Nordic Athletics

Nordic AthleticsType| Sports federation

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Membership| 5 member federations
Website| nordic-athletics.org

Nordic Athletics is an international governing body for the sport of athletics in the Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. It is responsible for organising Nordic competitions between the nations, as well as collating Nordic records for the best performances by athletes of the nations,[1] and holding congresses on the sport for technical rules, coaching and sport administration. Membership of the regional body is composed of the five national athletics bodies. The group also serves to influence the International Association of Athletics Federations and European Athletics in regards to Nordic issues.[2]

The earliest regular Nordic competition to be established was the Nordic Marathon Championships and Nordic Combined Events Championships, which were first held in 1949 as a single-host competition. The first full programme event was the Nordic Junior Athletics Championships, an outdoor track and field competition for under-21 athletes, which began in 1950. Several competitions were created and discontinued in the 1960s–1980s, including a full senior programme event in the Nordic Athletics Championships. The 1990s saw three competitions become regular fixtures: the Nordic 10000m Challenge, the Nordic Cross Country Championships, and the Nordic–Baltic Under-23 Athletics Championships. Alongside these events, the Nordic Race Walking Championships, Nordic Indoor Athletics Match, Nordic Junior Athletics Championships and the Nordic Junior Combined Events Championships comprise the ongoing competitions organised by the body.[3][4]

Since 2008, the organisation has encouraged the involvement of athletes from the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) as both guest athletes and formal competitors.[2]

In July 2019 it began publishing Nordic Athletics Magazine.[5]

## Membership

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* Danish Athletics Federation
* Finnish Amateur Athletic Association
* Icelandic Athletic Federation
* Norwegian Athletics Association
* Swedish Athletics Association

## Competitions

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Competition  | Type  | Frequency  | First year  | Final year

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Nordic Athletics Championships | outdoor track and field | Biennial | 1961 | 1965
Nordic Indoor Athletics Championships | indoor track and field | Annual | 1986 | 1987
Nordic Indoor Athletics Match | indoor track and field | Annual | 2011 |
Nordic Women's Cup | women's athletics | Biennial | 1974 | 1982
Nordic 10000m Challenge | 10,000 metres | Annual | 1997 |
Nordic Combined Events Championships | combined track and field events | Annual | 1949 | 1970
Nordic Cross Country Championships | cross country running | Annual | 1997 |
Nordic Marathon Championships | marathon | Biennial | 1949 | 1981
Nordic Race Walking Championships | racewalking | Annual | 1957 |
Nordic Indoor Race Walking Championships | racewalking | Biennial | 1974 | 1978
Nordic Junior Race Walking Championships | racewalking | Annual | 1966 | 2003
Nordic–Baltic Under-23 Athletics Championships | under-23 athletics | Biennial | 1998 |
Nordic Junior Athletics Championships | under-20 athletics | Annual | 1950 (as under-21) |
Nordic Junior Combined Events Championships | under-20 combined events | Annual | 1969 |

## See also

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* Sport in the Nordic countries

## References

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1. ^ Nordic records. Nordic Athletics. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
2. ^ a b Nordic Handbook. Nordic Athletics (2019). Retrieved 2019-08-18.
3. ^ Nordic Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
4. ^ Competition Venues. Nordic Athletics. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
5. ^ "Nordic Athletics Magazine 10th July". Norsk Friidrett. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

Competitions

* Competition Venues. Nordic Athletics. Retrieved 2019-08-13.

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Inter-Nordic competitions

Active|

* Nordic Bouldering and Lead Climbing Championships
* Nordic Chess Championship
* Nordic Cup (rugby league)
* Nordic Figure Skating Championships
* Nordic Futsal Cup
* Nordic Invitational
* Nordic Quizzing Championships
* Nordic Strongman Championships
* Nordic Swimming Championships
* Nordic Table Tennis Championship
* Nordic Under-17 Football Championship
* Nordic Youth Sailing Championships
* Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia
* Rugby Nordic Cup
* STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship

Athletics|

* Athletics
* Indoor Championships
* Indoor Match
* Women's Cup
* 10000m
* Marathon
* Cross Country
* Combined Events
* Race Walking
* Junior
* Indoor Race Walking
* Nordic–Baltic Under-23 Championships
* Under-20
* Junior Combined Events
* Finland–Sweden Athletics International

Shooting|

* Handgun
* Mini Rifle
* Shotgun
* Rifle

Defunct|

* Nordic Badminton Championships
* Nordic Cup (football)
* Nordic Football Championship
* Women's
* Nordic Games
* Nordic Hockey Championship
* Nordic Orienteering Championships
* Royal League
* Scandinavian Touring Car Championship

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