Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships
The Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships (Norwegian: Norgesmesterskapet i friidrett innendørs) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Norwegian Athletics Association, which serves as the Norwegian indoor national championship for the sport.
Sport | Track and field |
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Founded | 1964 |
Country | Norway |
It was first held in 1964 as a non-championship event, before receiving official national sanctioning in 2004. After this change, foreign athletes could only compete as guests, and then only where they are members of a Norwegian athletics club. The competition is unusual in its long-established hosting of standing variations of the high and long jump, dating back to 1919.[1][2]
Events
The following athletics events feature as standard on the Norwegian Indoor Championships programme:
- Sprint: 60 m, 200 m, 400 m
- Distance track events: 800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m
- Hurdles: 60 m hurdles
- Jumps: long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, standing high jump, standing long jump
- Throws: shot put
- Combined events: heptathlon (men), pentathlon (women)
- Race walks: 5000 m walk (men), 3000 m walk (women)
References
- Norwegian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- Egil Svendsby. Sportsboken 2004, s. 247. Schibsted. ISBN 978-82-516-2061-1.