Veikko Huhtanen
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Artistic Gymnastics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1948 London | All-around | |
| Gold | 1948 London | Pommel horse | |
| Gold | 1948 London | Team competition | |
| Silver | 1948 London | Parallel bars | |
| Bronze | 1948 London | Horizontal bar | |
Veikko Aarne Aleks Huhtanen (June 5, 1919 — January 29, 1976) was a Finnish gymnast and a three-time Olympic champion.
Huhtanen was the most successful gymnast at the 1948 Summer Olympics by taking home five medals, of which three were golden. In the pommel horse event Huhtanen and two other Finns, Heikki Savolainen and Paavo Aaltonen, had the same score and the gold medal was shared between the three.
| Olympic champions in men's pommel horse |
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| 1896: Louis Zutter | 1904: Anton Heida | 1924: Josef Wilhelm | 1928: Hermann Hänggi | 1932: István Pelle | 1936: Konrad Frey | 1948: Paavo Aaltonen-Veikko Huhtanen-Heikki Savolainen | 1952: Viktor Chukarin | 1956: Boris Shakhlin | 1960:Boris Shakhlin-Eugen Ekman | 1964: Miroslav Cerar | 1968: Miroslav Cerar | 1972: Viktor Klimenko | 1976: Zoltán Magyar | 1980: Zoltán Magyar | 1984: Li Ning-Peter Glen Vidmar | 1988: Zsolt Borkai-Dmitry Bilozerchev-Lubomir Geraskov | 1992: Vitaly Scherbo-Gil-Su Pae | 1996: Donghua Li | 2000: Marius Daniel Urzică | 2004: Haibin Teng |
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