1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 96 athletes (89 men and seven women) in 75 competitions in sixteen sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the canoeist Ilkka Nummisto .

Participants by sport

Archery

Men

• Kyösti Laasons

  Single: bronze

• Olavi Laurila

  Individual: 20th place

• Jorma Sandelin

  Singles: 40th place

Boxing

Men

• Jouko Lindbergh

  Featherweight: quarterfinals

• Pentti Saarman

  Light welterweight: 1st round

• Mikko Saarinen

  Light Middleweight: Round of 16

• Reima Virtanen

  Middleweight: silver

fencing

Men

• Risto Hurme

  Epee, singles: quarter-finals

Weightlifting

Men

• Arvo Ala-Pöntiö

  Middleweight: 13th place

• Kaarlo Kangasniemi

  Lightweight: 6th place

• Juhani Avellan

  Lightweight: 8th place

• Jaakko Kailajärvi

  Middle heavyweight: 8th place

• Aimo Nieminen

  Middle heavyweight: 12th place

• Kauko Kangasniemi

  Heavyweight: 7th place

• Taito Haara

  Heavyweight: DNF

• Jouko Leppä

  Super heavyweight: 4th place

• Kalevi Lahdenranta

  Super heavyweight: 7th place

Judo

Men

• Simo Akrenius

  Middleweight: 9th place

canoe

Men

• Ilkka Nummisto

  Kayak single, 1000 meters: 9th place

• Jorma Lehtosalo , Heikki Mäkelä , Kari Markkanen & Ilkka Nummisto

  Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: 7th place

athletics

Men Mikko Ala-Leppilampi 3000 meter obstacle: 10th place Bo Grahn Shot put: 24th place in qualification Erik Gustafsson 100 meters: heats 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Markku Juhola 200 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Pentti Kahma Discus throw: 9th place Antti Kalliomäki Pole vault: no valid attempt in the final Tapio cantans 5000 meters: heats 3000 meter obstacle: bronze Ossi Karttunen 4 x 400 meters: 6th place Jorma Kinnunen Javelin throw: 6th place Markku Kukkoaho 400 meters: 6th place 4 x 400 meters: 6th place Stig Lönnqvist 4 x 400 meters: 6th place Seppo Nikkari Marathon: 11th place Pekka Päivärinta 1500 meters: semi-finals 3000 meter obstacle: 8th place Reino Paukkonen Marathon: 19th place Leo Pusa Javelin throw: no valid attempt in qualification Antti Rajamäki 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Esa gutter Triple jump: 17th place in qualification Jorma Rinne Discus throw: 11th place Ari Salin 400 meter hurdles: prelims 4 x 400 meters: 6th place Hannu Siitonen Javelin throw: 4th place Seppo Simola Shot put: 16th place Pekka Tiihonen Marathon: DNF Ari Väänänen Long jump: 11th place Juha Väätäinen 5000 meters: 13th place Pekka Vasala 1500 meters: gold Raimo Vilén 100 meters: heats 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Let Virén 5000 meters: gold 10,000 meters: gold

Women Marika Eklund 400 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: prelims 4 x 400 meters: 7th place Tuula Rautanen 100 meters: heats 4 x 100 meters: prelims 4 x 400 meters: 7th place Mona-Lisa Strandvall 400 meters: semi-finals 4 x 100 meters: prelims 4 x 400 meters: 7th place Sinikka Tyynela 1500 meters: heats Pirjo Wilmi 200 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: prelims 4 x 400 meters: 7th place

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Risto Hurme

  Singles: 8th place

  Team: bronze

• Veikko salt mines

  Individual: 17th place

  Team: bronze

• Martti Ketela

  Individual: 19th place

  Team: bronze

Cycling

Men

• Kalevi Eskelinen

  100 kilometers team time trial: 19th place

• Harry Hannus

  Road race: DNF

  100 kilometers team time trial: 19th place

• Raimo Suikkanen

  4000 meter single pursuit: 19th place in qualification

• Mauno Uusivirta

  Road race: DNF

  100 kilometers team time trial: 19th place

• Tapani Vuorenhela

  Road race: DNF

• Ole Wackström

  Road race: DNF

  100 kilometers team time trial: 19th place

Wrestling

Men

• Raimo Hirvonen

  Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• Pertti Ukkola

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: Withdrawal after 1st round

• Risto Björlin

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Martti Laakso

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place

• Veikko Lavonen

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Eero Tapio

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round

• Matti Laakso

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Aimo Muchtenpää

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Raimo Karlsson

  Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Jorma Liimatainen

  Featherweight, freestyle: 3rd round

rowing

Men

• Leo Ahonen , Leif Andersson & Antero Yli-Ikkelä

  Two with a helmsman: hope run

shoot

• Osmo Ala-Honkola

  Free rifle, three-position fight: 25th place

• Jaakko Asikainen

  Small caliber, lying: 61st place

• Immo Huhtinen

  Rapid fire pistol: 13th place

  Free pistol: 26th place

• Seppo Irjala

  Free pistol: 19th place

• Esa Kervinen

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 29th place

  Small bore, lying: 80th place

• Seppo Mäkinen

  Rapid fire pistol: 27th place

• Paavo Mikkonen

  Running target: 23rd place

• Jaakko Minkkinen

  Free rifle, three-position fight: 6th place

  Small caliber, three-position battle: 32nd place

• Pekka Suomela

  Running target: 14th place

• Ari Westergård

  Skeet: 12th place

swim

Women

• Eva Sigg

  200 meters butterfly: heats

  200 meter medley: prelims

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

sailing

• Kim Weber

  Finn dinghy: 6th place

• Kurt Nyman , Göran Schaumann & Antero Sotamaa

  Dragons: 8th place

• Arndt Norrgård , Johan Tallberg & Peter Tallberg

  Soling: 12th place

do gymnastics

Men

• Mauno Nissinen

  Individual all-around: 35th place

  Floor: 55th place in qualification

  Horse: 71st place in qualification

  Bars: 32nd place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 45th place in qualification

  Rings: 42nd place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 22nd place in qualification

Diving

Men Pentti Koskinen Art jumping: 15th place in the qualification

Women Laura Kivelä Art jumping: 24th place in the qualification High diving: 22nd place in qualification

Web links

• Finnish Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )