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Finland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 83 competitors, 77 men and 6 women, took part in 63 events in 14 sports.
Finland competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. 86 competitors, 73 men and 13 women, took part in 76 events in 15 sports.
Finland competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 89 competitors, 84 men and 5 women, took part in 64 events in 13 sports.
Finland competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 117 competitors, 107 men and 10 women, took part in 92 events in 14 sports.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 36 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 12 for women. There were a total number of 1031 participating athletes from 93 countries.
Pertti Johannes Karppinen is a retired Finnish rower noted for his three consecutive Olympic gold medals in single sculls in 1976, 1980 and 1984.
Thomas Lange is a German rower who won two gold and one bronze Olympic medals in the single sculls.
Pertti Teurajärvi is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won two medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics with a gold in 1976 and a bronze in 1980.
Finland was the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. 258 competitors, 228 men and 30 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports. The nation won 22 medals.
Finland competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Finland competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Pertti Ilmari Niittylä is a former ice speed skater from Finland, who was the nation's leading rider in the 1970s and 1980s. He represented his native country in four consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria.
The high jump at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's high jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's high jump was one of five events to feature on the first women's athletics programme in 1928, and it was the only jumping event available to women until 1948, when the long jump was permitted.
The long jump at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's long jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's long jump was introduced over fifty years later in 1948 and was the second Olympic jumping event for women after the high jump, which was added in 1928.
Pertti Ålander is a Finnish middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Olli Pousi is a retired Finnish triple jumper. He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1980 Summer Olympics albeit without registering a valid mark.
Pertti Mutru was a Finnish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Pertti Laanti is a Finnish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Pertti Laine was a Finnish rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Pertti Torikka is a Swedish weightlifter. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Born in Kolari, Finland, Torikka moved to Sweden in 1971 and received Swedish citizenship in 1974.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pertti Pousi Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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