Finland at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Finland at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Flag of Finland.svg
IOC code FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Website sport.fi/olympiakomitea  (in Finnish and Swedish)
in London
Competitors129 (123 men, 6 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer Hannes Sonck
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
8
Silver
7
Bronze
5
Total
20
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 129 competitors, 123 men and 6 women, took part in 84 events in 16 sports. [1] As the country hosted the next Olympics in Helsinki, the flag of Finland is flown at the closing ceremony.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lennart Viitala Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight 31 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Tapio Rautavaara Athletics Men's javelin throw 4 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Veikko Huhtanen Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 13 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Paavo Aaltonen
Veikko Huhtanen
Kalevi Laitinen
Olavi Rove
Aleksanteri Saarvala
Sulo Salmi
Heikki Savolainen
Einari Teräsvirta
Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around 13 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Paavo Aaltonen Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 13 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Veikko Huhtanen Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 13 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Heikki Savolainen Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 13 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Paavo Aaltonen Gymnastics Men's vault 13 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kaisa Parviainen Athletics Women's javelin throw 31 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Erkki Kataja Athletics Men's pole vault 2 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Pauli Janhonen Shooting Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions 6 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kelpo Gröndahl Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight 6 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kurt Wires Canoeing Men's K-1 10,000 metres 11 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Veikko Huhtanen Gymnastics Men's parallel bars 13 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Olavi Rove Gymnastics Men's vault 13 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Reino Kangasmäki Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight 6 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Thor Axelsson
Nils Björklöf
Canoeing Men's K-2 10,000 metres 11 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Thor Axelsson
Nils Björklöf
Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 metres 12 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Paavo Aaltonen Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 13 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Veikko Huhtanen Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 13 August


Athletics

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Runar Holmberg 400 metres 50.65Did Not Advance
Olavi Talja 50.44Did Not Advance
Tauno Suvanto 51.54Did Not Advance
Denis Johansson 1500 metres 3:54.0 [2] 3Unknown12
Väinö Koskela 5000 metres 14:58.3 [3] 214:41.07
Väinö Mäkelä 14:45.8214:43.08
Helge Perälä 15:07.84 [3] DNF
Salomon Könönen 10,000 metres no time9
Viljo Heino DNF
Evert Heinström DNF
Pentti Siltaloppi 3000 metres steeplechase 9:22.43 [4] 9:19.65
Aarne Kainlauri 9:25.82 [4] 9:29.010
Tauno Suvanto
Olavi Talja
Runar Holmberg
Berth Storskrubb
4 × 400 m relay 3:20.613:24.84
Viljo Heino marathon 2:41:32.011
Jussi Kurikkala 2:42:48.013
Mikko Hietanen DNF
Field events
AthleteEventFinal
DistancePosition
Valle Rautio triple jump 14.7006
Kuuno Honkonen high jump 1.8017
Nils Nicklén NH
Erkki Kataja pole vault 4.20Silver medal icon.svg
Valto Olenius 3.957
Yrjö Lehtilä shot put 15.056
Jaakko Jouppila 14.597
Veikko Nyqvist discus throw 47.336
Arvo Huutoniemi 45.289
Tapio Rautavaara javelin throw 69.77Gold medal icon.svg
Pauli Vesterinen 65.894
Soini Nikkinen 58.0512
Lauri Tamminen hammer throw 53.085
Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 mFinalRank
Yrjö Mäkelä Result [5] 11.96.2013.101.854.317.536.123.262.554:58-13
Points6186037257866565976005758354266,421
Adjusted Points6,064
Hannes Sonck Result [5] 11.96.71511.831.7555.216.834.713.448.245:01.8-17
Points6187286057276186745616525554046,142
Adjusted Points5,883

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists, all men, represented Finland in 1948.

Individual road race
Team road race
Time trial
Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Six fencers, all men, represented Finland in 1948.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1948.

Rowing

Finland had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1948. [6]

Men's coxed four

Sailing

Shooting

Twelve shooters represented Finland in 1948. Pauli Janhonen won a silver medal in the 300 m rifle event.

25 metre pistol
50 metre pistol
300 metre rifle
50 metre rifle

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

See also

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