# Nordic Race Walking Championships

The Nordic Race Walking Championships (Norwegian: Nordisk mesterskap i kappgang) is an annual racewalking competition between athletes from the Nordic countries organised by Nordic Athletics. Established in 1957, it was a biennial competition until 2004. The events vary between road competitions and track competitions each edition. The 1975 and 1979 editions were open to non-Nordic athletes.
The championships features two senior races: a men's 20 kilometres race walk and a women's 10 kilometres race walk. There are also six further age category competitions: 20 km walk for under-23 men, 10 km walk for under-23 women and under-20 men, and 5 kilometres race walk for under-20 women and both sexes under-18. A men's 50 kilometres race walk event was held at the championships until 2010. The age category events were held as the Nordic Junior Race Walking Match from 1966 to 2003, before being folded into the main championships.

## Editions

* The 1959 course was short.
| Year | Dates | Place | Country | Edition |
| 1957 | 25 August | Gothenburg | Sweden | 1 |
| 1959 | 29–30 August | Pori | Finland | 2 |
| 1961 | 26–27 August | Copenhagen | Denmark | 3 |
| 1963 | 24–25 August | Fredrikstad | Norway | 4 |
| 1965 | 21–22 August | Örebro | Sweden | 5 |
| 1967 | 9–10 September | Copenhagen | Denmark | 6 |
| 1969 | 2–3 August | Taivassalo | Finland | 7 |
| 1971 | 24–25 July | Gothenburg | Sweden | 8 |
| 1973 | 10–11 August | Fredrikstad | Norway | 9 |
| 1975 | 19–20 July | Odense | Denmark | 10 |
| 1977 | 6–7 August | Helsinki | Finland | 11 |
| 1979 | 8 July | Härnösand | Sweden | 12 |
| 1981 | 25–26 July | Sistranda | Norway | 13 |
| 1983 | 16 July | Copenhagen | Denmark | 14 |
| 1985 | 7–8 September | Pori | Finland | 15 |
| 1987 | 11–12 July | Gimo | Sweden | 16 |
| 1989 | 28–29 April | Bergen | Norway | 17 |
| 1992 | 26–27 September | Copenhagen | Denmark | 18 |
| 1994 | 9–10 September | Stockholm | Sweden | 19 |
| 1996 | 14–15 September | Espoo | Finland | 20 |
| 1998 | 9 May | Bergen | Norway | 21 |
| 2000 | 21–22 October | Vallensbæk | Denmark | 22 |
| 2004 | 11 September | Stockholm | Sweden | 23 |
| 2005 | 24 September | Odense | Denmark | 24 |
| 2006 | 16 September | Turku | Finland | 25 |
| 2007 | 8 June | Strandebarm | Norway | 26 |
| 2008 | 13 September | Eskilstuna | Sweden | 27 |
| 2009 | 5 September | Ballerup | Denmark | 28 |
| 2010 | 4 September | Tuusula | Finland | 29 |
| 2011 | 17 September | Halden | Norway | 30 |
| 2012 | 15 September | Eskilstuna | Sweden | 31 |
| 2013 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2014 | 13 September | Glostrup | Denmark | 32 |
| 2015 | 29 August | Espoo | Finland | 33 |
| 2016 | 17 September | | Norway | 34 |
| 2017 | 17 September | Stockholm | Sweden | 35 |

