Finland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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Finland at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Flag of Finland.svg
IOC code FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Website sport.fi/olympiakomitea  (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors31 (27 men, 4 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers Antti Hyvärinen, Ski Jumping
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
7
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Finland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Veikko Hakulinen Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mirja Hietamies
Sirkka Polkunen
Siiri Rantanen
Cross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Antti Hyvärinen Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Veikko Hakulinen Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Veikko Hakulinen
August Kiuru
Jorma Kortelainen
Arvo Viitanen
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Aulis Kallakorpi Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Toivo Salonen Speed skating Men's 1500m

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Pentti Alonen DownhillDSQ
Kalevi Häkkinen 3:29.223
Kalevi Häkkinen Giant Slalom3:36.943
Pentti Alonen 3:35.042
Pentti Alonen SlalomDSQDSQ
Kalevi Häkkinen 1:53.8412:25.4 (+0:05)364:19.240

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Arto Tiainen 54:1126
Veikko Räsänen 52:3514
Arvo Viitanen 51:109
Veikko Hakulinen 50:314
30 km August Kiuru 1'51:5621
Kalevi Hämäläinen 1'51:3820
Olavi Latsa 1'47:309
Veikko Hakulinen 1'44:06Gold medal icon.svg
50 km Veini Kontinen 3'06:159
Antti Sivonen 3'04:168
Eero Kolehmainen 2'56:174
Veikko Hakulinen 2'51:45Silver medal icon.svg
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
August Kiuru
Jorma Kortelainen
Arvo Viitanen
Veikko Hakulinen
2'16:31Silver medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 km Sanna Kiero 40:5212
Sirkka Polkunen 40:258
Mirja Hietamies 40:186
Siiri Rantanen 39:405
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Sirkka Polkunen
Mirja Hietamies
Siiri Rantanen
1'09:01Gold medal icon.svg

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Kalle Tuulos 1515124.5013715

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Esko Jussila Individual63.565.0194.0211'02:38215.50027409.50025
Paavo Korhonen 65.569.5196.51756:32239.0972435.5974
Eeti Nieminen 70.568.0206.081'00:20224.40014430.4009

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Hemmo Silvennoinen Normal hill75.5102.51577.0105.08207.510
Eino Kirjonen 78.0107.5781.0111.52219.07
Antti Hyvärinen 81.0111.5384.0115.51227.0Gold medal icon.svg
Aulis Kallakorpi 83.5114.5280.5110.55225.0Silver medal icon.svg

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Yrjö Uimonen 42.513
Juhani Järvinen 42.29
Matti Hamberg 42.29
Toivo Salonen 41.75
1500 m Leo Tynkkynen 2:16.226
Matti Hamberg 2:14.818
Juhani Järvinen 2:09.74
Toivo Salonen 2:09.4Bronze medal icon.svg
5000 m Matti Hamberg 8:28.132
Leo Tynkkynen 8:19.925
Kauko Salomaa 8:14.321
Juhani Järvinen 8:13.720
10,000 m Toivo Salonen 17:37.624
Kauko Salomaa 17:19.017
Juhani Järvinen 17:05.912

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