1968 Winter Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland took part in the X. Winter Olympic Games in 1968 in Grenoble, France, with a delegation of 52 athletes in seven disciplines, of which 44 were men and 8 women. With one gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals, Finland reached tenth place in the medal table.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was ski jumper Veikko Kankkonen .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Heikki Flöjt

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 5th place (2:20: 41.8 h)

• Arve Kinnari

  20 km individual: 5th place (1: 19: 47.9 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 5th place (2:20: 41.8 h)

• Mauno Luukkonen

  20 km individual: 31st place (1: 28: 18.8 h)

• Yrjö Salpakari

  20 km individual: 25th place (1: 27: 11.6 h)

• Juhani Suutarinen

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 5th place (2:20: 41.8 h)

• Kalevi Vähäkylä

  20 km individual: 9th place (1: 20: 56.5 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 5th place (2:20: 41.8 h)

ice Hockey

Men

Urpo Ylönen Paavo Tirkkonen Juha Rantasila Pekka Kuusisto Lalli Partinen Seppo Lindström Matti Reunamäki Juhani Wahlsten Matti Keinonen

Leave Oksanen Jorma Peltonen Esa Peltonen Kari Johansson Veli-Pekka Ketola Matti Harju Pekka Leimu Ilpo Koskela

• 5th place

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Seppo Hänninen

  500 m: 8th place (40.8 s)

• Raimo Hietala

  1500 m: 24th place (2: 11.7 min)

  5000 m: 17th place (7: 54.0 min)

  10,000 m: 20th place (16: 45.9 min)

• Olavi Hjellman

  500 m: 40th place (43.1 s)

  1500 m: 21st place (2: 10.1 min)

• Kimmo Koskinen

  500 m: 23rd place (41.7 s)

  1500 m: 18th place (2: 07.9 min)

  5000 m: 9th place (7: 35.9 min)

  10,000 m: 14th place (16: 15.7 min)

• Jouko Launonen

  500 m: 33rd place (42.6 s)

  1500 m: 14th place (2: 07.5 min)

  5000 m: 15th place (7: 46.5 min)

  10,000 m: 12th place (16: 02.1 min)

Women

• Arja Kantola

  500 m: 12th place (47.4 s)

  1000 m: 22nd place (1: 37.9 min)

  1500 m: 22nd place (2: 33.2 min)

  3000 m: 24th place (5: 30.7 min)

• Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka

  500 m: 18th place (48.1 s)

  1000 m: 8th place (1: 34.8 min)

  1500 m: 6th place (2: 25.8 min)

  3000 m: 4th place (5: 03.9 min)

• Kaija Mustonen

  500 m: 6th place (46.7 s)

  1000 m: 4th place (1: 33.6 min)

  1500 m: gold (2: 22.4 min, Olympic record)

  3000 m: silver (5: 01.0 min)

Nordic combination

• Esa Klinga

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 4th place (356.74)

• Raimo Majuri

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 36th place (338.28)

• Ilpo Nuolikivi

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 30th place (364.28)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Ulf Ekstam

  Departure: 30th place (2: 06.14 min)

  Giant Slalom: 36th place (3: 45.75 min)

  Slalom: 18th place (1: 44.92 min)

• Raimo Manninen

  Departure: disqualified

  Giant Slalom: 30th place (3: 42.03 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Kalevi Laurila

  15 km: 4th place (48: 37.6 min)

  30 km: 6th place (1: 37: 29.8 h)

  50 km: 11th place (2: 31: 24.9 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: bronze (2: 10: 56.7 h)

• Eero Mäntyranta

  15 km: Silver (47: 46.1 min)

  30 km: Bronze (1: 36: 55.3 h)

  50 km: 15th place (2: 32: 53.8 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: bronze (2: 10: 56.7 h)

• Kalevi Oikarainen

  15 km: 10th place (49: 11.1 min)

  30 km: 7th place (1: 37: 34.4 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: bronze (2: 10: 56.7 h)

• Pauli Siitonen

  50 km: 19th place (2: 34: 31.2 h)

• Hannu Taipale

  15 km: race not finished

  30 km: 22nd place (1: 40: 05.1 h)

  50 km: 14th place (2: 32: 37.7 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: bronze (2: 10: 56.7 h)

• Arto Tiainen

  30 km: 16th place (1: 38: 51.1 h)

Women

• Marjatta Kajosmaa

  5 km: 5th place (16: 54.6 min)

  10 km: 5th place (38: 09.0 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: 4th place (58: 45.1 min)

• Marjatta Muttilainen-Olkkonen

  5 km: 11th place (17: 12.4 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: 4th place (58: 45.1 min)

• Senja Pusula

  5 km: 8th place (5:00 p.m., 3 min)

  10 km: 12th place (39: 12.5 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: 4th place (58: 45.1 min)

• Liisa Suihkonen

  10 km: 18th place (39: 55.3 min)

• Helena Takalo-Kivioja

  5 km: 22nd place (17: 46.2 min)

  10 km: race not finished

Ski jumping

• Veikko Kankkonen

  Normal hill: 17th place (205.1)

  Large hill: 24th place (188.9)

• Topi Mattila

  Normal hill: 5th place (211.9)

  Large hill: 49th place (150.5)

• Seppo Reijonen

  Large hill: 40th place (170.1)

• Juhani Ruotsalainen

  Normal hill: 39th place (184.4)

  Large hill: 50th place (149.2)

• Heikki Väisänen

  Normal hill: 45th place (170.8)

Web links

• Finland at the 1968 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )