The 1965 Nordic Athletics Championships was the third and final edition of the international athletics competition between Nordic countries and was held in Helsinki, Finland. 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 won its third team title in the men's points classification with 161 points and dethroned Sweden in the women's team competition with a total of 77 points. Iceland took part in the men's competition only and had its first and only champion at this edition – Valbjörn Thorláksson in the decathlon. Among the athletes in attendance were 1962 European Athletics Championships medalists Stig Pettersson, Rainer Stenius and Pentti Eskola.European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
Berit Berthelsen of Norway was the athlete of the tournament, taking a sweep of the women's sprints from 100 metres to 400 metres as well as the long jump. Finland's Marjatta Mäkinen won the shot put and discus throw events. No man won an individual double at this edition. Nina Hansen won the women's pentathlon, making her the only athlete in the competition's history to win three straight titles in an event. Carl Fredrik Bunæs (twice 100 m champion) returned to win a third title, this time in 400 m. Athletes to defend their 1963 titles included Bengt Persson (steeplechase) and Bjørn Bang Andersen (shot put).
Medal summary Men 100 metres 10.6 10.7 10.8200 metres 21.6 21.7 21.9400 metres 47.2 48.0 48.1800 metres 1:50.7 1:50.8 1:50.91500 metres 3:46.4 3:46.6 3:47.15000 metres 14:05.0 14:14.8 14:19.010,000 metres 30:18.4 30:36.4 30:42.0Marathon 2:24:51 2:24:51 2:26:563000 metres steeplechase 8:40.0 8:40.6 8:41.0110 m hurdles 14.0 14.8 14.8400 m hurdles 52.0 52.5 52.6High jump 2.08 m 2.08 m 2.08 mPole vault 4.85 m 4.80 m 4.75 mLong jump 7.89 m 7.77 m 7.65 mTriple jump 15.61 m 15.50 m 15.41 mShot put 17.80 m 17.43 m 17.30 mDiscus throw 57.68 m 55.24 m 54.78 mHammer throw 64.30 m 63.46 m 60.46 mJavelin throw 82.90 m 80.72 m 76.40 mDecathlon 6902 pts 6801 pts 6782 pts4 × 100 m relay 40.3 41.5 41.64 × 400 m relay 3:10.3 3:10.3Only 2 teams finished
Women 100 metres 12.0 12.0 12.2200 metres 24.4 24.6 25.1400 metres 54.4 55.6 55.8800 metres 2:12.0 2:13.0 2:14.080 m hurdles 10.9 11.3 11.5High jump 1.64 m = 1.64 m 1.64 mLong jump 6.37 m 6.08 m 5.90 mShot put 15.66 m 14.23 m 14.00 mDiscus throw 51.70 m 44.90 m 44.70 mJavelin throw 47.72 m 45.14 m 44.74 mPentathlon 4477 pts 4475 pts 4311 pts4 × 100 m relay 47.0 47.5 47.8
Points table
Men
RankCountryPoints 1 161 2 147 3 106 4 10 5 9
Women RankCountryPoints 1 77 2 69 3 54 4 47
References Nordic Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-29.