Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:FIN
Nocname:Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1912
Flagcaption:The Grand Duchy of Finland had no official flag, the Russian flag was used for both countries at the Olympics.
Website: 
Location:Stockholm
Competitors:164 (162 men, 2 women)
Sports:10
Flagbearer:Eino Saastamoinen[1]
Rank:4
Gold:9
Silver:8
Bronze:9
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1908
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.The Grand Duchy of Finland was ruled by the Russian Empire at the time, but Finland's results are kept separate from those of Russia due to Finland's special status. In the Opening Ceremony Finland's team paraded under the national insignia flag of a Swedish-speaking female gymnastics club in Helsinki.[2] 164 competitors, 162 men and 2 women, took part in 49 events in 10 sports.[3]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Men's 10000m
Men's 5000m
Men's Individual Cross country
Men's Discus throw
Men's two handed discus throw
Men's two handed javelin throw
Greco-Roman heavyweight
Greco-Roman featherweight
Greco-Roman lightweight
Cross country
Men's two handed discus throw
Men's Javelin throw
Men's two handed javelin throw
Men's Team free system
Men's Team 10m class
Greco-Roman heavyweight
Greco-Roman light heavyweight
Men's 10000m
Men's two handed javelin throw
Men's two handed shot put
Men's Team Men's 12m class
Men's Team Men's 8m class
Men's 100m running deer, single shot
Men's Team 100m running deer, single shot
Greco-Roman featherweight
Greco-Roman middleweight

Team

Competitors from Finland per sport
Sport Men
Athletics23
Cycling5
Diving6
Football15
Gymnastics24
Rowing6
Sailing27
Shooting19
Swimming6
Wrestling37
Total164

Aquatics

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Six divers, all men, represented Finland. It was Finland's second appearance in diving, with both of the divers who had represented the nation in 1908 returning. Toivo Aro was the only Finnish diver to advance to the finals, doing so in both of his events. His fifth-place finish in the plain high diving was Finland's best performance to date, improving upon his own sixth-place finish in the 1908 platform competition.

Rankings given are within the diver's heat.

Men
DiverEventsHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Toivo Aro10 m platform62.753 q57.058
Plain high dive39.42 q36.35
Tauno IlmoniemiPlain high dive353align=center colspan=2did not advance
Kalle Kainuvaara10 m platform48.17align=center colspan=2did not advance
Plain high dive33.23align=center colspan=2did not advance
Albert NymanPlain high dive324align=center colspan=2did not advance
Leo Suni10 m platform48.939align=center colspan=2did not advance
Plain high dive32.15align=center colspan=2did not advance
Oscar Wetzell3 m board58.77align=center colspan=2did not advance
10 m platform50.466align=center colspan=2did not advance
Plain high dive33.82align=center colspan=2did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Six swimmers, including two women, competed for Finland at the 1912 Games. It was the second time the nation had competed in swimming, in which Finland had competed each time the nation appeared independently. Aaltonen had the best finish of the Games, finishing third in his 400-metre breaststroke final to barely miss qualification for the final.

Ranks given for each swimmer are within the heat.

Men
SwimmerEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Arvo Aaltonen200 m breaststrokealign=center colspan=2N/A3:13.02 Q3:17.06align=center colspan=2did not advance
400 m breaststrokealign=center colspan=2N/A6:48.82 Q6:56.83align=center colspan=2did not advance
Herman Cederberg200 m breaststrokealign=center colspan=2N/A3:18.63align=center colspan=4did not advance
Vilhelm Lindgrén200 m breaststrokealign=center colspan=2N/A3:21.24align=center colspan=4did not advance
400 m breaststrokealign=center colspan=2N/A7:12.63align=center colspan=4did not advance
Lennart Lindroos200 m breaststrokealign=center colspan=2N/A3:16.63 q3:11.64align=center colspan=2did not advance
400 m breaststrokealign=center colspan=2N/A7:03.02 Q7:02.44align=center colspan=2did not advance
Women
SwimmerEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Tyyne Järvi100 m freestylealign=center colspan=2N/A1:42.45align=center colspan=4did not advance
Regina Kari100 m freestylealign=center colspan=2N/AUnknown6align=center colspan=4did not advance

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

23 athletes represented Finland. It was the second appearance of the nation in athletics, as well as at the Olympics. The Finland athletics team finished with 6 gold medals, 4 silvers, and 3 bronzes—a great improvement over the single bronze Finland won in 1908.

Hannes Kolehmainen finished with the Olympic records in the 5000 and 10000 metres, as well as gold medals in both events and the individual cross country. Armas Taipale added another gold medal and Olympic record in the discus throw, bettering the new Olympic record that Elmer Niklander set and briefly held in the preliminary round; Taipale won a second gold in the two handed version of the discus. Julius Saaristo set an Olympic record in the javelin, though it was quickly surpassed; he finished with the silver medal. The Finns swept the medals in the two handed javelin throw, with Saaristo atop the standings.

Ranks given are within that athlete's heat for running events.

AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Paavo AhoShot putalign=center colspan=2N/A12.4010align=center colspan=2did not advance
Shot putalign=center colspan=2N/A23.306align=center colspan=2did not advance
Jalmari EskolaInd. cross countryalign=center colspan=4N/A46:54.84
Johan HalmeTriple jumpalign=center colspan=2N/A13.7911align=center colspan=2did not advance
Javelin throwalign=center colspan=2N/A54.654align=center colspan=2did not advance
Two hand javelinalign=center colspan=2N/A88.549align=center colspan=2did not advance
Efraim Harju1500 malign=center colspan=2N/A?4align=center colspan=2did not advance
Ind. cross countryalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2did not finish
Väinö HeikkiläInd. cross countryalign=center colspan=4N/A54:08.025
Verner JärvinenDiscus throwalign=center colspan=2N/A38.6015align=center colspan=2did not advance
Two hand discusalign=center colspan=2N/A66.6912align=center colspan=2did not advance
Franz Johansson5000 malign=center colspan=2N/A15:31.43align=center colspan=2did not start
Ind. cross countryalign=center colspan=4N/A48:03.011
Arne KallbergMarathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2did not finish
Hannes Kolehmainen5000 malign=center colspan=2N/A15:38.9114:36.6
10000 malign=center colspan=2N/A33:49.0 131:20.8
Ind. cross countryalign=center colspan=4N/A45:15.6
Tatu Kolehmainen10000 malign=center colspan=2N/A32:47.81align=center colspan=2did not finish
Marathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2did not finish
Emil KukkoLong jumpalign=center colspan=2N/A6.1124align=center colspan=2did not advance
Javelin throwalign=center colspan=2N/A44.6618align=center colspan=2did not advance
Pentathlonalign=center colspan=4N/AElim-4 3512
Wilhelm KyrönenInd. cross countryalign=center colspan=4N/A47:32.07
Arvo LaineHigh jumpalign=center colspan=2N/A1.7513align=center colspan=2did not advance
Aarne Lindholm5000 malign=center colspan=2N/Aalign=center colspan=2did not finishalign=center colspan=2did not advance
Ind. cross countryalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2did not finish
Jonni MyyräJavelin throwalign=center colspan=2N/A51.338align=center colspan=2did not advance
Elmer NiklanderShot putalign=center colspan=2N/A13.654align=center colspan=2did not advance
Discus throwalign=center colspan=2N/A42.09 4align=center colspan=2did not advance
Two hand shot putalign=center colspan=2N/A26.67127.14
Two hand discusalign=center colspan=2N/A72.05377.96
Urho PeltonenJavelin throwalign=center colspan=2N/A49.209align=center colspan=2did not advance
Two hand javelinalign=center colspan=2N/A100.243Not held
Lauri Pihkala800 malign=center colspan=2did not finishalign=center colspan=4did not advance
Julius SaaristoJavelin throwalign=center colspan=2N/A55.37 258.66
Two hand javelinalign=center colspan=2N/A109.421Not held
Väinö SiikaniemiJavelin throwalign=center colspan=2N/A52.435align=center colspan=2did not advance
Two hand javelinalign=center colspan=2N/A101.132Not held
Albin Steinroos10000 malign=center colspan=2N/A33:28.4432:21.8
Ind. cross countryalign=center colspan=4N/A47:23.46
Armas TaipaleDiscus throwalign=center colspan=2N/A43.91 145.21
Two hand discusalign=center colspan=2N/A80.03182.86
Valdemar Wickholm110 m hurdles16.6216.62align=center colspan=2did not advance
Decathlonalign=center colspan=4N/A7058.7957
Jalmari Eskola
Hannes Kolehmainen
Albin Stenroos		Team cross countryalign=center colspan=4N/A11
Efraim Harju
Franz Johansson
Hannes Kolehmainen
Aarne Lindholm
Albin Stenroos		3000 m teamalign=center colspan=2N/A122align=center colspan=2did not advance

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Five cyclists represented Finland. It was the first appearance of the nation in cycling. Antti Raita had the best time in the time trial, the only race held, placing 6th. The four Finnish cyclists who finished had a combined time that placed them 5th of the 15 teams.

Road cycling

CyclistEventsFinal
ResultRank
Johannes JaakonahoInd. time trialalign=center colspan=2did not finish
Juhani KankkonenInd. time trial11:41:35.534
Antti RaitaInd. time trial11:02:20.36
Wilho TilkanenInd. time trial11:28:38.521
Frans VäreInd. time trial11:21:29.266
Juhani Kankkonen
Antti Raita
Wilho Tilkanen
Frans Väre		Team time trial46:34:03.55

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final rank: 4th place

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Twenty-four gymnasts represented Finland. It was the second appearance of the nation in gymnastics, in which Finland had competed at its only prior Olympic appearance. The Finnish team placed second in the team free system event; this silver medal was Finland's best gymnastics result to date, improving upon the bronze medal the team had won in 1908.

Artistic

GymnastEventsFinal
ResultRank
Kaarlo EkholmAll-aroundalign=center colspan=2did not finish
Karl JanssonAll-around103.0031
Villiam NieminenAll-around105.7527
Anders TamminenAll-around90.5037
Yrjö VuolioAll-aroundalign=center colspan=2did not finish
FinlandTeam, free system21.85

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Six rowers represented Finland. It was the nation's first appearance in rowing.

(Ranks given are within each crew's heat.)

RowerEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Axel HaglundSingle scullsUnknown2align=center colspan=6did not advance
Oskar Forsman
Valdemar Henriksson (cox)
Karl Lönnberg
Johan Nyholm
Emil Nylund		Coxed four7:18.21 Q7:12.52align=center colspan=4did not advance

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Twenty seven sailors represented Finland. It was the nation's first appearance in sailing. The Finns took three medals, but were unable to a win any gold medals.

(7 points for 1st in each race, 3 points for 2nd, 1 point for 3rd. Race-off to break ties in total points if necessary for medal standings.)

SailorsEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimePointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRace-offRank
Ernst Estlander
Torsten Sandelin
Gunnar Stenbäck		6 metre class2:39:33042:31:02060N/A5
Arthur Ahnger
Emil Lindh
Bertil Tallberg
Gunnar Tallberg
Georg Westling		8 metre class2:21:03052:14:503232:27:41
Curt Andstén
Jarl Andstén
Carl Girsén
Gustaf Estlander
Bertel Juslén		8 metre class2:17:28132:14:54132N/A4
Waldemar Björkstén
Jacob Björnström
Bror Brenner
Allan Franck
Emil Lindh
Adolf Pekkalainen
Harry Wahl		10 metre class3:59:07323:50:091344:21:41
Max Alfthan
Erik Hartvall
Jarl Hulldén
Sigurd Juslén
Ernst Krogius
Eino Sandelin
Johan Silén		12 metre class3:25:45133:48:55132N/A

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Nineteen shooters represented Finland. It was the nation's second appearance in shooting, in which Finland had competed each time the nation appeared at the Olympics independently. The Finns won two bronze medals in the running deer competitions—an individual medal for Toivonen and a team medal.

ShooterEventFinal
ResultRank
Jalo Autonen300 m free rifle, 3 pos.77659
Carl BacherTrap1345
Emil CollanTrap3829
Emil FabritiusTrap1153
Karl FazerTrap8612
Emil Holm300 m free rifle, 3 pos.83549
Robert HuberTrap3829
Heikki Huttunen300 m free rifle, 3 pos.90625
50 m pistol42428
Lauri Kolho300 m free rifle, 3 pos.78757
Voitto Kolho300 m free rifle, 3 pos.92313
Axel Fredrik Londen100 m deer, single shots3115
Gustaf Nyman300 m free rifle, 3 pos.91319
Karl Reilin100 m deer, single shots2626
Ernst Rosenqvist100 m deer, single shots3214
Gustaf SchnittTrap884
Nestori Toivonen300 m free rifle, 3 pos.align=center colspan=2did not finish
100 m deer, single shots41
Huvi Tuiskunen300 m free rifle, 3 pos.87539
100 m deer, single shots2821
Iivar Väänänen100 m deer, single shots2821
Vilho Vauhkonen300 m free rifle, 3 pos.87041
Axel Fredrik Londen
Ernst Rosenqvist
Nestori Toivonen
Iivar Väänänen		100 m team deer, single shots123
Carl Bacher
Emil Collan
Karl Fazer
Robert Huber
Axel Fredrik Londen
Gustaf Schnitt		Team clay pigeons2335
Emil Holm
Heikki Huttunen
Voitto Kolho
Gustaf Nyman
Huvi Tuiskunen
Vilho Vauhkonen		Team free rifle53235

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

Finland, competing independently in the Olympics for the second time, sent 37 wrestlers for its second Olympic wrestling appearance. The country was the most successful in the sport, taking seven of 15 medals. The Finns took the top spot in four of the five weight classes (three gold medals and a silver in the class in which no gold was awarded). They compiled a record of 118–64 (112-58 excluding matches pitting two Finnish wrestlers against each other) in the elimination rounds and 8-5-1 (6-3-1 against non-Finns) in the medal rounds.

Koskelo and Väre were the best performers, cruising through their respective weight classes without losses to take gold medals.

Saarela and Olin suffered losses only to other Finns in the heavyweight. Olin was beaten by Viljaama in the elimination rounds, but gave Saarela the latter's only loss of the tournament one round later. The two met again in the final, with Saarela winning the rematch to take the gold medal while Olin received silver.

Böhling made it through the elimination rounds undefeated, and won his match against Varga in the medals round to advance to the final against Ahlgren. The two wrestlers competed for nine hours without either being able to take a win; the match was declared drawn and both wrestlers received silver medals. No gold medal was given in the weight class.

Asikainen's only elimination round loss came in a double-disqualification against eventual gold medalist Johansson. In the medal round, he faced Klein in a bout that lasted 11 hours and 40 minutes. Neither wrestler was able to continue after this grueling match, so Asikainen's loss in it led to him taking the bronze medal, and Klein the silver, while the Swede Johansson walked over against first Asikainen and then Klein to take the gold.

WrestlerClassFirst roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundFifth roundSixth roundSeventh roundFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Match A
Opposition
Result		Match B
Opposition
Result		Match C
Opposition
Result		Rank
Karl ÅbergMiddleweight
W
W
W
W
W
L
L		align=center colspan=3did not advance4
Alfred AsikainenMiddleweight
W
W
W
W
L
W		Bye
L
DNS		Did not advance
Emil BackeniusHeavyweight
L
W
W
W
L		Did not advanceN/Aalign=center colspan=3did not advance6
Ivar BöhlingLight heavyweight
W
W
W
W
W
W		N/ABye
W
Draw
Lauri HaapanenFeatherweight
W
W
W
L		Bye
L		align=center colspan=4did not advance6
Mikko HolmMiddleweight
L
W
W
W
L		align=center colspan=5did not advance7
August JokinenMiddleweight
W
W
W
W
W
L
L		align=center colspan=3did not advance4
Karl KangasFeatherweight
W
L
W
W
W
L		align=center colspan=4did not advance6
David KolehmainenLightweight
W
W
W
L
W
L		align=center colspan=4did not advance6
Kaarlo KoskeloFeatherweight
W
W
W
W
W
W		ByeBye
W
W
Oskar KumpuLight heavyweight
L
L		align=center colspan=4did not advanceN/Aalign=center colspan=3did not advance20
Otto LaitinenLightweight
W
W
W
L		Did not startalign=center colspan=5did not advance16
Otto LasanenFeatherweight
W
W
W
W
L
W
W
L
L		Did not advance
Hjalmar LehmusvirtaFeatherweight
W
W
W
W
L
L		align=center colspan=4did not advance6
Kaarlo LeivonenFeatherweight
W
W
W
W
W
L
L		align=center colspan=3did not advance4
Gustaf LindLight heavyweight
L
L		align=center colspan=4did not advanceN/Aalign=center colspan=3did not advance20
Karl LindLight heavyweight
W
L
L		align=center colspan=3did not advanceN/Aalign=center colspan=3did not advance16
Knut LindbergLight heavyweight
W
W
L
W
L		Did not advanceN/Aalign=center colspan=3did not advance6
Adolf LindforsHeavyweight
W
L		Bye
L		align=center colspan=2did not advanceN/Aalign=center colspan=3did not advance7
Fridolf LundsteinMiddleweight
W
W
W
L
L		align=center colspan=5did not advance7
Risto MustonenFeatherweight
L
L		align=center colspan=8did not advance26
Johan OlinHeavyweight
W
W
W
L
W		ByeN/ABye
W
L
Gustaf PelanderHeavyweight
W
W
L
L		align=center colspan=2did not advanceN/Aalign=center colspan=3did not advance7
Tuomas PukkilaLightweight
L
W
L		align=center colspan=7did not advance23
Anders RajalaLight heavyweight
W
W
W
L
W
L		N/Aalign=center colspan=3did not advance4
Yrjö SaarelaHeavyweight
W
W
W
W
L
W		N/A
W		Bye
W
Johan SalilaLight heavyweight
W
L
L		align=center colspan=3did not advanceN/Aalign=center colspan=3did not advance16
Johan SalonenLightweight
W
W
L
W
L		align=center colspan=5did not advance11
Aatami TanttuLightweight
W
W
W
L
L		align=center colspan=5did not advance11
Paul TirkkonenLightweight
W
L		Did not startalign=center colspan=7did not advance29
Teodor TirkkonenMiddleweight
W
L
W
L		align=center colspan=6did not advance11
Johan UrvikkoLightweight
L
W
W
L		align=center colspan=6did not advance17
Emil VäreLightweight
W
W
W
W
W
W		Bye
W		Bye
W
Kalle ViljaamaHeavyweight
W
W
W
W
L		Did not startN/Aalign=center colspan=3did not advance5
Emil WesterlundMiddleweight
W
L
W
W
L		align=center colspan=5did not advance7
Oscar WiklundLight heavyweight
W
W
W
L		Did not startDid not advanceN/Aalign=center colspan=3did not advance10
Volmar WikströmLightweight
W
W
W
W
L
L		align=center colspan=4did not advance6

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Flagbearers for Finland . olympedia.org . . 27 December 2023.
  2. Web site: Athletes and wrestlers brought victories and international visibility to Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. – Svinhuvfud .
  3. Web site: Finland at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040815/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/summer/1912/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 9 November 2014 . sports-reference.com.

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