Finland at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Finland at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Finland at the; 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Berlin
Competitors	108 (103 men, 5 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Akilles Järvinen
Medals ; Ranked 5th	Gold7Silver6Bronze6Total19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1908 ; 1912 ; 1920 ; 1924 ; 1928 ; 1932 ; 1936 ; 1948 ; 1952 ; 1956 ; 1960 ; 1964 ; 1968 ; 1972 ; 1976 ; 1980 ; 1984 ; 1988 ; 1992 ; 1996 ; 2000 ; 2004 ; 2008 ; 2012 ; 2016 ; 2020 ; 2024 ;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Last updated March 07, 2025

Finland competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 108 competitors, 103 men and 5 women, took part in 70 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

Gunnar Höckert (5 000 m)
Ilmari Salminen (10 000 m)
Volmari Iso-Hollo (3 000 m steeplechase)
Kustaa Pihlajamäki (freestyle wrestling 61 kg)
Lauri Koskela (Greco-Roman wrestling 66 kg)
Sten Suvio (boxing welterweight 66,6 kg)
Ale Saarvala (gymnastics – men's horizontal bar)

Silver

Lauri Lehtinen (5 000 m)
Arvo Askola (10 000 m)
Kaarlo Tuominen (3 000 m steeplechase)
Sulo Bärlund (shot put)
Yrjö Nikkanen (javelin throw)
Aarne Reini (Greco-Roman wrestling 61 kg)

Bronze

Volmari Iso-Hollo (10 000 m)
Kalervo Toivonen (javelin throw)
Hermanni Pihlajamäki (freestyle wrestling 66 kg)
Hjalmar Nyström (freestyle wrestling over 87 kg)
Eino Virtanen (Greco-Roman wrestling 72 kg)
Martti Uosikkinen, Heikki Savolainen, Mauri Noroma, Ale Saarvala, Esa Seeste, Ilmari Pakarinen, Einari Teräsvirta, Eino Tukiainen (gymnastics – men's team competition)

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Two cyclists, both male, represented Finland in 1936.

Individual road race

Time trial

Thor Porko

Diving

Equestrianism

Football

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1936.

Sailing

Shooting

Eight shooters represented Finland in 1936.

25 m rapid fire pistol

50 m pistol

50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

↑ "Finland at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

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[sports-reference-1] "Finland at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

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