Olavi Salonen (20 December 1933 – 6 March 2025) was a Finnish athlete who was a world record holder of men's 1500-metre run.

Biography

Salonen participated in the Summer Olympic Games in 1500 m in 1960 and 1964. At the European Athletics Championships he competed twice in 800 metres, in 1958 and 1962.

On 11 July 1957, Salonen ran a 1500-metre race in Turku. He finished second with the same world record time 3:40.2 as the winner Olavi Salsola. The new world record stood only for one day. Czech runner Stanislav Jungwirth ran 3:38.1 on the next day at Stará Boleslav.[1]

Salonen died on 6 March 2025, at the age of 91.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Olavi Salonen - Biography". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Juoksijasuuruus Olavi Salonen on kuollut". YLE. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
Records
Preceded by Men's 1500 m world record holder
11 July 1957 – 12 July 1957
With: Olavi Salsola 		Succeeded by
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olavi_Salonen
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