Bislett Games
The Bislett Games (also ExxonMobil Bislett Games ) are an athletics meeting that is held every June or July in the Bislett Stadium in Oslo and is part of the Diamond League .
Arne Haukvik, a former politician and later long-time director of the meeting, organized the first Bislett Games in 1965 . On the day before the event, he invited the press and sponsors to his home for a “strawberry party”. This tradition continues after his death in 2002. During the complete rebuilding of the stadium in 2004, the Bislett Games took place in Bergen as an exception .
The meeting was part of the Golden Four from 1993 to 1997 . After that it was part of the Golden League until it was accepted into the Diamond League in 2010 .
Impossible Games
In 2020 the event was under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic . As planned, it was held on June 11th as an alternative competition under the Norwegian regulations and the title "Impossible Games" in a modified form. Karsten Warholm started a world record attempt over the extremely seldom run 300 meter hurdles, Armand Duplantis and the Norwegian Sondre Guttormsen competed in the stadium in the pole vault and Renaud Lavillenie on his facility in Pérignat-lès-Sarliève . Among the 42 registered athletes from seven countries were also a. World champion Daniel Ståhl , the Norwegian cross-country skier and national champion in the 10,000-meter run Therese Johaug and Norway's national record holder over 3000 meters Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal . Over 2000 meters, the “Ingebrigtsen” team ( Filip , Henrik and Jakob Ingebrigtsen) competed with the “Cheruiyot” team ( Timothy Cheruiyot , Edwin Melly and Elijah Manangoi ) in the long-distance duel, with the run being held in Oslo and Nairobi in parallel.
Karsten Warholm ran the world record with 33.78 seconds in the 300 meter hurdles. European records were set by Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 4: 50.01 minutes over 2000 meters and Sondre Nordstad Moen in 1: 12: 46.49 hours over the 25,000 meter distance. Filip Ingebrigtsen ran the Norwegian record in 2: 16.46 minutes in the 1000 meter run. Pål Haugen Lillefosse achieved personal bests with 5.61 meters in the pole vault and Therese Johaug with 31: 40.67 minutes over 10,000 meters. Team "Ingebrigtsen" won over team "Cheruiyot" which had to fight with difficult weather conditions in Nairobi. Daniel Ståhl won the discus throw with 65.92 meters and Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal broke off the 3000 meter run.
The TV broadcast of the "Impossible Games" was the most watched program in Norway that day.
Competitive best
Men
Women
World records
| date | athlete | discipline | power |
| June 14, 1965 | Ron Clarke (Australia) | 10,000 m | 27: 39.4 min |
| June 24, 1975 | Grete Waitz (Norway) | 3000 m | 8: 46.6 min |
| June 21, 1976 | Grete Waitz (Norway) | 3000 m | 8: 45.4 min |
| 5th July 1979 | Sebastian Coe (Great Britain) | 800 m | 1: 42.33 min |
| July 7, 1982 | David Moorcroft (Great Britain) | 5000 m | 13:00, 41 min |
| June 28, 1984 | Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) |
5000 m 10,000 m |
14: 58.89 min. 30: 59.42 min |
| July 27, 1985 | Saïd Aouita (Morocco) | 5000 m | 13:00, 40 min |
| 5th July 1986 | Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) | 10,000 m | 30: 13.74 min |
| July 10, 1993 | Yobes Ondieki (Kenya) | 10,000 m | 26: 58.38 min |
| July 22, 1994 | William Sigei (Kenya) | 10,000 m | 26: 52.23 min |
| 4th July 1997 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | 10,000 m | 26: 31.32 min |
| July 22, 2000 | Trine Hattestad (Norway) | Javelin throw | 69.48 m |
| June 15, 2007 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | 5000 m | 14: 16.63 min |
| June 6, 2008 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 5000 m | 14: 11.15 min |
With the world record over 10,000 meters on July 10, 1993, Yobes Ondieki was the first person to stay below the 27-minute mark. A year later, William Sigei improved this world record again by six seconds. In the meantime almost 50 runners managed to complete the 10,000 meters in under 27 minutes.
Web links
- Bislett Games (English and Norwegian)
- Impossible Games: Schedule Reports
- Impossible Games: Results (pdf 318 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ History ( July 27, 2011 memento in the Internet Archive ), Bislett Games
- ↑ a b "Impossible Games" instead of Diamond League meeting in Oslo , Plan B, on: Leichtathletik.de, April 23, 2020, accessed April 23, 2020
- ↑ a b "Impossible Games" in Oslo with a star line-up and a weird program , Diamond League alternative, on: Leichtathletik.de, June 9, 2020, accessed June 10, 2020
- ↑ Jan-Henner Reitze: World best time - Karsten Warholm also cannot be stopped by Corona , "Impossible Games" Oslo, on: Leichtathletik.de, June 11, 2020, accessed June 11, 2020
- ↑ Flash news of the day - TV ratings in Norway: “Impossible Games” beat Champions League final , notes, on: Leichtathletik.de, from June 26, 2020, accessed June 26, 2020