Dear friends and athletics family. Idrettsklubben Tjalve is happy to welcome athletes to the 13th edition of Boysen Memorial at the venerable Bislett Stadium Wednesday June 24th 2026.

This meeting has status World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze.

Events

Womens A-events: 400 metres, 800 metres, Long Jump, Javelin Throw.
Womens B-events: 100 metres, 200 metres, 1500 metres, 400 metres hurldes.

Mens A-events: 200 metres, 800 metres, 5000 metres, Hammer Throw.
Mens B-events: 100 metres, 400 metres, long jump.

Entries

Norwegian athletes

Criteria in the following table. Qualification period 1.1.2025-18.06.2026. Para-athletes are excepted from the criteria. Entries must be done via isonen.no (direct link).

Women
100 m: 12,70
200 m: 26,00
400 m: 58,50
800 m: 2:14,50
1500 m: 4:40,00
400 m hurdles: 65,00
Long jump: 5,50
Javelin: 40,00

Men
100 m: 11,10
200 m: 22,50
400 m: 49,50
800 m: 1:56,00
5000 m: 14:59,00
Long jump: 6,80
Hammer: 50,00

European athletes

Athletes from the following countries are prioritised, as a sustainability measure to reduce airplane travel distance: Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Poland, Czechia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estland.

Entry requests to John Ertzgaard ertzgaard@tjalve.no.

Contact

Athletes Liaison
John Ertzgaard
Telefon: 0047 928 99 929
E-mail: ertzgaard@tjalve.no

Awards

Prize money

Boysen Award
The prize goes to the male runner who equals or beats Audun Boysen’s legendary record of 1:45.90 on 800m, a time that stood as the Norwegian record for 37 years. The award will also be given to women who run faster than 2:01.00. Only one person per gender can win the award.

The prize is 10 000 NOK which is approx. 1 000 EUR.

Prizes will preferably be paid out by invoice sent by athletes’ agent, club, or federation. Foreign participants will be deducted a 15% tax fee if the payment is made directly to the athlete. If invoiced by agent, club or federation no fee is deducted.

Placing Score

For the global championships you either qualify thru Entry standard or In World Rankings quota. For In World Rankings quota placing score is of importance. Boysen Memorial has C status and awards the following points.

1st: 42 points
2nd: 35 points
3rd: 31 points
4th: 28 points
5th: 25 points
6th: 22 points
7th: 19 points
8th: 16 points
9th: 14 points
10th: 12 points
11th: 10 points
12th: 8 points

ATHLETES INFORMATION

Accommodation

The meeting hotel is Scandic Solli
Address:
Parkveien 68 Box 2458, 0202 Oslo
Contact:
solli@scandichotels.com
Discount code:
D000025231

Wavelight pacer

WaveLight Technologies will be used for pacing. With this system we will be able to set several paces on the middle and long distance races. The schedule for the different lights in each heat will be published at the stadium.