1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome with a delegation of 117 athletes (107 men and 10 women) in 92 competitions in 14 sports.

The Finnish athletes won one gold and one silver medal and three bronze medals. With that Finland finished 17th in the medal table . Olympic champion was gymnast Eugen Ekman on the pommel horse. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Eeles Landström .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Börje Karvonen

  Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Paavo Roininen

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Jorma Limmonen

  Featherweight: bronze

• Väinö Järvenpää

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Martti Lehtevä

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Viljo Aho

  Welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Matti Aho

  Light heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

fencing

Men

• Rolf Wiik

  Foil: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Foil team: 9th place

• Kaj Czarnecki

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Foil team: 9th place

• Kalevi Pakarinen

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Foil team: 9th place

• Kurt Lindeman

  Foil team: 9th place

Women

• Marjatta Moulin

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

• Barbara Helsingius

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

Weightlifting

• Jouni Kailajärvi

  Light heavyweight: 5th place

• Eino Mäkinen

  Heavyweight: 5th place

canoe

Men

• Simo Kuismanen

  Single kayak 1000 m: 8th place

• Rolf Åkerfelt

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

• Rainer Åkerfelt

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

• Juhani Helenius

  4 x 500 meter kayak relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Paavo Vaskio

  4 x 500 meter kayak relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Torbjorn Blomqvist

  4 x 500 meter kayak relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Rolf Björklund

  4 x 500 meter kayak relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Olavi Ojanpera

  Single Canadier 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

Women

• Eila Eskola-Kyröläinen

  Single kayak 500 m: 9th place

athletics

Men

• Pentti Rekola

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Voitto Hellsten

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Pertti Ålander

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Olavi saloons

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Olavi Vuorisalo

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Reijo Höykinpuro

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Simo Saloranta

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  10,000 m: 21st place

• Olavi Manninen

  Marathon: 23rd place

• Eino Oksanen

  Marathon: 24th place

• Antti Viskari

  Marathon: 53rd place

• Jussi Rintamäki

  400 m hurdles: 5th place

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Pentti Karvonen

  3000 m obstacle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Börje beach

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Eero salt mines

  High jump: 19th place

• Eeles Landström

  Pole vault: bronze

• Matti Sutinen

  Pole vault: 6th place

• Jorma Valkama

  Long jump: 5th place

• Juhani Manninen

  Long jump: 18th place

• Kari Rahkamo

  Triple jump: 8th place

• Hannu Rantala

  Triple jump: 22nd place

• Pentti Repo

  Discus throw: 9th place

• Carol Lindroos

  Discus throw: 25th place

• Väinö Kuisma

  Javelin throw: 4th place

• Markus Kahma

  Decathlon: 7th place

• Seppo Suutari

  Decathlon: 12th place

Women

• Brita Johansson

  Long jump: 18th place

Modern pentathlon

• Kurt Lindeman

  Singles: 9th place

  Team: 4th place

• Berndt Katter

  Singles: 12th place

  Team: 4th place

• Eero Lohi

  Individual: 16th place

  Team: 4th place

Cycling

• Paul Nyman

  Road race: 17th place

  Team time trial: 20th place

  Track sprint: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Track 1000 m individual time trial: 21st place

• Raimo Honkanen

  Road race: 55th place

  Team time trial: 20th place

• Unto Hautalahti

  Road race: 59th place

  Team time trial: 20th place

• Matti Herronen

  Road race: 60th place

  Team time trial: 20th place

Wrestling

• Heikki Hakola

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Reino Tuominen

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Rauni Mäkinen

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Kyösti Lehtonen

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Matti Laakso

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Pentti Punkari

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Antero Vanhanen

  Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Viktor Ahven

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Väinö Rantala

  Flyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Tauno Jaskari

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 5th place

• Erkki Penttila

  Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Martti Peltoniemi

  Lightweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Veikko Rantanen

  Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 1st round

• Viljo Punkari

  Middleweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

rowing

• Jorma Kortelainen

  One: eliminated in the semifinals

• Toimi Pitkänen

  Two without a helmsman: bronze

• Veli Lehtelä

  Two without a helmsman: bronze

• Eero Laine

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Heikki Laine

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Pertti Laine

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Arto Nikulainen

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Väinö Huhtala

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Kauko Hänninen

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Reino Poutanen

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Matti Maisala

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Reijo Sundén

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

shoot

• Pentti Linnosvuo

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: silver

  Free pistol 50 m: 13th place

• Kalle Sievänen

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 17th place

• Kaarle Pekkala

  Free pistol 50 m: 27th place

• Esa Kervinen

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 9th place

  Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 6th place

• Vilho Ylönen

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 4th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 17th place

