Finland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km Cross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m) Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m) Speed skating Men's 1500m
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPentti AlonenDownhillDSQ–Kalevi Häkkinen3:29.223Kalevi HäkkinenGiant Slalom3:36.943Pentti Alonen3:35.042Pentti AlonenSlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Kalevi Häkkinen1:53.8412:25.4 (+0:05)364:19.240
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmArto Tiainen54:1126Veikko Räsänen52:3514Arvo Viitanen51:109Veikko Hakulinen50:31430 kmAugust Kiuru1'51:5621Kalevi Hämäläinen1'51:3820Olavi Latsa1'47:309Veikko Hakulinen1'44:0650 kmVeini Kontinen3'06:159Antti Sivonen3'04:168Eero Kolehmainen2'56:174Veikko Hakulinen2'51:45
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankAugust KiuruJorma KortelainenArvo ViitanenVeikko Hakulinen2'16:31
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 kmSanna Kiero40:5212Sirkka Polkunen40:258Mirja Hietamies40:186Siiri Rantanen39:405
Women's 3 x 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankSirkka PolkunenMirja HietamiesSiiri Rantanen1'09:01
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Kalle Tuulos1515124.5013715
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.) 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankEsko JussilaIndividual63.565.0194.0211'02:38215.50027409.50025Paavo Korhonen65.569.5196.51756:32239.0972435.5974Eeti Nieminen70.568.0206.081'00:20224.40014430.4009
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankHemmo SilvennoinenNormal hill75.5102.51577.0105.08207.510Eino Kirjonen78.0107.5781.0111.52219.07Antti Hyvärinen81.0111.5384.0115.51227.0Aulis Kallakorpi83.5114.5280.5110.55225.0
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mYrjö Uimonen42.513Juhani Järvinen42.29Matti Hamberg42.29Toivo Salonen41.751500 mLeo Tynkkynen2:16.226Matti Hamberg2:14.818Juhani Järvinen2:09.74Toivo Salonen2:09.45000 mMatti Hamberg8:28.132Leo Tynkkynen8:19.925Kauko Salomaa8:14.321Juhani Järvinen8:13.72010,000 mToivo Salonen17:37.624Kauko Salomaa17:19.017Juhani Järvinen17:05.912
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com