Stockholm, Sweden – One hundred years ago on 24-25 August the Swedish National Championships were for the very first time staged at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium that had been built for the 1912 Games. Of course this extraordinary centenary had to be celebrated by staging the 2012 National Championships at the same venue.
Because unlike most old stadiums the “Stockholms Stadion” by being continuously modernized has remained very much the major athletics arena in Stockholm still hosting e.g. the DN Galan (Samsung Diamond League) every year. It can thus lay claim not just to being the arena that has seen most – by far – World records but also to being the oldest “living” Olympic Stadium in the world.
By a remarkable coincidence even the dates matched now as the 2012 Championships were held on 24-26 August! However, late August could be a little tricky weather-wise and while Saturday was absolutely picture-perfect (clear sky, 20-plus degrees, slight wind from the “right” direction for all events concerned) Friday suffered from a couple of heavy showers and Sunday was simply rainy.
Men’s Vault
- Alhaji Jeng 5.49
- Melker Svard Jacobsson 5.39
- Simon Assarsson 4.97
- Carl Stenson 4.89
- Arvid Lindahl 4.89
- Simon Gyllensten 4.81
- Per Drageryd 4.81
- Elias Palo 4.81
- Gustaf Hultgren 4.69
Women’s Vault
- Angelica Bengtsson 4.27
- Malin Dahlstrom 4.17
- Fanny Berglund 4.12
- Madeleine Nilsson 3.92
- Klara Vegerfors 3.72
- Alissa Soderberg 3.72
- Sara Ertiksson 3.60
- Linda Carlsson 3.60
- Hanna Jansson 3.42
- Annika Jonsson 3.24
- Anna Borg 3.24
