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The Bislett Games is an annual track and field event at the Bislett stadion in Oslo, Norway that takes place as the first meeting of the IAAF Golden League.

Arne Haukvik was the founder the games in 1965, a former politician and director of the meeting, who used to invite the athletes, sponsors and the press to his home for his traditional “strawberry party” the day before the event each year. He died of cancer in 2002 at age 76. The tradition however is continued.

The Bislett stadion was used for speed skating events at the Olympics, but nowadays it has better known for its Bislett Games athletics meeting. Bislett Games attract the best track and field athletes from all over the world, and 61 world records have been set on its forgiving, brick-colored track so far. Due to the building of the new Bislett Stadion in Oslo, which started in April 2004, the traditional athletics meeting was staged on Fana stadion in Bergen in 2004 under the name Bergen Bislett Games. Bislett stadion was again used from 2005.

2004

• 5000 m women 14.24,68 Elvan Abeylegesse, Turkey
• 5000 m women Junior 14.30,88 Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia

2000

• Javelin throw women 69.48 m Trine Hattestad, Norway

1997

• 10000 m men 26.31,32 Haile Gebreselassie, Ethiopia

1994

• 10000 m men 26.52,23 William Sigei, Kenya
• 20000 m Walk men 2:04.55 Bernardo Segura, Mexico

1993

• 10000 m men 26.58,38 Yobes Ondieki, Kenya

1986

• 10000 m women 30.13,74 Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway

1985

• 5000 m men 13.00,40 Said Aouita, Morocco

1984

• 5000 m women 14.58,89 Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway
• 10000 m women 30.59,42 Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway

1982

• 5000 m men 13.00,41 David Moorcroft, United Kingdom

1981

• 1000 m men 2.12,81 Sebastian Coe, United Kingdom

1979

• 800 m men 1.42,33 Sebastian Coe, United Kingdom

1975

• 3000 m women 8.46,6 Grete Waitz, Norway
• 3000 m steeplechase men 8.10,4 Anders Gärderud, Sweden

1974

• 3000 m women 8.45,4 Grete Waitz, Norway

1965

• 10000 m men 27.39,4 Ron Clarke, Australia

1964

• Javelin throw men 87.12 Terje Pedersen, Norway
• Javelin throw men 91.72 Terje Pedersen, Norway

1955

• 1500 m men 3.40,8 Laszlo Tabori, Hungary
• 1500 m men 3.40,8 Gunnar Nielsen, Denmark
• 3000 m steeplechase men 8.45,4 Pentti Karvonen, Finland

1953

• Hammer throw men 62.36 m Sverre Strandli, Norway

1952

• Hammer throw men 61.25 m Sverre Strandli, Norway

1936

• 110 m hurdles men 13,7 Forrest Towns, USA

1935

• 110 m hurdles men 14,2 Alvin Moreau, USA

1934

• Shot put men 17.40 m Jack Torrance, USA
• Discus throw men 52.42 m Harald Andersson, Sweden

1925

• Pole vault men 4.23 m Charles Hoff, USA

1924

• 110 m hurdles men 14,2 Percy Beard, Canada

• Bislett Games web site

Meetings of the IAAF Golden League

Meeting Gaz de France, Paris, France | Golden Gala, Rome, Italy | Bislett Games, Oslo, Norway | Weltklasse Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland | Memorial van Damme, Brussels, Belgium | ISTAF, Berlin, Germany | Herculis, Monaco