1932 Summer Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland took part in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with a delegation of 40 male athletes in 36 competitions in five sports.

The Finnish athletes won five gold, eight silver and twelve bronze medals. Olympic champions were the athletes Volmari Iso-Hollo over 3000 meters obstacle, Lauri Lehtinen over 5000 meters and Matti Järvinen in the javelin throw as well as the wrestler Hermanni Pihlajamäki in the featherweight of freestyle wrestling and Väinö Kokkinen in the middleweight of the Greco-Roman style. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the decathlete Akilles Järvinen .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Bruno Ahlberg

  Welterweight: bronze

• Gunnar Barlund

  Heavyweight: 5th place

athletics

Men

• Börje Strandvall

  400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Martti Luomanen

  1500 m: 9th place

• Harri Larva

  1500 m: 10th place

• Eino Purje

  1500 m: 11th place

• Lauri Lehtinen

  5000 m: gold

• Lauri Virtanen

  5000 m: bronze

  10,000 m: bronze

  Marathon: race not finished

• Volmari Iso-Hollo

  10,000 m: silver

  3000 m obstacle: gold

• Armas Toivonen

  Marathon: bronze

• Ville Kyrönen

  Marathon: race not finished

• Martti Luomanen

  110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Martti Matilainen

  3000 m obstacle: 4th place

• Verner Toivonen

  3000 m obstacle: 9th place

• Ilmari Reinikka

  High jump: 5th place

• Onni Rajasaari

  Triple jump: 11th place

• Kalle Järvinen

  Shot put: 9th place

• Kalevi Kotkas

  Discus throw: 7th place

• Ville Pörhölä

  Hammer throw: silver

• Matti Järvinen

  Javelin throw: gold

• Matti Sippala

  Javelin throw: silver

• Eino Penttila

  Javelin throw: bronze

• Akilles Jarvinen

  Decathlon: silver

• Paavo Yrjölä

  Decathlon: 6th place

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

• Aatos Jaskari

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Lauri Koskela

  Featherweight: bronze

• Aarne Reini

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Väinö Kajander

  Welterweight: silver

• Väinö Kokkinen

  Middleweight: gold

• Onni Pellinen

  Light Heavyweight: Silver

Freestyle

• Aatos Jaskari

  Bantamweight: bronze

• Hermanni Pihlajamäki

  Featherweight: gold

• Kustaa Pihlajamäki

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Eino Aukusti Leino

  Welterweight: bronze

• Kyösti Luukko

  Middleweight: silver

swim

• Toivo Reingoldt

  200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals

do gymnastics

• Heikki Savolainen

  Individual all-around: bronze

  Floor: 6th place

  Horse jump: 10th place

  Ingot: bronze

  Horizontal bar: silver

  Rings: 7th place

  Pommel horse: 7th place

  Team all-around: bronze

• Mauri Nyberg-Noroma

  Individual all-around: 9th place

  Floor: 17th place

  Bars: 4th place

  Rings: 14th place

  Pommel horse: 9th place

  Team all-around: bronze

• Einari Teräsvirta

  Individual all-around: 13th place

  Floor: 9th place

  Horse jump: 4th place

  Horizontal bar: bronze

  Team all-around: bronze

• Ilmari Pakarinen

  Floor: 20th place

  Horizontal bar: 4th place

  Pommel horse: 8th place

  Team all-around: bronze

• Martti Uosikkinen

  Floor: 7th place

  Team all-around: bronze

Web links

• Finnish Olympic team from 1932 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )