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Finland at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Finland at the
1948 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in London
Competitors129 (123 men, 6 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearerHannes Sonck
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
8
Silver
7
Bronze
5
Total
20
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 129 competitors, 123 men and 6 women, took part in 84 events in 16 sports.[1] As the country was to host the next Olympics in Helsinki, the flag of Finland was flown at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Lennart Viitala Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight 31 July
 Gold Tapio Rautavaara Athletics Men's javelin throw 4 August
 Gold Veikko Huhtanen Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 13 August
 Gold Paavo Aaltonen
Veikko Huhtanen
Kalevi Laitinen
Olavi Rove
Aleksanteri Saarvala
Sulo Salmi
Heikki Savolainen
Einari Teräsvirta 		Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around 13 August
 Gold Paavo Aaltonen Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 13 August
 Gold Veikko Huhtanen Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 13 August
 Gold Heikki Savolainen Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 13 August
 Gold Paavo Aaltonen Gymnastics Men's vault 13 August
 Silver Kaisa Parviainen Athletics Women's javelin throw 31 July
 Silver Erkki Kataja Athletics Men's pole vault 2 August
 Silver Pauli Janhonen Shooting Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions 6 August
 Silver Kelpo Gröndahl Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight 6 August
 Silver Kurt Wires Canoeing Men's K-1 10,000 metres 11 August
 Silver Veikko Huhtanen Gymnastics Men's parallel bars 13 August
 Silver Olavi Rove Gymnastics Men's vault 13 August
 Bronze Reino Kangasmäki Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight 6 August
 Bronze Thor Axelsson
Nils Björklöf 		Canoeing Men's K-2 10,000 metres 11 August
 Bronze Thor Axelsson
Nils Björklöf 		Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 metres 12 August
 Bronze Paavo Aaltonen Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 13 August
 Bronze Veikko Huhtanen Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 13 August


Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • NH = No height
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Runar Holmberg 400 metres 50.6 5 Did Not Advance
Olavi Talja 50.4 4 Did Not Advance
Tauno Suvanto 51.5 4 Did Not Advance
Denis Johansson 1500 metres 3:54.0[2] 3 — Unknown 12
Väinö Koskela 5000 metres 14:58.3[3] 2 — 14:41.0 7
Väinö Mäkelä 14:45.8 2 — 14:43.0 8
Helge Perälä 15:07.8 4[3] — DNF
Salomon Könönen 10,000 metres — no time 9
Viljo Heino — DNF
Evert Heinström — DNF
Pentti Siltaloppi 3000 metres steeplechase 9:22.4 3[4] — 9:19.6 5
Aarne Kainlauri 9:25.8 2[4] — 9:29.0 10
Tauno Suvanto
Olavi Talja
Runar Holmberg
Bebbe Storskrubb 		4 × 400 m relay 3:20.6 1 — 3:24.8 4
Viljo Heino marathon — 2:41:32.0 11
Jussi Kurikkala — 2:42:48.0 13
Mikko Hietanen — DNF
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Valle Rautio triple jump 14.700 6
Kuuno Honkonen high jump 1.80 17
Nils Nicklén NH
Erkki Kataja pole vault 4.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Valto Olenius 3.95 7
Yrjö Lehtilä shot put 15.05 6
Jaakko Jouppila 14.59 7
Veikko Nyqvist discus throw 47.33 6
Arvo Huutoniemi 45.28 9
Tapio Rautavaara javelin throw 69.77 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pauli Vesterinen 65.89 4
Soini Nikkinen 58.05 12
Lauri Tamminen hammer throw 53.08 5
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Yrjö Mäkelä Result[5] 11.9 6.20 13.10 1.8 54.3 17.5 36.12 3.2 62.55 4:58 - 13
Points 618 603 725 786 656 597 600 575 835 426 6,421
Adjusted Points — 6,064
Hannes Sonck Result[5] 11.9 6.715 11.83 1.75 55.2 16.8 34.71 3.4 48.24 5:01.8 - 17
Points 618 728 605 727 618 674 561 652 555 404 6,142
Adjusted Points — 5,883

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Middleweight
Light heavyweight

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Men's K-1 1,000 metres
Men's K-1 10,000 metres
Men's K-2 1,000 metres
Men's K-2 10,000 metres
Women's 500 metres

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Five cyclists, all men, represented Finland in 1948.

Individual road race
Team road race
Time trial
Team pursuit

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Ilmari Niemeläinen 10 m platform 87.82 19

Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Individual eventing
Team eventing
Individual jumping

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Six fencers, all men, represented Finland in 1948.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Gymnast Event Score Rank
Veikko Huhtanen Men's all-around 229.7  Gold
Paavo Aaltonen 228.8  Bronze
Kalevi Laitinen 225.65 8th
Olavi Rove 225.2 =10th
Einari Teräsvirta 225.0 12th
Heikki Savolainen 223.95 14th
Aleksanteri Saarvala 221.1 17th
Sulo Salmi 217.45 31st
Veikko Huhtanen Men's team all-around  Gold
Paavo Aaltonen
Kalevi Laitinen
Olavi Rove
Einari Teräsvirta
Heikki Savolainen
Aleksanteri Saarvala
Sulo Salmi
Veikko Huhtanen Men's horizontal bar 39.2  Bronze
Aleksanteri Saarvala 38.8 =4th
Einari Teräsvirta 38.7 8th
Paavo Aaltonen 38.4 =12th
Kalevi Laitinen 38.1 14th
Sulo Salmi 38.0 =15th
Olavi Rove 37.4 24th
Heikki Savolainen 37.1 29th
Veikko Huhtanen Men's parallel bars 39.3  Silver
Heikki Savolainen 38.9 6th
Paavo Aaltonen 38.8 =7th
Olavi Rove 38.6 10th
Einari Teräsvirta 38.4 12th
Kalevi Laitinen 38.1 =16th
Aleksanteri Saarvala 37.6 24th
Sulo Salmi 36.8 31st
Heikki Savolainen Men's pommel horse 38.7 =  Gold
Veikko Huhtanen 38.7 =  Gold
Paavo Aaltonen 38.7 =  Gold
Aleksanteri Saarvala 37.7 =8th
Einari Teräsvirta 37.0 18th
Kalevi Laitinen 36.9 =19th
Olavi Rove 36.5 =23rd
Sulo Salmi 35.2 =45th
Heikki Savolainen Men's rings 38.1 8th
Olavi Rove 37.9 =9th
Veikko Huhtanen 37.8 =11th
Kalevi Laitinen 37.4 16th
Paavo Aaltonen 37.3 =17th
Sulo Salmi 37.3 =17th
Aleksanteri Saarvala 37.3 =17th
Einari Teräsvirta 36.8 =27th
Paavo Aaltonen Men's vault 39.1  Gold
Olavi Rove 39.0  Silver
Veikko Huhtanen 38.4 6th
Einari Teräsvirta 38.3 7th
Sulo Salmi 38.1 =8th
Kalevi Laitinen 38.0 =10th
Aleksanteri Saarvala 36.8 =40th
Heikki Savolainen 36.5 =48th
Kalevi Laitinen Men's floor 37.15 13th
Paavo Aaltonen 36.5 =29th
Veikko Huhtanen 36.3 =34th
Olavi Rove 35.8 =47th
Einari Teräsvirta 35.8 =47th
Heikki Savolainen 34.65 =58th
Aleksanteri Saarvala 33.9 =67th
Sulo Salmi 32.05 =79th

Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1948.

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Finland had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1948.[6]

Men's coxed four

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Finland was represented in sailing in four classes by 12 male competitors.

Firefly class (one person dinghy)
Star class (two person keelboat)
Dragon class (three person keelboat)
6 metre class

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Twelve shooters represented Finland in 1948. Pauli Janhonen won a silver medal in the 300 m rifle event.

25 metre pistol
50 metre pistol
300 metre rifle
50 metre rifle

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Margit Leskinen 200 m breaststroke 3:11.4 3 3:10.0 6 Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle flyweight
Men's freestyle bantamweight
Men' freestyle featherweight
Men's freestyle lightweight
Men's freestyle welterweight
Men's freestyle middleweight
Men's freestyle light heavyweight
Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Men's Greco-Roman welterweight
Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight

Art competitions

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Main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Finland at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ^ THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. London: THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. 1948. p. 249. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. London: THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. 1948. p. 250. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. London: THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. 1948. p. 257. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  5. ^ a b THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. London: THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD. 1948. p. 274. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  6. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Finland Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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