Nordic Indoor Athletics Championships Explained

Sport:	Track and field
Country:	Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark
Founded:	1986
Folded:	1987
Related Comps:	Nordic Indoor Athletics Match

The Nordic Indoor Athletics Championships was an international athletics competition between four Nordic countries – Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. It was held twice, in 1986 and 1987.^[1] The Nordic Indoor Athletics Match, first contested in 2011, replaced the championships.^[2]

Events

The competition programme featured a total of 22 individual Nordic Championship athletics events, 12 for men and 10 for women.^[1] Women did not compete in the pole vault or triple jump events, reflecting the Olympic programme of the time.^[3]

Running

• 60 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, 3000 metres

Obstacle events

• 60 metres hurdles

Jumping events

• Pole vault (men only), high jump, long jump, triple jump (men only)

Throwing events

• Shot put

Notes and References

1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/nci.htm Nordic Indoor Championships
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20170906013429/http://www.nordic-athletics.org/calendar-2017/ Nordic Athletics Calendar 2017
3. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ogw.htm Olympic Games