1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 66 athletes (60 men and 6 women) in 61 competitions in 13 sports.

The Finnish athletes won a gold and a bronze medal and two silver medals. In the medal table, Finland took 24th place. The weightlifter Kaarlo Kangasniemi was the Olympic champion in the middle heavyweight division. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the marksman Pentti Linnosvuo .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Jouko Lindbergh

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Risto Meronen

  Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Erik Nikkinen

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Arto Nilsson

  Light welterweight: bronze

• Mauri Saarivainio

  Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

Weightlifting

• Jouni Kailajärvi

  Light Heavyweight: 7th place

• Kaarlo Kangasniemi

  Middle Heavyweight: Gold

• Jaakko Kailajärvi

  Middle heavyweight: 5th place

• Mauno Lindroos

  Heavyweight: 6th place

• Kalevi Lahdenranta

  Heavyweight: 7th place

canoe

Men

• Jouko Viitamäki

  Single kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Karl-Gustav von Alfthan

  Quad kayak 1000 m: 5th place

• Heikki Mäkelä

  Quad kayak 1000 m: 5th place

• Jorma Lehtosalo

  Quad kayak 1000 m: 5th place

• Ilkka Nummisto

  Quad kayak 1000 m: 5th place

athletics

Men

• Pekka Vasala

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Pentti Rummakko

  Marathon: race not finished

• Jaakko Tuominen

  400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Altti Alarotu

  Pole vault: 14th place

• Erkki Mustakari

  Pole vault: in the final without a valid attempt

• Pertti Pousi

  Long jump: 18th place

  Triple jump: 18th place

• Jorma Kinnunen

  Javelin throw: silver

• Pauli Nevala

  Javelin throw: 14th place

Women

• Eeva Haimi

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Kaisa Launela

  Javelin throw: 8th place

Modern pentathlon

• Seppo Aho

  Individual: 18th place

  Team: 5th place

• Martti Ketela

  Individual: 20th place

  Team: 5th place

• Jorma Hotanen

  Singles: 34th place

  Team: 5th place

Cycling

• Raimo Honkanen

  Road race: 37th place

  Road team time trial: 19th place

• Mauno Uusivirta

  Road race: 46th place

  Road team time trial: 19th place

• Ole Wackström

  Road race: 57th place

  Road team time trial: 19th place

  Track 4000 m single pursuit: 16th place

• Raimo Suikkanen

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Road team time trial: 19th place

  Track 1000 m time trial: 23rd place

Wrestling

• Jussi Vesterinen

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Risto Björlin

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round

• Martti Laakso

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Eero Tapio

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Pentti Salo

  Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Teuvo Ojala

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Caj Malmberg

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Arje Nadbornik

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Pekka Alans

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

rowing

• Pekka Sylvander

  Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Kauko Hänninen

  Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

shoot

• Pentti Linnosvuo

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 11th place

• Immo Huhtinen

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 15th place

• Matti Patteri

  Free pistol 50 m: 9th place

• Seppo Saarenpärä

  Free pistol 50 m: 22nd place

• Juhani Laakso

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 11th place

• Osmo Ala-Honkola

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 19th place

• Simo Morri

  Small-bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 33rd place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 50th place

• Jaakko Minkkinen

  Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 36th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 40th place

• Tuukka Mäkelä

  Skeet: 22nd place

swim

Women

• Marjatta Hara

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  800 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Eva Sigg

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Ulla Patrikka

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Jan Winquist

  Finn dinghy: 6th place

• Peter Tallberg

  Star: 11th place

• Henrik Tallberg

  Star: 11th place

do gymnastics

Men

• Mauno Nissinen

  Individual all-around: 17th place

  Team all-around: 10th place

  Floor: 34th place

  Horse jump: 71st place

  Bars: 19th place

  Horizontal bar: 17th place

  Rings: 20th place

  Pommel horse: 12th place

• Heikki Sappinen

  Individual all-around: 40th place

  Team all-around: 10th place

  Floor: 32nd place

  Horse jump: 63rd place

  Bars: 67th place

  Horizontal bar: 58th place

  Rings: 23rd place

  Pommel horse: 48th place

• Olli Laiho

  Individual all-around: 41st place

  Team all-around: 10th place

  Floor: 82nd place

  Horse jump: 54th place

  Bars: 15th place

  Horizontal bar: 68th place

  Rings: 80th place

  Pommel horse: silver

• Juhani Rahikainen

  Individual all-around: 48th place

  Team all-around: 10th place

  Floor: 61st place

  Horse jump: 49th place

  Bars: 45th place

  Horizontal bar: 65th place

  Rings: 47th place

  Pommel horse: 45th place

• Reino Heino

  Individual all-around: 67th place

  Team all-around: 10th place

  Floor: 71st place

  Horse jump: 87th place

  Bars: 69th place

  Horizontal bar: 85th place

  Rings: 38th place

  Pommel horse: 57th place

• Hannu Rantakari

  Individual all-around: 73rd place

  Team all-around: 10th place

  Floor: 80th place

  Horse jump: 78th place

  Bars: 57th place

  Horizontal bar: 80th place

  Rings: 32nd place

  Pommel horse: 89th place

Diving

Men

• Pentti Koskinen

  3 m jumping: 12th place

Women

• Tarja Liljeström

  3 m jumping: 14th place

  10 m high diving: 17th place

Web links

• Finnish Olympic team from 1968 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )