Contact information

Svensk Friidrott

Swedish Athletic Association

Address:
Heliosgatan 3
SE 120 30 Stockholm

Phone: +46 10 476 53 30
Fax: +46 8 724 68 61
E-mail: info@friidrott.se

General Secretary

Anders Albertsson
+46 10 476 53 50

Website editor

A. Lennart Julin
+46 8 30 13 33

Information and
media

Fredrik Trahn
+46 10 476 53 31
+46 70 913 67 96
(Press service)

Swedish Athletics Vocabulary

Swedish English
   
A  
arena stadia (outdoors)
årsbästa seasonal (yearly) best (SB, YB)
B  
bana track
  lane
bröt did not finish (DNF)
C  
centralt program programme of official events (national and
  international championships & matches)
D  
diskus Discus Throw (DT)
diskv(alificerad) disqualified (DSQ)
domare judge
E  
ej start did not start (DNS)
eltidtagning automatic timing
EM European Championships
F  
femkamp Pentathlon
flickor (F) girls
förbättring improvement
H  
häck hurdles
hare pace-setter ("rabbitt")
hinder steeplechase
höjd High Jump (HJ)
I  
inomhus indoors
J  
junior (J) junior
K  
kula Shot Put (SP)
kval qualification
kvinnor (K) women
L  
lag team
landskamp international match
långlopp non-stadia running event
längd Long Jump (LJ)
M  
män (M) men
mästerskap championships
medvind tail wind
mellantid intermediate time
motvind head wind
N  
NM Nordic Championships
nordiskt rekord Nordic Record
O  
övertramp foul (by foot)
P  
pers, personbästa personal best (PB)
pojkar (P) boys
R  
rekord record
resultat results
rivning failed attempt (in HJ, PV)
S  
SFIF Swedish Athletic Association
sjukamp Heptathlon
slägga Hammer Throw (HT)
SM Swedish Championships
spjut Javelin Throw (JT)
stafett Relay
stafettsträcka relay leg
startblock starting blocks
statistik statistics
stav Pole Vault (PV)
Svenska Friidrottsförbundet Swedish Athletic Association
svenskt rekord Swedish Record (NR)
T  
terräng cross country
tiokamp Decathlon
tjuvstart false start
tresteg Triple Jump (TJ)
tvivelaktig questionable
tävling competition
  meet
U  
ungdom (U) youth
utomhus outdoors
utomlands abroad (non-Sweden)
V  
världsrekord World Record (WR)
vattengrav water jump
växling exchange (in relay)
VM World Championships