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Finland at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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Finland at the
1952 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Oslo
Competitors50 (45 men, 5 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearerHeikki Hasu (nordic combined)[1]
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
2
Total
9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Finland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Veikko Hakulinen Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
 Gold Heikki Hasu
Urpo Korhonen
Paavo Lonkila
Tapio Mäkelä
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
 Gold Lydia Wideman Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
 Silver Tapio Mäkelä Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
 Silver Eero Kolehmainen Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
 Silver Mirja Hietamies Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
 Silver Heikki Hasu Nordic combined Men's individual
 Bronze Paavo Lonkila Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
 Bronze Siiri Rantanen Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km

Alpine skiing

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Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eino Kalpala Downhill 3:16.2 56
Pentti Alonen 2:59.7 44
Pekka Alonen Giant Slalom 3:00.2 55
Niilo Juvonen 2:52.8 44
Eino Kalpala 2:52.3 42
Pentti Alonen 2:45.1 31
Nillo Juvonen Slalom DNF did not advance
Pentti Alonen 1:12.5 51 did not advance
Eino Kalpala 1:09.2 39 did not advance
Pekka Alonen 1:04.8 24 Q 1:03.9 14 2:08.7 14

Cross-country skiing

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Eeti Nieminen 1'08:24 21
Aulis Sipponen 1'06:03 16
Paavo Korhonen 1'05:30 14
Toivo Oikarinen 1'04:07 10
Tauno Sipilä 1'03:40 8
Heikki Hasu 1'02:24 4
Paavo Lonkila 1'02:20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tapio Mäkelä 1'02:09 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
50 km Peeka Kuvaja 3'46:31 9
Kalevi Mononen 3'39:21 5
Eero Kolehmainen 3'38:11 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Veikko Hakulinen 3'33:33 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Heikki Hasu
Paavo Lonkila
Urpo Korhonen
Tapio Mäkelä
2'20:16 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km Sirkka Polkunen 43:07 5
Siiri Rantanen 42:50 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mirja Hietamies 42:39 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lydia Wideman 41:40 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Figure skating

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Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Kalle Tuulos 13 13 131.211 112 13
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Leena Pietila 20 21 124.733 185 20

Ice hockey

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The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Canada 8 7 0 1 71 14 15
 United States 8 6 1 1 43 21 13
 Sweden 9 7 2 0 53 22 14
 Czechoslovakia 9 6 3 0 50 23 12
  Switzerland 8 4 4 0 40 40 8
 Poland 8 2 5 1 21 56 5
 Finland 7th 8 2 6 0 21 60 4
 West Germany 8 1 6 1 21 53 3
 Norway 8 0 8 0 15 46 0
  • Sweden 9-2 Finland
  • Switzerland 12-0 Finland
  • Canada 13-3 Finland
  • USA 8-2 Finland
  • Norway 2-5 Finland
  • Czechoslovakia 11-2 Finland
  • Finland 5-1 Germany FR
  • Poland 4-2 Finland
Contestants
Yrjö Hakala
Aarne Honkavaara
Erkki Hytönen
Pentti Isotalo
Matti Karumaa
Ossi Kauppi
Keijo Kuusela
Kauko Mäkinen
Pekka Myllylä
Christian Rapp
Esko Rekomaa
Matti Rintakoski
Eero Saari
Eero Salisma
Lauri Silván
Unto Wiitala
Jukka Wuolio

Nordic combined

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Events:

  • 18 km cross-country skiing
  • normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below (athletes were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Points Rank
Eeti Nieminen Individual 218.181 7 62.5 64.5 206.0 6 424.181 8
Aulis Sipponen 226.727 4 60.0 61.5 198.5 12 425.227 7
Paavo Korhonen 228.727 2 61.0 63.5 206.0 6 434.727 4
Heikki Hasu 240.000 1 63.0 63.0 207.5 5 447.500 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Ski jumping

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Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Tauno Luiro Normal hill 60.5 95.0 30 64.0 104.5 9 199.5 18
Olavi Kuronen 62.5 103.0 14 61.5 101.5 14 204.5 12
Pentti Uotinen 63.0 106.5 11 64.5 106.5 5 213.0 8
Antti Hyvärinen 66.5 111.0 3 61.5 102.5 11 213.5 7

Speed skating

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Lassi Parkkinen DNF
Kauko Salomaa 45.7 24
Kalevi Laitinen 45.4 21
Toivo Salonen 44.2 8
1500 m Toivo Salonen 2:27.4 25
Kalevi Laitinen 2:27.1 24
Kauko Salomaa 2:23.3 7
Lassi Parkkinen 2:23.0 6
5000 m Kalevi Laitinen 8:52.4 22
Kauko Salomaa 8:40.1 13
Matti Tuomi 8:40.0 12
Pentti Lammio 8:31.9 7
10,000 m Matti Tuomi 18:25.5 23
Kauko Salomaa 17:49.6 12
Lassi Parkkinen 17:36.8 8
Pentti Lammio 17:20.5 4

References

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  1. ^ "Flagbearers for Finland". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 27 December 2023.