Finland at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Fifty-two athletes represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport as well as the Games. Nurmi won gold medals and set Olympic records in both the 1500 and 5000 metre races, with Ritola very close on his heels in the 5000 for silver. The pair finished first and second in the same order in the cross country race, as well. Nurmi did not defend his 1920 title in the 10000 metres, but Ritola earned the victory and the world record in that race. Ritola took another individual gold medal in the 3000 metre steeplechase. Nurmi and Ritola were each members of both the 3000 meter team race and team cross country teams which won gold; this gave Nurmi a total of five gold medals while Ritola took four golds and two silvers.

Stenroos won the marathon, while Myyrä took the javelin championship and Lehtonen finished first in the pentathlon. In all, the Finnish athletes took 17 medals, 10 of which were gold. They were second place behind the United States in both the total and gold medal counts in athletics.

Wilén earned an odd distinction: he set an Olympic record in a race which he did not win. He finished third in the 400 metre hurdles final after a pair of American hurdlers. The race winner, however, had knocked over a hurdle and his time was therefore ineligible to be considered a record. The second place runner had strayed outside his lane and was therefore disqualified. The result of all this was that Wilén received a silver medal and an Olympic record.

Ranks given are within the heat.

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Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Erik Åström	400 m	52.1	2 Q	did not start		did not advance
Eero Berg	10000 m	N/A						31:43.0
	Cross country	N/A						did not finish
Kalle Ebb	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				Unknown	3 Q	9:57.5	5
Yrjö Ekqvist	Javelin throw	N/A				56.15m	4 Q	57.56m	4
Erik Eriksson	Hammer throw	N/A				47.975m	3 Q	48.74m	4
Väinö Eskola	100 m	11.1	3	did not advance
Reijo Halme	100 m	Unknown	2 Q	11.5	5	did not advance
Lauri Halonen	Marathon	N/A						2:49:47.4	4
Lauri Härö	100 m	11.3	3	did not advance
	200 m	Unknown	4	did not advance
Yrjö Helander	Pole vault	N/A				3.20	9	did not advance
Henrik Hietakari	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
Anton Husgafvel	100 m	Unknown	4	did not advance
Antti Huusari	Decathlon	N/A						7005.175	4
Gösta Jansson	800 m	N/A		1:59.9	3 Q	1:59.4	5	did not advance
Nestori Järvelä	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				Unknown	4	did not advance
Pekka Johansson	Javelin throw	N/A				55.10	4	did not advance
Martti Jukola	400 m hurdles	N/A		57.7	2 Q	58.6	5	did not advance
Elias Katz	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				9:43.8 OR	1 Q	9:44.0
Hannes Kolehmainen	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
Bror Kraemer	High jump	N/A				1.70	2	did not advance
Ville Kyrönen	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
Hugo Lahtinen	Pentathlon	N/A						27	6
Eero Lehtonen	Pentathlon	N/A						14
Leo Leino	Pentathlon	N/A						23	4
Frej Liewendahl	1500 m	N/A				4:07.4	2 Q	4:00.3	8
Heikki Liimatainen	Cross country	N/A						38:18.0	12
Jaakko Luoma	1500 m	N/A				4:14.8	2 Q	4:03.9	12
Heikki Malmivirta	Discus throw	N/A				41.16	2	did not advance
Jonni Myyrä	Javelin throw	N/A				59.30	2 Q	62.96
Elmer Niklander	Shot put	N/A				14.265	3 Q	14.265	6
	Discus throw	N/A				42.09	3	did not advance
Vilho Niittymaa	Discus throw	N/A				44.95	2 Q	44.95
Paavo Nurmi	1500 m	N/A				4:07.6	1 Q	3:53.6 OR
	5000 m	N/A				15:28.6	1 Q	14:31.2 OR
	Cross country	N/A						32:54.8
Urho Peltonen	Javelin throw	N/A				55.67	3	did not advance
Arvo Peussa	1500 m	N/A				4:17.4	1 Q	4:00.6	9
Ville Pörhölä	Shot put	N/A				14.10	3	did not advance
Väinö Rainio	Long jump	N/A				6.54	6	did not advance
	Triple jump	N/A				14.94	2 Q	15.01	4
Eino Rastas	5000 m	N/A				15:22.2	1 Q	Unknown	11
	Cross country	N/A						did not finish
Ville Ritola	5000 m	N/A				15:32.1	3 Q	14:31.4
	10000 m	N/A						30:23.2 WR
	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				9:59.0	1 Q	9:33.6 OR
	Cross country	N/A						34:19.4
Julius Ruotsalainen	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
Pauli Sandström	Long jump	N/A				6.83	2	did not advance
Eino Seppälä	5000 m	N/A				15:34.6	3 Q	15:18.4	5
Väinö Sipilä	10000 m	N/A						31:50.2	4
	Cross country	N/A						did not finish
Albin Stenroos	Marathon	N/A						2:41:22.6
Armas Taipale	Discus throw	N/A				40.215	4	did not advance
Akseli Takala	Shot put	N/A				13.315	2	did not advance
Hannes Torpo	Shot put	N/A				14.45	1 Q	14.45	4
Vilho Tuulos	Long jump	N/A				7.07	2 Q	7.07	4
	Triple jump	N/A				14.84	5 Q	15.37
Erik Wilén	400 m	54.8	2 Q	49.6	3	did not advance
	400 m hurdles	N/A		55.3	2 Q	55.4	3 Q	53.8 OR
Iivari Yrjölä	Pentathlon	N/A						did not finish
	Decathlon	N/A						did not finish
Paavo Yrjölä	Decathlon	N/A						6548.525	9
Väinö Eskola Reijo Halme Lauri Härö Anton Husgafval	4 × 100 m relay	N/A		42.6	3	did not advance
Erik Åström Hirsch Drisin Eero Lehtonen Erik Wilén	4 × 400 m relay	N/A				3:32.2	3	did not advance
Elias Katz Frej Liewendahl Paavo Nurmi Ville Ritola Eino Seppälä Sameli Tala	4 × 400 m relay	N/A				6	1 Q	8
Eero Berg Heikki Liimatainen Paavo Nurmi Eino Rastas Ville Ritola Väinö Sipilä	Team cross country	N/A						11

