Finland at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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

Finland at the
1952 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Oslo
Competitors50 (45 men, 5 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearerHeikki Hasu, Nordic Combined
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
2
Total
9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldVeikko HakulinenCross-country skiingMen's 50 km
 GoldHeikki Hasu
Urpo Korhonen
Paavo Lonkila
Tapio Mäkelä 		Cross-country skiingMen's 4 × 10 km relay
 GoldLydia WidemanCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km
 SilverTapio MäkeläCross-country skiingMen's 18 km
 SilverEero KolehmainenCross-country skiingMen's 50 km
 SilverMirja HietamiesCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km
 SilverHeikki HasuNordic combinedMen's individual
 BronzePaavo LonkilaCross-country skiingMen's 18 km
 BronzeSiiri RantanenCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eino Kalpala Downhill 3:16.2 56
Pentti Alonen 2:59.7 44
Pekka Alonen Giant Slalom 3:00.2 55
Niilo Juvonen 2:52.8 44
Eino Kalpala 2:52.3 42
Pentti Alonen 2:45.1 31
Nillo Juvonen Slalom DNF – Did not advance
Pentti Alonen 1:12.5 51 Did not advance
Eino Kalpala 1:09.2 39 Did not advance
Pekka Alonen 1:04.8 24 Q 1:03.9 14 2:08.7 14

Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Eeti Nieminen 1'08:24 21
Aulis Sipponen 1'06:03 16
Paavo Korhonen 1'05:30 14
Toivo Oikarinen 1'04:07 10
Tauno Sipilä 1'03:40 8
Heikki Hasu 1'02:24 4
Paavo Lonkila 1'02:20
Tapio Mäkelä 1'02:09
50 km Peeka Kuvaja 3'46:31 9
Kalevi Mononen 3'39:21 5
Eero Kolehmainen 3'38:11
Veikko Hakulinen 3'33:33
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Heikki Hasu
Paavo Lonkila
Urpo Korhonen
Tapio Mäkelä		 2'20:16
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km Sirkka Polkunen 43:07 5
Siiri Rantanen 42:50
Mirja Hietamies 42:39
Lydia Wideman 41:40

Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Kalle Tuulos 13 13 131.211 112 13
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Leena Pietila 20 21 124.733 185 20

Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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

Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Canada 8701711415
 United States 8611432113
 Sweden 9720532214
 Czechoslovakia 9630502312
  Switzerland 844040408
 Poland 825121565
 Finland 7th 826021604
 West Germany 816121533
 Norway 808015460
  • Sweden 9-2 Finland
  • Switzerland 12-0 Finland
  • Canada 13-3 Finland
  • USA 8-2 Finland
  • Norway 2-5 Finland
  • Czechoslovakia 11-2 Finland
  • Finland 5-1 Germany FR
  • Poland 4-2 Finland
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
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Events:

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

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).

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Points Rank
Eeti Nieminen Individual 218.181 7 62.5 64.5 206.0 6 424.181 8
Aulis Sipponen 226.727 4 60.0 61.5 198.5 12 425.227 7
Paavo Korhonen 228.727 2 61.0 63.5 206.0 6 434.727 4
Heikki Hasu 240.000 1 63.0 63.0 207.5 5 447.500

Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Tauno Luiro Normal hill 60.5 95.0 30 64.0 104.5 9 199.5 18
Olavi Kuronen 62.5 103.0 14 61.5 101.5 14 204.5 12
Pentti Uotinen 63.0 106.5 11 64.5 106.5 5 213.0 8
Antti Hyvärinen 66.5 111.0 3 61.5 102.5 11 213.5 7

Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Lassi Parkkinen DNF –
Kauko Salomaa 45.7 24
Kalevi Laitinen 45.4 21
Toivo Salonen 44.2 8
1500 m Toivo Salonen 2:27.4 25
Kalevi Laitinen 2:27.1 24
Kauko Salomaa 2:23.3 7
Lassi Parkkinen 2:23.0 6
5000 m Kalevi Laitinen 8:52.4 22
Kauko Salomaa 8:40.1 13
Matti Tuomi 8:40.0 12
Pentti Lammio 8:31.9 7
10,000 m Matti Tuomi 18:25.5 23
Kauko Salomaa 17:49.6 12
Lassi Parkkinen 17:36.8 8
Pentti Lammio 17:20.5 4

References
  • (ed.) Rolf Petersen (1952). The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo (PDF). Oslo. Retrieved 2008-01-31.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com
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