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
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
Kalle Jalkanen Klaes Karppinen Matti Lähde Sulo Nurmela	Cross-country skiing	male	Season

silver

Surname	sport	gender	competition
Birger Wasenius	Speed ​​skating	male	5000 m
			10,000 m

bronze

Surname	sport	gender	competition
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
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
Ossi Blomqvist	500 m	46.2 s	19th
	1500 m	2: 23.2 min	09
	5000 m	8: 36.6 min	06th
	10,000 m	17: 42.4 min	05
Åke Ekman	1500 m	2: 27.2 min	20th
	5000 m	9:00, 4 min	22nd
Antero Ojala	500 m	44.9 s	08th
	1500 m	2: 23.2 min	09
	5000 m	8: 30.1 min	bronze
	10,000 m	17: 46.6 min	07th
Jorma Ruissalo	500 m	44.9 s	08th
Birger Wasenius	500 m	44.9 s	08th
	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
		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	05	393.3	07th
Niilo Nikunen	Individual	1:23:59 h	192.2	09	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	01	401.2	04th

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
Men
Frans Heikkinen	50 km	3:42:44 h	07th
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	05
Matti Lähde	18 km	1:20:21 h	15th
Pekka Niemi	18 km	1:16:59 h	bronze
	50 km	3:44:14 h	08th
Sulo Nurmela	18 km	1:18:20 h	07th
Kalle Jalkanen Klaes Karppinen Matti Lähde Sulo Nurmela	Season	2:41:33 h	gold

Ski jumping

Athletes	competition	Jump 1			Jump 2			total
		Expanse	Points	rank	Expanse	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Sauli Pälli	Normal hill	71.0 m	042.7	47	68.5 m	037.6	47	080.3	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	09	70.0 m	107.3	07th	215.3	09
Lauri Valonen	Normal hill	73.5 m	113.2	05	67.0 m	106.2	11	219.4	06th

Web links

• Finland at the 1936 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )