Finland competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Speed skating Women's 1500m Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km Speed skating Women's 3000m Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRaimo ManninenDownhillDSQ–Ulf Ekstam2:06.1430Ulf EkstamGiant Slalom1:53.09451:52.66363:45.7536Raimo Manninen1:49.92341:52.11343:42.0330
Men's slalom
AthleteHeat 1Heat 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankRaimo ManninenDNF–did not advanceUlf Ekstam54.79355.441 QF52.662952.26171:44.9218
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmMauno Luukkonen1'19:15.891'28:18.831Yrjö Salpakari1'20:11.671'27:11.625Kalevi Vähäkylä1'17:56.531'20:56.59Arvo Kinnari1'17:47.921'19:47.95
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankJuhani SuutarinenHeikki FlöjtKalevi VähäkyläArvo Kinnari52'20:41.85
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmHannu TaipaleDNF–Kalevi Oikarainen49:11.110Kalevi Laurila48:37.64Eero Mäntyranta47:46.130 kmArto Tiainen1'38:51.116Kalevi Oikarainen1'37:34.47Kalevi Laurila1'37:29.86Eero Mäntyranta1'36:55.350 kmPauli Siitonen2'34:31.219Eero Mäntyranta2'32:53.815Hannu Taipale2'32:37.714Kalevi Laurila2'31:24.911
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankKalevi OikarainenHannu TaipaleKalevi LaurilaEero Mäntyranta2'10:56.7
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmHelena Kivioja17:46.222Marjatta Olkkonen17:12.411Senja Pusula17:00.38Marjatta Kajosmaa16:54.6510 kmHelena KiviojaDNF–Liisa Suihkonen39:55.318Senja Pusula39:12.512Marjatta Kajosmaa38:09.05
Women's 3 x 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankSenja PusulaMarjatta OlkkonenMarjatta Kajosmaa58:45.14
Ice hockey
First round
Finland - Yugoslavia 11:2 (3:0, 6:0, 2:2) Goalscorers: Lasse Oksanen 2, Esa Peltonen 2, Matti Reunamaki 2, Juhani Wahlsten, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Matti Keinonen, Matti Harju, Pekka Leimu - Albin Felc, Franc Smolej.
Final Round RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts17610481012275113317113752028151047421231895733117237672412328577160133928707013480
USSR – Finland 8:0 (3:0, 2:0, 3:0) Goalscorers: Staršinov 2, Mišakov 2, Zimin 2, Firsov, Populanov. Referees: Bucala, Kořínek (TCH)
Canada – Finland 2:5 (1:2, 0:1, 1:2) Goalscorers: O'Shea, McMillan – Keinonen, Oksanen, J. Peltonen, Koskela, Wahlsten. Referees: Trumble (USA), Seglin (URS)
Czechoslovakia – Finland 4:3 (0:1, 3:0, 1:2) Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Golonka, Havel – Keinonen, Ketola, Oksanen. Referees: Wiking (SWE), Snětkov (URS)
Sweden – Finland 5:1 (1:0, 2:1, 2:0) Goalscorers: Wickberg 2, Granholm, Nillsson, Bengsston – Oksanen. Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)
East Germany – Finland 2:3 (1:2, 0:1, 1:0) Goalscorers: R. Noack, Peters – Harju 2, Keinonen. Referees: Bucala (TCH), Dahlberg (SWE)
Finland– West Germany 4:1 (2:1, 1:0, 1:0) Goalscorers: Leimu 2, Ketola, J. Peltonen – Schloder. Referees: Kořínek, Bucala (TCH)
USA – Finland 1:1 (1:1, 0:0, 0:0) Goalscorers: Volmar – Wahlsten. Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Seglin (URS)
Contestants Team Roster Urpo Ylönen Ilpo Koskela Paavo Tirkkonen Juha Rantasila Pekka Kuusisto Lalli Partinen Seppo Lindström Matti Reunamäki Juhani Wahlsten Matti Keinonen Lasse Oksanen Jorma Peltonen Esa Peltonen Kari Johansson Veli-Pekka Ketola Matti Harju Pekka Leimu
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankRaimo MajuriIndividual60.561.5161.83853:30.2176.4830338.2836Esa Klinga64.062.0166.73752:19.7190.0422356.7433Ilpo Nuolikivi66.067.0178.13452:39.6186.1827364.2830
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankJuhani RuotsalainenNormal hill70.092.368.092.1184.439Heikki Väisänen68.592.463.578.4170.845Veikko Kankkonen76.0105.971.599.2205.117Topi Mattila78.0111.172.5100.8211.95Topi MattilaLarge hill85.0 (fall)56.490.594.1150.549Juhani Ruotsalainen78.071.680.577.6149.250Seppo Reijonen87.084.785.085.4170.140Veikko Kankkonen89.594.289.594.7188.924
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mOlavi Hjellman43.140Jouko Launonen42.633Kimmo Koskinen41.723Seppo Hänninen40.881500 mRaimo Hietala2:11.724Olavi Hjellman2:10.121Kimmo Koskinen2:07.918Jouko Launonen2:07.5145000 mRaimo Hietala7:54.017Jouko Launonen7:46.515Kimmo Koskinen7:35.9910,000 mRaimo Hietala16:45.920Kimmo Koskinen16:15.714Jouko Launonen16:02.112
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mKaija-Liisa Keskivitikka48.118Arja Kantola47.412Kaija Mustonen46.761000 mArja Kantola1:37.922Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka1:34.88Kaija Mustonen1:33.641500 mArja Kantola2:33.222Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka2:25.86Kaija Mustonen2:22.4 OR3000 mArja Kantola5:30.724Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka5:03.94Kaija Mustonen5:01.0
References
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com