| 1961 Nordic Athletics Championships | |
| Host City: | Oslo, Norway |
| Level: | Senior |
| Type: | Outdoor |
| Next: | 1963 |
| Games: | 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.[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.
| 100 metres | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.7 | ||||
| 200 metres | 21.2 | 21.6 | 21.6 | ||||
| 400 metres | 47.1 | 47.6 | 47.7 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:48.9 | 1:49.7 | 1:49.9 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 3:44.8 | 3:45.9 | 3:46.0 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 14:12.4 | 14:15.8 | 14:16.0 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 30:03.2 | 30:03.8 | 30:03.8 | ||||
| Marathon | 2:26:14 | 2:26:37 | 2:26:40 | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:51.0 | 8:52.0 | 8:52.4 | ||||
| 110 m hurdles | 14.4 | 14.8 | 14.9 | ||||
| 400 m hurdles | 51.1 | 52.0 | 52.1 | ||||
| High jump | 2.11 m | 2.01 m | 2.01 m | ||||
| Pole vault | 4.50 m | 4.50 m | 4.45 m | ||||
| Long jump | 7.45 m | 7.31 m | 7.30 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 15.47 m | 15.34 m | 15.27 m | ||||
| Shot put | 16.96 m | 16.90 m | 16.49 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 54.09 m | 53.06 m | 52.87 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 62.98 m | 62.23 m | 59.61 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 79.16 m | 78.38 m | 77.57 m | ||||
| Decathlon | 7178 pts | 6843 pts | 6229 pts | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 41.2 | 41.5 | 41.8 | ||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:10.6 | 3:13.8 | 3:13.8 |
| 100 metres | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.5 | ||||
| 200 metres | 25.1 | 25.1 | 25.7 | ||||
| 400 metres | 56.6 | 57.8 | 58.8 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:17.3 | 2:18.2 | 2:18.5 | ||||
| 80 m hurdles | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.7 | ||||
| High jump | 1.64 m | 1.61 m | 1.61 m | ||||
| Long jump | 5.82 m | 5.70 m | 5.65 m | ||||
| Shot put | 14.00 m | 13.06 m | 12.91 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 45.40 m | 42.76 m | 42.29 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 50.85 m | 47.13 m | 47.04 m | ||||
| Pentathlon | 4367 pts | 4353 pts | 4127 pts | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 48.2 | 48.5 | 48.7 |
| Rank | Country | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 190.5 | ||
| 2 | 157 | ||
| 3 | 89.5 | ||
| 4 | 21 | ||
| 5 | 17 |
| Rank | Country | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 89 | ||
| 2 | 68 | ||
| 3 | 56 | ||
| 4 | 40 |