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°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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