Finland competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Nordic Combined Men's individual Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay Nordic combined Men's individual Speed skating Men's 10,000m Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km Speed skating Men's 10,000m
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAimo VartiainenDownhill3:36.453Pentti Alonen3:22.339Pentti AlonenSlalom1:18.1261:17.7362:35.832Aimo Vartiainen1:14.0201:11.0262:25.021
Men's combined
The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).
AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)Time 1Time 2RankPointsRankAimo Vartiainen–––DSQ–Pentti Alonen1:29.01:11.22626.3828
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank18 kmPauli Salonen1'22:2824Olavi Sihvonen1'22:2623Eero Rautiola1'20:1812Martti Huhtala1'19:2810Teuvo Laukkanen1'18:518August Kiuru1'18:257Sauli Rytky1'18:106Heikki Hasu1'16:43450 kmMartti SipiläDNF–Pekka Kuvaja4'10:027Pekka Vanninen3'57:584Benjamin Vanninen3'57:28
Men's 4 x 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankLauri SilvennoinenTeuvo LaukkanenSauli RytkyAugust Kiuru2'41:06
Nordic combined
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 would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.
AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotalPointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Distance 3PointsRankPointsRankPauli SalonenIndividual207.00963.062.0 (fall)60.5206.310413.307Olavi Sihvonen207.00860.065.060.0209.27416.205Martti Huhtala224.15262.061.061.5209.56433.65Heikki Hasu240.00157.061.564.0208.88448.80
Ski jumping
AthleteEventDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRankErkki RajalaNormal hillDNF–DNF–Leo Laakso66.069.5221.76Aatto Pietikäinen69.068.0215.48Matti Pietikäinen69.569.0224.64
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mKalevi Laitinen45.317Lassi Parkkinen45.216Antero Ojala44.814Keijo Lehdikkö44.7131500 mPentti Lammio2:23.921Antero Ojala2:21.412Kalevi Laitinen2:20.37Lassi Parkkinen2:19.645000 mAntero Ojala9:06.226Kalevi Laitinen8:53.015Lassi Parkkinen8:45.09Pentti Lammio8:40.7810,000 mKalevi LaitinenDNF–Pentti Lammio17:42.7Lassi Parkkinen17:36.0
References
Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com