1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (Finland)

FIN

4th	2	-

Finland took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a delegation of 83 athletes (77 men and 6 women) in 63 competitions in 14 sports.

The Finnish athletes won four gold and two silver medals. Olympic champions were the rower Pertti Karppinen in the single, the Greco-Roman wrestler Pertti Ukkola in the bantamweight and the athlete Lasse Virén over 5000 and 10,000 meters. Virén was also the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

Archery

Men

• Kyösti Laasons

  Individual: 15th place

• Kauko Laasons

  Individual: 20th place

Boxing

• Let Friman

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Kalevi Marjamaa

  Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Kalevi Kosunen

  Light Middleweight: Eliminated in quarterfinals

• Jorma Taipale

  Middleweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Pekka Ruokola

  Heavyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

fencing

Men

• Veikko salt mines

  Epee: 58th place

  Epee team: 11th place

• Heikki Hulkkonen

  Epee team: 11th place

• Risto Hurme

  Epee team: 11th place

• Jussi Pelli

  Epee team: 11th place

Weightlifting

• Arvo Ala-Pöntiö

  Middleweight: 5th place

• Juhani Avellan

  Light heavyweight: 5th place

• Jaakko Kailajärvi

  Middle heavyweight: competition not finished

• Taito Haara

  Heavyweight: 10th place

• Jouko Leppä

  Super heavyweight: competition not finished

Judo

• Markku Airio

  Heavyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

  Open class: eliminated in the 1st round

canoe

Men

• Hannu Kojo

  Single kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  Two-person kayak 500 m: 6th place

• Kari Markkanen

  Two-person kayak 500 m: 6th place

• Heikki Mäkelä

  Four-man kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Eero Hynninen

  Four-man kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Ilkka Nummisto

  Four-man kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Unto Elo

  Four-man kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Timo Grönlund

  Single Canadier 500 m: eliminated in the semifinals

  Single Canadier 1000 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

athletics

Men

• Ossi Karttunen

  400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 400 meter relay: 8th place

• Markku Kukkoaho

  400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 400 meter relay: 8th place

• Antti Loikkanen

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Markku Laine

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Let Virén

  5000 m: gold

  10,000 m: gold

  Marathon: 5th place

• Pekka Päivärinta

  5000 m: 13th place

  10,000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Leave Orimus

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Martti Vainio

  10,000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Håkan Spik

  Marathon: 16th place

• Jukka Toivola

  Marathon: 27th place

• Tapio cantans

  3000 m obstacle: 4th place

• Ismo Toukonen

  3000 m obstacle: 12th place

• Hannu Mäkelä

  4 x 400 meter relay: 8th place

• Stig Lönnqvist

  4 x 400 meter relay: 8th place

• Antti Kalliomäki

  Pole vault: silver

• Tapani Haapakoski

  Pole vault: 15th place

• Pentti Kuukasjärvi

  Triple jump: 10th place

• Reijo Ståhlberg

  Shot put: 12th place

• Pentti Kahma

  Discus throw: 6th place

• Markku Tuokko

  Discus throw: 17th place

• Hannu Siitonen

  Javelin throw: silver

• Seppo Hovinen

  Javelin throw: 7th place

• Jorma Jaakola

  Javelin throw: 16th place

• Johannes Lahti

  Decathlon: 11th place

• Heikki Leppänen

  Decathlon: competition not finished

Women

• Mona-Lisa Pursiainen

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 400 meter relay: 6th place

• Pirjo Haggman

  400 m: 4th place

  4 x 400 meter relay: 6th place

• Riitta Salin

  400 m: 7th place

  4 x 400 meter relay: 6th place

• Marika Lindholm

  400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 400 meter relay: 6th place

• Nina Holmén

  1500 m: 9th place

• Susann Sundqvist

  High jump: 15th place

Modern pentathlon

• Risto Hurme

  Singles: 11th place

  Team: 7th place

• Jussi Pelli

  Individual: 23rd place

  Team: 7th place

• Heikki Hulkkonen

  Singles: 35th place

  Team: 7th place

Cycling

• Harry Hannus

  Road race: 20th place

  Track 4000 m individual pursuit: 13th place

Wrestling

• Pertti Ukkola

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: gold

• Pekka Hjelt

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Markku Yli-Isotalo

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

• Mikko Huhtala

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• Keijo Manni

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round

• Kari Övermark

  Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Jarmo Övermark

  Welterweight, freestyle: 7th place

rowing

Men

• Pertti Karppinen

  One: gold

• Leo Ahonen

  Two without a helmsman: 8th place

• Kari Hanska

  Two without a helmsman: 8th place

• Erkka Mattila

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Matti salt mines

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Jorma Hurme

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Pekka Pietila

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

shoot

• Jaakko Minkkinen

  Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 24th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 57th place

• Jouko Hietalahti

  Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 43rd place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 41st place

• Ari Westergård

  Skeet: 14th place

• Markus Remes

  Skeet: 14th place

swim

Men

• Tuomo Kerola

  100 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Richard Grönblom

  Finn dinghy: 19th place

• Mikko Brummer

  470 dinghy: 18th place

• Rudi Biaudet

  470 dinghy: 18th place

• Juha Siira

  Tornado: 13th place

• Pekka Narko

  Tornado: 13th place

• Matti Jokinen

  Soling: 18th place

• Matti Paloheimo

  Soling: 18th place

• Reijo Laine

  Soling: 18th place

Web links

• Finnish Olympic team from 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )