1928 Summer Olympics / Participant (Finland)

FIN

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Finland participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , the Netherlands , with a delegation of 69 athletes (67 men and two women).

Medalist

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Harri Larva	athletics	1,5000 meters
Ville Ritola	athletics	5,000 meters
Paavo Nurmi	athletics	10,000 meters
Toivo Loukola	athletics	3,000 meter obstacle
Paavo Yrjölä	athletics	Decathlon
Kaarlo Mäkinen	Wrestling	Bantamweight, freestyle
Arvo Haavisto	Wrestling	Welterweight, freestyle
Väinö Kokkinen	Wrestling	Middleweight, Greco-Roman

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Paavo Nurmi	athletics	5,000 meters & 3,000 meters obstacle
Ville Ritola	athletics	10,000 meters
Antero Kivi	athletics	Discus throwing
Akilles Jarvinen	athletics	Decathlon
Kustaa Pihlajamäki	Wrestling	Featherweight, freestyle
Aukusti Sihvola	Wrestling	Heavyweight, freestyle
Hjalmar Nyström	Wrestling	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Eino Purje	athletics	1,500 meters
Martti Marttelin	athletics	marathon
Ove Andersen	athletics	3,000 meter obstacle
Vilho Tuulos	athletics	Triple jump
Eino Augusti Leino	Wrestling	Lightweight, freestyle
Edvard Westerlund	Wrestling	Lightweight, Greco-Roman
Onni Pellinen	Wrestling	Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman
Bertel Broman	sailing	12-foot dinghy
Heikki Savolainen	do gymnastics	Pommel horse

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Kaarlo Väkeva

  Featherweight: 5th place

• Valfrid Resch

  Lightweight: 17th place

• Jonni Hellström

  Welterweight: 5th place

fencing

• Torvald Appelroth

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

• Lauri Kettunen

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

athletics

• Risto Mattila

  100 meters: heats

• Harri Larva

  1,500 meters: gold

• Eino Purje

  1,500 meters: bronze

  5,000 meters: DNF in the final

• Arma's chin

  1,500 meters: heats

  5,000 meters: 6th place

• Leo Helgas

  1,500 meters: heats

• Ville Ritola

  5,000 meters: gold

  10,000 meters: silver

  3,000 meter obstacle: DNF

• Paavo Nurmi

  5,000 meters: silver

  10,000 meters: gold

  3,000 meter obstacle: silver

• Toivo Loukola

  10,000 meters: 7th place

  3,000 meter obstacle: gold

• Kalle Matilainen

  10,000 meters: 8th place

• Martti Marttelin

  Marathon: bronze

• Yrjö Korholin-Koski

  Marathon: 7th place

• Verner Laaksonen

  Marathon: 12th place

• One of the Rastas

  Marathon: 14th place

• Väinö Sipilä

  Marathon: 15th place

• Ilmari Kuokka

  Marathon: 24th place

• Bengt Sjöstedt

  110 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Erkka Wilén

  400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Jukka Matilainen

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Ove Andersen

  3,000 meter obstacle: bronze

• Paavo Yrjölä

  High jump: 19th place in qualification

  Shot put: 9th place in qualification

  Decathlon: gold

• Armas Wahlstedt

  High jump: No height in qualification

  Shot put: 5th place

  Decathlon: DNF

• Ville Tuulos

  Long jump: 11th place in qualification

  Triple jump: bronze

• Toimi Tulikoura

  Long jump: 19th place in qualification

  Triple jump: 5th place

• Erkki Järvinen

  Triple jump: 6th place

• Väinö Rainio

  Triple jump: 6th place in qualification

• Antero Kivi

  Discus throwing: silver

• Eino Kenttä

  Discus throwing: 6th place

• Heikki Taskinen

  Discus throw: 11th place in qualification

• Erik Eriksson

  Hammer throw: 9th place in qualification

• Paavo Liettu

  Javelin: 4th place

• Eino Penttila

  Javelin: 6th place

• Albert Lamppu

  Javelin: 9th place in qualification

• Vilho gutter

  Javelin throw: 15th place in qualification

• Akilles Jarvinen

  Decathlon: silver

• Martti Tolamo

  Decathlon: 16th place

Modern pentathlon

• Lauri Kettunen

  Individual: 13th place

• Henrik Avellan

  Individual: 15th place

• Tauno Lampola

  Singles: 21st place

Cycling

• Raul Hellberg

  Road race, individual: 10th place

horse riding

• Hans Olof of Essen

  Versatility, singles: 5th place

Wrestling

• Anselm Ahlfors

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place

• Aleksanteri Toivola

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Edvard Vesterlund

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Väinö Kokkinen

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: gold

• Onni Pellinen

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: Bronze

• Hjalmar Nyström

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Kaarlo Mäkinen

  Bantamweight, Freestyle: Gold

• Kustaa Pihlajamäki

  Featherweight, freestyle: silver

• Eino Augusti Leino

  Lightweight, freestyle: bronze

• Arvo Haavisto

  Welterweight, freestyle: gold

• Vilho Pekkala

  Middleweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Edil Rosenqvist

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Aukusti Sihvola

  Heavyweight, freestyle: silver

swim

• Disa Lindberg

  Women, 400 meters: heats

sailing

• Bertel Broman

  12-foot dinghy: bronze

do gymnastics

• Heikki Savolainen

  Individual all-around: 6th place

  Team all-around competition: 5th place

  Bars: 17th place

  Horse jump: 16th place

  Horizontal bar: 13th place

  Rings: 12th place

  Pommel horse: bronze

• Mauri Nyberg-Noroma

  Individual all-around: 6th place

  Team all-around competition: 5th place

  Bars: 7th place

  Horse jump: 26th place

  Horizontal bar: 16th place

  Rings: 5th place

  Pommel horse: 7th place

• Martti Uosikkinen

  Individual all-around: 19th place

  Team all-around competition: 5th place

  Bars: 21st place

  Horse jump: 24th place

  Horizontal bar: 16th place

  Rings: 17th place

  Pommel horse: 31st place

• Jaakko Kunnas

  Individual all-around: 38th place

  Team all-around competition: 5th place

  Bars: 32nd place

  Horse jump: 54th place

  Horizontal bar: 33rd place

  Rings: 32nd place

  Pommel horse: 57th place

• Urho Korhonen

  Individual all-around: 46th place

  Team all-around competition: 5th place

  Bars: 40th place

  Horse jump: 43rd place

  Horizontal bar: 33rd place

  Rings: 33rd place

  Pommel horse: 71st place

• Rafael Ylönen

  Individual all-around: 61st place

  Team all-around competition: 5th place

  Bars: 74th place

  Horse jump: 45th place

  Horizontal bar: 39th place

  Rings: 56th place

  Pommel horse: 72nd place

• Kalervo cinemas

  Individual all-around: 62nd place

  Team all-around competition: 5th place

  Bars: 49th place

  Horse jump: 24th place

  Horizontal bar: 55th place

  Rings: 62nd place

  Pommel horse: 85th place

• Birger Stenman

  Individual all-around: 66th place

  Team all-around competition: 5th place

  Bars: 49th place

  Horse jump: 46th place

  Horizontal bar: 48th place

  Rings: 60th place

  Pommel horse: 87th place

Diving

• Yrjö Lampila

  High diving: preliminary round

• Ada Onnela

  Women, jumping: 5th place

Web links

• Finnish Olympic team from 1928 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )