Finland was the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. 258 competitors, 228 men and 30 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports. The nation won 22 medals.
Athletics
Basketball
Men's Team Competition Main Round (Group B) Lost to Mexico (48–66) Lost to Soviet Union (35–47) Lost to Bulgaria (64–65) → did not advance, 16th place Team Roster Juhani Kyöstilä Raine Nuutinen Raimo Lindholm Timo Suviranta Kauko Heinänen Pentti Laaksonen Oiva Virtanen Esko Karhunen Eero Salonen Pertti Mutru Tuomo Ristola Tapio Pöyhönen
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Road Competition Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) Raino Koskenkorva — 5:23:34.6 (→ 42nd place) Paul Backman — did not finish (→ no ranking) Paul Nyman — did not finish (→ no ranking) Ruben Forsblom — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track Competition Men's 1.000m Time Trial Onni Kasslin Final — 1:15.3 (→ 14th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race Helge Törn — 27th and last place
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankOlavi Heinonen3 m springboard58.0629 Did not advanceHelge Vasenius65.4114 Did not advanceBirger Kivelä10 m platform67.3113 Did not advance
Equestrian
Fencing
11 fencers, 8 men and 3 women, represented Finland in 1952.
Men's foil Kurt Lindeman Heikki Raitio
Men's épée Erkki Kerttula Rolf Wiik Heikki Raitio
Men's team épée Kauko Jalkanen, Erkki Kerttula, Rolf Wiik, Nils Sjöblom, Jaakko Vuorinen, Paavo Miettinen
Women's foil Maggie Kalka Marianne Sjöblom Taimi Mattsson
Football
Gymnastics
Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1952, winning bronze in the team event.
Individual Ole Mannonen Lauri Vilkko Olavi Rokka
Team Ole Mannonen Lauri Vilkko Olavi Rokka
Rowing
Finland had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.
Men's single sculls Sevi Holmsten
Men's double sculls Keijo Koivumäki Eero Koivumäki
Men's coxless pair Bengt Ahlström Stig Winter
Men's coxed pair Veijo Mikkolainen Toimi Pitkänen Erkki Lyijynen (cox)
Men's coxless four Veikko Lommi Kauko Wahlsten Oiva Lommi Lauri Nevalainen
Men's coxed four Kurt Grönholm Paul Stråhlman Birger Karlsson Karl-Erik Johansson Antero Tukiainen (cox)
Men's eight Tor Lundsten Birger Andersson Eero Lehtovirta Yrjö Hakoila Antti Arell Harry Wikman Esko Lyytikkä Klaus Lampi Toivo Räsänen (cox)
Sailing
Shooting
Eleven shooters represented Finland in 1952. Vilho Ylönen won a silver medal in the 50 m rifle, three positions and Tauno Mäki won a bronze medal in the 100m running deer.
25 m pistol Pentti Linnosvuo Veli-Jussi Hölsö
50 m pistol Klaus Lahti Oiva Tylli
300 m rifle, three positions Vilho Ylönen Pauli Janhonen
50 m rifle, three positions Vilho Ylönen Kullervo Leskinen
50 m rifle, prone Kullervo Leskinen Vilho Ylönen
100m running deer Tauno Mäki Yrjö Miettinen
Trap Konrad Huber Sven-Erik Rosenlew
Swimming
Men Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPentti Ikonen100 m freestyle 1:01.1 5 Did not advanceLeo Telivuo 1:02.0 5 Did not advanceMauno Valkeinen 1:02.5 6 Did not advanceEinari Aalto400 m freestyle 5:15.8 5 Did not advancePentti Ikonen 4:55.7 5 Did not advancePentti Paatsalo 5:09.3 6 Did not advanceErkki Marttinen100 m backstroke 1:15.2 6 Did not advanceAulis Kähkönen200 m breaststroke 2:43.8 4 Did not advanceJuha Tikka 2:46.3 4 Did not advancePentti IkonenPentti PaatsaloMauno ValkeinenLeo Telivuo4 × 200 m freestyle 9:26.6 6 colspan=2 Did not advance
Women Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRitva Järvinen100 m freestyle 1:11.5 5 Did not advanceRitva Koivula 1:17.3 7 Did not advanceRaili Riuttala 1:13.5 7 Did not advanceRitva Järvinen400 m freestyle 5:53.5 7 Did not advanceAnneli Haaranen100 m backstroke 1:21.7 6 colspan=2 Did not advanceKaija Mäkelä200 m breaststroke 3:04.7 4 Q 3:06.2 8 Did not advanceRaili RiuttalaRitva KoivulaAnneli HaaranenRitva Järvinen4 × 100 m freestyle 4:56.0 7 colspan=2 Did not advance
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database