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Bislett Games

Athletics tournament held in Norway

Athletics tournament held in Norway

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nameBislett Games
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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

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.

Alternative events

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

Editions

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

Ed.MeetingSeriesDateRef.
1965 Bislett Games14 Jul 1965
1966 Bislett Games1966
1967 Bislett Games1967
1968 Bislett Games1968
1969 Bislett Games1969
1970 Bislett Games1970
1971 Bislett Games1971
1972 Bislett Games3-4 Aug 1972
1973 Bislett Games24 Jul 1973url=http://www.thegreatdistancerunners.de/DickQuax.htmltitle=Dick Quaxaccess-date=2024-08-04website=The Great Distance Runners}}
1974 Bislett Games30–31 Jul 1974
1975 Bislett Games3 Jul 1975
1976 Bislett Games30 Jun 1976
1977 Bislett Games28 Jun 1977
1978 Bislett Games27 Jun 1978
1979 Bislett Games5 Jul, 17 Jul 1979url=https://oslo.diamondleague.com/fileadmin/IDL_Oslo/Filer/Banerekorder.pdftitle=TRACK & FIELD RECORDS BISLETT STADIUMarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003222059/https://oslo.diamondleague.com/fileadmin/IDL_Oslo/Filer/Banerekorder.pdfarchive-date=2019-10-03url-status=dead}}
1980 Bislett Games1 Jul 1980archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdfurl=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdftitle=12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009archive-date=2011-06-29url-status=dead}}
1981 Bislett Games26 Jun 1981
1982 Bislett Games26 Jun 1982
1983 Bislett Games22–23 Aug 1983title=Image of Oslo August 22, 1983. Bislett Games …, 1983 (photo)url=https://www.bridgemanimages.com/en-US/bjoern-sigurdsoen/oslo-august-22-1983-bislett-games-1983-photo/photograph/asset/8710118access-date=2024-04-29website=www.bridgemanimages.comlanguage=en-US}}
1984 Bislett Games28 Jun 1984
1985 Bislett Games1985 IAAF Grand Prix16 Jul, 27 Jul 1985
1986 Bislett Games1986 IAAF Grand Prix5 Jul 1986
1987 Bislett Games1987 IAAF Grand Prix4 Jul 1987
1988 Bislett Games1988 IAAF Grand Prix2 Jul 1988
1989 Bislett Games1989 IAAF Grand Prix1 Jul 1989
1990 Bislett Games1990 IAAF Grand Prix14 Jul 1990
1991 Bislett Games1991 IAAF Grand Prix6 Jul 1991
1992 Bislett Games1992 IAAF Grand Prix4 Jul 1992
1993 Bislett Games1993 IAAF Grand Prix10 Jul 1993
1994 Bislett Games1994 IAAF Grand Prix22 Jul 1994
1995 Bislett Games1995 IAAF Grand Prix21 Jul 1995
1996 Bislett Games1996 IAAF Grand Prix5 Jul 1996
1997 Bislett Games1997 IAAF Grand Prix4 Jul 1997
1998 Bislett Games1998 IAAF Golden League9 Jul 1998
1999 Bislett Games1999 IAAF Golden League30 Jun 1999
2000 Bislett Games2000 IAAF Golden League28 Jul 2000
2001 Bislett Games2001 IAAF Golden League13 Jul 2001
2002 Bislett Games2002 IAAF Golden League28 Jun 2002
2003 Bislett Games2003 IAAF Golden League27 Jun 2003
2004 Bislett Games2004 IAAF Golden League11 Jun 2004
2005 Bislett Games2005 IAAF Golden League29 Jul 2005
2006 Bislett Games2006 IAAF Golden League2 Jun 2006
2007 Bislett Games2007 IAAF Golden League15 Jun 2007
2008 Bislett Games2008 IAAF Golden League6 Jun 2008
2009 Bislett Games2009 IAAF Golden League3 Jul 2009
2010 Bislett Games2010 Diamond League4 Jun 2010
2011 Bislett Games2011 Diamond League9 Jun 2011
2012 Bislett Games2012 Diamond League7 Jun 2012
2013 Bislett Games2013 Diamond League13 Jun 2013
2014 Bislett Games2014 Diamond League11 Jun 2014
2015 Bislett Games2015 Diamond League11 Jun 2015
2016 Bislett Games2016 Diamond League9 Jun 2016
2017 Bislett Games2017 Diamond League15 Jun 2017
2018 Bislett Games2018 Diamond League7 Jun 2018
2019 Bislett Games2019 Diamond League13 Jun 2019
2020 Impossible Games2020 Diamond League11 Jun 2020
2021 Bislett Games2021 Diamond League1 Jul 2021
2022 Bislett Games2022 Diamond League16 Jun 2022
2023 Bislett Games2023 Diamond League15 Jun 2023
2024 Bislett Games2024 Diamond League30 May 2024
2025 Bislett Games2025 Diamond League12 June 2025

World records

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.

Bislett Games

YearEventRecordAthleteNationality19651974197519761979198019811982198419851986199319941997200020042007200820212023
27:39.4Australia
2:13.9United States
8:46.6Norway
8:10.4Sweden
8:45.4Norway
1:42.33Great Britain
3:48.8United Kingdom
2:12.18Great Britain
13:00.41Great Britain
14:58.89Norway
30:59.42Norway
13:00.40Morocco
3:46.32United Kingdom
30:13.74Norway
26:58.38Kenya
26:52.23Kenya
2:04:55Mexico
26:31.32Ethiopia
Javelin throw69.48 mNorway
14:24.68Turkey
14:30.88 ****Ethiopia
14:16.63Ethiopia
14:11.15Ethiopia
1:42.69 ****Sudan
46.70Norway
4:17.13 ****Ethiopia

Differently named meetings

YearEventRecordAthleteNationality1952195319551964
Hammer throw61.25 mNorway
Hammer throw62.36 mNorway
3:40.8
Gunnar NielsenHungary
Denmark
8:45.4Finland
Javelin throw87.12 m & 91.72 mNorway

American meetings

YearEventRecordAthleteNationality19241925193419351936
63.8Netherlands
Pole vault4.23 mNorway
14.2Canada
Shot put17.40 mUnited States
Discus throw52.42 mSweden
14.2United States
13.7United States

Meeting records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetRef.100 m200 m400 m800 m1000 m1500 mMile2000 m3000 mTwo miles5000 m6 miles10,000 m20,000 m25,000 m (track)One hour110 m hurdles300 m hurdles400 m hurdles2000 m steeplechase3000 m steeplechaseHigh jumpPole vaultLong jumpTriple jumpShot putDiscus throwHammer throwJavelin throw5000 m walk10,000 m walk20,000 m walk30,000 m walk50,000 m walk4 × 100 m relay4 × 1500 m relay
9.79Usain BoltJamaica7 June 20122012
19.77Erriyon KnightonUnited States15 June 20232023title=Warholm and Ingebrigtsen outstanding in Oslourl=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/bislett-games-oslo-warholm-ingebrigtsen-haylom-bolpublisher=World Athleticsauthor=Cathal Dennehydate=15 June 2023access-date=16 June 2023}}
43.86Michael JohnsonUnited States21 July 19951995
1:42.04David RudishaKenya4 June 20102010
2:12.18Sebastian CoeGreat Britain11 July 19811981
3:27.95Jakob IngebrigtsenNorway15 June 20232023
3:44.90Hicham El GuerroujMorocco4 July 19971997
4:50.01Jakob IngebrigtsenNorway11 June 20202020title=Warholm smashes 300m hurdles world best in Oslourl=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/warholm-300m-hurdles-oslo-impossible-gamespublisher=World Athleticsauthor=Thomas Byrnedate=11 June 2020access-date=13 June 2020}}
7:26.25Yomif KejelchaEthiopia1 July 20212021
8:15.2Rod DixonNew Zealand17 July 19791979
12:36.73Hagos GebrhiwetEthiopia30 May 20242024
26:47.0Ron ClarkeAustralia14 July 19651965
26:31.32Haile GebrselassieEthiopia4 July 19971997
57:55.0Sondre Nordstad MoenNorway11 June 20202020
1:12:46.5Sondre Nordstad MoenNorway11 June 20202020
20,703 mSondre Nordstad MoenNorway11 June 20202020
13.00Ladji DoucouréFrance29 July 20052005
32.67 **, DLR**Karsten WarholmNorway12 June 20252025
46.52Karsten WarholmNorway15 June 20232023
5:20.00Krzysztof WesołowskiPoland28 June 19841984
8:01.83Paul Kipsiele KoechKenya9 June 20112011
2.38 mMutaz Essa BarshimQatar15 June 20172017
6.15 mArmand DuplantisSweden12 June 20252025
8.53 mIrving SaladinoPanama2 June 20062006
18.01 mJonathan EdwardsGreat Britain9 July 19981998
22.29 mTomas WalshNew Zealand7 June 20182018
70.91 mMykolas AleknaLithuania30 May 20242024
81.92 m DLRWojciech NowickiPoland15 June 20232023
94.22 m (old design)Michael WessingWest Germany3 August 19781978
92.60 m (current design)Raymond HechtGermany21 July 19951995
20:27.0Erling AndersenNorway3 August 19791979
40:50.0Erling AndersenNorway3 August 19791979
1:27:56.8Erling AndersenNorway23 August 19811981
2:35:45.6Tore BrustadNorway20 July 19701970
4:42:10.0Per Ola SverreNorway9 August 19741974
40.31Elvis Afrifa
Taymir Burnet
Solomon Bockarie
Raphael BoujuNetherlands16 June 20222022
14:40.4Tony Polhill 3:42.9
John Walker 3:40.4
Rod Dixon 3:41.2
Dick Quax 3:35.9New Zealand22 August 19731973

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetRef.100 m200 m400 m600 m800 m1500 mMile3000 m5000 m10,000 m100 m hurdles200 m hurdles300 m hurdles400 m hurdles3000 m steeplechaseHigh jumpPole vaultLong jumpTriple jumpShot putDiscus throwJavelin throw3000 m walk5000 m walk4 × 100 m relay4 × 400 m relay
10.75Marie-Josée Ta LouIvory Coast15 June 20232023
21.93Dafne SchippersNetherlands9 June 20162016
49.23Taťána KocembováCzechoslovakia23 August 19831983
1:29.06Hedda HynneNorway11 June 20202020
1:55.04Jarmila KratochvílováCzechoslovakia23 August 19831983
3:57.40Suzy Favor-HamiltonUnited States28 July 20002000
4:17.13Birke HaylomEthiopia15 June 20232023
8:24.20Georgia GriffithAustralia30 May 20242024
14:11.15Tirunesh DibabaEthiopia6 June 20082008
30:13.74Ingrid KristiansenNorway5 July 19861986
12.49Sally PearsonAustralia7 June 20122012
26.11Line KlosterNorway11 June 20202020
39.42Sara PetersenDenmark11 June 20202020
52.30Femke BolNetherlands15 June 20232023
9:02.60Faith CherotichKenya12 June 20252025
2.05 mStefka KostadinovaBulgaria4 July 19871987
4.85 mYelena IsinbayevaRussia15 June 20072007
7.29 mHeike DrechslerGermany22 July 19941994
15.11 mYamilé AldamaCuba27 June 20032003
20.26 mValerie AdamsNew Zealand9 June 20112011
69.78 mTsvetanka KhristovaBulgaria5 July 19861986
76.34 m (old design)Fatima WhitbreadUnited Kingdom4 July 19871987
69.48 m (current design)Trine HattestadNorway28 July 20002000
13:45.7Frøydis HilsenNorway23 August 19811981
22:59.6Anita BlombergNorway17 June 19881988
43.69Jamile Samuel
Tasa Jiya
Naomi SedneyNetherlands16 June 20222022
3:28.38 DLRCarys McAulay
Ama Pipi
Lina Nielsen
Nicole KendallGreat Britain15 June 20232023

Notes

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