Finland at the 1936 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:FIN
Nocname:Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:1936
Website: 
Location:Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors:19 (men)
Sports:5
Flagbearer:Sulo Nurmela
Rank:4
Gold:1
Silver:2
Bronze:3
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent



Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Men's 5000m
Men's 10,000m
Men's 18 km
Men's 1500m
Men's 5000m

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 kmMatti Lähde1'20:2115
Kalle Jalkanen1'19:2712
Sulo Nurmela1'18:207
Pekka Niemi1'16:59
50 kmKalle Heikkinen3'54:2514
Pekka Niemi3'44:148
Frans Heikkinen3'42:447
Klaes Karppinen3'39:335
Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Men

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotal
TimePointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRankPointsRank
Lauri ValonenIndividual1'26:34178.62652.054.5222.61401.24
Pertti Mattila1'26:21179.72545.047.0188.721368.419
Timo Murama1'24:52187.51349.048.0205.85393.37
Niilo Nikunen1'23:59192.2947.545.5191.615383.810

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Sauli PälliNormal hill71.042.74768.537.64780.347
Timo Murama71.0100.92270.0101.321202.224
Väinö Tiihonen71.5108.0970.0107.37215.39
Lauri Valonen73.5113.2567.0106.211219.46

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 mOssi Blomqvist46.219
Birger Wasenius44.98
Jorma Ruissalo44.98
Antero Ojala44.98
1500 mÅke Ekman2:27.220
Antero Ojala2:23.29
Ossi Blomqvist2:23.29
Birger Wasenius2:20.9
5000 mÅke Ekman9:00.422
Ossi Blomqvist8:36.66
Antero Ojala8:30.1
Birger Wasenius8:23.3
10,000 mAntero Ojala17:46.67
Ossi Blomqvist17:42.45
Birger Wasenius17:28.2

References