1961 Nordic Athletics Championships

Host City	Oslo
Country	NOR
Held	31 July – 2 August 1961
Competitors	78
Countries	5

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	SWE	15	12	5	32
2	Finland	FIN	9	16	16	41
3	Denmark	DEN	6	3	4	13
4	Norway	NOR	4	2	8	14
5	Iceland	ISL	0	1	2	3

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men	Carl Fredrik Bunæs	NOR	Owe Jonsson	SWE	Sven Hörtewall	SWE
200 m, Men	Carl Fredrik Bunæs	NOR	Owe Jonsson	SWE	Börje Strand	FIN
400 m, Men	Alf Petersson	SWE	Jussi Rintamäki	FIN	Hans-Olof Johansson	SWE
800 m, Men	Dan Waern	SWE	Olavi Salonen	FIN	Jan Henrik Bentzon	NOR
1,500 m, Men	Dan Waern	SWE	Sten Jonsson	SWE	Olavi Salonen	FIN
5,000 m, Men	Reijo Höykinpuro	FIN	Simo Saloranta	FIN	Gunnar Nielsen	DEN
10,000 m, Men	Reijo Höykinpuro	FIN	Gunnar Nielsen	DEN	Ola Tellesbø	NOR
Marathon, Men	Tenho Salakka	FIN	Evert Nyberg	SWE	Arnold Vaide	SWE
110 m Hurdles, Men	Bo Forssander	SWE	Raimo Koivu	FIN	Jan Gulbrandsen	NOR
400 m Hurdles, Men	Jussi Rintamäki	FIN	Hannu Ehoniemi	FIN	Jan Gulbrandsen	NOR
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men	Lage Tedenby	SWE	Gunnar Karlsson-Tjörnebo	SWE	Esko Sirén	FIN
4 x 100 m Relay, Men	Sweden	SWE	Finland	FIN	Denmark	DEN
4 x 400 m Relay, Men	Sweden	SWE	Norway	NOR	Finland	FIN
High Jump, Men	Stig Pettersson	SWE	Richard Dahl	SWE	Jón Ólafsson	ISL
Pole Vault, Men	Eeles Landström	FIN	Risto Ankio	FIN	Kjell Job Hovik Per-Olof Jonasson	NOR FIN
Long Jump, Men	Jorma Valkama	FIN	Aarre Asiala	FIN	Juhani Manninen	FIN
Triple Jump, Men	Kari Rahkamo	FIN	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	ISL	Odd Bergh	NOR
Shot Put, Men	Erik Uddebom	SWE	Jarmo Kunnas	FIN	Alpo Nisula	FIN
Discus Throw, Men	Stein Haugen	NOR	Paavo Lammi	FIN	Erik Uddebom	SWE
Hammer Throw, Men	Birger Asplund	SWE	Kalevi Horppu	FIN	Magne Føleide	NOR
Javelin Throw, Men	Willy Rasmussen	NOR	Väinö Kuisma	FIN	Pauli Nevala	FIN
Decathlon, Men	Seppo Suutari	FIN	Markus Kahma	FIN	Björgvin Hólm	ISL
100 m, Women	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	SWE	Solgunn Bovall	SWE	Lone Hadrup	DEN
200 m, Women	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	SWE	Solgunn Bovall	SWE	Lone Hadrup	DEN
400 m, Women	Elisabeth Östberg	SWE	Ann-Marie Tegelius	SWE	Anita Jaakkola	FIN
800 m, Women	Ellen Jørgensen	DEN	Ylva Lindberg	SWE	Saara Vilén	FIN
80 m Hurdles, Women	Nina Hansen	DEN	Sirkka Norrlund	FIN	Gunilla Cederström	SWE
4 x 100 m Relay, Women	Sweden	SWE	Denmark	DEN	Finland	FIN
High Jump, Women	Mette Oxvang	DEN	Leena Kaarna	FIN	Riitta-Maija Soppi	FIN
Long Jump, Women	Nina Hansen	DEN	Oddrun Hokland	NOR	Brita Johansson	FIN
Shot Put, Women	Karen Inge Halkier	DEN	Maj-Britt Stolpe	SWE	Vieno Väliahde	FIN
Discus Throw, Women	Leena Talvitie-Lehtonen	FIN	Karen Inge Halkier	DEN	Edel Leverås	NOR
Javelin Throw, Women	Ingrid Almqvist	SWE	Raija Talvensaari	FIN	Sirpa Toivola-Konttila	FIN
Heptathlon, Women	Nina Hansen	DEN	Gunilla Cederström	SWE	Tuovi Vahtera	FIN