## Medalists
### Men's 20 km walk

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1957 | Åke Söderlund (SWE) | 1:36:09 | Folke Zackrisson (SWE) | 1:36:10 | Erik Söderlund (SWE) | 1:36:25 |
| 1959 | Pentti Kallionpää (FIN) | 1:32:42 | Åke Söderlund (SWE) | 1:32:46 | Jan Nilsson (SWE) | 1:33:39 |
| 1961 | Lennart Back (SWE) | 1:32:33 | John Ljunggren (SWE) | 1:34:07 | Erik Söderlund (SWE) | 1:34:44 |
| 1963 | John Ljunggren (SWE) | 1:34:20 | Erik Söderlund (SWE) | 1:35:33 | Tommy Kristensen-Bjørnø (DEN) | 1:36:46 |
| 1965 | Göte Nygren (SWE) | 1:39:11 | Ole David Jensen (DEN) | 1:39:59 | Roine Karlsson (SWE) | 1:40:38 |
| 1967 | Åke Söderlund (SWE) | 1:37:38 | Göte Nygren (SWE) | 1:39:44 | Kjell Gunnarsson (SWE) | 1:40:23 |
| 1969 | Stefan Ingvarsson (SWE) | 1:41:44 | Daniel Björkgren (SWE) | 1:47:12 | Georg Davidsson (SWE) | 1:47:30 |
| 1971 | Hans Tenggren (SWE) | 1:32:24t | Kåre Moen (SWE) | 1:34:51t | Jan Rolstad (NOR) | 1:37:24t |
| 1973 | Hans Tenggren (SWE) | 1:33:06t | Ove Hemmingsson (SWE) | 1:35:07t | Kjell Lund (NOR) | 1:36:04t |
| 1975 | Gérard Lelièvre (FRA) | 1:30:14 | Jan Ornoch (POL) | 1:31:17 | Godfried Dejonckheere (BEL) | 1:31:40 |
| 1977 | Reima Salonen (FIN) | 1:32:04 | Bo Gustafsson (SWE) | 1:32:22 | Ove Hemmingsson (SWE) | 1:33:55 |
| 1979 | Matti Katila (FIN) | 1:29:51 | Leif Karlsson (SWE) | 1:30:41 | Alf Brandt (SWE) | 1:32:40 |
| 1981 | Erling Andersen (NOR) | 1:29:00 | Roland Nilsson (SWE) | 1:29:50 | Per Rasmussen (SWE) | 1:31:50 |
| 1983 | Bo Gustafsson (SWE) | 1:21:38 | Jan Staaf (SWE) | 1:28:13 | Per Rasmussen (SWE) | 1:28:32 |
| 1985 | Reima Salonen (FIN) | 1:28:43 | Bo Gustafsson (SWE) | 1:28:48 | Roland Nilsson (SWE) | 1:32:24 |
| 1987 | Jan Staaf (SWE) | 1:28:22 | Roland Nilsson (SWE) | 1:28:52 | Veijo Savikko (FIN) | 1:29:17 |
| 1989 | Erling Andersen (NOR) | 1:29:25.6t | Jan Olsson (SWE) | 1:29:33.3t | Pauli Pirjetä (FIN) | 1:30:14.0t |
| 1992 | Valentin Kononen (FIN) | 1:24:40.6t | Kari Ahonen (FIN) | 1:25:42.4t | Magnus Morenius (SWE) | 1:26:12.8t |
| 1994 | Valentin Kononen (FIN) | 1:23:56.4t | Jani Lehtinen (FIN) | 1:27:50.6t | Veijo Savikko (FIN) | 1:33:39.4t |
| 1996 | Trond Nymark (NOR) | 1:31:49.38t | Jacob Sørensen (DEN) | 1:33:35.28t | Esa Kinnunen (FIN) | 1:44:57.53t |
| 1998 | Birger Fält (SWE) | 1:24:48.2t | Claus Jørgensen (DEN) | 1:27:09.4t | Klaus David Jensen (DEN) | 1:29:25.6t |
| 2000 | Bengt Bengtsson (SWE) | 1:31:18 | Erik Tysse (NOR) | 1:32:17 | Birger Fält (SWE) | 1:33:33 |
| 2004 | Bengt Bengtsson (SWE) | 1:34:40.2t | Christer Svensson (SWE) | 1:37:04.7t | Erling Andersen (NOR) | 1:38:33.0t |
| 2005 | Trond Nymark (NOR) | 1:27:59.7t | Bengt Bengtsson (SWE) | 1:29:50.1t | Fredrik Svensson (SWE) | 1:32:54.1t |
| 2006 | Erik Tysse (NOR) | 1:20:56.5 | Trond Nymark (NOR) | 1:27:30.9 | Antti Kempas (FIN) | 1:28:48.9 |
| 2007 | Erik Tysse (NOR) | 1:22:03 | Trond Nymark (NOR) | 1:27:50 | Jani Lehtinen (FIN) | 1:37:46 |
| 2008 | Fredrik Svensson (SWE) | 1:29:55 | Christer Svensson (SWE) | 1:35:17 | Timo Viljanen (FIN) | 1:36:28 |
| 2009 | Ato Ibáñez (SWE) | 1:29:26.25 | Fredrik Svensson (SWE) | 1:35:48.74 | Arne-Johan Martinsen (NOR) | 1:36:10.21 |
| 2010 | Antti Kempas (FIN) | 1:29:34.03 | Timo Viljanen (FIN) | 1:34:27.53 | Christer Svensson (SWE) | 1:35:39.99 |
| 2011 | Heikki Kukkonen (FIN) | 1:24:07.52 | Andreas Nielsen (DEN) | 1:32:39.23 | Timo Viljanen (FIN) | 1:33:28.74 |
| 2012 | Erik Tysse (NOR) | 1:20:39 | Ato Ibáñez (SWE) | 1:22:36 | Andreas Gustafsson (SWE) | 1:23:20 |
| 2013 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2014 | Ato Ibáñez (SWE) | 1:24:53.20 | Perseus Karlström (SWE) | 1:29:39.52 | Matias Korpela (FIN) | 1:32:54.86 |
| 2015 | Timo Viljanen (FIN) | 1:38:39.3 | Andreas Nielsen (DEN) | 1:41:54.7 | Christer Svensson (SWE) | 1:43:05.0 |
| 2016 | Anders Hansson (SWE) | 1:25:52 | Remo Kalström (SWE) | 1:34:25 | Timo Viljanen (FIN) | 1:38:56 |
| 2017 | Ato Ibáñez (SWE) | 1:28:42.77 | Anders Hansson (SWE) | 1:29:01.68 | Elmo Koivunen (FIN) | 1:34:07.86 |