1960 Winter Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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The Finland took part in the VIII. Winter Olympics in 1960 in the US Squaw Valley Ski Resort with a delegation of 48 athletes in six disciplines in part, of which 42 men and 6 women. Finland was the sixth most successful nation at the Games with two gold, three silver and three bronze medals.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the Nordic combined athlete Paavo Korhonen .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Eero Laine

  20 km individual: 15th place (1: 47: 28.3 h)

• Martti Meinilä

  20 km individual: 8th place (1: 39: 17.0 h)

• Pentti Taskinen

  20 km individual: 18th place (1: 50: 29.7 h)

• Antti Tyrväinen

  20 km individual: silver (1: 33: 57.7 h)

ice Hockey

Men

Yrjö Hakala Raimo Kilpio Erkki Koiso Juhani Lahtinen Matti Lampainen Esko Luostarinen Esko Niemi Pertti Nieminen Kalevi Numminen

Heino sweater Kalevi Rassa Teppo Rastio Jorma Salmi Jouni Seistamo Voitto Soini Seppo Vainio Juhani Wahlsten

• 7th place

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Juhani Järvinen

  500 m: 16th place (41.8 s)

  1500 m: 5th place (2: 13.1 min)

  5000 m: 15th place (8: 19.2 min)

  10,000 m: 8th place (16: 35.4 min)

• Jouko Jokinen

  500 m: 41st place (45.1 s)

  1500 m: 4th place (2: 12.0 min)

• Toivo saloons

  500 m: 7th place (40.9 s)

  1500 m: 7th place (2: 13.1 min)

• Leo Tynkkynen

  500 m: 19th place (42.1 s)

  5000 m: 21st place (8: 24.3 min)

  10,000 m: 24th place (17: 33.6 min)

• Keijo Tapiovaara

  1500 m: 23rd place (2: 19.2 min)

  5000 m: 7th place (8: 09.1 min)

  10,000 m: 9th place (16: 37.2 min)

Women

• Eevi Huttunen

  500 m: 14th place (48.6 s)

  1000 m: 9th place (1: 37.2 min)

  1500 m: 14th place (2: 35.1 min)

  3000 m: bronze (5: 21.0 min)

• Jeanne Ashworth

  500 m: 11th place (48.1 s)

  1000 m: 10th place (1: 37.3 min)

  1500 m: 6th place (2: 29.7 min)

  3000 m: 12th place (5: 35.2 min)

Nordic combination

• Ensio Hyytia

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 22nd place (414.758)

• Paavo Korhonen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 9th place (434.984)

• Martti Maatela

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 23rd place (412,000)

• Pekka Ristola

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 4th place (449.871)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Toimi Alatalo

  15 km: 23rd place (54: 52.7 min)

  30 km: 7th place (1: 54: 06.5 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2: 18: 45.6 h)

• Veikko Hakulinen

  15 km: Bronze (52: 03.0 min)

  30 km: 6th place (1: 54: 02.0 h)

  50 km: Silver (2: 59: 26.7 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2: 18: 45.6 h)

• Väinö Huhtala

  15 km: 13th place (53: 11.5 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2: 18: 45.6 h)

• Eero Mäntyranta

  15 km: 6th place (52: 40.6 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2: 18: 45.6 h)

• Kalevi Hämäläinen

  30 km: 12th place (1: 56: 54.4 h)

  50 km: Gold (2: 59: 06.3 h)

• Arto Tiainen

  30 km: 18th place (1: 58: 56.6 h)

• Pentti Pelkonen

  50 km: 6th place (3: 05: 24.5 h)

• Veikko Räsänen

  50 km: 8th place (3: 06: 04.4 h)

Women

• Eva Hög

  10 km: 17th place (44: 05.0 min)

• Toini Poysti

  10 km: 6th place (40: 41.9 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: bronze (1: 06: 27.5 h)

• Siiri Rantanen

  10 km: 15th place (42: 52.7 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: bronze (1: 06: 27.5 h)

• Eeva Ruoppa

  10 km: 11th place (42: 12.8 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: bronze (1: 06: 27.5 h)

Ski jumping

• Niilo halons

  Normal hill: Silver (222.6)

• Veikko Kankkonen

  Normal hill: 40th place (168.0)

• Juhani Kärkinen

  Normal hill: 8th place (211.4)

• Eino Kirjonen

  Normal hill: 17th place (205.8)

Web links

• Finland at the 1960 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )