Rainer Pelkonen

Rainer Pelkonen
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	19 April 1928 (age 97); Kuopio, Finland
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	400 metres hurdles

Last updated December 04, 2025

Rainer Pelkonen (born 19 April 1928) is a Finnish hurdler. He competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[1]

In 2009, Pelkonen became a two-time World Veteran Athletics Champion in the 80-year-old men's category.^[2]

References

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rainer Pelkonen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
↑ Siukonen, Markku (2001). Markku: Urheilukunniamme puolustajat – Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000[Defenders of our sporting honor – Finnish Olympic representatives 1906–2000] (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 243. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.

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[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rainer Pelkonen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

[2] Siukonen, Markku (2001). Markku: Urheilukunniamme puolustajat – Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000[Defenders of our sporting honor – Finnish Olympic representatives 1906–2000] (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 243. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.

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