1908 Summer Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland participated in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London , Great Britain , with 65 athletes. The athletes were able to win one gold, one silver and three bronze medals.

Medalist

Olympic champion

Surname	sport	competition
Verner Weckman	Wrestling	Light heavyweight (up to 93 kg)

Second

Surname	sport	competition
Yrjö Saarela	Wrestling	Light heavyweight (up to 93 kg)

Third

Surname	sport	competition
Verner Järvinen	athletics	Discus throw (greek style)
Arvo Linden	Wrestling	Lightweight (up to 66.6 kg)
Eino Forsström Otto Granström Johan Kemp Iivari Kyykoski Heikki Lehmusto Johan Lindroth Edvard Linna Yrjö Linko Edvard Linna Matti Markkanen Kaarlo Mikkolainen Veli Nieminen Kaarlo Paasia Arvi Pohjanpää Aarne Pohjonen Eino Railio Heikki Riipinen Arno Saarinen Einar Sahlsten Aarne Salovaara Karl Sandelin Elias Sipilä Viktor Smeds Kaarlo Soinio Kurt Stenberg Väinö Tiiri Karl Magnus Wegelius	do gymnastics	Team all-around

Participants by sport

athletics

discipline	space	Athletes	Preliminary round	Semifinals	final
Men
100 m	Prelims	Ragnar Stenberg	k. A. Fifth, Seventh Forerun	not reached
200 m	Prelims	Ragnar Stenberg	k. A. Third, fourth forerun	not reached
800 m	Semi-finalist	Fredrik Svanstrom	not carried out	k. A. Fifth, Seventh Forerun	not reached
1,500 m	Semi-finalist	Fredrik Svanstrom	not carried out	k. A. Third, fifth preroll	not reached
marathon	Tenth	Kalle Nieminen	not carried out		3: 09: 50.8
discipline	space	Athletes	Height / width
Men
high jump	16.	Lauri Pihkala	not carried out		1.67 meters
	-	Lauri Wilskman			no space
Triple jump	18.-20.	Juho Halme	not carried out		k. A.
Stand long jump	Eighth-25th	Jarl Jakobsson	not carried out		k. A.
Shot put	seventh	Jalmari Sauli	not carried out		12.58 meters
	Ninth-25th	Juho Halme			k. A.
		Verner Järvinen			k. A.
		Elmer Niklander			k. A.
		Bruno Zilliacus			k. A.
Discus throw (free style)	Fourth	Verner Järvinen	not carried out		39.43 meters
	Twelfth-42nd	Elmer Niklander			k. A.
		Lauri Pihkala			k. A.
		Aarne Salovaara			k. A.
		Jalmari Sauli			k. A.
		Lauri Wilskman			k. A.
Javelin throw (center grip)	Fourth	Aarne Salovaara	not carried out		45.89 meters
	fifth	Arma's people			45.18 meters
	Sixth	Juho Halme			44.96 meters
	seventh	Jalmari Sauli			k. A.
	Eighth-16th	Evert Jakobsson			k. A.
		Jarl Jakobsson			k. A.
Discus throw (greek style)	Third	Verner Järvinen	not carried out		36.48 meters
	Ninth	Elmer Niklander			32.46 meters
Javelin throw (free style)	Sixth	Arma's people	not carried out		46.04 meters
	8th	Jalmari Sauli			43.30 meters
	9th	Juho Halme			39.88 meters
	10-33	Evert Jakobsson			k. A.
		Jarl Jakobsson			k. A.
		Verner Järvinen			k. A.
		Johan Kemp			k. A.
		Aarne Salovaara			k. A.

Wrestling

discipline	space	athlete	First round	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	Fight for 3rd place / final
Men
Greco-Roman style
Lightweight (up to 66.6 kg)	Third	Arvo Lindén	Defeated Hansen	Defeated Carlsen	Defeated Møller	Lost to Orlov	Defeated Persson
Light heavyweight (up to 93 kg)	Olympic champion	Verner Weckman	bye	Defeated West	Defeated Larsson	Defeated Payr	Defeated Saarela
	Second	Yrjö Saarela	Defeated Nielsen	Defeated Nixson	Defeated Dubois	Defeated Jensen	Lost to Weckman
	Ninth	Jussi Kivimäki	bye	Lost to Westrop	not reached

shoot

discipline	space	Athlete (s)	Points
Men
Free rifle three position fight	17th	Voitto Kolho	788
	30th	Frans Nässling	733
	37.	Huvi Tuiskinen	697
	38.	Heikki Huttunen	686
	39.	Lauri Kolho	672
	41.	Emil Nässling	657
	44.	Gustav Nyman	615
	45.	Karl Reilin	584
	46.	Heikki Hallamaa	576
Free rifle three position team	Eighth	Frans Nässling Gustav Nyman Heikki Huttunen Voitto Kolho Emil Nässling Huvi Tuiskinen	3,962

swim

discipline	space	athlete	leader	Semifinals	final
Men
100 m back	Prelims	Hugo Jonsson	k. A. Third, first preroll	not reached
		John Henrikssen	k. A. Third, Second Prerun
200 m chest	Prelims	John Henrikssen	k. A. Third, fifth preroll	not reached
		Herman Cederberg	k. A. Fourth-fifth, second heat
	-	Hugo Jonsson	DNF -, Sixth forerun

do gymnastics

discipline	space	athlete	Points
Men
Individual all-around	75.	Riku Korhonen	k. A.
	k. A.	Eetu Kosons	k. A.
		Iivari partans	k. A.
		Jaska Saarivuori	k. A.
		David Teivonen	k. A.

discipline	space	athlete	Points
Men
Team all-around	Third	Eino Forsström , Otto Granström , Johan Kemp , Jivari Kyykoski , Heikki Lehmusto , John Lindroth , Yrjö Linko , Edvard Linna , Matti Markkanen , Kaarlo Mikkolainen , Veli Nieminen , Kaarlo Kustaa Paasia , Arvi Pohjanpää , Aarne Pohjonen , Eino Railio , Heikki Riipinen , Arno Saarinen , Einari Verner Sahlstein , Aarne Salovaara , Kaarlo Sandelin , Elias Sipilä , Viktor Smeds , Kaarlo Soinio , Kurt Enoch Stenberg , Väinö Tiiri , Magnus Wegelius	405

Diving

discipline	space	athlete	Preliminary round	Semifinals	final
Men
Diving	Sixth	Toivo Aro	69.50 points second, fifth prelim	62.70 points third, first prelim	not reached
	13.	Oscar Wetzell	69.70 points fourth, first prelim	not reached
Jumping	Eleventh	Oscar Wetzell	70.83 points second, third heat	70.10 sixth, first semifinals	not reached

Web links

• Olympic team of Finland 1908 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).