Jules Ladoumègue sets a new World Record in the 1500m in October 1930. Photo: Agence Rol/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.
Purje Sails to the Summit of the World’s Ledgers (Helsingin Toverit Meet)
Tolamo Unleashes a Finnish Thunderbolt (Pan-Hellenic Games)
Nurmi Whittles Down the Six-Mile Record (News of the World Meeting)
Soggy Cinder Thwarts Purje’s Ambitions (Mode and Kronberg Games)
Loukola Extinguishes the Hopes of Magnusson and Iso-Hollo (HKV and KIF Meet)
A Stirring in the Decathlon Ranks (Deutsche Kampfspiele)
Yrjölä’s Fortnight of Supremacy (Aalborg)
Virtanen Administers a Swedish Drubbing (Trust Games)
The Younger Braumüller Pierces the Forty-Metre Veil (Brandenburg Championships)
Sjöstedt Skims to a New Finnish Record – 15.0 (HKV Games)
Pettersson Outshines Facelli (Stockholm Games)
Nurmi Subdues Virtanen in Two-Mile Duel (Helsinki Toverit Games)
Järvinen Hurls 70.23 (Turku Urheiluliitto Games)
Järvinen’s 72.38: Poetic Flights and Tabloid Taunts (Allians Games)
Warne and Bowen Victorious (Helsinki IFK and HKV Games)
Anderson Clocks 14.4 Once More – Official Recognition Still Elusive (IK Tjalve Meet)
Järvinen Hurls a World Record (That Wasn't a Finnish One) (Viipuri Urheilijat Games)
Nurmi Defeats Virtanen Once More (Helsinki IFK and Toverit Meet)
Järvinen Edges Official World Record to 71.88 (Vaasa Wasama Meet)
Nurmi Shatters the 20,000m World Record (Stockholm)
Järvinen 72.93 – At Long Last, An Irrefutable World Record (Viipuri Urheilijat Meet)
Nurmi Subdues Kusociński (Warsaw)
Nurmi Conquers the Berlin Five-Thousand (Berliner Morgenpost and SCC Berlin Meet)