Other European Meets

Kolehmainen 32:06.1 – 4th in the world 1921

Pori, Finland, July 10, 1921

Hannes Kolehmainen continues to run around the track tirelessly. In Pori, he clocked a time of 32:06.1 in the 10,000 metres run, ranking fourth in the 1921 world statistics. Against Nurmi, the Antwerp marathon winner did not dare to compete in the ten thousand metres at the Finnish Championships in August (due to injury) but warmed up by winning the Finnish title in the 25-kilometre race in early July.

Newspaper Stories

• Suomen Urheilulehti, July 21, 1921 (in Finnish)

Decathlete Klumberg's Javelin Soars

Pyynikin urheilukenttä, Tampere, Finland, July 30-31, 1921

The success of Estonia in the decathlon is hardly surprising. A century ago, the bronze medalist from the second Olympic Games in Paris, Aleksandr Klumberg, was already reaching for the world’s top ranks. He later Estonianised his surname to Kolmpere. 

He typically created a significant gap between himself and his competitors in the javelin, an event in which he competed at the international meet in Tampere in late July 1921. There, he defeated Urho Peltonen, the silver medalist from Antwerp. Klumberg threw a distance that placed him third in the world rankings (63.32m, 207-9), while Peltonen followed closely in fourth (62.25m, 204-3).

Tatu Kolehmainen won the 20,000-metre race, while his brother Hannes had to retire from the event.

Newspaper Stories 

• Aamulehti, July 31, 1921 (in Finnish)

• Aamulehti, August 2, 1921 (in Finnish)

• Suomen Urheilulehti, August 4, 1921 (in Finnish)

• Suomen Urheilulehti, August 11, 1921 (in Finnish)

Hoff 3.82m – Norwegian Record

Oslo/Kristiania, Norway, 7th August 1921

Norwegian pole vaulter Charles Hoff is starting to make a name for himself. He jumped 3.82m (12-6 1/2) at the championships of Kristiania, now known as Oslo, setting a Norwegian record and achieving the ninth-best pole vault result in the world rankings for the 1921 season. The following year, he would break the four-metre barrier.

Newspaper Stories 

• Idrottsbladet, August 22, 1921 (in Swedish)

Tough 800m in Stockholm

Stadion, Stockholm, September 21, 1921

As autumn arrived, a fierce competition took place at Stockholm's stadium over 800 metres. Britain's Edgar Mountain and the local Sven Lundgren charged across the finish line together, both clocking in at 1:54.3, sharing the second-best time in the world rankings. Mountain was ultimately declared the winner, while Lundgren could congratulate himself on setting a new Swedish record.

Newspaper Stories 

• Idrottsbladet, September 26, 1921 (in Swedish)