Finland at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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Finland at the
1952 Winter Olympics
Flag of Finland.svg
IOC code FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Website sport.fi/olympiakomitea  (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Oslo
Competitors50 (45 men, 5 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Heikki Hasu (nordic combined) [1]
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
2
Total
9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Finland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Veikko Hakulinen Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Heikki Hasu
Urpo Korhonen
Paavo Lonkila
Tapio Mäkelä
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lydia Wideman Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tapio Mäkelä Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Eero Kolehmainen Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mirja Hietamies Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Heikki Hasu Nordic combined Men's individual
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Paavo Lonkila Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Siiri Rantanen Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Eino Kalpala Downhill3:16.256
Pentti Alonen 2:59.744
Pekka Alonen Giant Slalom3:00.255
Niilo Juvonen 2:52.844
Eino Kalpala 2:52.342
Pentti Alonen 2:45.131
Nillo Juvonen SlalomDNFdid not advance
Pentti Alonen 1:12.551did not advance
Eino Kalpala 1:09.239did not advance
Pekka Alonen 1:04.824 Q1:03.9142:08.714

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 km Eeti Nieminen 1'08:2421
Aulis Sipponen 1'06:0316
Paavo Korhonen 1'05:3014
Toivo Oikarinen 1'04:0710
Tauno Sipilä 1'03:408
Heikki Hasu 1'02:244
Paavo Lonkila 1'02:20Bronze medal icon.svg
Tapio Mäkelä 1'02:09Silver medal icon.svg
50 km Peeka Kuvaja 3'46:319
Kalevi Mononen 3'39:215
Eero Kolehmainen 3'38:11Silver medal icon.svg
Veikko Hakulinen 3'33:33Gold medal icon.svg
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Heikki Hasu
Paavo Lonkila
Urpo Korhonen
Tapio Mäkelä
2'20:16Gold medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 km Sirkka Polkunen 43:075
Siiri Rantanen 42:50Bronze medal icon.svg
Mirja Hietamies 42:39Silver medal icon.svg
Lydia Wideman 41:40Gold medal icon.svg

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Kalle Tuulos 1313131.21111213
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Leena Pietila 2021124.73318520

Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

TeamPldWLTGFGAPts
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 8701711415
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8611432113
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9720532214
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 9630502312
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 844040408
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 825121565
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7th826021604
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 816121533
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 808015460
Contestants
Yrjö Hakala
Aarne Honkavaara
Erkki Hytönen
Pentti Isotalo
Matti Karumaa
Ossi Kauppi
Keijo Kuusela
Kauko Mäkinen
Pekka Myllylä
Christian Rapp
Esko Rekomaa
Matti Rintakoski
Eero Saari
Eero Salisma
Lauri Silván
Unto Wiitala
Jukka Wuolio

Nordic combined

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

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 (athletes were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotal
PointsRankDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankPointsRank
Eeti Nieminen Individual218.181762.564.5206.06424.1818
Aulis Sipponen 226.727460.061.5198.512425.2277
Paavo Korhonen 228.727261.063.5206.06434.7274
Heikki Hasu 240.000163.063.0207.55447.500Silver medal icon.svg

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Tauno Luiro Normal hill60.595.03064.0104.59199.518
Olavi Kuronen 62.5103.01461.5101.514204.512
Pentti Uotinen 63.0106.51164.5106.55213.08
Antti Hyvärinen 66.5111.0361.5102.511213.57

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Lassi Parkkinen DNF
Kauko Salomaa 45.724
Kalevi Laitinen 45.421
Toivo Salonen 44.28
1500 m Toivo Salonen 2:27.425
Kalevi Laitinen 2:27.124
Kauko Salomaa 2:23.37
Lassi Parkkinen 2:23.06
5000 m Kalevi Laitinen 8:52.422
Kauko Salomaa 8:40.113
Matti Tuomi 8:40.012
Pentti Lammio 8:31.97
10,000 m Matti Tuomi 18:25.523
Kauko Salomaa 17:49.612
Lassi Parkkinen 17:36.88
Pentti Lammio 17:20.54

References

  1. "Flagbearers for Finland". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 27 December 2023.