Finland at the 1920 Summer Olympics

• Athletics
  • Men's 10000 m: Paavo Nurmi
  • Men's cross country individual: Paavo Nurmi
  • Men's cross country team: Frederick Teudor Koskenniemi, Heikki Liimatainen, Paavo Nurmi
  • Men's discus throw: Elmer Konstantin Niklander
  • Men's javelin throw: Jonni Myyrä
  • Men's marathon: Hannes Kolehmainen
  • Men's pentathlon: Eero Reino Lehtonen
  • Men's shot put: Frans Wilhelmi Pörhölä
  • Men's triple jump: Vilho Immanuel Tuulos
• Figure skating (on ice)
  • Mixed pairs: Ludowika Jakobsson, Walter Jakobsson
• Wrestling
  • Men's freestyle 60–67.5 kg (lightweight): Kalle Anttila
  • Men's freestyle 67.5–75 kg (middleweight): Eino Aukusti Leino
  • Men's Greco-Roman +82 kg (super heavyweight): Adolf Valentin Lindfors
  • Men's Greco-Roman -60 kg (featherweight): Oskar David Friman
  • Men's Greco-Roman 60–67.5 kg (lightweight): Eemil Ernesti Väre

• Athletics
  • Men's 5000 m: Paavo Nurmi
  • Men's discus throw: Armas Rudolf Taipale
  • Men's javelin throw: Urho Pellervo Peltonen
  • Men's shot put: Elmer Konstantin Niklander
• Shooting
  • Men's team, 100 m running deer, single shot: Yrjö Kolho, Kaarlo Kustaa Lappalainen, Robert Tikkanen, Nestori Toivonen, Magnus Wegelius
• Wrestling
  • Men's freestyle 67.5–75 kg (middleweight): Väinö Penttala
  • Men's Greco-Roman -60 kg (featherweight): Heikki Kähkönen
  • Men's Greco-Roman 60–67.5 kg (lightweight): Taavi Tamminen
  • Men's Greco-Roman 67.5–75 kg (middleweight): Arthur Lindfors
  • Men's Greco-Roman 75–82 kg (light-heavyweight): Edil Rosenqvist

• Athletics
  • Men's cross country individual: Heikki Liimatainen
  • Men's javelin throw: Paavo Jaale-Johansson
  • Men's pentathlon: Hugo Jalmari Lahtinen
• Shooting
  • Men's team, 100 m running deer, double shots: Yrjö Kolho, Robert Tikkanen, Nestori Toivonen, Vilho Vauhkonen, Magnus Wegelius
  • Men's team 300 m free rifle, prone: Voitto Waldemar Kolho, Kaarlo Kustaa Lappalainen, Veli Nieminen, Vilho Vauhkonen, Magnus Wegelius
• Swimming
  • Men's 200 m breaststroke: Arvo Ossian Aaltonen
  • Men's 400 m breaststroke: Arvo Ossian Aaltonen
• Wrestling
  • Men's Greco-Roman + 82 kg (super heavyweight): Martti Nieminen
  • Men's Greco-Roman 67.5–75 kg (middleweight): Matti Perttilä

Three divers, all men, represented Finland in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Valkama was the only diver to advance to a final, placing fifth in the plain high diving. This result matched Finland's best diving result to date.

Men

Ranks given are within the semifinal group.

A single swimmer represented Finland in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport as well as the Olympics. Aaltonen won bronze medals in both of his breaststroke events. They were Finland's first Olympic swimming medals; Aaltonen had been the first Finn to advance to a swimming event final.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Swimmer	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arvo Aaltonen	200 m breast	3:11.6	2 Q	3:12.4	2 Q	3:12.2
	400 m breast	6:50.0	2 Q	6:45.0	1 Q	6:48.0

26 athletes represented Finland in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in athletics, a sport in which Finland had competed each time the country appeared at the Olympics. The Finnish team garnered nine gold medals, matching the United States for the most in that category. With only about a quarter of the number of athletes, however, the Finns could not match the depth of the United States and finished with 13 fewer total medals.

The Finland team's greatest successes came in long distance running events (gold medals in the 10,000 metres, marathon, individual cross country, and team cross country) and throwing events (golds in the discus throw, shot put, and javelin throw—sweeping the medals in the latter). They also took the championships in the triple jump and the pentathlon.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hannes Kolehmainen	Marathon	N/A						2:32:35.8
Tatu Kolehmainen	Marathon	N/A						2:44:02.3	10
Teodor Koskenniemi	5000 m	N/A				15:22.0	3 Q	15:17.0	4
	Cross country	N/A						27:57.2	6
Heikki Liimatainen	10000 m	N/A				32:08.2	1 Q	32:28.0	7
	Cross country	N/A						27:37.0
Hannes Miettinen	Cross country	N/A						Unknown	23
Paavo Nurmi	5000 m	N/A				15:33.0	2 Q	15:00.0
	10000 m	N/A				33:46.3	2 Q	31:45.8
	Cross country	N/A						27:15.0
Eino Rastas	Cross country	N/A						Unknown	18
Oskari Rissanen	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				11:07.5	3 Q	did not start
Urho Tallgren	Marathon	N/A						2:42:40.0	9
Juho Tuomikoski	Marathon	N/A						2:40:18.8	5
Ilmari Vesamaa	5000 m	N/A				15:54.4	4	did not advance
	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				10:32.2	4	did not advance
	Cross country	N/A						Unknown	14
Valdemar Wickholm	400 m hurdles	N/A		57.9	3	did not advance
Erik Wilén	400 m	52.0	2 Q	51.0	4	did not advance
	400 m hurdles	N/A		58.4	2 Q	Unknown	5	did not advance
Teodor Koskenniemi Heikki Liimatainen Paavo Nurmi	Cross country	N/A						10

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pekka Johansson	Javelin throw	63.095	2 Q	63.095
Hugo Lahtinen	Long jump	6.19	19	did not advance
Eero Lehtonen	Long jump	6.285	16	did not advance
Jonni Myyrä	Discus throw	37.00	12	did not advance
	Javelin throw	60.63	3 Q	65.78 OR
Elmer Niklander	Shot put	14.155	1 Q	14.155
	Discus throw	44.685	1 Q	44.685
	56 lb weight throw	8.865	8	did not advance
Ossian Nylund	Triple jump	13.74	7	did not advance
Urho Peltonen	Javelin throw	63.605 OR	1 Q	63.605
Johan Pettersson	Hammer throw	41.76	11	did not advance
	56 lb weight throw	9.375	6 Q	9.375	6
Ville Pörhölä	Shot put	14.035	3 Q	14.81
	Discus throw	38.19	8	did not advance
	56 lb weight throw	8.85	9	did not advance
Jussi Ruoho	Pole vault	3.60	1 Q	3.40	12
Julius Saaristo	Javelin throw	60.045	5 Q	62.395	4
Armas Taipale	Shot put	12.945	10	did not advance
	Discus throw	44.19	2 Q	44.19
Vilho Tuulos	Triple jump	14.505	1 Q	14.505

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Pekka Johansson	Decathlon	did not finish
Hugo Lahtinen	Pentathlon	26
	Decathlon	did not finish
Eero Lehtonen	Pentathlon	14
	Decathlon	did not finish
Jonni Myyrä	Pentathlon	did not finish
Ossian Nylund	Pentathlon	did not finish
Valdemar Wickholm	Decathlon	6405.460	6

A single equestrian represented Finland in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Wilkman competed in the eventing competition, placing 17th.

Two pentathletes represented Finland in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport.

A point-for-place system was used, with the lowest total score winning.

Three figure skaters represented Finland in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. The Jakobssons, a married couple, won the pairs competition. Ilmanen placed fifth of nine in the men's singles.

Skater	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Sakari Ilmanen	Men's singles	30.0	5
Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson	Pairs	7.0

Nine shooters represented Finland in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport as well as the Olympics. The Finns were looking to improve upon the pair of bronze medals they had won in 1912, which was the country's best result to date. They were successful, taking a silver medal in the team running deer single shots competition as well as another pair of bronzes in other team competitions.

Shooter	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Voitto Kolho	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	974	7
Yrjö Kolho	100 m deer, single shots	40	4
Kalle Lappalainen	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	945	Unknown
Veli Nieminen	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	934	Unknown
	Trap	Unknown
Toivo Tikkanen	100 m deer, single shots	40	5
Vilho Vauhkonen	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	966	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, prone	59	4
Magnus Wegelius	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	849	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, standing	51	Unknown
	600 m military rifle, prone	51	Unknown
Voitto Kolho Yrjö Kolho Frans Nässling Toivo Tikkanen Nestor Toivonen	50 m team free pistol	2052	11
Voitto Kolho Kalle Lappalainen Veli Nieminen Vilho Vauhkonen Magnus Wegelius	Team free rifle	4668	4
	300 m team military rifle, prone	281
	600 m team military rifle, prone	268	8
	300 & 600 m team military rifle, prone	524	10
Voitto Kolho Kalle Lappalainen Nestor Toivonen Vilho Vauhkonen Magnus Wegelius	300 m team military rifle, standing	235	7
Yrjö Kolho Kalle Lappalainen Toivo Tikkanen Nestor Toivonen Magnus Wegelius	100 m team deer, single shots	159
Yrjö Kolho Toivo Tikkanen Nestor Toivonen Vilho Vauhkonen Magnus Wegelius	100 m team deer, double shots	285

A single weightlifter represented Finland in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Ekström competed in the light heavyweight category, but did not finish the competition.