Bislett Games

Bislett Games
The Bislett Games 4 June 2010
DateJune – July
LocationOslo, Norway
World Athletics Cat.GW[1]
Established14 July 1965 (1965-Jul-14)
Official siteOslo Diamond League

The Bislett Games is an annual track and field meeting at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the Diamond League.

History

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The Bislett Games are held at Bislett Stadium. Photo: Kjetil Ree

The first international athletics meeting at Bislett was held in 1924. Until 1937 the competitions are known as "The American Meetings", similar to the international meetings in Zürich. Different organizers staged the meetings between 1947 and 1965 until the three athletics associations BUL, Vidar and Tjalve formed the Bislett Alliance. At this year Arne Haukvik founded the Bislett Games. He was a former politician and director of the meeting, who used to invite the athletes, sponsors and the press to his home for his traditional "strawberry party" the day before the event each year. He died of cancer in 2002 at age 76. The tradition however is continued.

Bislett Stadium was used for speed skating events at the Olympics, but nowadays it is better known for its Bislett Games athletics meeting. Bislett Games attract the best track and field athletes from all over the world, and 65 world records have been set on its forgiving, brick-coloured track so far. Due to the building of the new Bislett Stadium in Oslo, which started in April 2004, the 2004 edition of the traditional athletics meeting was staged on Fana stadion in Bergen under the name Bergen Bislett Games.

In 2009, a severe storm delayed proceedings and even caused damage to the track-side clock display. Sanya Richards recorded the fastest women's 400 metres time since 2006 while the Dream Mile brought a number of records with winner Deresse Mekonnen improving upon his Ethiopian record, Kenyan William Biwott Tanui setting a world junior record and third-placed Augustine Choge beating his personal best. Former javelin winners Andreas Thorkildsen and Tero Pitkämäki continued their five-year shared dominance of the Bislett Games, with Pitkämäki taking the victory this time.[2]

Alternative events

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During 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic prevented Bislett Games from taking place, instead an event called Impossible Games was held.[3] In 2021 there were still restrictions which caused the main event to be postponed to July 1.[4] A restricted event called Night of Highlights was additionally held on June 4, 2021.[5]

Editions

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During some of the earliest editions, there were two meetings held per year.[6]

World records

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Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the Games and former athletics meetings at Bislett stadium. In 1985 three new records were set at the same evening.[60]

Bislett Games

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World records set at the Bislett Games
Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
1965 10,000 m 27:39.4 h Ron Clarke  Australia
1974 1000 m 2:13.9 h Rick Wohlhuter  United States
1975 3000 m 8:46.6 h Grete Waitz  Norway
3000 m steeplechase 8:10.4 h Anders Gärderud  Sweden
1976 3000 m 8:45.4 h Grete Waitz  Norway
1979 800 m 1:42.33 Sebastian Coe  Great Britain
1980 Mile 3:48.8 h Steve Ovett  United Kingdom
1981 1000 m 2:12.18 Sebastian Coe  Great Britain
1982 5000 m 13:00.41 David Moorcroft  Great Britain
1984 5000 m 14:58.89 Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway
1985 10,000 m 30:59.42 Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway
5000 m 13:00.40 Saïd Aouita  Morocco
Mile 3:46.32 Steve Cram  United Kingdom
1986 10,000 m 30:13.74 Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway
1993 10,000 m 26:58.38 Yobes Ondieki  Kenya
1994 10,000 m 26:52.23 William Sigei  Kenya
20,000 m walk 2:04:55 Bernardo Segura  Mexico
1997 10,000 m 26:31.32 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia
2000 Javelin throw 69.48 m Trine Hattestad  Norway
2004 5000 m 14:24.68 Elvan Abeylegesse  Turkey
5000 m 14:30.88 WJR Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia
2007 5000 m 14:16.63 Meseret Defar  Ethiopia
2008 5000 m 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia
800 m 1:42.69 WJR Abubaker Kaki  Sudan
2021 400 m hurdles 46.70 Karsten Warholm  Norway
2023 Mile 4:17.13 WJR Birke Haylom  Ethiopia

Differently named meetings

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World records set at differently named meetings
Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
1952 Hammer throw 61.25 m Sverre Strandli  Norway
1953 Hammer throw 62.36 m Sverre Strandli  Norway
1955 1500 m 3:40.8 h László Tábori
Gunnar Nielsen
 Hungary
 Denmark
3000 m steeplechase 8:45.4 h Pentti Karvonen  Finland
1964 Javelin throw 87.12 m & 91.72 m Terje Pedersen  Norway

American meetings

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World records set at the American meetings
Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
1924 110 m hurdles 14.2 h Percy Beard  Canada
1925 Pole vault 4.23 m Charles Hoff  Norway
1934 Shot put 17.40 m Jack Torrance  United States
Discus throw 52.42 m Harald Andersson  Sweden
1935 110 m hurdles 14.2 h Alvin Moreau  United States
1936 110 m hurdles 13.7 h Forrest Towns  United States

Meeting records

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Men

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Women

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See also

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References

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