Nordic Junior Athletics Championships

The Nordic Junior Athletics Championships (Norwegian: Nordisk juniormesterskap i friidrett) is an annual outdoor track and field competition for athletes under-20 from the Nordic countries – Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. Athletes must be 19 years of age or younger by December 31 of the year the championship is held. Finland and Sweden have chosen to set a lower age limit of 18, except for athletes competing in relay races only. Norway, Denmark and Iceland have chosen not to have a lower age limit.[1]

Nordic Junior Athletics Championships
SportTrack and field
Founded1950
CountryFinland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland

The competition was founded in 1950 as the Nordic U21 Junior Match. For much of its early history, it was a competition between Finland, Sweden and Norway only, with that being the arrangement until 1983, with exceptions of the 1962, 1964, and 1979 championships. The competition broadened to include all Nordic states from 1983 onwards, with the exception of the period from 1989-93. The competition was renamed in 2004 to align with the International Association of Athletics Federations definitions of a "junior athlete" as under-20 rather than under-21.[2]

The competition is organised by Nordic Athletics, which also holds the Nordic 10000m Challenge, Nordic Indoor Match and Nordic Cross Country Championships. A separate under-20 event is held for combined track and field events.[3]

Editions
Year Country Place Dates
2004 Finland Espoo 21–22 August
2005 Norway Kristiansand 27–28 August
2006 Sweden Eskilstuna 2–3 September
2007 Denmark Esbjerg 1–2 September
2008 Norway Bergen 16–17 August
2009 Finland Vaasa 22–23 August
2010 Iceland Akureyri 28–29 August
2011 Denmark Copenhagen 3–4 September
2012 Sweden Växjö 18–19 August
2013 Finland Espoo 17–18 August
2014 Norway Kristiansand 16–17 August
2015 Finland Espoo 29–30 August
2016 Iceland Reykjavík 13–14 August
2017 Sweden Umeå 19–20 August
2018 Denmark Hvidovre 11–12 August
2019 Norway Kristiansand 17–10 August
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References
  1. Nordic Handbook. Nordic Athletics. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  2. Nordic Competitions. Nordic Athletics. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  3. 2018 Nordic Competitions. Nordic Athletics. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
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