1986 Nordic Indoor Athletics Championships

The 1986 Nordic Indoor Athletics Championships was the inaugural edition of the international indoor athletics competition between Nordic countries and was held in Lidingö, Sweden. It consisted of 22 individual track and field events, 12 for men and 10 for women.

Finland was the most successful nation, taking ten golds in a total haul of 30 medals. Sweden placed second with ten golds among their 21 medals. Denmark won four medals, two of them gold, while Norway won ten medals, though none were gold. of Sweden was the most successful athlete of the tournament, winning a women's

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	(DEN)	6.85	(FIN)	6.91	(SWE)	6.94
200 metres	(FIN)	21.33	(DEN)	21.37	(SWE)	22.00
400 metres	(FIN)	48.63	(FIN)	48.82	(SWE)	48.90
800 metres	Ari Suhonen (FIN)	1:50.52	(DEN)	1:51.01	(FIN)	1:51.83
1500 metres	(SWE)	3:45.93	Ari Paunonen (FIN)	3:46.07	(NOR)	3:46.39
3000 metres	(FIN)	8:06.14	Stig Roar Husby (NOR)	8:06.33	(NOR)	8:08.16
60 m hurdles	Ulf Söderman (SWE)	7.95	Mikael Ylöstalo (FIN)	8.01	(NOR)	8.03
High jump	(FIN)	2.13 m	(NOR)	2.10 m	Matti Viitala (FIN)	2.10 m
Pole vault	Miro Zalar (SWE)	5.45 m	Tapani Haapakoski (FIN)	5.35 m	Asko Peltoniemi (FIN)	5.25 m
Long jump	Juha Kivi (FIN)	7.71 m	Jarmo Kärnä (FIN)	7.60 m	(NOR)	7.52 m
Triple jump	Arne Holm (SWE)	16.61 m	(SWE)	16.44 m	(FIN)	15.95 m
Shot put	(SWE)	19.48 m	(SWE)	17.81 m	(FIN)	17.66 m

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	(SWE)	7.48	(NOR)	7.52	Sisko Markkanen (FIN)	7.57
200 metres	(SWE)	24.07	Sølvi Olsen (NOR)	24.68	Sisko Markkanen (FIN)	24.85
400 metres	Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE)	52.88	(SWE)	55.38	(SWE)	55.93
800 metres	(FIN)	2:10.20	(NOR)	2:10.40	(NOR)	2:10.65
1500 metres	(SWE)	4:24.64	(FIN)	4:30.12	(FIN)	4:32.12
3000 metres	(FIN)	9:44.04	(SWE)	9:44.22	Only 2 starters
60 m hurdles	(FIN)	8.49	(SWE)	8.50	(FIN)	8.52
High jump	Susanne Lorentzon (SWE)	1.87 m	(FIN)	1.85 m	Sari Karjalainen (FIN)	1.82 m
Long jump	Lene Demsitz (DEN)	6.41 m	(FIN)	6.23 m	(SWE)	6.16 m
Shot put	Asta Hovi (FIN)	17.16 m	(FIN)	15.90 m	(SWE)	14.66 m

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland (FIN)	10	10	10	30
2	Sweden (SWE)	10	5	6	21
3	Denmark (DEN)	2	2	0	4
4	Norway (NOR)	0	5	5	10
Totals (4 nations)		22	22	21	65

References[]

• Nordic Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-05-20.