Bislett Games

The Bislett Games is an annual track and field meeting at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the Diamond League.

Bislett Games
The Bislett Games 4 June 2010
DateJune–July
LocationOslo, Norway
World Athletics Cat.GW[1]
Established14 July 1965 (1965-07-14)
Official siteOslo Diamond League

History
The Bislett Games are held at Bislett Stadium. Photo: Kjetil Ree

The first international athletics meeting at Bislett was held in 1924. Until 1937 the competitions are known as "The American Meetings". Different organizers staged the meetings between 1947 and 1965 until the three athletics associations BUL, Vidar and Tjalve formed the Bislett Alliance. At this year Arne Haukvik founded the Bislett Games. He was 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.

Bislett Stadium was used for speed skating events at the Olympics, but nowadays it is better known for its Bislett Games athletics meeting. Bislett Games attract the best track and field athletes from all over the world, and 65 world records have been set on its forgiving, brick-coloured track so far. Due to the building of the new Bislett Stadium in Oslo, which started in April 2004, the 2004 edition of the traditional athletics meeting was staged on Fana stadion in Bergen under the name Bergen Bislett Games.

In 2009, a severe storm delayed proceedings and even caused damage to the track-side clock display. Sanya Richards recorded the fastest women's 400 metres time since 2006 while the Dream Mile brought a number of records with winner Deresse Mekonnen improving upon his Ethiopian record, Kenyan William Biwott Tanui setting a world junior record and third-placed Augustine Choge beating his personal best. Former javelin winners Andreas Thorkildsen and Tero Pitkämäki continued their five-year shared dominance of the Bislett Games, with Pitkämäki taking the victory this time.[2]

Alternative events

During 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic prevented Bislett Games from taking place, instead an event called Impossible Games was held. In 2021 there were still restrictions which caused the main event to be postponed. A restricted event called Night of Highlights was held instead on June 4, 2021.[3]

Editions

During some of the earliest editions, there were two meetings held per year.[4]

Bislett Games editions
Ed.MeetingDateRef.
1st1965 Bislett Games14 July 1965[5]
2nd1966 Bislett Games1966
3rd1967 Bislett Games1967
4th1968 Bislett Games1968
5th1969 Bislett Games1969
6th1970 Bislett Games1970
7th1971 Bislett Games1971
8th1972 Bislett Games3-4 Aug 1972[6]
9th1973 Bislett Games1973
10th1974 Bislett Games30-31 Jul 1974[7]
11th1975 Bislett Games3 July 1975[8]
12th1976 Bislett Games30 Jun 1976[9]
13th1977 Bislett Games1977
14th1978 Bislett Games1978
15th1979 Bislett Games5 Jul 1979, 17 Jul 1979[10][11]
16th1980 Bislett Games1 Jul 1980[12]
17th1981 Bislett Games11 Jul 1981[13]
18th1982 Bislett Games26 Jun 1982[14]
19th1983 Bislett Games22-23 Aug 1983[10][15]
20th1984 Bislett Games28 Jun 1984[16]
21st1985 Bislett Games16 Jul 1985, 27 Jul 1985[10][12]
22nd1986 Bislett Games5 Jul 1986[17]
23rd1987 Bislett Games4 Jul 1987[18]
24th1988 Bislett Games2 Jul 1988[19]
25th1989 Bislett Games1 Jul 1989[20]
26th1990 Bislett Games14 Jul 1990[21]
27th1991 Bislett Games6 Jul 1991[22]
28th1992 Bislett Games4 Jul 1992[23]
29th1993 Bislett Games10 Jul 1993[24]
30th1994 Bislett Games22 Jul 1994[25]
31st1995 Bislett Games21 Jul 1995[26]
32nd1996 Bislett Games5 Jul 1996[27]
33rd1997 Bislett Games4 Jul 1997[28]
34th1998 Bislett Games9 Jul 1998[29]
35th1999 Bislett Games30 Jun 1999[30]
36th2000 Bislett Games28 Jul 2000[31]
37th2001 Bislett Games13 Jul 2001[32]
38th2002 Bislett Games28 Jun 2002[33]
39th2003 Bislett Games27 Jun 2003[34]
40th2004 Bislett Games11 Jun 2004[35]
41st2005 Bislett Games29 Jul 2005[36]
42nd2006 Bislett Games2 Jun 2006[37]
43rd2007 Bislett Games15 Jun 2007[38]
44th2008 Bislett Games6 Jun 2008[39]
45th2009 Bislett Games3 Jul 2009[40]
46th2010 Bislett Games4 Jun 2010[41]
47th2011 Bislett Games9 Jun 2011[42]
48th2012 Bislett Games7 Jun 2012[43]
49th2013 Bislett Games13 Jun 2013[44]
50th2014 Bislett Games11 Jun 2014[45]
51st2015 Bislett Games11 Jun 2015[46]
52nd2016 Bislett Games9 Jun 2016[47]
53rd2017 Bislett Games15 Jun 2017[48]
54th2018 Bislett Games7 Jun 2018[49]
55th2019 Bislett Games13 Jun 2019[50]
56th2020 Bislett Games11 Jun 2020[51]
57th2021 Bislett Games1 Jul 2021[52]
58th2022 Bislett Games16 Jun 2022[53]
59th2023 Bislett Games15 Jun 2023[54]
60th2024 Bislett Games30 May 2024[55]

World records

Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the Games and former athletics meetings at Bislett stadium. 1985 three new records was set at the same evening.[56]

Bislett Games
Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
2023 Mile (junior) 4:17.13 Birke Haylom  Ethiopia
2021 400 m hurdles 46.70 Karsten Warholm  Norway
2008 5000 m 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia
2008 800 m (junior) 1:42.69 Abubaker Kaki  Sudan
2007 5000 m 14:16.63 Meseret Defar  Ethiopia
2004 5000 m 14:24.68 Elvan Abeylegesse  Turkey
2004 5000 m (junior) 14:30.88 Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia
2000 Javelin throw 69.48 m Trine Hattestad  Norway
1997 10000 m 26:31.32 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia
1994 10000 m 26:52.23 William Sigei  Kenya
1994 20000 m walk 2:04:55 Bernardo Segura  Mexico
1993 10000 m 26:58.38 Yobes Ondieki  Kenya
1986 10000 m 30:13.74 Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway
1985 10000 m 30:59.42 Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway
1985 5000 m 13:00.40 Saïd Aouita  Morocco
1985 Mile 3:46.32 Steve Cram  United Kingdom
1984 5000 m 14:58.89 Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway
1984 10000 m 30:59.42 Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway
1982 5000 m 13:00.41 David Moorcroft  Great Britain
1981 1000 m 2:12.18 Sebastian Coe  Great Britain
1980 Mile 3:48.8 Steve Ovett  United Kingdom
1979 800 m 1:42.33 Sebastian Coe  Great Britain
1975 3000 m 8:46.6 Grete Waitz  Norway
1975 3000 m steeplechase 8:10.4 Anders Gärderud  Sweden
1974 1000 m 2:13.9 Rick Wohlhuter  United States
1965 10000 m 27:39.4 Ron Clarke  Australia

Differently named meetings
Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
1964 Javelin throw 87.12 m & 91.72 m Terje Pedersen  Norway
1955 1500 m 3:40.8 László Tábori
Gunnar Nielsen		  Hungary
 Denmark
1955 3000 m steeplechase 8:45.4 Pentti Karvonen  Finland
1953 Hammer throw 62.36 m Sverre Strandli  Norway
1952 Hammer throw 61.25 m Sverre Strandli  Norway

American meetings
Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
1936 110 m hurdles 13.7 Forrest Towns  United States
1935 110 m hurdles 14.2 Alvin Moreau  United States
1934 Shot put 17.40 m Jack Torrance  United States
1934 Discus throw 52.42 m Harald Andersson  Sweden
1925 Pole vault 4.23 m Charles Hoff  Norway
1924 110 m hurdles 14.2 Percy Beard  Canada

