Finnish Indoor Athletics Championships
The Finnish Indoor Athletics Championships () is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Finnish Amateur Athletic Association, which serves as the Finnish national championship for the sport. First held in 1962, the competition was open to non-Finnish athletes and several foreign athletes (mainly Swedes) were crowned as Finnish champions. The championship titles were restricted to Finnish nationals from 1987 onwards, with foreign competitors reduced to guest status only. The competition features a 300 metres hurdles event, which highly uncommon as a senior national championship event. Furthermore, winter championships in discus throw and javelin throw are held each year in the same period, but are typically held outdoors due to venue constraints. Events The following athletics events feature as standard on the Finnish Indoor Championships programme: Sprint: 60 m, 200 m, 400 m Distance track events: 800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m Hurdles: 60 m hurdles, 300 m hurdles Jumps: long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault Throws: shot put Combined events: heptathlon (men), pentathlon (women) Walks: 5000 m walk (men), 3000 m walk (women) The 200 m was first introduced in 1982. A men's 5000 metres was held from 1973 to 1987. A men's 2000