1964 Winter Olympics / Participant (Finland)

FIN

3	4th	3

Finland participated in the IX. 1964 Olympic Winter Games in Austrian Innsbruck with a delegation of 51 athletes in seven disciplines in part, including 45 men and 6 women. With three gold, four silver and three bronze medals, Finland was the fourth most successful nation at the Games.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the cross-country skier Veikko Hakulinen .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Veikko Hakulinen

  20 km individual: 15th place (1: 31: 37.9 h)

• Esko Marttinen

  20 km individual: 23rd place (1: 34: 50.2 h)

• Hannu Posti

  20 km individual: 8th place (1: 27: 16.5 h)

• Antti Tyrväinen

  20 km individual: 13th place (1: 30: 09.0 h)

ice Hockey

Men

Raimo Kilpio Juhani Lahtinen Rauno Lehtiö Esko Luostarinen Ilkka mesa combs Seppo Nikkila Kalevi Numminen Leave Oksanen

Jorma Peltonen Heino sweater Matti Reunamäki Jouni Seistamo Jorma Suokko Juhani Wahlsten Jarmo Wasama Esko Kaonpää

• 6th place

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Juhani Järvinen

  500 m: 19th place (41.9 s)

  1500 m: 8th place (2: 12.4 min)

  10,000 m: 20th place (17: 05.0 min)

• Pekke Lattunen

  500 m: 16th place (41.8 s)

• Simo Rinne

  500 m: 10th place (41.4 s)

• Toivo saloons

  500 m: 23rd place (42.2 s)

  5000 m: 21st place (8: 10.2 min)

  10,000 m: 33rd place (17: 47.3 min)

• Seppo Hänninen

  1500 m: 23rd place (2: 16.0 min)

• Jouko Jokinen

  1500 m: 19th place (2: 15.6 min)

• Jouko Launonen

  1500 m: 4th place (2: 11.9 min)

  5000 m: 18th place (8: 03.5 min)

  10,000 m: 14th place (16: 49.8 min)

• Kalervo Hietala

  5000 m: 15th place (7: 58.8 min)

  10,000 m: 26th place (17: 12.9 min)

Women

• Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka

  500 m: 16th place (48.8 s)

  1000 m: 8th place (1: 37.6 min)

  1500 m: 8th place (2: 30.0 min)

  3000 m: 10th place (5: 29.4 min)

• Kaija Mustonen

  500 m: 13th place (48.0 s)

  1000 m: bronze (1: 34.8 min)

  1500 m: silver (2: 25.5 min)

  3000 m: 5th place (5: 24.3 min)

Nordic combination

• Esa Klinga

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 25th place (352.59)

• Erkki Luiro

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 22nd place (369.50)

• Raimo Majuri

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 23rd place (368.22)

• Raimo Partans

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 26th place (348.38)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Ulf Ekstam

  Downhill: 26th place (2: 27.31 min)

  Giant Slalom: 36th place (2: 01.78 min)

  Slalom: disqualified in the final

• Raimo Manninen

  Downhill: 22nd place (2: 23.94 min)

  Giant Slalom: 17th place (1: 55.05 min)

  Slalom: 22nd place (2: 20.27 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Eino Huhtala

  15 km: 11th place (52: 18.2 min)

• Väinö Huhtala

  15 km: 4th place (51: 45.4 min)

  30 km: 14th place (1: 33: 38.1 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2: 18: 42.4 h)

• Kalevi Laurila

  15 km: 9th place (51: 59.8 min)

  30 km: 6th place (1: 32: 41.4 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2: 18: 42.4 h)

• Eero Mäntyranta

  15 km: Gold (50: 54.1 min)

  30 km: Gold (1: 30: 50.7 h)

  50 km: 9th place (2: 47: 47.1 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2: 18: 42.4 h)

• Arto Tiainen

  30 km: 13th place (1: 33: 37.7 h)

  50 km: Bronze (2: 45: 30.4 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2: 18: 42.4 h)

• Lauri Bergqvist

  50 km: 15th place (2: 52: 08.0 h)

• Kalevi Hämäläinen

  50 km: 16th place (2: 52: 22.3 h)

Women

• Mirja Lehtonen

  5 km: Silver (17: 52.9 min)

  10 km: 10th place (42: 06.9 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Bronze (1: 02: 45.1 h)

• Toini Poysti

  5 km: 5th place (18: 25.5 min)

  10 km: 5th place (41: 17.4 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Bronze (1: 02: 45.1 h)

• Senja Pusula

  5 km: 9th place (18: 45.7 min)

  10 km: 6th place (41: 17.8 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Bronze (1: 02: 45.1 h)

• Eeva Ruoppa

  5 km: 8th place (18: 29.8 min)

  10 km: 9th place (41: 58.1 min)

Ski jumping

• Niilo halons

  Normal hill: 14th place (203.4)

  Large hill: 14th place (205.8)

• Ensio Hyytia

  Normal hill: 20th place (202.4)

  Large hill: 23rd place (198.5)

• Antero Immons

  Normal hill: 31st place (195.3)

  Large hill: 31st place (194.8)

• Veikko Kankkonen

  Normal hill: Gold (229.9)

  Large hill: Silver (228.9)

Web links

• Finland at the Olympic Winter Games 1964 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )