World Masters Athletics Championships....

..great atmosphere and competitions

..and some dreadful weather 😏

Ultramarine....

Slottsskogsvallen, 100 years....

..1923, by Lars Israel Wahlman

Stadium....

Tjolöholm....

 

1904, by Lars Israel Wahlman

Track....

At last under conservation work....

Slottsskogsvallen

Rust....

More about Slottsskogsvallen....

..and the mismanagement of the built heritage. Here....

Slottsskogsvallen from 1923 is one of Sweden's most beautiful stadiums. The following pictures show the ongoing decay....

Göteborg, 1923, by Lars Israel Wahlman (click to enlarge)

Slottsskogsvallen, Lars Israel Wahlman, 1923

Built for the 1923 Göteborg Exposition, and ornamented with classical empire elements (click the pictures to enlarge)

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In this stadium, Arne Andersson and Gunder Hägg had some of their fights for the world record in the English mile, during the year of 1942.

In 1975, John Walker broke the world record and was the first human to run a mile under 3:50 (3:49.4).

And of course....Patrik Sjöberg trained here for many years, and became one of the best high-jumpers ever.