• Pauli Janhonen

  Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 13th place

• Jussi Nordqvist

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 18th place

• Väinö Broman

  Trap: competition not over

swim

Men

• Karri Käyhkö

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 5th place

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Kari Haavisto

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 5th place

• Ilkka Suvanto

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m butterfly: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 5th place

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Stig-Olof Grenner

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 5th place

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Pekka Lairola

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

sailing

• Jouko Valli

  Finn dinghy: 16th place

• Freddy Ehrström

  Star: 14th place

• Rolf Zachariassen

  Star: 14th place

• René Nyman

  Dragons: 17th place

• Let Dahlman

  Dragons: 17th place

• Heinrich Schaarschmidt

  Dragons: 17th place

• Peter Tallberg

  5.5 meter class: 15th place

• Fredrik Eklöf

  5.5 meter class: 15th place

• Peik Gästrin

  5.5 meter class: 15th place

do gymnastics

Men

• Otto Kestola

  Individual all-around: 16th place

  Floor: 17th place

  Horse jump: 46th place

  Bars: 14th place

  Horizontal bar: 12th place

  Rings: 19th place

  Pommel horse: 51st place

  Team all-around competition: 6th place

• Eugen Ekman

  Individual all-around: 30th place

  Floor: 62nd place

  Horse jump: 89th place

  Bars: 29th place

  Horizontal bar: 22nd place

  Rings: 66th place

  Pommel horse: gold

  Team all-around competition: 6th place

• Olavi Leimuvirta

  Individual all-around: 33rd place

  Floor: 62nd place

  Horse jump: 43rd place

  Bars: 16th place

  Horizontal bar: 33rd place

  Rings: 52nd place

  Pommel horse: 48th place

  Team all-around competition: 6th place

• Kauko Heikkinen

  Individual all-around: 40th place

  Floor: 30th place

  Horse jump: 81st place

  Bars: 37th place

  Horizontal bar: 46th place

  Rings: 79th place

  Pommel horse: 8th place

  Team all-around competition: 6th place

• Raimo Heinonen

  Individual all-around: 42nd place

  Floor: 71st place

  Horse jump: 68th place

  Bars: 23rd place

  Horizontal bar: 22nd place

  Rings: 69th place

  Pommel horse: 46th place

  Team all-around competition: 6th place

• Sakari Olkkonen

  Individual all-around: 45th place

  Floor: 75th place

  Horse jump: 51st place

  Bars: 42nd place

  Horizontal bar: 72nd place

  Rings: 34th place

  Pommel horse: 36th place

  Team all-around competition: 6th place

Women

• Pirkko Nieminen

  Individual all-around: 63rd place

  Floor: 61st place

  Horse jump: 72nd place

  Uneven bars: 31st place

  Balance beam: 61st place

  Team all-around competition: 13th place

• Tuovi Sappinen

  Individual all-around: 74th place

  Floor: 73rd place

  Horse jump: 85th place

  Uneven bars: 55th place

  Balance beam: 81st place

  Team all-around competition: 13th place

• Ritva saloons

  Individual all-around: 77th place

  Floor: 75th place

  Horse jump: 69th place

  Uneven bars: 83rd place

  Balance beam: 85th place

  Team all-around competition: 13th place

• Eira Lehtonen

  Individual all-around: 82nd place

  Floor: 88th place

  Horse jump: 80th place

  Uneven bars: 95th place

  Balance beam: 67th place

  Team all-around competition: 13th place

• Raili Tuominen-Hämäläinen

  Individual all-around: 90th place

  Floor: 84th place

  Horse jump: 90th place

  Uneven bars: 91st place

  Balance beam: 91st place

  Team all-around competition: 13th place

• Kaarina Autio

  Individual all-around: 92nd place

  Floor: 84th place

  Horse jump: 99th place

  Uneven bars: 94th place

  Balance beam: 88th place

  Team all-around competition: 13th place

Diving

• Pekka Heinonen

  10 m high diving: 26th place

Web links

• Finnish Olympic team from 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )