Talk:Finland-Sweden Athletics International

Dreiländerkampf Deutschland-Finnland-Schweden 1940
The 1940 competition was held as a triple event between Finland, Sweden and Germany. I could not find many references to it on-line, but here are a few:
 * MAAOTTELUN HISTORIA (in Finnish) 7.-8.9.1940, Helsinki
 * Erikoista - Kolmimaaottelu Suomi-Ruotsi-Saksa, Rudolf Harbig Suomessa (voitot 400 m ja 800 m)
 * Translation: Notable - Triple international Finland-Sweden-Germany, Rudolf Harbig in Finland (victories in 400 and 800 meters)
 * Leichtathletik-Objekte
 * Bronze-Anstecker: Helsinki 7-8 IX 40. Teilnehmer-Abzeichen zum Leichtathleitik-Dreiländerkämpf Deutschland-Finnland-Schweden. 1940, 2,2 cm, 45 Gramm, Zustand: 3- ... Preis: 80,- Euro

I cannot find an explicit reference to only two athletes per event, but the Finnish language text says "Gunder Hägg and Henry Kälarne won a double victory over a hard-to-beat Finnish duo at the 5000 meter event". Also I remember this from other sources. Besides, the stadium in Helsinki only has 8 tracks.

-- Petri Krohn 21:05, 26 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I looked around on the official Finnish site, but it is obviously difficult to find something when you can't read Finnish. ;) Feel free to re-add the info, but I'd recommend that it is sourced in some way as it seems to not be generally known. Problem is how to source it properly, unless you have a print source. – Elisson • Talk 21:20, 26 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Any idea what Germany's result was that year? I'm surprised it's not mentioned anywhere... maybe they won? ;) 83.177.90.156 (talk) 01:50, 6 July 2009 (UTC)