Finland at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Finland at the
1968 Winter Olympics
Finland at the; 1968 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Grenoble
Competitors	52 (44 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Veikko Kankkonen, Ski Jumping
Medals ; Ranked 10th	Gold1Silver2Bronze2Total5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated September 06, 2025

Finnish Olympic team on the opening day Finland-Grenoble-1968.jpg — Finnish Olympic team on the opening day

Finland competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Kaija Mustonen	Speed skating	Women's 1500m
Silver	Eero Mäntyranta	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
Silver	Kaija Mustonen	Speed skating	Women's 3000m
Bronze	Eero Mäntyranta	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km
Bronze	Kalevi Laurila Eero Mäntyranta Kalevi Oikarainen Hannu Taipale	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raimo Manninen	Downhill					DSQ	–
Ulf Ekstam	Downhill					2:06.14	30
Ulf Ekstam	Giant Slalom	1:53.09	45	1:52.66	36	3:45.75	36
Raimo Manninen	Giant Slalom	1:49.92	34	1:52.11	34	3:42.03	30

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Raimo Manninen	DNF	–	did not advance
Ulf Ekstam	54.79	3	55.44	1 QF	52.66	29	52.26	17	1:44.92	18

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Mauno Luukkonen	1'19:15.8	9	1'28:18.8	31
	Yrjö Salpakari	1'20:11.6	7	1'27:11.6	25
	Kalevi Vähäkylä	1'17:56.5	3	1'20:56.5	9
	Arvo Kinnari	1'17:47.9	2	1'19:47.9	5

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Flöjt Kalevi Vähäkylä Arvo Kinnari	5	2'20:41.8	5

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Hannu Taipale	DNF	–
	Kalevi Oikarainen	49:11.1	10
	Kalevi Laurila	48:37.6	4
	Eero Mäntyranta	47:46.1
30 km	Arto Tiainen	1'38:51.1	16
	Kalevi Oikarainen	1'37:34.4	7
	Kalevi Laurila	1'37:29.8	6
	Eero Mäntyranta	1'36:55.3
50 km	Pauli Siitonen	2'34:31.2	19
	Eero Mäntyranta	2'32:53.8	15
	Hannu Taipale	2'32:37.7	14
	Kalevi Laurila	2'31:24.9	11

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Kalevi Oikarainen Hannu Taipale Kalevi Laurila Eero Mäntyranta	2'10:56.7

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Helena Kivioja	17:46.2	22
	Marjatta Olkkonen	17:12.4	11
	Senja Pusula	17:00.3	8
	Marjatta Kajosmaa	16:54.6	5
10 km	Helena Kivioja	DNF	–
	Liisa Suihkonen	39:55.3	18
	Senja Pusula	39:12.5	12
	Marjatta Kajosmaa	38:09.0	5

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Senja Pusula Marjatta Olkkonen Marjatta Kajosmaa	58:45.1	4

Ice hockey

First round

Finland - Yugoslavia 11:2 (3:0, 6:0, 2:2)
Goalscorers: Lasse Oksanen 2, Esa Peltonen 2, Matti Reunamaki 2, Juhani Wahlsten, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Matti Keinonen, Matti Harju, Pekka Leimu - Albin Felc, Franc Smolej.

Final Round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	7	6	1	0	48	10	12
2	Czechoslovakia	7	5	1	1	33	17	11
3	Canada	7	5	2	0	28	15	10
4	Sweden	7	4	2	1	23	18	9
5	Finland	7	3	3	1	17	23	7
6	United States	7	2	4	1	23	28	5
7	West Germany	7	1	6	0	13	39	2
8	East Germany	7	0	7	0	13	48	0

USSR – Finland 8:0 (3:0, 2:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Staršinov 2, Mišakov 2, Zimin 2, Firsov, Populanov.
Referees: Bucala, Kořínek (TCH)

Canada – Finland 2:5 (1:2, 0:1, 1:2)
Goalscorers: O'Shea, McMillan – Keinonen, Oksanen, J. Peltonen, Koskela, Wahlsten.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Seglin (URS)

Czechoslovakia – Finland 4:3 (0:1, 3:0, 1:2)
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Golonka, Havel – Keinonen, Ketola, Oksanen.
Referees: Wiking (SWE), Snětkov (URS)

Sweden – Finland 5:1 (1:0, 2:1, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Wickberg 2, Granholm, Nillsson, Bengsston – Oksanen.
Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)

East Germany – Finland 2:3 (1:2, 0:1, 1:0)
Goalscorers: R. Noack, Peters – Harju 2, Keinonen.
Referees: Bucala (TCH), Dahlberg (SWE)

Finland– West Germany 4:1 (2:1, 1:0, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Leimu 2, Ketola, J. Peltonen – Schloder.
Referees: Kořínek, Bucala (TCH)

USA – Finland 1:1 (1:1, 0:0, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Volmar – Wahlsten.
Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Seglin (URS)

Contestants

Team Roster

Nordic combined

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Raimo Majuri	Individual	60.5	61.5	161.8	38	53:30.2	176.48	30	338.28	36
Esa Klinga		64.0	62.0	166.7	37	52:19.7	190.04	22	356.74	33
Ilpo Nuolikivi		66.0	67.0	178.1	34	52:39.6	186.18	27	364.28	30

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Juhani Ruotsalainen	Normal hill	70.0	92.3	68.0	92.1	184.4	39
Heikki Väisänen		68.5	92.4	63.5	78.4	170.8	45
Veikko Kankkonen		76.0	105.9	71.5	99.2	205.1	17
Topi Mattila		78.0	111.1	72.5	100.8	211.9	5
Topi Mattila	Large hill	85.0 (fall)	56.4	90.5	94.1	150.5	49
Juhani Ruotsalainen		78.0	71.6	80.5	77.6	149.2	50
Seppo Reijonen		87.0	84.7	85.0	85.4	170.1	40
Veikko Kankkonen		89.5	94.2	89.5	94.7	188.9	24

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Olavi Hjellman	43.1	40
	Jouko Launonen	42.6	33
	Kimmo Koskinen	41.7	23
	Seppo Hänninen	40.8	8
1500 m	Raimo Hietala	2:11.7	24
	Olavi Hjellman	2:10.1	21
	Kimmo Koskinen	2:07.9	18
	Jouko Launonen	2:07.5	14
5000 m	Raimo Hietala	7:54.0	17
	Jouko Launonen	7:46.5	15
	Kimmo Koskinen	7:35.9	9
10,000 m	Raimo Hietala	16:45.9	20
	Kimmo Koskinen	16:15.7	14
	Jouko Launonen	16:02.1	12

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	48.1	18
	Arja Kantola	47.4	12
	Kaija Mustonen	46.7	6
1000 m	Arja Kantola	1:37.9	22
	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	1:34.8	8
	Kaija Mustonen	1:33.6	4
1500 m	Arja Kantola	2:33.2	22
	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	2:25.8	6
	Kaija Mustonen	2:22.4 OR
3000 m	Arja Kantola	5:30.7	24
	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	5:03.9	4
	Kaija Mustonen	5:01.0

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