Finland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km Nordic combined Men's individual Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEino KalpalaDownhill3:16.256Pentti Alonen2:59.744Pekka AlonenGiant Slalom3:00.255Niilo Juvonen2:52.844Eino Kalpala2:52.342Pentti Alonen2:45.131Nillo JuvonenSlalomDNF–did not advancePentti Alonen1:12.551did not advanceEino Kalpala1:09.239did not advancePekka Alonen1:04.824 Q1:03.9142:08.714
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank18 kmEeti Nieminen1'08:2421Aulis Sipponen1'06:0316Paavo Korhonen1'05:3014Toivo Oikarinen1'04:0710Tauno Sipilä1'03:408Heikki Hasu1'02:244Paavo Lonkila1'02:20Tapio Mäkelä1'02:0950 kmPeeka Kuvaja3'46:319Kalevi Mononen3'39:215Eero Kolehmainen3'38:11Veikko Hakulinen3'33:33
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankHeikki HasuPaavo LonkilaUrpo KorhonenTapio Mäkelä2'20:16
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 kmSirkka Polkunen43:075Siiri Rantanen42:50Mirja Hietamies42:39Lydia Wideman41:40
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Kalle Tuulos1313131.21111213
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Leena Pietila2021124.73318520
Ice hockey
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating. Team PldWLTGFGAPts 8701711415 8611432113 9720532214 9630502312 844040408 825121565 7th826021604 816121533 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
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).
AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotalPointsRankDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankPointsRankEeti NieminenIndividual218.181762.564.5206.06424.1818Aulis Sipponen226.727460.061.5198.512425.2277Paavo Korhonen228.727261.063.5206.06434.7274Heikki Hasu240.000163.063.0207.55447.500
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankTauno LuiroNormal hill60.595.03064.0104.59199.518Olavi Kuronen62.5103.01461.5101.514204.512Pentti Uotinen63.0106.51164.5106.55213.08Antti Hyvärinen66.5111.0361.5102.511213.57
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mLassi ParkkinenDNF–Kauko Salomaa45.724Kalevi Laitinen45.421Toivo Salonen44.281500 mToivo Salonen2:27.425Kalevi Laitinen2:27.124Kauko Salomaa2:23.37Lassi Parkkinen2:23.065000 mKalevi Laitinen8:52.422Kauko Salomaa8:40.113Matti Tuomi8:40.012Pentti Lammio8:31.9710,000 mMatti Tuomi18:25.523Kauko Salomaa17:49.612Lassi Parkkinen17:36.88Pentti Lammio17:20.54
References
Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com