Bislett Games
The Bislett Games is an annual track and field event at the Bislett stadion in Oslo, Norway that takes place as the first meeting of the IAAF Golden League.
Arne Haukvik was the founder the games in 1965, 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 61 world records 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 on Fana stadion in Bergen in 2004 under the name Bergen Bislett Games. Bislett stadium was again used from 2005.
World records
2008
- 5000 m women 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia
2008
- 5000 m women 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia
2007
- 5000 m women 14:16.63 Meseret Defar, Ethiopia
2004
- 5000 m women 14:24.68 Elvan Abeylegesse, Turkey
- 5000 m women Junior 14:30.88 Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia
2000
- Javelin throw women 69.48 m Trine Hattestad, Norway
1997
- 10000 m men 26:31.32 Haile Gebreselassie, Ethiopia
1994
- 10000 m men 26:52.23 William Sigei, Kenya
- 20000 m Walk men 2:04:55 Bernardo Segura, Mexico
1993
- 10000 m men 26:58.38 Yobes Ondieki, Kenya
1986
- 10000 m women 30:13.74 Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway
1985
- 5000 m men 13:00.40 Said Aouita, Morocco
1984
- 5000 m women 14:58.89 Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway
- 10000 m women 30:59.42 Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway
1982
- 5000 m men 13:00.41 David Moorcroft, United Kingdom
1981
- 1000 m men 2:12.81 Sebastian Coe, United Kingdom
1979
- 800 m men 1:42.33 Sebastian Coe, United Kingdom
1975
- 3000 m women 8:46.6 Grete Waitz, Norway
- 3000 m steeplechase men 8:10.4 Anders Gärderud, Sweden
1974
- 1000 m men 2:13.9 Rick Wohlhuter, USA
1965
- 10000 m men 27:39.4 Ron Clarke, Australia
1964
- Javelin throw men 87.12 Terje Pedersen, Norway
- Javelin throw men 91.72 Terje Pedersen, Norway
1955
- 1500 m men 3:40.8 Laszlo Tabori, Hungary
- 1500 m men 3:40.8 Gunnar Nielsen, Denmark
- 3000 m steeplechase men 8:45.4 Pentti Karvonen, Finland
1953
- Hammer throw men 62.36 m Sverre Strandli, Norway
1952
- Hammer throw men 61.25 m Sverre Strandli, Norway
1936
- 110 m hurdles men 13.7 Forrest Towns, USA
1935
- 110 m hurdles men 14.2 Alvin Moreau, USA
1934
- Shot put men 17.40 m Jack Torrance, USA
- Discus throw men 52.42 m Harald Andersson, Sweden
1925
- Pole vault men 4.23 m Charles Hoff, USA
1924
- 110 m hurdles men 14.2 Percy Beard, Canada