Finland at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Finland at the1952 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Oslo
Competitors	50 (45 men, 5 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Heikki Hasu, Nordic Combined
MedalsRanked 3rd	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 9
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Finland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Veikko Hakulinen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Gold	Heikki Hasu Urpo Korhonen Paavo Lonkila Tapio Mäkelä	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Gold	Lydia Wideman	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km
Silver	Tapio Mäkelä	Cross-country skiing	Men's 18 km
Silver	Eero Kolehmainen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Silver	Mirja Hietamies	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km
Silver	Heikki Hasu	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Bronze	Paavo Lonkila	Cross-country skiing	Men's 18 km
Bronze	Siiri Rantanen	Cross-country skiing	Women'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	8	7	0	1	71	14	15
United States	8	6	1	1	43	21	13
Sweden	9	7	2	0	53	22	14
Czechoslovakia	9	6	3	0	50	23	12
Switzerland	8	4	4	0	40	40	8
Poland	8	2	5	1	21	56	5
Finland 7th	8	2	6	0	21	60	4
West Germany	8	1	6	1	21	53	3
Norway	8	0	8	0	15	46	0

• 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.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com