- Bislett Games
The Bislett Games is an annual track and field event at the
Bislett stadion inOslo ,Norway that takes place as the first meeting of theIAAF Golden League .Arne Haukvik was the founder the games in1965 , 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.The Bislett stadion was used for
speed skating events at the Olympics, but nowadays it has better known for its Bislett Games athletics meeting. Bislett Games attract the best track and field athletes from all over the world, and 61world record s have been set on its forgiving, brick-colored track so far. Due to the building of the new Bislett Stadion in Oslo, which started in April 2004, the traditional athletics meeting was staged onFana stadion in Bergen in 2004 under the name Bergen Bislett Games. Bislett stadium was again used from 2005.World records
2008
*5000 m women 14:11.15Tirunesh Dibaba ,Ethiopia
*800 m men Junior 1:42.69Abubaker Kaki ,Sudan 2007
*5000 m women 14:16.63Meseret Defar ,Ethiopia 2004
*5000 m women 14:24.68Elvan Abeylegesse ,Turkey
*5000 m women Junior 14:30.88Tirunesh Dibaba ,Ethiopia 2000
*Javelin throw women 69.48 mTrine Hattestad , Norway1997
*10000 m men 26:31.32Haile Gebreselassie , Ethiopia1994
*10000 m men 26:52.23William Sigei ,Kenya
*20000 m Walk men 2:04:55Bernardo Segura ,Mexico 1993
*10000 m men 26:58.38Yobes Ondieki , Kenya1986
*10000 m women 30:13.74Ingrid Kristiansen , Norway1985
*5000 m men 13:00.40Said Aouita ,Morocco 1984
*5000 m women 14:58.89 Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway
*10000 m women 30:59.42 Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway1982
*5000 m men 13:00.41David Moorcroft ,United Kingdom 1981
*1000 m men 2:12.81Sebastian Coe , United Kingdom1979
*800 m men 1:42.33Sebastian Coe ,United Kingdom 1975
*3000 m women 8:46.6Grete Waitz , Norway
*3000 m steeplechase men 8:10.4Anders Gärderud ,Sweden 1974
*1000 m men 2:13.9Rick Wohlhuter , USA1965
*10000 m men 27:39.4Ron Clarke ,Australia 1964
*Javelin throw men 87.12Terje Pedersen , Norway
*Javelin throw men 91.72Terje Pedersen , Norway1955
*1500 m men 3:40.8Laszlo Tabori ,Hungary
*1500 m men 3:40.8Gunnar Nielsen ,Denmark
*3000 m steeplechase men 8:45.4Pentti Karvonen ,Finland 1953
*Hammer throw men 62.36 mSverre Strandli ,Norway 1952
*Hammer throw men 61.25 mSverre Strandli ,Norway 1936
*110 m hurdles men 13.7Forrest Towns ,USA 1935
*110 m hurdles men 14.2Alvin Moreau ,USA 1934
*Shot put men 17.40 mJack Torrance ,USA
*Discus throw men 52.42 mHarald Andersson ,Sweden 1925
*Pole vault men 4.23 mCharles Hoff ,USA 1924
*110 m hurdles men 14.2Percy Beard ,Canada External links
* [http://www.bislettgames.com/ Bislett Games web site]
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