1956 Winter Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland took part in the VII Winter Olympics in 1956 in the Italian municipality of Cortina d'Ampezzo with a delegation of 31 athletes in six disciplines, including 27 men and 4 women. With three gold, three silver and one bronze medal, Sweden was the third best nation at the Games.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the ski jumper Antti Hyvärinen .

Participants by sport

figure skating

Men

• Kalle Tuulos

  15th place (124.5)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Matti Hamberg

  500 m: 9th place (42.2 s)

  1500 m: 18th place (2: 14.8 min)

  5000 m: 32nd place (8: 28.1 min)

• Juhani Järvinen

  500 m: 9th place (42.2 s)

  1500 m: 4th place (2: 09.7 min)

  5000 m: 20th place (8: 13.7 min)

  10,000 m: 12th place (17: 05.9 min)

• Toivo saloons

  500 m: 5th place (41.7 s)

  1500 m: bronze (2: 09.4 min)

  10,000 m: 24th place (17: 37.6 min)

• Yrjö Uimonen

  500 m: 13th place (42.5 s)

• Leo Tynkkynen

  1500 m: 26th place (2: 16.2 min)

  5000 m: 25th place (8: 19.9 min)

• Kauko Salomaa

  5000 m: 21st place (8: 14.3 min)

  10,000 m: 17th place (17: 19.0 min)

Nordic combination

• Esko Jussila

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 25th place (409,500)

• Paavo Korhonen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 4th place (435,597)

• Eeti Nieminen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 9th place (430,400)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Pentti Alonen

  Departure: disqualified

  Giant Slalom: 42nd place (3: 35.0 min)

  Slalom: disqualified

• Kalevi Hakkinen

  Downhill: 23rd place (3: 29.2 min)

  Giant Slalom: 43rd place (3: 36.9 min)

  Slalom: 40th place (4: 19.2 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Veikko Hakulinen

  15 km: 4th place (50:31 min)

  30 km: Gold (1:44:06 h)

  50 km: Silver (2:51:45 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2:16:31 h)

• Veikko Räsänen

  15 km: 14th place (52:35 min)

• Arto Tiainen

  15 km: 26th place (54:11 min)

• Arvo Viitanen

  15 km: 9th place (51:10 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2:16:31 h)

• Kalevi Hämäläinen

  30 km: 20th place (1:51:38 h)

• August Kiuru

  30 km: 21st place (1:51:56 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2:16:31 h)

• Olavi Latsa

  30 km: 9th place (1:47:30 h)

• Eero Kolehmainen

  50 km: 4th place (2:56:17 h)

• Veini continents

  50 km: 9th place (3:06:15 h)

• Antti Sivonen

  50 km: 8th place (3:04:16 h)

• Jorma Kortelainen

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2:16:31 h)

Women

• Mirja Hietamies

  10 km: 6th place (40:18 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Gold (1:09:01 h)

• Sanna Kiero

  10 km: 12th place (40:52 min)

• Sirkka Polkunen

  10 km: 8th place (40:25 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Gold (1:09:01 h)

• Siiri Rantanen

  10 km: 5th place (39:40 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Gold (1:09:01 h)

Ski jumping

• Antti Hyvärinen

  Normal hill: Gold (227.0)

• Aulis Kallakorpi

  Normal hill: Silver (225.0)

• Eino Kirjonen

  Normal hill: 7th place (219.0)

• Hemmo Silvennoinen

  Normal hill: 10th place (207.5)

Web links

• Finland at the 1956 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )