Paavo Nurmi Stadium
Paavo Nurmi Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Turku, Finland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics meets. It holds 13,000 people and is named after the Turku-born runner Paavo Nurmi. Twenty athletics world records have been set at the stadium. John Landy broke the world records for the 1,500 m and the mile, Nurmi for the 3,000 m, Emil Zátopek and Ron Clarke for the 10,000 m, Viljo Heino for the one-hour run and the 20 km, Matti Järvinen for the javelin throw and Charles Hoff for the pole vault.
Paavo Nurmi Games, a track and field meet, is held at the stadium annually.
