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Olavi Vihtori Kalervo Salonen (born December 20, 1933 in Noormarkku ) is a former Finnish middle-distance runner who held the world record over 1500 meters for one day in 1957 .

Career

Salonen's parade routes were the 800 and 1500 meters. Between 1958 and 1965 he won twelve Finnish championship titles over these distances. Salonen celebrated its greatest success as early as 1957. On July 11, 1957, Salonen took part in a 1,500 meter run in Turku . Salonen won at the same time as his compatriot Olavi Salsola in the new world record time of 3: 40.2 minutes. The third of the run, Olavi Vuorisalo , who also came from Finland , also stayed below the old world record time of 3: 40.6 minutes, set by the Hungarian István Rózsavölgyi in August 1956. Salonen and Salsola lost their world record to Stanislav Jungwirth just a day later , who ran the 1500 meters in 3: 38.1 minutes in a run in his home country Czechoslovakia (see also the 1500-meter world record run in Turku 1957 ).

At the European Athletics Championships in Belgrade in 1962 , Salonen came fourth in the 800-meter run, where he crossed the finish line at the same time as second Valeri Bulischew from the USSR and third Paul Schmidt from Germany. The German Manfred Matuschewski won the race . In 1963 Salonen won the Nordic Championship over 1500 meters. At the age of 31 he was last Finnish champion over 1500 meters. In 2009 he was awarded the Pro Urheilu Prize. Salonen took part in the Olympic Games in 1960 and 1964 without reaching the final.

During his career Salonen belonged to the associations Noormarkun Nopsa, Rosenlewin Urheilijat-38 in Pori , Kaipolan Vire and Valkeakosken Haka .

successes

  • World record over 1500 meters on July 11, 1957 with 3: 40.2 min (together with Olavi Salsola )
  • Nordic champion over 1500 meters: 1963
  • Nordic runner-up over 800 meters: 1961 and 1963
  • Finnish champion over 800 meters: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1963
  • Finnish champion over 1500 meters: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1965
  • Finnish Cross Country Champion: 1960, 1961 and 1962
  • Finnish champion in the 4 × 800 meter and 4 × 1500 meter relay: a total of eleven times
  • Finnish Cross Country Champion (team): a total of seven times

Personal best

Hall

  • Mile run (1609 meters): 4: 05.7 minutes (February 15, 1963 in San Francisco)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ minedu.fi: Ministeri Wallin jakoi Pro Urheilu -tunnustukset ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Finnish; report of December 16, 2009, accessed March 7, 2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.minedu.fi

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personal data
SURNAME Salons, Olavi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salonen, Olavi Vihtori Kalervo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish athlete
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Noormarkku