Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	FIN
Nocname:	Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Website:
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	258 (228 men, 30 women)
Sports:	18
Flagbearer:	Väinö Suvivuo
Rank:	8
Gold:	6
Silver:	3
Bronze:	13
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1908
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Finland was the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. 258 competitors, 228 men and 30 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports.^[1] The nation won 22 medals.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Main Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Mexico (48-66)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (35-47)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (64-65) → did not advance, 16th place
• Team Roster
  • Juhani Kyöstilä
  • Raine Nuutinen
  • Raimo Lindholm
  • Timo Suviranta
  • Kauko Heinänen
  • Pentti Laaksonen
  • Oiva Virtanen
  • Esko Karhunen
  • Eero Salonen
  • Pertti Mutru
  • Tuomo Ristola
  • Tapio Pöyhönen

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road CompetitionMen's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Raino Koskenkorva - 5:23:34.6 (→ 42nd place)
• Paul Backman - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Paul Nyman - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Ruben Forsblom - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track CompetitionMen's 1.000m Time Trial

• Onni Kasslin
  • Final - 1:15.3 (→ 14th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Helge Törn - 27th and last place

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Men's 3m Springboard

• Helge Vasenius
  • Preliminary Round - 65.41 points (→ 14th place)
• Olavi Heinonen
  • Preliminary Round - 58.06 points (→ 29th place)

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. 11 fencers, 8 men and 3 women, represented Finland in 1952.

Men's foil

• Kurt Lindeman
• Heikki Raitio

Men's épée

• Erkki Kerttula
• Rolf Wiik
• Heikki Raitio

Men's team épée

• Kauko Jalkanen, Erkki Kerttula, Rolf Wiik, Nils Sjöblom, Jaakko Vuorinen, Paavo Miettinen

Women's foil

• Maggie Kalka
• Marianne Sjöblom
• Taimi Mattsson

Football

See main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1952, winning bronze in the team event.

Individual

• Ole Mannonen
• Lauri Vilkko
• Olavi Rokka

Team

• Ole Mannonen
• Lauri Vilkko
• Olavi Rokka

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Finland had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

Men's single sculls

• Sevi Holmsten

Men's double sculls

• Keijo Koivumäki
• Eero Koivumäki

Men's coxless pair

• Bengt Ahlström
• Stig Winter

Men's coxed pair

• Veijo Mikkolainen
• Toimi Pitkänen
• Erkki Lyijynen (cox)

Men's coxless four

• Veikko Lommi
• Kauko Wahlsten
• Oiva Lommi
• Lauri Nevalainen

Men's coxed four

• Kurt Grönholm
• Paul Stråhlman
• Birger Karlsson
• Karl-Erik Johansson
• Antero Tukiainen (cox)

Men's eight

• Tor Lundsten
• Birger Andersson
• Eero Lehtovirta
• Yrjö Hakoila
• Antti Arell
• Harry Wikman
• Esko Lyytikkä
• Klaus Lampi
• Toivo Räsänen (cox)

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Eleven shooters represented Finland in 1952. Vilho Ylönen won a silver medal in the 50 m rifle, three positions and Tauno Mäki won a bronze medal in the 100m running deer.

25 m pistol

• Pentti Linnosvuo
• Veli-Jussi Hölsö

50 m pistol

• Klaus Lahti
• Oiva Tylli

300 m rifle, three positions

• Vilho Ylönen
• Pauli Janhonen

50 m rifle, three positions

• Vilho Ylönen
• Kullervo Leskinen

50 m rifle, prone

• Kullervo Leskinen
• Vilho Ylönen

100m running deer

• Tauno Mäki
• Yrjö Miettinen

Trap

• Konrad Huber
• Sven-Erik Rosenlew

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Finland at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040835/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/summer/1952/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 21 February 2015 . sports-reference.com.
2. Finland Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055032/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/summer/1952/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 March 2018.