1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Finland)
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Finland took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with a delegation of 64 athletes (63 men and one woman) in 62 competitions in 14 sports.
The Finnish athletes won three gold, one silver and eleven bronze medals. In the medal table, Finland took 13th place. Olympic champions were the marksman Pentti Linnosvuo with the free pistol and the Greco-Roman wrestler Rauno Mäkinen in the featherweight and Kyösti Lehtonen in the lightweight. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the pole vaulter Eeles Landström .
Finland also took part in the Olympic Equestrian Games in Stockholm. Seven (male) riders entered the race for Finland, but they could not win a medal.
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Pentti Hämäläinen
- Featherweight: bronze
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Pentti Niinivuori
- Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
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Ilkka Koski
- Heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
fencing
- Men
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Rolf Wilk
- Foil: 8th place
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Väinö Korhonen
- Foil: eliminated in the 1st round
Weightlifting
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Eino Mäkinen
- Heavyweight: 5th place
canoe
- Men
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Thorvald Strömberg
- Single kayak 1000 m: eliminated in advance
- Single kayak 10,000 m: 4th place
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Pentti Raaskoski
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in advance
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Juhani Helenius
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in advance
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Yrjö Hietanen
- Two-person kayak 10,000 m: 7th place
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Simo Kuismanen
- Two-person kayak 10,000 m: 7th place
- Women
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Eila Eskola-Kyröläinen
- Single kayak 500 m: eliminated in advance
athletics
- Men
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Pentti Rekola
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Eero Kivelä
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Voitto Hellsten
- 400 m: bronze
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Olavi Salsola
- 1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Ilmari Taipale
- 5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 10,000 m: 22nd place
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Veikko Karvonen
- Marathon: bronze
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Eino Oksanen
- Marathon: 10th place
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Paavo Kotila
- Marathon: 13th place
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Sven-Oswald Mildh
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Ilkka Auer
- 3000 m obstacle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Olavi Rinteenpää
- 3000 m obstacle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Eeles Landström
- Pole vault: 7th place
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Matti Sutinen
- Pole vault: in the final without a valid attempt
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Jorma Valkama
- Long jump: bronze
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Wilhelm Porrassalmi
- Long jump: 28th place
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Kari Rahkamo
- Triple jump: 14th place
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Tapio Lehto
- Triple jump: 18th place
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Hannu Rantala
- Triple jump: 19th place
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Torbjörn Lassenius
- Decathlon: 7th place
Modern pentathlon
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Olavi Mannonen
- Single: silver
- Team: bronze
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Väinö Korhonen
- Single: bronze
- Team: bronze
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Berndt Katter
- Individual: 16th place
- Team: bronze
Cycling
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Paul Nyman
- Road race: 11th place
- Track sprint: eliminated in the 1st round
- Track 1000 m time trial: 18th place
horse riding
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Kaarlo Anttinen
- Eventing, individual: DNF
- Eventing, team: DNF
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Reijo Kuistila
- Eventing, individual: 36th place
- Eventing, team: DNF
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Kauko paanans
- Jumping, singles: DNF
- Jumping, team: DNF
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Mauno Roiha
- Dressage, individual: 31st place
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Wilhelm Stewen
- Jumping, singles: 40th place
- Jumping, team: DNF
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Arvi Tervalampi
- Jumping, singles: DNF
- Jumping, team: DNF
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Kari Tolvanen
- Eventing, individual: DNF
- Eventing, team: DNF
Wrestling
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Reijo Nykänen
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Rauno Mäkinen
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Kyösti Lehtonen
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Veikko Rantanen
- Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place
- Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 1st round
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Viljo Punkrai
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place
- Middleweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Veikko Lahti
- Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
- Light heavyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Taisto Kangasniemi
- Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place
- Heavyweight, freestyle: bronze
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Tauno Jaskari
- Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Erkki Penttila
- Featherweight, freestyle: bronze
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Väinö Hakkarainen
- Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round
rowing
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Kauko Hänninen
- Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals
- Four with helmsman: bronze
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Reino Poutanen
- Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals
- Four with helmsman: bronze
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Veli Lehtelä
- Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals
- Four with helmsman: bronze
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Toimi Pitkänen
- Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals
- Four with helmsman: bronze
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Matti Niemi
- Four with helmsman: bronze
shoot
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Pentti Linnosvuo
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 4th place
- Free pistol 50 m: gold
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Kalle Sievänen
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 7th place
- Free pistol 50 m: 16th place
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Vilho Ylönen
- Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: bronze
- Small bore rifle, three-position fight, 50 m: 5th place
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 15th place
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Jorma Taitto
- Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 4th place
- Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 17th place
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 32nd place
swim
- Men
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Karri Käyhkö
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
sailing
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John Flinkenberg
- Dragons: 14th place
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Joel Jahn
- Dragons: 14th place
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Goal Kristian Lindh
- Dragons: 14th place
do gymnastics
- Men
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Kalevi Suoniemi
- Individual all-around: 11th place
- Team all-around: bronze
- Floor: 10th place
- Horse jump: 11th place
- Bars: 13th place
- Horizontal bar: 18th place
- Rings: 12th place
- Pommel horse: 9th place
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Berndt Lindfors
- Individual all-around: 15th place
- Team all-around: bronze
- Floor: 16th place
- Horse jump: 50th place
- Bars: 6th place
- Horizontal bar: 22nd place
- Rings: 10th place
- Pommel horse: 9th place
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Martti Mansikka
- Individual all-around: 20th place
- Team all-around: bronze
- Floor: 10th place
- Horse jump: 11th place
- Bars: 24th place
- Horizontal bar: 42nd place
- Rings: 23rd place
- Pommel horse: 16th place
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Onni Lappalainen
- Individual all-around: 22nd place
- Team all-around: bronze
- Floor: 16th place
- Horse jump: 36th place
- Bars: 8th place
- Horizontal bar: 35th place
- Rings: 27th place
- Pommel horse: 22nd place
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Olavi Leimuvirta
- Individual all-around: 27th place
- Team all-around: bronze
- Floor: 33rd place
- Horse jump: 23rd place
- Bars: 8th place
- Horizontal bar: 37th place
- Rings: 40th place
- Pommel horse: 16th place
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Raimo Heinonen
- Individual all-around: 37th place
- Team all-around: bronze
- Floor: 46th place
- Horse jump: 41st place
- Bars: 21st place
- Horizontal bar: 18th place
- Rings: 45th place
- Pommel horse: 30th place
Diving
- Men
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Helge Vasenius
- 3 m jumping: 15th place
- 10 m high diving: 16th place
Web links
- Finnish Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Finnish Olympic team at the equestrian games of 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )