Tapio cantans

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Tapio Kantanen (born May 31, 1949 in Heinola ) is a former Finnish athlete .

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he won the bronze medal in the 3000 meter obstacle course behind the Kenyans Kipchoge Keino and Ben Jipcho .

Four years later at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, he finished fourth over the same distance and just missed the medal ranks.

At the World Cross Country Championships in 1973 in Waregem (Belgium), he missed the medal ranks by five seconds and was fourth over the almost twelve-kilometer distance. His compatriot Pekka Päivärinta won the race.

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