Finland at the 1936 Winter Olympics

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Finland at the
1936 Winter Olympics
Flag of Finland.svg
IOC code FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Website sport.fi/olympiakomitea  (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors19 (men) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Sulo Nurmela
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Finland competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kalle Jalkanen
Klaes Karppinen
Matti Lähde
Sulo Nurmela
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Birger Wasenius Speed skating Men's 5000m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Birger Wasenius Speed skating Men's 10,000m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Pekka Niemi Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Birger Wasenius Speed skating Men's 1500m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Antero Ojala Speed skating Men's 5000m

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 km Matti Lähde 1'20:2115
Kalle Jalkanen 1'19:2712
Sulo Nurmela 1'18:207
Pekka Niemi 1'16:59Bronze medal icon.svg
50 km Kalle Heikkinen 3'54:2514
Pekka Niemi 3'44:148
Frans Heikkinen 3'42:447
Klaes Karppinen 3'39:335
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Sulo Nurmela
Klaes Karppinen
Matti Lähde
Kalle Jalkanen
2'41:33Gold medal icon.svg

Figure skating

Men
AthleteEventCFFSPlacesPointsFinal rank
Marcus Nikkanen Men's singles6954380.77

Nordic combined

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotal
TimePointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRankPointsRank
Lauri Valonen Individual1'26:34178.62652.054.5222.61401.24
Pertti Mattila 1'26:21179.72545.047.0188.721368.419
Timo Murama 1'24:52187.51349.048.0205.85393.37
Niilo Nikunen 1'23:59192.2947.545.5191.615383.810

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Sauli Pälli Normal hill71.042.74768.537.64780.347
Timo Murama 71.0100.92270.0101.321202.224
Väinö Tiihonen 71.5108.0970.0107.37215.39
Lauri Valonen 73.5113.2567.0106.211219.46

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Ossi Blomqvist 46.219
Birger Wasenius 44.98
Jorma Ruissalo 44.98
Antero Ojala 44.98
1500 m Åke Ekman 2:27.220
Antero Ojala 2:23.29
Ossi Blomqvist 2:23.29
Birger Wasenius 2:20.9Bronze medal icon.svg
5000 m Åke Ekman 9:00.422
Ossi Blomqvist 8:36.66
Antero Ojala 8:30.1Bronze medal icon.svg
Birger Wasenius 8:23.3Silver medal icon.svg
10,000 m Antero Ojala 17:46.67
Ossi Blomqvist 17:42.45
Birger Wasenius 17:28.2Silver medal icon.svg

References