Eläintarha Stadium

Eläintarha Stadium
Eltsu
Location	Helsinki, Finland
Coordinates	60°11′28″N 24°55′51″E / 60.19111°N 24.93083°ECoordinates: 60°11′28″N 24°55′51″E / 60.19111°N 24.93083°E
Owner	City of Helsinki
Construction
Built	1903–1910
Opened	1910

Eläintarha Stadium (Finnish: Eläintarhan kenttä, Swedish: Djurgårdens sportplan) is a multi-purpose stadium at the Eläintarha park in Helsinki, Finland.^[1] It was opened in 1910 as the first stadium in Helsinki. Today it is mostly used by track and field athletes.

History[]

Eläintarha Stadium served as the main sports venue of Helsinki until 1938, as the Olympic Stadium was completed. In 1911 Eläintarha hosted the first international of the Finland national football team^[2] and in 1925 the first annual Finland-Sweden Athletics International.^[3] It was fully renovated in 2005 and 2012 as the stadium was used as a warm-up area for the Athletics World and European Championships.

World Records[]

The following World Records were set at the Eläintarha Stadium. On 19 June 1924 Paavo Nurmi first broke the 1,500 meters world record and 45 minutes later he set a new record in the 5,000 meter run.^[4]

1,500 meters

3:52.6 – Paavo Nurmi, 19 June 1924

5 000 meters

14:28.2 – Paavo Nurmi, 19 June 1924
14:17.0 – Lauri Lehtinen, 19 June 1932

10 000 meters

30:35.4 – Ville Ritola, 25 May 1924

110 metres hurdles

14.4 – Bengt Sjöstedt, 5 September 1931

Javelin throw

76.10 – Matti Järvinen, 15 June 1933

Decathlon

7,485.61 – Aleksander Klumberg, 22 September 1922
7,995.19 – Paavo Yrjölä, 17 July 1927

References[]

^ SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PARK City of Helsinki. Retrieved 11 June 1911.
^ Football MATCH: 22.10.1911 Finland v Sweden European national football teams 1872–2015 matches database. Retrieved 11´June 2015.
^ "Finnkampen fyller 90 år" (in Swedish). Finnkampen. 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ PAAVO NURMI AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES The Sports Museum of Finland. Retrieved 11 jUNE 2015.

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[1] SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PARK City of Helsinki. Retrieved 11 June 1911.

[2] Football MATCH: 22.10.1911 Finland v Sweden European national football teams 1872–2015 matches database. Retrieved 11´June 2015.

[3] "Finnkampen fyller 90 år" (in Swedish). Finnkampen. 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

[4] PAAVO NURMI AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES The Sports Museum of Finland. Retrieved 11 jUNE 2015.

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