List of Finnish records in athletics

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The following are the national records in athletics in Finland maintained by Finland’s national athletics federation: Suomen Urheiluliitto (SUL).

Starting in 2016, Finnish indoor records superior to the outdoor record in the same event will be considered national records both indoors and outdoors. This rule only applies to records set in 2016 or later, and is not retroactively applied to older indoor records.[note 1]

Outdoor[edit]

Key to tables:
  Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by SUL   Not ratified or later rescinded by SUL

+ = en route to a longer distance

A = affected by altitude

h = hand timing

OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)

X = annulled after doping revelations

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
100 m 11.13 (+1.0 m/s) Helinä Marjamaa 19 July 1983 Lahti, Finland
150 m 17.47 (+1.9 m/s) Sari Keskitalo 29 July 2007 Rovaniemi, Finland
200 m 22.39 (+0.6 m/s) Mona-Lisa Pursiainen 20 August 1973 Moscow, Soviet Union
300 m 37.48 Riitta Salin 26 June 1976 London, United Kingdom
400 m 50.14 Riitta Salin 4 September 1974 European Championships Rome, Italy
500 m 1:19.1 h Helle Aro 26 April 1993 Vantaa, Finland
600 m 1:28.47 Eveliina Määttänen 15 May 2022 Espoo, Finland [15]
800 m 1:59.41 Sara Kuivisto 31 July 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan [16]
1000 m 2:39.14 Sara Kuivisto 2 September 2020 Porvoo, Finland
1500 m 4:02.35 Sara Kuivisto 4 August 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan [17]
Mile 4:23.38 Kristiina Mäki 3 September 2021 Brussels, Belgium
2000 m 5:42.71 Kristiina Mäki 17 June 2014 Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava, Czech Republic [18][19]
3000 m 8:41.30 Päivi Tikkanen 26 August 1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan
Two miles 9:41.36 Annemari Sandell 8 June 1996 Tornio, Finland
5000 m 14:56.22 Annemari Sandell 8 July 1996 Stockholm, Sweden
10000 m 31:40.42 Annemari Sandell 27 July 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States
10 km (road) 31:59 Johanna Peiponen 28 May 2016 Oulu Terwahölkkä Oulu, Finland [20]
15 km (road) 49:17 Annemari Sandell 16 November 1997 Nijmegen, Netherlands
Half marathon 1:10:04 Annemari Sandell 27 September 1998 Uster, Switzerland
Marathon 2:28:00 Ritva Lemettinen 2 April 1995 London Marathon London, United Kingdom
100 m hurdles 12.72 (+1.3 m/s) Annimari Korte 24 July 2019 Motonet Grand Prix Joensuu, Finland [21]
200 m hurdles 26.65 (-0.9 m/s) Nooralotta Neziri 11 June 2020 Impossible Games Oslo, Norway [22]
300 m hurdles 39.53 Tuija Helander 30 May 1989 Helsinki, Finland
400 m hurdles 54.62 Tuija Helander 3 September 1987 World Championships Rome, Italy
2000 m steeplechase 6:18.09 Johanna Lehtinen 17 July 2006 Tampere, Finland
3000 m steeplechase 9:24.70 Sandra Eriksson 12 July 2014 Glasgow Grand Prix Glasgow, Great Britain [23]
High jump 1.95 m Ella Junnila 3 July 2019 Yleisurheilun GP-kisat Tampere, Finland [24]
Pole vault 4.72 m Wilma Murto 29 August 2021 Finnish Championships Tampere, Finland [25]
Long jump 6.85 m (+0.8 m/s) Ringa Ropo-Junnila 9 August 1990 Lahti, Finland
Triple jump 14.63 m (+1.0 m/s) Senni Salminen 19 June 2021 European Team Championships Cluj-Napoca, Romania [26]
Shot put 18.57 m Asta Ovaska 20 August 1989 Stockholm, Sweden
Discus throw 67.02 m Ulla Lundholm 23 August 1983 Helsinki, Finland
Hammer throw 74.40 m Krista Tervo 19 March 2022 Leiria, Portugal [27]
Javelin throw 64.90 m Paula Huhtaniemi 10 August 2003 Helsinki, Finland
Weight throw 21.47 m Suvi Koskinen 14 September 2019 Kurikka, Finland
Heptathlon 6404 pts Satu Ruotsalainen 26–27 August 1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan
13.54 (+1.1 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.88 m (high jump), 12,46 m (shot put), 24.20 (+0.2 m/s) (200 m),
6.18 m (0.0 m/s) (long jump), 47.04 m (javelin), 2:13.24 (800 m)
3000 m walk (track) 11:59.60 Sari Essayah 27 June 1993 Lapinlahti, Finland
5000 m walk (track) 20:28.62 Sari Essayah 9 July 1994 Tuusula, Finland
5 km walk (road) 21:15.6 Sari Essayah 12 August 1989 Lapinlahti, Finland
10000 m walk (track) 42:37.0 h Sari Essayah 8 May 1993 Fana, Norway
10 km walk (road) 42:20 Sari Essayah 7 August 1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden
20 km walk (road) 1:32:05 Sari Essayah 5 May 1996 Vantaa, Finland
35 km walk (road) 2:58:30 Tiia Kuikka 23 April 2022 Dudinská Päťdesiatka Dudince, Slovakia [28]
50 km walk (road) 4:29:25 Tiia Kuikka 19 May 2019 European Cup Alytus, Lithuania [29]
4 × 100 m relay 43.37  Finland
Anu Pirttimaa
Sisko Hanhijoki
Sanna Hernesniemi
Marja Salmela 		21 August 1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany
4 × 400 m relay 3:25.7  Finland
Marika Eklund
Mona-Lisa Pursiainen
Pirjo Häggman
Riitta Salin 		8 September 1974 European Championships Rome, Italy

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

See also[edit]

  1. ^ In accordance with this rule, the indoor marks of Wilma Murto in women’s pole vault and Sandra Eriksson in women’s mile run are considered Finnish records both indoors and outdoors, while the indoor records of Mika Halvari in men’s shot put, Osku Torro in men’s high jump and Jani Lehtonen in men’s pole vault are not considered national outdoor records.[1]

References[edit]

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