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Paavo Nurmi Stadium
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Alternate: Paavo Nurmen stadion, Paavo Nurmis stadion

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Established
1890 (136 years old)

Capacity
13,000

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Country
Finland

Location
Turku

Timezone
UTC +02:00 Eastern European Time (EET)

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03 Jun		Womens 100 metres Hurdles Final at Paavo Nurmi Games
03 Jun		Mens 5000 metres Final at Paavo Nurmi Games
03 Jun		Womens 3000 metres Steeplechase Final at Paavo Nurmi Games
03 Jun		Mens 1500 metres Final at Paavo Nurmi Games
03 Jun		Womens 100 metres Hurdles Heat 2 at Paavo Nurmi Games
03 Jun		Womens 100 metres Hurdles Heat 1 at Paavo Nurmi Games
03 Jun		Womens Hammer Throw Final at Paavo Nurmi Games

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Paavo Nurmi Stadium (Finnish: Paavo Nurmen stadion, Swedish: Paavo Nurmis stadion) is a multi-use stadium in Turku, Finland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics meets. It holds 13,000 people and is named after the Turku-born runner Paavo Nurmi. Twenty athletics world records have been set at the stadium. John Landy broke the world records for the 1,500 m and the mile (1954), Nurmi for the 3,000 m (1922), Emil Zátopek (1950) and Ron Clarke (1965) for the 10,000 m, Viljo Heino for the one-hour run (1945) and the 20 km (1949), Matti Järvinen for the javelin throw (1932) and Charles Hoff for the pole vault (1925).

Paavo Nurmi Games, a track and field meet, is held at the stadium annually.


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