Nordic Junior Combined Events Championships Explained

Sport:Combined track and field events
Country:Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland
Founded:1969

The Nordic Junior Combined Events Championships (Norwegian: Nordisk juniormesterskap i mangekamp) is an annual outdoor combined track and field events competition for athletes under-20 from the Nordic countriesSweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. Athletes must be 19 years of age or younger by December 31 of the year the championship is held. Men compete in the decathlon and women compete in the heptathlon. In the early history of the competition, the women's pentathlon was held instead of heptathlon.[1]

The competition was first held in 1969 as part of the Nordic Combined Events Championships. When the senior event folded after 1970, the junior event was established in its own right in 1974.[2]

Editions

Ed.YearDatesCountryPlace
1 1969 28–29 June Norway
2 1974 24–25 August Norway
3 1975 30–31 August Finland
4 1976 17–18 July Denmark
5 1977 16–17 July Sweden
6 1978 8–9 July Iceland
7 1979 3–4 July Denmark
8 1980 19–20 August Norway
9 1981 27–28 June Finland
10 1982 17–18 July Sweden
11 1983 16–17 July Denmark
12 1984 28–29 July Norway
13 1985 29–30 June Sweden
14 1986 28–29 June Finland
15 1987 27–28 June Norway
16 1988 2–3 July Sweden
17 1989 1–2 July Denmark
18 1990 7–8 July Finland
19 1991 29–30 June Norway
20 1992 1–2 August Sweden
21 1993 3–4 July Denmark
22 1994 2–3 August Finland
23 1995 15–16 July Norway
24 1996 20–21 July Sweden
25 1997 2–3 August Denmark
26 1998 11–12 July Finland
27 1999 3–4 July Iceland
28 2000 15–16 July Norway
29 2001 4–5 August Sweden
30 2002 27–28 July Denmark
31 2003 2–3 August Iceland
32 2004 19–20 June Finland
33 2005 18–19 June Sweden
34 2006 17–18 June Norway
35 2007 23–24 June Denmark
36 2008 7–8 June Finland
37 2009 13–14 June Iceland
38 2010 12–13 June Denmark
39 2011 18–19 June Finland
40 2012 16–17 June Norway
41 2013 8–9 June Sweden
42 2014 7–8 June Iceland
43 2015 13–14 June Denmark
44 2016 11–12 June Sweden
45[3] 2017 10–11 June Finland
46[4] 2018 9–10 June Norway
47 2019 15–16 June Iceland

References

Editions

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nordic-athletics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Nordic-Handbook-2014-Approved-version.pdf Nordic Handbook
  2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/nc.htm Nordic Championships
  3. http://www.nordic-athletics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017.pdf 2017 Competitions
  4. http://www.nordic-athletics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018.pdf 2018 Competitions