100 metresBerit Berthelsen NOR 12.0Karin Wallgren SWE 12.0Lone Hadrup DEN 12.2200 metresBerit Berthelsen NOR 24.4 Karin Wallgren SWE 24.6Else Hadrup DEN 25.1400 metresBerit Berthelsen NOR 54.4 CRElisabeth Östberg SWE 55.6Tove Bakkejord NOR 55.8800 metresJette Andersen DEN 2:12.0 CRGunilla Olausson SWE 2:13.0Elisabeth Östberg SWE 2:14.080 m hurdlesSirkka Norrlund FIN 10.9 CRNina Hansen DEN 11.3Lena Kindberg SWE 11.5High jumpAgneta Falkengren SWE 1.64 m CR=Monica Lidholt SWE 1.64 mMargareta Bergqvist SWE 1.64 mLong jumpBerit Berthelsen NOR 6.37 m CROddrun Hokland NOR 6.08 mMaija Koivusaari FIN 5.90 mShot putMarjatta Mäkinen FIN 15.66 m CRKaren Inge Halkier DEN 14.23 mGun-Britt Flink SWE 14.00 mDiscus throwMarjatta Mäkinen FIN 51.70 m CRSirkka Kauppinen FIN 44.90 mInkeri Lehtonen FIN 44.70 mJavelin throwEllen Kortsen DEN 47.72 mRaija Mustonen FIN 45.14 mGun-Britt Liljergren SWE 44.74 mPentathlonNina Hansen DEN 4477 ptsOddrun Hokland NOR 4475 ptsPirkko Heikkilä FIN 4311 pts4 × 100 m relayNOR 47.0 CRSWE 47.5FIN 47.8 Points table thumb|Future European champion Juha Väätäinen won the 800 m to help Finland to a third men's title thumb|Karin Wallgren of Sweden was runner-up in the short sprints and in the women's competition with Sweden Men RankCountryPoints 1 161 2 147 3 106 4 10 5 9 Women RankCountryPoints 1 77 2 69 3 54 4 47 References Nordic Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-29. 1965 Nordic Championships Nordic Championships Category:International sports competitions in Helsinki Category:1960s in Helsinki Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Finland Category:Athletics in Helsinki