1961 Nordic Athletics Championships

1961 Nordic Athletics Championships Oslo, Norway Senior Outdoor 1963 Nordic Athletics Championships 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.Olympic Games Medalists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-29. 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 Men 100 metresCarl Fredrik Bunæs NOR 10.5Owe Jonsson SWE 10.6Sven Hörtevall SWE 10.7200 metresCarl Fredrik Bunæs NOR 21.2Owe Jonsson SWE 21.6Börje Strand FIN 21.6400 metresAlf Petersson SWE 47.1Jussi Rintamäki FIN 47.6Hans-Olof Johansson SWE 47.7800 metresDan Waern SWE 1:48.9Olavi Salonen FIN 1:49.7Jan Henrik Bentzon NOR 1:49.91500 metresDan Waern SWE 3:44.8Sten Jonsson SWE 3:45.9Olavi Salonen FIN 3:46.05000 metresReijo Höykinpuro FIN 14:12.4Simo Saloranta FIN 14:15.8Niels Nielsen DEN 14:16.010,000 metresReijo Höykinpuro FIN 30:03.2Niels Nielsen DEN 30:03.8Ola Tellesbø NOR 30:03.8MarathonTenho Salakka FIN 2:26:14Evert Nyberg SWE 2:26:37Arnold Vaide SWE 2:26:403000 metres steeplechaseLage Tedenby SWE 8:51.0Gunnar Tjörnebo SWE 8:52.0Esko Sirén FIN 8:52.4110 m hurdlesBo Forssander SWE 14.4Raimo Koivu FIN 14.8Jan Gulbrandsen NOR 14.9400 m hurdlesJussi Rintamäki FIN 51.1Hannu Ehoniemi FIN 52.0Jan Gulbrandsen NOR 52.1High jumpStig Pettersson SWE 2.11 mRichard Dahl SWE 2.01 mJón Thordur Ólafsson ISL 2.01 mPole vaultEeles Landström FIN 4.50 mRisto Ankio FIN 4.50 mKjell Hovik NORPer-Olof Jonasson FIN 4.45 mLong jumpJorma Valkama FIN 7.45 mAarre Asiala FIN 7.31 mJuhani Manninen FIN 7.30 mTriple jumpKari Rahkamo FIN 15.47 mVilhjálmur Einarsson ISL 15.34 mOdd Bergh NOR 15.27 mShot putErik Uddebom SWE 16.96 mJarmo Kunnas FIN 16.90 mAlpo Nisula FIN 16.49 mDiscus throwStein Haugen NOR 54.09 mPaavo Lammi FIN 53.06 mErik Uddebom SWE 52.87 mHammer throwBirger Asplund SWE 62.98 mKalevi Horppu FIN 62.23 mMagne Føleide NOR 59.61 mJavelin throwWilly Rasmussen NOR 79.16 mVäinö Kuisma FIN 78.38 mPauli Nevala FIN 77.57 mDecathlonSeppo Suutari FIN 7178 ptsMarkus Kahma FIN 6843 ptsBjörgvin Hólm ISL 6229 pts4 × 100 m relaySWE 41.2FIN 41.5DEN 41.84 × 400 m relaySWE 3:10.6NOR 3:13.8FIN 3:13.8 Women 100 metresUlla-Britt Wieslander SWE 12.4Solgunn Bovall SWE 12.5Lone Hadrup DEN 12.5200 metresUlla-Britt Wieslander SWE 25.1Solgunn Bovall SWE 25.1Lone Hadrup DEN 25.7400 metresElisabeth Östberg SWE 56.6Ann-Marie Tegelius SWE 57.8Aulikki Jaakkola FIN 58.8800 metresEllen Jørgensen DEN 2:17.3Ylva Lindberg SWE 2:18.2Saara Vilén FIN 2:18.580 m hurdlesNina Hansen DEN 11.5Sirkka Norrlund FIN 11.5Gunilla Cederström SWE 11.7High jumpMette Oxvang DEN 1.64 mLeena Kaarna FIN 1.61 mRiitta-Maija Soppi FIN 1.61 mLong jumpNina Hansen DEN 5.82 mOddrun Lange NOR 5.70 mBrita Johansson FIN 5.65 mShot putKaren Inge Halkier DEN 14.00 mMaj-Britt Stolpe SWE 13.06 mVieno Väliahde FIN 12.91 mDiscus throwInkeri Talvitie FIN 45.40 mKaren Inge Halkier DEN 42.76 mEdel Leverås NOR 42.29 mJavelin throwIngrid Almqvist SWE 50.85 mRaija Talvensaari FIN 47.13 mSirpa Toivola FIN 47.04 mPentathlonNina Hansen DEN 4367 ptsGunilla Cederström SWE 4353 ptsTuovi Vahtera FIN 4127 pts4 × 100 m relaySWE 48.2DEN 48.5FIN 48.7 Points table thumb|Eeles Landström win in the pole vault helped the Finnish men to the team title thumb|Ulla-Britt Wieslander, winner of both 100 m and 200 m races, was part of the winning Swedish women's team Men RankCountryPoints 1 190.5 2 157 3 89.5 4 21 5 17 Women RankCountryPoints 1 89 2 68 3 56 4 40 References Nordic Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-29. 1961 Nordic Championships Nordic Championships Category:International sports competitions in Oslo Category:1960s in Oslo Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Norway