1952 Winter Olympics / Participant (Finland)

FIN

3	4th	2

Finland participated in the VI. 1952 Winter Olympics in the Norwegian capital Oslo with a delegation of 50 athletes in seven disciplines, including 45 men and 5 women. With three gold, four silver and two bronze medals, Finland was the third best nation in these games.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the Nordic combined skier Heikki Hasu .

Participants by sport

ice Hockey

Men

Yrjö Hakala Aarne Honkavaara Erkki Hytönen Pentti Isotalo Matti Karumaa Ossi Kauppi Keijo Kuusela Kauko Mäkinen Pekka Myllyl

Christian Rapp Esko Rekomaa Matti Rintakoski Eero Saari Eero Salisma Lauri Silván Unto Wiitala Jukka Wuolio

• 7th place

figure skating

Men

• Kalle Tuulos

  13th place (131,211)

Women

• Leena Pietila

  20th place (124,733)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Kalevi Laitinen

  500 m: 21st place (45.4 s)

  1500 m: 24th place (2: 27.1 min)

  5000 m: 22nd place (8: 52.4 min)

• Lassi Parkkinen

  500 m: race not finished

  1500 m: 6th place (2: 23.0 min)

  10,000 m: 8th place (17: 36.8 min)

• Kauko Salomaa

  500 m: 24th place (45.7 s)

  1500 m: 7th place (2: 23.3 min)

  5000 m: 13th place (8: 40.1 min)

  10,000 m: 12th place (17: 49.6 min)

• Toivo saloons

  500 m: 8th place (44.2 s)

  1500 m: 25th place (2: 27.4 min)

• Pentti Lammio

  5000 m: 7th place (8: 31.9 min)

  10,000 m: 4th place (17: 20.5 min)

• Matti Tuomi

  5000 m: 12th place (8: 40.0 min)

  10,000 m: 23rd place (18: 25.5 min)

Nordic combination

• Eeti Nieminen

  Individual (normal hill / 18 km): 8th place (424.181)

• Aulis Sipponen

  Individual (normal hill / 18 km): 7th place (425,227)

• Paavo Korhonen

  Individual (normal hill / 18 km): 4th place (447,500)

• Heikki Hasu

  Individual (normal hill / 18 km): Silver (376.621)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Pentti Alonen

  Downhill: 44th place (2: 59.7 min)

  Giant Slalom: 31st place (2: 45.1 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Pekka Alonen

  Giant slalom: 55th place (3: 00.2 min)

  Slalom: 14th place (2: 08.7 min)

• Niilo Juvonen

  Giant Slalom: 44th place (2: 52.8 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Eino Kalpala

  Downhill: 56th place (3: 16.2 min)

  Giant Slalom: 42nd place (2: 52.3 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Heikki Hasu

  18 km: 4th place (1:02:24 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2:20:16 h)

• Paavo Korhonen

  18 km: 14th place (1:05:30 h)

• Paavo Lonkila

  18 km: bronze (1:02:20 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2:20:16 h)

• Tapio Mäkelä

  18 km: Silver (1:02:09 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2:20:16 h)

• Eeti Nieminen

  18 km: 21st place (1:08:24 h)

• Toivo Oikarinen

  18 km: 10th place (1:04:07 h)

• Tauno Sipilä

  18 km: 8th place (1:03:40 h)

• Aulis Sipponen

  18 km: 16th place (1:06:03 h)

• Veikko Hakulinen

  50 km: Gold (3:33:33 h)

• Eero Kolehmainen

  50 km: Silver (3:38:11 h)

• Pekka Kuvaja

  50 km: 9th place (3:46:31 h)

• Kalevi Monons

  50 km: 5th place (3:39:21 h)

• Urpo Korhonen

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2:20:16 h)

Women

• Mirja Hietamies

  10 km: Silver (42:39 min)

• Sirkka Polkunen

  10 km: 5th place (43:07 min)

• Siiri Rantanen

  10 km: Bronze (42:50 min)

• Lydia Wideman

  10 km: Gold (41:40 min)

Ski jumping

• Tauno Luiro

  Normal hill: 18th place (199.5)

• Olavi Kuronen

  Normal hill: 12th place (204.5)

• Pentti Uotinen

  Normal hill: 8th place (213.0)

• Antti Hyvärinen

  Normal hill: 7th place (213.5)

Web links

• Finland at the 1952 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )