Finland at the 1968 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	FIN
Nocname:	Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1968
Website:
Location:	Grenoble
Competitors:	52 (44 men, 8 women)
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Veikko Kankkonen, Ski Jumping
Rank:	10
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Women's 1500m
			Men's 15 km
			Women's 3000m
			Men's 30 km
			Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raimo Manninen	Downhill					DSQ	-
Ulf Ekstam						2:06.14	30
Ulf Ekstam	Giant Slalom	1:53.09	45	1:52.66	36	3:45.75	36
Raimo Manninen		1:49.92	34	1:52.11	34	3:42.03	30

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Raimo Manninen	DNF	-	did not advance
Ulf Ekstam	54.79	3	55.44	1 QF	52.66	29	52.26	17	1:44.92	18

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ^1	Rank
20 km	Mauno Luukkonen	1'19:15.8	9	1'28:18.8	31
	Yrjö Salpakari	1'20:11.6	7	1'27:11.6	25
	Kalevi Vähäkylä	1'17:56.5	3	1'20:56.5	9
	Arvo Kinnari	1'17:47.9	2	1'19:47.9	5

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Hannu Taipale	DNF	-
	Kalevi Oikarainen	49:11.1	10
	Kalevi Laurila	48:37.6	4
	Eero Mäntyranta	47:46.1
30 km	Arto Tiainen	1'38:51.1	16
	Kalevi Oikarainen	1'37:34.4	7
	Kalevi Laurila	1'37:29.8	6
	Eero Mäntyranta	1'36:55.3
50 km	Pauli Siitonen	2'34:31.2	19
	Eero Mäntyranta	2'32:53.8	15
	Hannu Taipale	2'32:37.7	14
	Kalevi Laurila	2'31:24.9	11

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Helena Takalo	17:46.2	22
	Marjatta Muttilainen-Olkkonen	17:12.4	11
	Senja Pusula	17:00.3	8
	Marjatta Kajosmaa	16:54.6	5
10 km	Helena Takalo	DNF	-
	Liisa Suihkonen	39:55.3	18
	Senja Pusula	39:12.5	12
	Marjatta Kajosmaa	38:09.0	5

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

First round

Finland - Yugoslavia 11:2 (3:0, 6:0, 2:2)
Goalscorers: Lasse Oksanen 2, Esa Peltonen 2, Matti Reunamaki 2, Juhani Wahlsten, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Matti Keinonen, Matti Harju, Pekka Leimu - Albin Felc, Franc Smolej.

Final Round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		7	6	1	0	48	10	12
2		7	5	1	1	33	17	11
3		7	5	2	0	28	15	10
4		7	4	2	1	23	18	9
5		7	3	3	1	17	23	7
6		7	2	4	1	23	28	5
7		7	1	6	0	13	39	2
8		7	0	7	0	13	48	0

USSR – Finland 8:0 (3:0, 2:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Staršinov 2, Mišakov 2, Zimin 2, Firsov, Populanov.
Referees: Bucala, Kořínek (TCH)

Canada – Finland 2:5 (1:2, 0:1, 1:2)
Goalscorers: O’Shea, McMillan – Keinonen, Oksanen, J. Peltonen, Koskela, Wahlsten.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Seglin (URS)

Czechoslovakia – Finland 4:3 (0:1, 3:0, 1:2)
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Golonka, Havel – Keinonen, Ketola, Oksanen.
Referees: Wiking (SWE), Snětkov (URS)

Sweden – Finland 5:1 (1:0, 2:1, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Wickberg 2, Granholm, Nillsson, Bengsston – Oksanen.
Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)

East Germany – Finland 2:3 (1:2, 0:1, 1:0)
Goalscorers: R. Noack, Peters – Harju 2, Keinonen.
Referees: Bucala (TCH), Dahlberg (SWE)

Finland– West Germany 4:1 (2:1, 1:0, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Leimu 2, Ketola, J. Peltonen – Schloder.
Referees: Kořínek, Bucala (TCH)

USA – Finland 1:1 (1:1, 0:0, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Volmar – Wahlsten.
Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Seglin (URS)

Contestants

• Team Roster
  • Urpo Ylönen
  • Ilpo Koskela
  • Paavo Tirkkonen
  • Juha Rantasila
  • Pekka Kuusisto
  • Lalli Partinen
  • Seppo Lindström
  • Matti Reunamäki
  • Juhani Wahlsten
  • Matti Keinonen
  • Lasse Oksanen
  • Jorma Peltonen
  • Esa Peltonen
  • Kari Johansson
  • Veli-Pekka Ketola
  • Matti Harju
  • Pekka Leimu

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Raimo Majuri	Individual	60.5	61.5	161.8	38	53:30.2	176.48	30	338.28	36
Esa Klinga		64.0	62.0	166.7	37	52:19.7	190.04	22	356.74	33
Ilpo Nuolikivi		66.0	67.0	178.1	34	52:39.6	186.18	27	364.28	30

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Juhani Ruotsalainen	Normal hill	70.0	92.3	68.0	92.1	184.4	39
Heikki Väisänen		68.5	92.4	63.5	78.4	170.8	45
Veikko Kankkonen		76.0	105.9	71.5	99.2	205.1	17
Topi Mattila		78.0	111.1	72.5	100.8	211.9	5
Topi Mattila	Large hill	85.0 (fall)	56.4	90.5	94.1	150.5	49
Juhani Ruotsalainen		78.0	71.6	80.5	77.6	149.2	50
Seppo Reijonen		87.0	84.7	85.0	85.4	170.1	40
Veikko Kankkonen		89.5	94.2	89.5	94.7	188.9	24

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Olavi Hjellman	43.1	40
	Jouko Launonen	42.6	33
	Kimmo Koskinen	41.7	23
	Seppo Hänninen	40.8	8
1500 m	Raimo Hietala	2:11.7	24
	Olavi Hjellman	2:10.1	21
	Kimmo Koskinen	2:07.9	18
	Jouko Launonen	2:07.5	14
5000 m	Raimo Hietala	7:54.0	17
	Jouko Launonen	7:46.5	15
	Kimmo Koskinen	7:35.9	9
10,000 m	Raimo Hietala	16:45.9	20
	Kimmo Koskinen	16:15.7	14
	Jouko Launonen	16:02.1	12

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	48.1	18
	Arja Kantola	47.4	12
	Kaija Mustonen	46.7	6
1000 m	Arja Kantola	1:37.9	22
	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	1:34.8	8
	Kaija Mustonen	1:33.6	4
1500 m	Arja Kantola	2:33.2	22
	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	2:25.8	6
	Kaija Mustonen	2:22.4 OR
3000 m	Arja Kantola	5:30.7	24
	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	5:03.9	4
	Kaija Mustonen	5:01.0

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com