Øya stadion
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Øya stadion, also known as Trondheim stadion, is an athletics facility in Nidarø, Trondheim
, Norway
. The field was established as "Øen stadion" in 1900 as a combined athletics field and skating rink.
The first large event at Øya was the European championship in 1901, where Kristiania-born skater Rudolf Gundersen
won. In 1907, the first world championship was arranged at Øya, and would also hold the event in 1911, 1926, and 1933. Øya stadion would also later hold another European championship in 1930. After the war there were only two more championships held at Øya, the unofficial European championship in 1946, and a women's world championship in 1966.
Øya was abandoned as a skating rink after the new Leangen Ice Hall was completed in 1979.
There are three notable world records in long distance held at Øya. In 1917, Oscar Mathisen
broke the record for the 10,000 m race with a time of 17:36.4. In 1917 Kristian Strøm
broke the 5,000 m record in a time of 8:33.7. The last, in 1951, Hjalmar Andersen broke Kornel Pajor's
to year old record from Davos by six seconds with a time of 8:07.3 at Øya.
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The field was established as "Øen stadion" in 1900 as a combined athletics field and skating rink.
Skating
From the opening in 1900 up until the war, Øen stadion in Trondheim was one of Norway's main facilities for speed skating, where Trondhjems Skøiteklub was the coordinator of a series of championships.The first large event at Øya was the European championship in 1901, where Kristiania-born skater Rudolf Gundersen
Rudolf Gundersen
Rudolf Gundersen was a Norwegian speed skater. He represented Kristiania Skøiteklub and was among the world's best skaters around the start of the 20th century....
won. In 1907, the first world championship was arranged at Øya, and would also hold the event in 1911, 1926, and 1933. Øya stadion would also later hold another European championship in 1930. After the war there were only two more championships held at Øya, the unofficial European championship in 1946, and a women's world championship in 1966.
Øya was abandoned as a skating rink after the new Leangen Ice Hall was completed in 1979.
There are three notable world records in long distance held at Øya. In 1917, Oscar Mathisen
Oscar Mathisen
Oscar Wilhelm Mathisen was a Norwegian speed skater and celebrity, almost rivalling Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen as symbols for a young nation...
broke the record for the 10,000 m race with a time of 17:36.4. In 1917 Kristian Strøm
Kristian Strøm
Kristian Strøm was a Norwegian speedskater.He set a world record in 5000 m in 1917, when he improved Oscar Mathisen's previous record in Trondheim...
broke the 5,000 m record in a time of 8:33.7. The last, in 1951, Hjalmar Andersen broke Kornel Pajor's
Kornél Pajor
Kornél Pajor is a former speed skating World Champion from Hungary. He was born in Budapest.In early 1943, Pajor was a young and promising skater of 19 years old, but because World War II was in progress there were not many competitions. In Klagenfurt, Austria, at one of the few skating...
to year old record from Davos by six seconds with a time of 8:07.3 at Øya.
Athletics
The venue has hosted the Norwegian Athletics Championships in 1902, 1909, 1916, 1925, 1948, 1953, 1958 and 2008.External links
- Skating events and results - Skateresults.com