Editing Paavo Nurmi (section)

===Olympics===
[[File:Paavo Nurmi enters the Olympic Stadium in 1952.jpg|thumb|alt=refer to caption|Nurmi returns to the track for the 1952 Olympic ceremonies.]]
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|-
! Year
! Date
! Event
! Mark
! Result
|-
! rowspan="6"| 1920
| 16 August{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=432}}
| [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m – heat 3]]
| 15:33.0
| style="background:#ccffcc"| Q (2nd)
|-
| 17 August{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=432}}
| [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m – final]]
| 15:00.5
| style="background:#dfdfdf"| 2nd
|-
| 19 August{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=432}}
| [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m – heat 1]]
| 33:46.3
| style="background:#ccffcc"| Q (2nd)
|-
| 20 August{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=432}}
| [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|10,000 m – final]]
| 31:45.8
| style="background:#fbffbf"| 1st
|-
| rowspan="2"| 22 August{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=432}}
| [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's individual cross country|Individual cross country]]
| 27:15.0
| style="background:#fbffbf"| 1st
|-
| [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's team cross country|Team cross country]]
| 10 pts
| style="background:#fbffbf"| 1st
|-
! rowspan="8"| 1924
| 8 July{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=436}}
| [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m – heat 2]]
| 15:28.6
| style="background:#ccffcc"| Q (1st)
|-
| 9 July{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=436}}
| [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m – heat 3]]
| 4:07.6
| style="background:#ccffcc"| Q (1st)
|-
| rowspan="2"| 10 July{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=436}}
| [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m – final]]
| 3:53.6 ([[List of Olympic records in athletics|OR]])
| style="background:#fbffbf"| 1st
|-
| [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m – final]]
| 14:31.2 ([[List of Olympic records in athletics|OR]])
| style="background:#fbffbf"| 1st
|-
| 11 July{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=436}}
| [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres team race|3000 m team race – heat 1]]
| 8:47.8 (1st)
| style="background:#ccffcc"| Q (1st)
|-
| rowspan="2"| 12 July{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=436}}
| [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's individual cross country|Individual cross country]]
| 32:54.8
| style="background:#fbffbf"| 1st
|-
| [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team cross country|Team cross country]]
| 11 pts
| style="background:#fbffbf"| 1st
|-
| 13 July{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=436}}
| [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres team race|3000 m team race – final]]
| 8:32.0 (1st)
| style="background:#fbffbf"| 1st
|-
! rowspan="5"| 1928
| 29 July{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=440}}
| [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
| 30:18.8 ([[List of Olympic records in athletics|OR]])
| style="background:#fbffbf"| 1st
|-
| 31 July{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=440}}
| [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m – heat 3]]
| 15:08.0
| style="background:#ccffcc"| Q (4th)
|-
| 1 August{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=440}}
| [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase – heat 2]]
| 9:58.8
| style="background:#ccffcc"| Q (1st)
|-
| 3 August{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=440}}
| [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m – final]]
| 14:40.0
| style="background:#dfdfdf"| 2nd
|-
| 4 August{{sfn|Raevuori|1997|p=440}}
| [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase – final]]
| 9:31.2
| style="background:#dfdfdf"| 2nd
|}