1972 Winter Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland took part in the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan with a delegation of 50 athletes, 43 men and seven women.

It was Finland's tenth participation in the Winter Olympics since 1924 .

Flag bearer

Cross-country skier Juha Mieto carried the flag of Finland during the opening ceremony at Makomanai Stadium .

Medals

With four won silver and a bronze medal, the Finnish team finished 15th in the medals table .

silver

• Heikki Ikola , Mauri Röppänen , Esko Saira and Juhani Suutarinen : biathlon, men, 4 × 7.5 km relay
• Marjatta Kajosmaa : Nordic skiing, women, 5 km
• Marjatta Kajosmaa, Hilkka Riihivuori and Helena Takalo : Nordic skiing, women, 3 × 5 km relay
• Rauno Miettinen : Nordic skiing, Nordic combined

bronze

• Marjatta Kajosmaa: Nordic skiing, women, 10 km

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men's:

• Heikki Ikola

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): - 1: 54: 37.25 h

• Mauri Röppänen

  Individual (20 km): 27th place - 1: 23: 45.88 h; 7 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): - 1: 54: 37.25 h

• Esko Saira

  Individual (20 km): 6th place - 1:17: 34.80 h; 5 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): - 1: 54: 37.25 h

• Juhani Suutarinen

  Individual (20 km): 30th place - 1: 24: 25.99 h; 10 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): - 1: 54: 37.25 h

• Yrjö Salpakari

  Individual (20 km): 5th place - 1:16: 51.43 h; 2 mistakes

ice Hockey

Men: 5th place

Heikki Järn Matti Keinonen Veli-Pekka Ketola Ilpo Koskela Seppo Lindström Harri Linnonmaa Pekka Marjamäki Lauri Mononen Matti Murto Leave Oksanen

Esa Peltonen Jorma Peltonen Juha Rantasila Seppo Repo Heikki Riihiranta Juhani Tamminen Timo Turunen Jorma Valtonen Jorma Vehmanen

Speed ​​skating

Women: Arja Kantola 500 m: 16th place - 46.12 s 1000 m: 21st place - 1: 35.45 min 3000 m: 21st place - 5: 30.88 min Tuula Vilkas 500 m: 24th place - 46.85 s 1000 m: 11th place - 1: 33.51 min 1500 m: 16th place - 2: 27.09 min 3000 m: 7th place - 5: 05.92 min

Men's: Seppo Hänninen 500 m: 5th place - 40.12 s 1500 m: 28th place - 2: 14.52 min Kimmo Koskinen 1500 m: 10th place - 2: 08.18 min 5000 m: 11th place - 7: 45.15 min 10,000 m: 7th place - 15: 38.87 min Leo Linkovesi 500 m: 6th place - 40.14 s 1500 m: 34th place - 2: 16.86 min Jouko Salakka 500 m: 27th place - 42.81 s 1500 m: 17th place - 2: 10.22 min 5000 m: 18th place - 7: 57.42 min 10,000 m: 19th place - 16: 35.64 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women: Marjatta Kajosmaa 5 km: - 17: 05.50 min 10 km: - 34: 56.45 min 3x5 km relay: - 49: 19.37 min Helena Kivioja-Takalo 5 km: 9th place - 17: 21.39 min 10 km: 5th place - 35: 06.34 min 3x5 km relay: - 49: 19.37 min Hilkka Riihivuori-Kuntola 5 km: 5th place - 17: 11.67 min 10 km: 8th place - 35: 36.71 min 3x5 km relay: - 49: 19.37 min Marjatta Muttilainen-Olkkonen 10 km: 22nd place - 36: 46.40 min Senja Pusula 5 km: 25th place - 17: 59.93 min

Men's: Teuvo Hatunen 30 km: 22nd place - 1: 42: 27.18 h 50 km: 32nd place - 3:00: 41.72 h Osmo Karjalainen 15 km: 10th place - 46: 27.51 min 30 km: DNF 4x10 km relay: 5th place - 2:07:50:19 h Raimo Lehtinen 30 km: DNF Manne Liimatainen 15 km: 35th place - 48: 59.90 min Eero Mäntyranta 30 km: 19th place - 1: 41: 40.51 h 50 km: DNF Juha Mieto 15 km: 4th place - 46: 02.74 min 4x10 km relay: 5th place - 2:07:50:19 h Kalevi Oikarainen 50 km relay: DNF Juhani Repo 15 km: 23rd place - 47: 56.16 min 4x10 km relay: 5th place - 2:07:50:19 h Hannu Taipale 50 km: 12th place - 2: 48: 24.83 h 4x10 km relay: 5th place - 2:07:50:19 h

Ski jumping

• Rauno Miettinen

  Normal hill: 17th place - 212.0 points

  Large hill: 32nd place - 170.7 points

• Tauno Käyhkö

  Normal hill: 18th place - 211.8 points

  Large hill: 4th place - 219.2 points

• Esko Rautionaho

  Normal hill: 45th place - 187.7 points

  Large hill: 9th place - 205.8 points

• Kari Ylianttila

  Normal hill: 25th place - 206.6 points

  Large hill: 13th place - 197.4 points

Nordic combination

• Erkki Kilpinen

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

• Jukka Kuvaja

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 27th place

• Rauno Miettinen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km):

Web link

• Finnish Olympic team 1972 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )