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.Olympic Games Medalists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
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.
Medal summary Men 100 metres 10.5 10.6 10.7200 metres 21.2 21.6 21.6400 metres 47.1 47.6 47.7800 metres 1:48.9 1:49.7 1:49.91500 metres 3:44.8 3:45.9 3:46.05000 metres 14:12.4 14:15.8 14:16.010,000 metres 30:03.2 30:03.8 30:03.8Marathon 2:26:14 2:26:37 2:26:403000 metres steeplechase 8:51.0 8:52.0 8:52.4110 m hurdles 14.4 14.8 14.9400 m hurdles 51.1 52.0 52.1High jump 2.11 m 2.01 m 2.01 mPole vault 4.50 m 4.50 m 4.45 mLong jump 7.45 m 7.31 m 7.30 mTriple jump 15.47 m 15.34 m 15.27 mShot put 16.96 m 16.90 m 16.49 mDiscus throw 54.09 m 53.06 m 52.87 mHammer throw 62.98 m 62.23 m 59.61 mJavelin throw 79.16 m 78.38 m 77.57 mDecathlon 7178 pts 6843 pts 6229 pts4 × 100 m relay 41.2 41.5 41.84 × 400 m relay 3:10.6 3:13.8 3:13.8
Women 100 metres 12.4 12.5 12.5200 metres 25.1 25.1 25.7400 metres 56.6 57.8 58.8800 metres 2:17.3 2:18.2 2:18.580 m hurdles 11.5 11.5 11.7High jump 1.64 m 1.61 m 1.61 mLong jump 5.82 m 5.70 m 5.65 mShot put 14.00 m 13.06 m 12.91 mDiscus throw 45.40 m 42.76 m 42.29 mJavelin throw 50.85 m 47.13 m 47.04 mPentathlon 4367 pts 4353 pts 4127 pts4 × 100 m relay 48.2 48.5 48.7
Points table
Men
RankCountryPoints 1 190.5 2 157 3 89.5 4 21 5 17
Women RankCountryPoints 1 89 2 68 3 56 4 40
References Nordic Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-29.