Paavo Nurmi Stadium

Paavo Nurmi Stadium
	2011 Finnish Championships in Athletics at Paavo Nurmi Stadium
Location	Turku, Finland
Coordinates	60°26′33″N 022°15′39″E / 60.44250°N 22.26083°ECoordinates: 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
Construction
Opened	1890s
Renovated	1997
Website
	www.turku.fi/...

Paavo Nurmi Stadium (Finnish: Paavo Nurmen stadion, Swedish: Paavo Nurmis stadion) 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.^[1] 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).^[1]

Paavo Nurmi Games, a track and field meet, is held at the stadium annually.

References[]

^ ^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
Stadium records
City of Turku – Paavo Nurmi Stadium

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[TS-1] Rimpiläinen, Tuomas (6 October 2010). "Turkuun pystytettiin kirjoitusvirheitä pursuava muistomerkki". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 September 2012.

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