Meeting records

Men
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 9.79 (+0.6 m/s) Usain Bolt  Jamaica 7 June 2012 [57]
200 m 19.77 (+0.6 m/s) Erriyon Knighton  United States 15 June 2023 [58]
400 m 43.86 Michael Johnson  United States 21 July 1995
800 m 1:42.04 David Rudisha  Kenya 4 June 2010
1000 m 2:12.18 Sebastian Coe  Great Britain 11 July 1981
1500 m 3:27.95 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 15 June 2023 [58]
Mile 3:44.90 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 4 July 1997
2000 m 4:50.01 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 11 June 2020 [59]
3000 m 7:26.25 DLR Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia 1 July 2021 [60]
Two miles 8:15.2 Rod Dixon  New Zealand 17 July 1979
5000 m 12:41.73 Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia 15 June 2023 [58]
6 miles 26:47.0 Ron Clarke  Australia 14 July 1965
10000 m 26:31.32 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 4 July 1997
25000 m (track) 1:12:46.51 Sondre Nordstad Moen  Norway 11 June 2020 [61]
110 m hurdles 13.00 (−0.1 m/s) Ladji Doucouré  France 29 July 2005
300 m hurdles 33.78 Karsten Warholm  Norway 11 June 2020 [62]
400 m hurdles 46.52 DLR Karsten Warholm  Norway 15 June 2023 [58]
2000 m steeplechase 5:20.00 Krzysztof Wesołowski  Poland 28 June 1984
3000 m steeplechase 8:01.83 Paul Kipsiele Koech  Kenya 9 June 2011 [63]
High jump 2.38 m Mutaz Essa Barshim  Qatar 15 June 2017 [64]
Pole vault 6.02 m Armand Duplantis  Sweden 16 June 2022 [65]
Long jump 8.53 m Irving Saladino  Panama 2 June 2006 [66]
Triple jump 18.01 m (+0.4 m/s) Jonathan Edwards  Great Britain 9 July 1998
Shot put 22.29 m Tomas Walsh  New Zealand 7 June 2018 [67]
Discus throw 70.51 m Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 15 June 2007
Hammer throw 81.92 m DLR Wojciech Nowicki  Poland 15 June 2023 [58]
Javelin throw 94.22 m (Old design)
92.60 m (Current design)		 Michael Wessing
Raymond Hecht		  West Germany
 Germany		 3 August 1978
21 July 1995
5000 m walk 20:27.0+ Erling Andersen  Norway 3 August 1979
10000 m walk 40:50.0 Erling Andersen  Norway 3 August 1979
20000 m walk 1:27:56.8 Erling Andersen  Norway 23 August 1981
30000 m walk 2:35:45.6 Tore Brustad  Norway 20 July 1970
50000 m walk 4:42:10.0 Per Ola Sverre  Norway 9 August 1974
4 × 1500 m relay 14:40.4 h Tony Polhill 3:42.9
John Walker 3:40.4
Rod Dixon 3:41.2
Dick Quax 3:35.9		  New Zealand 22 August 1973

Women
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 10.75 (+0.9 m/s) Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast 15 June 2023 [58]
200 m 21.93 (+0.7 m/s) Dafne Schippers  Netherlands 9 June 2016 [68]
400 m 49.23 Taťána Kocembová  Czechoslovakia 23 August 1983
600 m 1:29.06 Hedda Hynne  Norway 11 June 2020 [69]
800 m 1:55.04 Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 23 August 1983
1500 m 3:57.40 Suzy Favor-Hamilton  United States 28 July 2000
Mile 4:17.13 Birke Haylom  Ethiopia 15 June 2023 [58]
3000 m 8:25.01 Beatrice Chebet  Kenya 15 June 2023 [58]
5000 m 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia 6 June 2008
10000 m 30:13.74 Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway 5 July 1986
100 m hurdles 12.49 (+0.7 m/s) Sally Pearson  Australia 7 June 2012 [70]
200 m hurdles 26.11 (-0.9 m/s) Line Kloster  Norway 11 June 2020 [71]
300 m hurdles 39.42 Sara Petersen  Denmark 11 June 2020 [72]
400 m hurdles 52.30 Femke Bol  Netherlands 15 June 2023 [58]
3000 m steeplechase 9:03.71 Norah Jeruto  Kenya 13 June 2019 [73]
High jump 2.05 m Stefka Kostadinova  Bulgaria 4 July 1987
Pole vault 4.85 m Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia 15 June 2007
Long jump 7.29 m (+0.9 m/s) Heike Drechsler  Germany 22 July 1994
Triple jump 15.11 m (+0.1 m/s) Yamilé Aldama  Cuba 27 June 2003
Shot put 20.26 m Valerie Adams  New Zealand 9 June 2011 [74]
Discus throw 71.00 m Galina Savinkova  Soviet Union 16 July 1985
Javelin throw 76.34 m (Old design)
69.48 m (Current design)		 Fatima Whitbread
Trine Hattestad		  United Kingdom
 Norway		 4 July 1987
28 July 2000
3000 m walk 13:45.7 Frøydis Hilsen  Norway 23 August 1981
5000 m walk 22:59.6 Anita Blomberg  Norway 17 June 1988
4 × 400 m relay 3:28.38 DLR Carys McAulay
Ama Pipi
Lina Nielsen
Nicole Kendall		  Great Britain 15 June 2023 [75]

See also
  • Dream Mile

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