Paavo Nurmi Stadium
Appearance
Location | Turku, Finland |
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Coordinates | 60°26′33″N 022°15′39″E / 60.44250°N 22.26083°E |
Owner | City of Turku |
Operator | City of Turku |
Capacity | 13,000[1] |
Construction | |
Opened | 1890s |
Renovated | 1997 |
Website | |
www.turku.fi/... |
Paavo Nurmi Stadium (Template:Lang-fi, Template:Lang-sv) is a multi-use stadium in Turku, Finland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics meets. It holds 13,000 people and is named after the Turku-born runner Paavo Nurmi. Twenty athletics world records have been set at the stadium.[2] John Landy broke the world records for the 1,500 m and the mile (1954), Nurmi for the 3,000 m (1922), Emil Zátopek (1950) and Ron Clarke (1965) for the 10,000 m, Viljo Heino for the one-hour run (1945) and the 20 km (1949), Matti Järvinen for the javelin throw (1932) and Charles Hoff for the pole vault (1925).[2]
Paavo Nurmi Games, a track and field meet, is held at the stadium annually.
References
- ^ http://www.worldofstadiums.com/europe/finland/paavo-nurmen-stadion/
- ^ a b Rimpiläinen, Tuomas (6 October 2010). "Turkuun pystytettiin kirjoitusvirheitä pursuava muistomerkki". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 September 2012.
External links
- Media related to Paavo Nurmi Stadium at Wikimedia Commons
- City of Turku – Paavo Nurmi Stadium