1936 Winter Olympics / Participant (Finland)
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Finland took part in the IV Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936 with a delegation of 19 athletes in five sports. The athletes were able to win six medals, including one gold, two silver and three bronze medals and thus took fourth place in the medal table. It was Finland's fourth participation in the Winter Olympics .
At the opening ceremony the flag was carried by the cross-country skier Sulo Nurmela , who started the 18-kilometer cross-country skiing competition. The youngest Finnish participant was 19 year old Antero Ojala and the oldest was 32 year old Marcus Nikkanen . While Nikkanen competed in figure skating, Ojala started in speed skating and won the bronze medal over the 5000 meters. The only Finnish athlete who could win more than one medal was the speed skater Birger Wasenius . He won two silver and one bronze medal.
Medals
Medal table
rank | sport | G | S. | B. | total |
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1 | Cross-country skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Speed skating | - | 2 | 2 | 4th |
total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th |
Medalist
gold
Surname | sport | gender | competition |
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Kalle Jalkanen Klaes Karppinen Matti Lähde Sulo Nurmela |
Cross-country skiing | male | Season |
silver
Surname | sport | gender | competition |
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Birger Wasenius | Speed skating | male | 5000 m |
10,000 m |
bronze
Surname | sport | gender | competition |
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Pekka Niemi | Cross-country skiing | male | 18 km |
Antero Ojala | Speed skating | male | 5000 m |
Birger Wasenius | Speed skating | male | 1500 m |
Participants by sport
figure skating
Athletes | Competitions | PF | FS | Points | placement | rank |
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Men | ||||||
Marcus Nikkanen | singles | 6th | 9 | 380.7 | 54 | 7th |
Speed skating
Birger Wasenius started in all speed skating competitions and was able to win three medals. He won silver in the 5000 and 10,000 meters and the bronze medal in the 1500 meters. The youngest Finnish Olympic participant won the bronze medal over the 5000 meters.
Athletes | competition | time | rank |
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Ossi Blomqvist | 500 m | 46.2 s | 19th |
1500 m | 2: 23.2 min | 9 | |
5000 m | 8: 36.6 min | 6th | |
10,000 m | 17: 42.4 min | 5 | |
Åke Ekman | 1500 m | 2: 27.2 min | 20th |
5000 m | 9:00, 4 min | 22nd | |
Antero Ojala | 500 m | 44.9 s | 8th |
1500 m | 2: 23.2 min | 9 | |
5000 m | 8: 30.1 min | bronze | |
10,000 m | 17: 46.6 min | 7th | |
Jorma Ruissalo | 500 m | 44.9 s | 8th |
Birger Wasenius | 500 m | 44.9 s | 8th |
1500 m | 2: 20.9 min | bronze | |
5000 m | 8: 23.3 min | silver | |
10,000 m | 17: 28.2 min | silver |
Nordic combination
In the second discipline of Nordic combined, ski jumping, Lauri Valonen , which he also competed in the special jumpers' competition, was able to take first place. Due to the bad cross-country skiing, where he only finished 26th, he only finished fourth and could not prevent the Norwegians from triple victory.
Athletes | competition | Cross-country skiing | Ski jumping | total | ||||||
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time | Points | rank | Width 1 | Width 2 | Points | rank | Total points | rank | ||
Men | ||||||||||
Pertti Mattila | Individual | 1:26:21 h | 179.7 | 25th | 45.0 m | 47.0 m | 188.7 | 21st | 368.4 | 19th |
Timo Murama | Individual | 1:24:52 h | 187.5 | 13 | 49.0 m | 48.0 m | 205.8 | 5 | 393.3 | 7th |
Niilo Nikunen | Individual | 1:23:59 h | 192.2 | 9 | 47.5 m | 45.5 m | 191.6 | 15th | 383.8 | 10 |
Lauri Valonen | Individual | 1:26:34 h | 178.6 | 26th | 52.0 min | 54.5 min | 222.6 | 1 | 401.2 | 4th |
Cross-country skiing
In the relay competition, which was held for the first time, the Finnish relay consisting of Kalle Jalkanen , Klaes Karppinen , Matti Lähde and Sulo Nurmela won the gold medal ahead of Norway and Sweden. In addition, Pekka Niemi was able to take third place in the cross-country skiing competition over the 18 kilometers and thus won the bronze medal. These two medals made cross-country skiing the most successful sport for the Finns at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Athletes | competition | time | rank |
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Men | |||
Frans Heikkinen | 50 km | 3:42:44 h | 7th |
Kalle Heikkinen | 50 km | 3:54:25 h | 14th |
Kalle Jalkanen | 18 km | 1:19:27 h | 12 |
Klaes Karppinen | 50 km | 3:39:33 h | 5 |
Matti Lähde | 18 km | 1:20:21 h | 15th |
Pekka Niemi | 18 km | 1:16:59 h | bronze |
50 km | 3:44:14 h | 8th | |
Sulo Nurmela | 18 km | 1:18:20 h | 7th |
Kalle Jalkanen Klaes Karppinen Matti Lähde Sulo Nurmela |
Season | 2:41:33 h | gold |
Ski jumping
Athletes | competition | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | total | |||||
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Expanse | Points | rank | Expanse | Points | rank | Points | rank | ||
Men | |||||||||
Sauli Pälli | Normal hill | 71.0 m | 42.7 | 47 | 68.5 m | 37.6 | 47 | 80.3 | 47 |
Timo Murama | Normal hill | 71.0 m | 100.9 | 22nd | 70.0 m | 101.3 | 21st | 202.2 | 24 |
Väinö Tiihonen | Normal hill | 71.5 m | 108.0 | 9 | 70.0 m | 107.3 | 7th | 215.3 | 9 |
Lauri Valonen | Normal hill | 73.5 m | 113.2 | 5 | 67.0 m | 106.2 | 11 | 219.4 | 6th |
Web links
- Finland at the 1936 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )