Finland at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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Finland at the
1964 Winter Olympics
Flag of Finland.svg
IOC code FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Website sport.fi/olympiakomitea  (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Innsbruck
Competitors52 (46 men, 6 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers Veikko Hakulinen, cross-country skiing
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
10
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Finland competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Eero Mäntyranta Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Eero Mäntyranta Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km (mass start)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Veikko Kankkonen Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Väinö Huhtala
Kalevi Laurila
Eero Mäntyranta
Arto Tiainen
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mirja Lehtonen Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Veikko Kankkonen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kaija Mustonen Speed skating Women's 1500m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Arto Tiainen Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mirja Lehtonen
Senja Pusula
Toini Pöysti
Cross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kaija Mustonen Speed skating Women's 1000m

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace
TimeRank
Ulf Ekstam Downhill2:27.3126
Raimo Manninen 2:23.9422
Ulf Ekstam Giant Slalom2:01.7836
Raimo Manninen 1:55.0517
Men's slalom
AthleteQualifyingFinal
Time 1RankTime 2RankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRank
Ulf Ekstam 57.113658.4820 QFDSQDSQ
Raimo Manninen 56.333255.415 QF1:14.82221:05.45222:20.2722

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 1Rank
20 km Esko Marttinen 1'24:50.251'34:50.223
Veikko Hakulinen 1'19:37.961'31:37.915
Antti Tyrväinen 1'22:09.041'30:09.013
Hannu Posti 1'25:16.511'27:16.58
1 Two minutes added per miss.

Cross-country skiing

Mens 4 x 10 km cross country race, Finnish team Finnish-team-in-cross-country-skiing-that-came-2nd-in-the-1964-Winter-Olympics-391853250957.jpg
Mens 4 × 10 km cross country race, Finnish team
Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Eino Huhtala 52:18.211
Kalevi Laurila 51:59.89
Väinö Huhtala 51:45.44
Eero Mäntyranta 50.54.1Gold medal icon.svg
30 km Väinö Huhtala 1'33:38.114
Arto Tiainen 1'33:37.713
Kalevi Laurila 1'32:41.46
Eero Mäntyranta 1'30:50.7Gold medal icon.svg
50 km Kalevi Hämäläinen 2'52:22.316
Lauri Bergqvist 2'52:08.015
Eero Mäntyranta 2'47:47.19
Arto Tiainen 2'45:30.4Bronze medal icon.svg
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Väinö Huhtala
Arto Tiainen
Kalevi Laurila
Eero Mäntyranta
2'18:42.4Silver medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km Senja Pusula 18:45.79
Eeva Ruoppa 18:29.88
Toini Pöysti 18:25.55
Mirja Lehtonen 17:52.9Silver medal icon.svg
10 km Mirja Lehtonen 42:06.910
Eeva Ruoppa 41:58.19
Senja Pusula 41:17.86
Toini Pöysti 41:17.45
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Senja Pusula
Toini Pöysti
Mirja Lehtonen
1'02:45.1Bronze medal icon.svg

Ice hockey

First round

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.

Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2–8Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

Medal round

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7700541014
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7520471610
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 7520381910
4Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 7520321710
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States 725029334
6Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 725010314
7German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany 725013494
8Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 70709570
Contestants
Raimo Kilpiö
Juhani Lahtinen
Rauno Lehtiö
Esko Luostarinen
Ilkka Mesikämmen
Seppo Nikkilä
Kalevi Numminen
Lasse Oksanen
Jorma Peltonen
Heino Pulli
Matti Reunamäki
Jouni Seistamo
Jorma Suokko
Juhani Wahlsten
Jarmo Wasama
Esko Kaonpää

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Raimo Partanen Individual59.053.0156.62954:15.9191.7816348.3826
Esa Klinga 62.552.0173.12655:22.4179.4920352.5925
Erkki Luiro 65.562.5207.01456:57.3162.5027369.5022
Raimo Majuri 67.059.5192.71955:44.5175.5221368.2223

Ski jumping

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Antero Immonen Normal hill71.597.772.097.6195.331
Veikko Kankkonen 80.0115.979.0114.0229.9Gold medal icon.svg
Niilo Halonen 75.5102.874.5100.6203.414
Ensio Hyytiä 73.5101.574.0100.9202.420
Ensio Hyytiä Large hill87.0101.676.596.9198.523
Antero Immonen 86.098.980.095.9194.831
Niilo Halonen 88.0105.883.0100.0205.814
Veikko Kankkonen 95.5118.990.5110.0228.9Silver medal icon.svg

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Toivo Salonen 42.223
Juhani Järvinen 41.919
Pekke Lattunen 41.816
Simo Rinne 41.410
1500 m Seppo Hänninen 2:16.023
Jouko Jokinen 2:15.619
Juhani Järvinen 2:12.48
Jouko Launonen 2:11.94
5000 m Toivo Salonen 8:10.221
Jouko Launonen 8:03.518
Kalervo Hietala 7:58.815
10,000 m Kalervo Hietala 17:12.926
Juhani Järvinen 17:05.020
Jouko Launonen 16:49.814
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka 48.816
Kaija Mustonen 48.013
1000 m Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka 1:37.68
Kaija Mustonen 1:34.8Bronze medal icon.svg
1500 m Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka 2:30.08
Kaija Mustonen 2:25.5Silver medal icon.svg
3000 m Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka 5:29.410
Kaija Mustonen 5:24.35

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