1976 Winter Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland took part in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games in the Austrian Innsbruck with a delegation of 47 athletes, 38 men and 9 women, in part.

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

Flag bearer

The Nordic combined and ski jumper Rauno Miettinen carried the flag of Finland during the opening ceremony in the Bergisel Stadium.

Medals

With two won gold, four silver and one Bronzemedaill the Finnish team took 6th place in the medals table .

gold

• Nordic skiing
  • Helena Takalo : women, cross-country skiing, 5 km
  • Arto Koivisto , Juha Mieto , Matti Pitkänen and Pertti Teurajärvi : men, cross-country skiing, 4 × 10 km relay

silver

• biathlon
  • Heikki Ikola : Men, 20 km
  • Henrik Flöjt , Heikki Ikola , Esko Saira and Juhani Suutarinen : men, 4 × 7.5 km relay
• Nordic skiing
  • Helena Takalo : women, cross-country skiing, 10 km
  • Marjatta Kajosmaa , Hilkka Riihivuori , Liisa Suihkonen and Helena Takalo : women, cross-country skiing, 4 × 5 km relay

bronze

• Nordic skiing
  • Arto Koivisto : men, cross-country skiing, 15 km

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Women

• Riitta Ollikka

  Departure: 30th place - 1: 53.85 min

  Giant slalom: 34th place - 1: 40.15 min

  Slalom: 17th place - 1: 45.62 min

biathlon

Men

• Henrik Flöjt

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): - 2:01: 45.58 h; 2 mistakes

• Heikki Ikola

  Individual (20 km): - 1:15: 54.10 h; 2 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): - 2:01: 45.58 h; 2 mistakes

• Esko Saira

  Individual (20 km): 6th place - 1:17: 32.84 h; 2 mistakes

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

• Juhani Suutarinen

  Individual (20 km): 13th place - 1:19: 25.89 h; 2 mistakes

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

ice Hockey

Men 4th place

Seppo Ahokainen Hannu Haapalainen Matti Hagman Hannu Kapanen Pertti Koivulahti Tapio Koskinen Reijo Laksola Henry Leppä Antti Leppänen

Seppo Lindström Pekka Marjamäki Matti Murto Timo Nummelin Esa Peltonen Matti Rautiainen Timo Saari Jorma Vehmanen Urpo Ylönen

figure skating

Men

• Pekka Leskinen

  13th place

Speed ​​skating

Women

• Paula-Irmeli Halons

  500 m: 8th place - 43.99 s

  1000 m: 13th place - 1: 31.72 min

  3000 m: 22nd place - 5: 03.08 min

• Tuula Vilkas

  1000 m: 17th place - 1: 32.94 min

  1500 m: 20th place - 2: 24.55 min

  3000 m: 12th place - 4: 51.71 min

Men

• Olavi Köppä

  1500 m: 10th place - 2: 03.69 min

  5000 m: 20th place - 7: 59.52 min

  10,000 m: 9th place - 15: 39.73 min

• Pertti Niittylä

  500 m: 15th place - 40.65 s

  1000 m: 8th place - 1: 21.43 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women

• Taina Impio

  5 km: 19th place - 17: 03.30 min

• Marjatta Kajosmaa

  5 km: 9th place - 16: 36.25 min

  10 km: 11th place - 31: 35.50 min

  4x5 km relay: - 1:08: 36.57 h

• Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen

  10 km: 22nd place - 32: 37.72 min

• Helena Kivioja-Takalo

  5 km: - 15: 32.12 min

  10 km: - 30: 14.28 min

  4x5 km relay: - 1:08: 36.57 h

• Hilkka Riihivuori-Kuntola

  5 km: 4th place - 16: 17.74 min

  10 km: 9th place - 31: 29.39 min

  4x5 km relay: - 1:08: 36.57 h

• Liisa Suihkonen

  4x5 km relay: - 1:08: 36.57 h

Men

• Risto Kiiskinen

  15 km: 32nd place - 47: 21.06 min

• Arto Koivisto

  15 km: - 44: 19.25 min

  30 km: 8th place - 1: 32: 23.11 h

  50 km: 10th place - 2: 43: 44.79 h

  4x10 km relay: - 2: 07: 59.72 h

• Juha Mieto

  15 km: 10th place - 45: 46.27 min

  30 km: 4th place - 1: 31: 20.39 h

  50 km: 34th place - 2: 50: 03.61 h

  4x10 km relay: - 2: 07: 59.72 h

• Matti Pitkänen

  30 km: 13th place - 1: 33: 44.74 h

  4x10 km relay: - 2: 07: 59.72 h

• Juhani Repo

  30 km: 22nd place - 1: 35: 31.06 h

  50 km: 9th place - 2:42: 54.89 h

• Pertti Teurajärvi

  15 km: 14th place - 46: 04.84 min

  50 km: 27th place - 2: 47: 25.60 h

  4x10 km relay: - 2: 07: 59.72 h

Ski jumping

• Harri Blumén

  Normal hill: 29th place - 210.4 points

  Large hill: 41st place - 160.7 points

• Rauno Miettinen

  Large hill: 21st place - 185.4 points

• Esko Rautionaho

  Normal hill: 11th place - 229.6 points

  Large hill: 12th place - 197.8 points

• Jouko Törmänen

  Normal hill: 14th place - 225.0 points

  Large hill: 10th place - 204.9 points

Nordic combination

• Jorma Etelälahti

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 24th place

• Erkki Kilpinen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 10th place

• Jukka Kuvaja

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 11th place

• Rauno Miettinen

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

Web links

• Finnish Olympic Team 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )