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
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Bruno Ahlberg
- Welterweight: bronze
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Gunnar Barlund
- Heavyweight: 5th place
athletics
- Men
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Börje Strandvall
- 400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Martti Luomanen
- 1500 m: 9th place
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Harri Larva
- 1500 m: 10th place
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Eino Purje
- 1500 m: 11th place
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Lauri Lehtinen
- 5000 m: gold
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Lauri Virtanen
- 5000 m: bronze
- 10,000 m: bronze
- Marathon: race not finished
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Volmari Iso-Hollo
- 10,000 m: silver
- 3000 m obstacle: gold
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Armas Toivonen
- Marathon: bronze
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Ville Kyrönen
- Marathon: race not finished
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Martti Luomanen
- 110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Martti Matilainen
- 3000 m obstacle: 4th place
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Verner Toivonen
- 3000 m obstacle: 9th place
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Ilmari Reinikka
- High jump: 5th place
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Onni Rajasaari
- Triple jump: 11th place
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Kalle Järvinen
- Shot put: 9th place
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Kalevi Kotkas
- Discus throw: 7th place
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Ville Pörhölä
- Hammer throw: silver
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Matti Järvinen
- Javelin throw: gold
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Matti Sippala
- Javelin throw: silver
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Eino Penttila
- Javelin throw: bronze
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Akilles Jarvinen
- Decathlon: silver
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Paavo Yrjölä
- Decathlon: 6th place
Wrestling
- Greco-Roman
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Aatos Jaskari
- Bantamweight: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Lauri Koskela
- Featherweight: bronze
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Aarne Reini
- Lightweight: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Väinö Kajander
- Welterweight: silver
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Väinö Kokkinen
- Middleweight: gold
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Onni Pellinen
- Light Heavyweight: Silver
- Freestyle
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Aatos Jaskari
- Bantamweight: bronze
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Hermanni Pihlajamäki
- Featherweight: gold
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Kustaa Pihlajamäki
- Lightweight: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Eino Aukusti Leino
- Welterweight: bronze
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Kyösti Luukko
- Middleweight: silver
swim
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Toivo Reingoldt
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals
do gymnastics
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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
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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
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Einari Teräsvirta
- Individual all-around: 13th place
- Floor: 9th place
- Horse jump: 4th place
- Horizontal bar: bronze
- Team all-around: bronze
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Ilmari Pakarinen
- Floor: 20th place
- Horizontal bar: 4th place
- Pommel horse: 8th place
- Team all-around: bronze
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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 )