Finland at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo
Competitors 50 (45 men, 5 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Heikki Hasu, Nordic Combined
Medals
Rank: 3		 Gold
3		 Silver
4		 Bronze
2		 Total
9
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Finland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Hakulinen, VeikkoVeikko Hakulinen Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
 Gold Hasu, HeikkiHeikki Hasu
Korhonen, UrpoUrpo Korhonen
Lonkila, PaavoPaavo Lonkila
, Tapio MäkeläTapio Mäkelä		 Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay
 Gold Wideman, LydiaLydia Wideman Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
 Silver Mäkelä, TapioTapio Mäkelä Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
 Silver Kolehmainen, EeroEero Kolehmainen Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
 Silver Hietamies, MirjaMirja Hietamies Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
 Silver Hasu, HeikkiHeikki Hasu Nordic combined Men's individual
 Bronze Lonkila, PaavoPaavo Lonkila Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
 Bronze Rantanen, SiiriSiiri Rantanen Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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
Tapio Mäkelä 1'02:09
50 km Peeka Kuvaja 3'46:31 9
Kalevi Mononen 3'39:21 5
Eero Kolehmainen 3'38:11
Veikko Hakulinen 3'33:33
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Heikki Hasu
Paavo Lonkila
Urpo Korhonen
Tapio Mäkelä		 2'20:16
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km Sirkka Polkunen 43:07 5
Siiri Rantanen 42:50
Mirja Hietamies 42:39
Lydia Wideman 41:40

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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
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

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Events:

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

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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

Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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

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