Eino Oksanen
Eino " Eikka " Ilmari Oksanen ( born May 7, 1931 in Jyväskylä ) is a former Finnish athlete who was three times the traditional Boston Marathon win between 1959 and 1962.
In 1955, Oksanen in Barcelona set a world record over 20 miles on the track. A year later he took in Melbourne for the first time in the Olympic Games and took part in the marathon tenth. At the national marathon championships in the same year in Pieksämäki Oksanen came in second place. The winner Paavo Kotila had set a new world record in this run. In 1959 he won the first time the Boston Marathon with a winning time of 2:22:42 hours. Further victories in 1961 and 1962 Boston should follow, taking his time from 1959 could not be beaten in these runs. Oksanen 1960 was the only time the Finnish marathon champion and later took part in the Olympic Games in Rome, where he came but only on the 24th Place. Also at the European Championships 1962 in Belgrade ( 12th place) and in his third Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 ( 13th place), he could not run in the top ten. In 1964, he had brought the age of 33 his second Finnish championship, but this time. By winning the 10,000 -meter distance
Oksanen measures 1.72 meters and weighed in his time as a player about 64 to 67 kilograms. He belonged to the police club Helsingin Poliisi - Voimailijat from Helsinki.
Achievements
- World record over 20 miles of track running (November 28, 1955 in Barcelona) in 1:45:28,0 minutes
- Boston Marathon winner 1959, 1961 and 1962
- Finnish Champion 1960 (Marathon ) and 1964 ( 10 000 meters)
- Finnish runner-up 1956 ( marathon)