Finland at the 1952 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:FIN
Nocname:Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:1952
Website: 
Location:Oslo
Competitors:50 (45 men, 5 women)
Sports:7
Flagbearer:Heikki Hasu (nordic combined)[1]
Rank:3
Gold:3
Silver:4
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Men's 50 km



Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women's 10 km
Men's 18 km
Men's 50 km
Women's 10 km
Men's individual
Men's 18 km
Women's 10 km

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Eino KalpalaDownhill3:16.256
Pentti Alonen2:59.744
Pekka AlonenGiant Slalom3:00.255
Niilo Juvonen2:52.844
Eino Kalpala2:52.342
Pentti Alonen2:45.131
Nillo JuvonenSlalomDNF - did not advance
Pentti Alonen1:12.551did not advance
Eino Kalpala1:09.239did not advance
Pekka Alonen1:04.824 Q1:03.9142:08.714

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 kmEeti Nieminen1'08:2421
Aulis Sipponen1'06:0316
Paavo Korhonen1'05:3014
Toivo Oikarinen1'04:0710
Tauno Sipilä1'03:408
Heikki Hasu1'02:244
Paavo Lonkila1'02:20
Tapio Mäkelä1'02:09
50 kmPeeka Kuvaja3'46:319
Kalevi Mononen3'39:215
Eero Kolehmainen3'38:11
Veikko Hakulinen3'33:33
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 kmSirkka Polkunen43:075
Siiri Rantanen42:50
Mirja Hietamies42:39
Lydia Wideman41:40

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Men
Women

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

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Contestants
Yrjö Hakala
Aarne Honkavaara
Erkki Hytönen
Pentti Isotalo
Matti Karumaa
Ossi Kauppi
Keijo Kuusela
Kauko Mäkinen
Pekka Myllylä
Christian Rapp
Esko Rekomaa
Matti Rintakoski
Eero Saari
Eero Salisma
Lauri Silván
Unto Wiitala
Jukka Wuolio

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

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 (athletes were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotal
PointsRankDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankPointsRank
Eeti NieminenIndividual218.181762.564.5206.06424.1818
Aulis Sipponen226.727460.061.5198.512425.2277
Paavo Korhonen228.727261.063.5206.06434.7274
Heikki Hasu240.000163.063.0207.55447.500

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Tauno LuiroNormal hill60.595.03064.0104.59199.518
Olavi Kuronen62.5103.01461.5101.514204.512
Pentti Uotinen63.0106.51164.5106.55213.08
Antti Hyvärinen66.5111.0361.5102.511213.57

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 mLassi ParkkinenDNF -
Kauko Salomaa45.724
Kalevi Laitinen45.421
Toivo Salonen44.28
1500 mToivo Salonen2:27.425
Kalevi Laitinen2:27.124
Kauko Salomaa2:23.37
Lassi Parkkinen2:23.06
5000 mKalevi Laitinen8:52.422
Kauko Salomaa8:40.113
Matti Tuomi8:40.012
Pentti Lammio8:31.97
10,000 mMatti Tuomi18:25.523
Kauko Salomaa17:49.612
Lassi Parkkinen17:36.88
Pentti Lammio17:20.54

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Flagbearers for Finland . olympedia.org . . 27 December 2023.