The championship titles were restricted to Finnish nationals from 1987 onwards, with foreign competitors reduced to guest status only.

[3] The following athletics events feature as standard on the Finnish Indoor Championships programme: The 200 m was first introduced in 1982.

The men's combined events was occasionally held as a sextathlon or octathlon prior to 1990.

[1] The women's Finnish Championships programme was gradually expanded to match the men's events.

Field events were also limited until the addition of a women's triple jump in 1991 and pole vault in 1995 (in line with changes made at the international level).