Moss Idrettslag is a Norwegian

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

club from

Moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...

, founded in 1929. Moss IL uses the

Melløs Stadion Melløs is a borough of the city Moss in Norway. It is located in the south of the city, bordering Kallum in Rygge municipality to the south. The name Melløs is known in Norway via Melløs Stadion, the home ground of Moss FK Moss Fotballklu ...

, which in 1983 got rubber track as the first stadium in

Østfold Østfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side o ...

county. Its most prominent members consist of

Are Nakkim Are Nakkim (born 13 February 1964) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. He represented Moss IL during his active career. Are Nakkim attended Boston University, where he ran cross country and track. He ...

, winner of the silver medal in 10,000 metres at the

1990 European Championships in Athletics The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. The host stadium was Stadion Poljud. It was the last participation of East Germany (which was already scheduled to be merged ...

Geir Moen Geir Moen (born 26 June 1969 in Oslo) is a former sprinter from Moss, Norway who specialized in the 200 metres. He represented Moss IL. His international senior debut came at the 1989 European Indoor Championships. At the 1994 European Champ ...

, a former European and World Indoor champion in the 200 metres. Nakkim still holds the national record in 10,000 m while Moen holds the 100 and 200 m record. Moen also ran for the

4 x 100 metres relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

team consisting of Birger Hermansen, Jørn Tollefsen, Martin Blekkerud and Moen, that won the Norwegian championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999. Their result of 40.40 seconds from Ørsta 1997 is still the Norwegian record for a club team.

External links

Official site
Athletics clubs in Norway Sport in Moss, Norway Sports clubs and teams established in 1929 1929 establishments in Norway {{athletics-club-stub