Finland at the 1976 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	FIN
Nocname:	Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1976
Website:
Location:	Innsbruck
Competitors:	47 (38 men, 9 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Rauno Miettinen (nordic combined)
Rank:	6
Gold:	2
Silver:	4
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's 4 × 10 km relay
			Women's 5 km
			Men's 20 km
			Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
			Women's 10 km
			Women's 4 × 5 km relay
			Men's 15 km

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Riitta Ollikka	Downhill					1:53.85	30
Riitta Ollikka	Giant Slalom					1:40.15	34
Riitta Ollikka	Slalom	54.23	26	51.39	17	1:45.62	17

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ^1	Rank
20 km	Juhani Suutarinen	1'17:25.89	2	1'19:25.89	13
	Esko Saira	1'15:32.84	2	1'17:32.84	6
	Heikki Ikola	1'13:54.10	2	1'15:54.10

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 1976 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Risto Kiiskinen	47:21.06	32
	Pertti Teurajärvi	46:04.84	14
	Juha Mieto	45:46.27	10
	Arto Koivisto	44:19.25
30 km	Juhani Repo	1'35:31.06	22
	Matti Pitkänen	1'33:44.74	13
	Arto Koivisto	1'32:23.11	8
	Juha Mieto	1'31:20.39	4
50 km	Juha Mieto	2'50:03.61	34
	Pertti Teurajärvi	2'47:25.60	27
	Arto Koivisto	2'43:44.79	10
	Juhani Repo	2'42:54.89	9

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Taina Impiö	17:03.30	19
	Marjatta Kajosmaa	16:36.25	9
	Hilkka Riihivuori	16:17.74	4
	Helena Takalo	15:48.69
10 km	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	32:37.72	22
	Marjatta Kajosmaa	31:35.50	11
	Hilkka Riihivuori	31:29.39	9
	Helena Takalo	30:14.28

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Men

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

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Medal round

Rank		Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		5	5	0	0	40	11	10
2		5	3	2	0	17	10	6
3		5	2	3	0	21	24	4
4		5	2	3	0	19	18	4
5		5	2	3	0	15	21	4
6		5	1	4	0	9	37	2

• Czechoslovakia 2-1 Finland
• Finland 5-3 West Germany
• USA 5-4 Finland
• USSR 7-2 Finland
• Finland 7-1 Poland
• Team roster
  • Matti Hagman
  • Reijo Laksola
  • Antti Leppänen
  • Henry Leppä
  • Seppo Lindström
  • Pekka Marjamäki
  • Matti Murto
  • Timo Nummelin
  • Esa Peltonen
  • Timo Saari
  • Jorma Vehmanen
  • Urpo Ylönen
  • Hannu Haapalainen
  • Seppo Ahokainen
  • Tapio Koskinen
  • Pertti Koivulahti
  • Hannu Kapanen
  • Matti Rautiainen
• Head coaches: Seppo Liitsola & Lasse Heikkilä

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 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
Jorma Etelälahti	Individual	69.0	72.0	185.1	24	52:05.85	183.35	23	368.45	24
Jukka Kuvaja		71.0	74.5	197.3	13	50:03.26	201.74	9	399.04	11
Rauno Miettinen		75.0	78.5	219.9	2	51:12.21	191.40	19	411.30	4
Erkki Kilpinen		74.0	75.0	203.1	8	50:20.46	199.16	11	402.26	10

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Harri Blumén	Normal hill	75.5	105.6	75.0	104.8	210.4	29
Jouko Törmänen		78.5	112.4	78.0	112.6	225.0	14
Esko Rautionaho		79.5	116.5	78.0	113.1	229.6	11
Harri Blumén	Large hill	81.0	84.4	77.0	76.3	160.7	41
Rauno Miettinen		95.5	96.2	83.0	89.2	185.4	21
Esko Rautionaho		90.0	103.5	84.5	94.3	197.8	12
Jouko Törmänen		91.0	105.4	87.5	99.5	204.9	10

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Pertti Niittylä	40.65	15
1000 m	Pertti Niittylä	1:21.43	8
1500 m	Olavi Köppä	2:03.69	10
5000 m	Olavi Köppä	7:59.52	20
10,000 m	Olavi Köppä	15:39.73	9

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Paula-Irmeli Halonen	43.99	8
1000 m	Tuula Vilkas	1:32.94	17
	Paula-Irmeli Halonen	1:31.72	13
1500 m	Tuula Vilkas	2:24.55	20
3000 m	Paula-Irmeli Halonen	5:03.08	22
	Tuula Vilkas	4:51.71	12

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com