Finland at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Finland at the
1976 Winter Olympics
Finland at the; 1976 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Innsbruck
Competitors	47 (38 men, 9 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Rauno Miettinen (nordic combined)
Medals ; Ranked 6th	Gold2Silver4Bronze1Total7
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Last updated March 08, 2023

Finland competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Arto Koivisto Juha Mieto Matti Pitkänen Pertti Teurajärvi	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Gold	Helena Takalo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km
Silver	Heikki Ikola	Biathlon	Men's 20 km
Silver	Henrik Flöjt Heikki Ikola Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen	Biathlon	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Silver	Helena Takalo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km
Silver	Marjatta Kajosmaa Hilkka Riihivuori Liisa Suihkonen Helena Takalo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze	Arto Koivisto	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km

Alpine skiing

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Riitta Ollikka	Downhill					1:53.85	30
Riitta Ollikka	Giant Slalom					1:40.15	34
Riitta Ollikka	Slalom	54.23	26	51.39	17	1:45.62	17

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Juhani Suutarinen	1'17:25.89	2	1'19:25.89	13
	Esko Saira	1'15:32.84	2	1'17:32.84	6
	Heikki Ikola	1'13:54.10	2	1'15:54.10

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
Henrik Flöjt Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Ikola	2	2'01:45.58

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	Risto Kiiskinen	47:21.06	32
	Pertti Teurajärvi	46:04.84	14
	Juha Mieto	45:46.27	10
	Arto Koivisto	44:19.25
30 km	Juhani Repo	1'35:31.06	22
	Matti Pitkänen	1'33:44.74	13
	Arto Koivisto	1'32:23.11	8
	Juha Mieto	1'31:20.39	4
50 km	Juha Mieto	2'50:03.61	34
	Pertti Teurajärvi	2'47:25.60	27
	Arto Koivisto	2'43:44.79	10
	Juhani Repo	2'42:54.89	9

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto Pertti Teurajärvi Arto Koivisto	2'07:59.72

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Taina Impiö	17:03.30	19
	Marjatta Kajosmaa	16:36.25	9
	Hilkka Riihivuori	16:17.74	4
	Helena Takalo	15:48.69
10 km	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	32:37.72	22
	Marjatta Kajosmaa	31:35.50	11
	Hilkka Riihivuori	31:29.39	9
	Helena Takalo	30:14.28

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Liisa Suihkonen Marjatta Kajosmaa Hilkka Riihivuori Helena Takalo	1'08:36.57

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Pekka Leskinen	13	14	14	166.98	119	13

Ice hockey

First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Finland	11–2	Japan

Medal round

Rank		Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	40	11	10
2	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	17	10	6
3	West Germany	5	2	3	21	24	4
4	Finland	5	2	3	19	18	4
5	United States	5	2	3	15	21	4
6	Poland	5	1	4	9	37	2

Czechoslovakia 2-1 Finland
Finland 5-3 West Germany
USA 5-4 Finland
USSR 7-2 Finland
Finland 7-1 Poland
Team roster
Head coaches: Seppo Liitsola & Lasse Heikkilä

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
Jorma Etelälahti	Individual	69.0	72.0	185.1	24	52:05.85	183.35	23	368.45	24
Jukka Kuvaja		71.0	74.5	197.3	13	50:03.26	201.74	9	399.04	11
Rauno Miettinen		75.0	78.5	219.9	2	51:12.21	191.40	19	411.30	4
Erkki Kilpinen		74.0	75.0	203.1	8	50:20.46	199.16	11	402.26	10

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Harri Blumén	Normal hill	75.5	105.6	75.0	104.8	210.4	29
Jouko Törmänen		78.5	112.4	78.0	112.6	225.0	14
Esko Rautionaho		79.5	116.5	78.0	113.1	229.6	11
Harri Blumén	Large hill	81.0	84.4	77.0	76.3	160.7	41
Rauno Miettinen		95.5	96.2	83.0	89.2	185.4	21
Esko Rautionaho		90.0	103.5	84.5	94.3	197.8	12
Jouko Törmänen		91.0	105.4	87.5	99.5	204.9	10

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Pertti Niittylä	40.65	15
1000 m	Pertti Niittylä	1:21.43	8
1500 m	Olavi Köppä	2:03.69	10
5000 m	Olavi Köppä	7:59.52	20
10,000 m	Olavi Köppä	15:39.73	9

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Paula-Irmeli Halonen	43.99	8
1000 m	Tuula Vilkas	1:32.94	17
1000 m	Paula-Irmeli Halonen	1:31.72	13
1500 m	Tuula Vilkas	2:24.55	20
3000 m	Paula-Irmeli Halonen	5:03.08	22
3000 m	Tuula Vilkas	4:51.71	12

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