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Four cyclists represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Six divers, all men, represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport as well as the Games. Kärkkäinen was the only Finnish diver to advance to a final, finishing ninth in the platform event.

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A single equestrian represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Eight gymnasts represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport.

Three pentathletes represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

A single sailor represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

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Sailor	Event	Qualifying				Final
		Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Hans Dittmar	Olympic monotype	1 Q	2 Q	N/A		5	3	8

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Fifteen sport shooters represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport as well as the Games. Seeking unsuccessfully to win its first gold medal in the sport, Finland matched its medal totals from 1920, taking a silver and two bronzes.

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Shooter	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Jalo Autonen	25 m rapid fire pistol	16	21
	100 m deer, single shots	34	12
	100 m deer, double shots	62	9
Werner Ekman	Trap	94	11
Lennart Hannelius	25 m rapid fire pistol	18
Konrad Huber	Trap	98
Heikki Huttunen	50 m rifle, prone	387	20
	600 m free rifle	77	44
Voitto Kolho	50 m rifle, prone	388	18
Martti Liuttula	100 m deer, single shots	37	5
	100 m deer, double shots	57	15
Veli Nieminen	600 m free rifle	81	31
Georg Nordblad	Trap	89	24
Unio Sarlin	25 m rapid fire pistol	18	7
Jean Theslöf	25 m rapid fire pistol	17	9
	50 m rifle, prone	393	4
	600 m free rifle	79	35
Toivo Tikkanen	100 m deer, single shots	33	15
	100 m deer, double shots	69	6
	Trap	Unknown	31–44
Antti Valkama	50 m rifle, prone	380	38
	600 m free rifle	83	19
Magnus Wegelius	100 m deer, single shots	34	12
	100 m deer, double shots	64	7
Jalo Autonen Martti Liuttula Toivo Tikkanen Magnus Wegelius	Team deer, single shots	130	5
	Team deer, double shots	239	4
Heikki Huttunen Voitto Kolho Veli Nieminen Jean Theslöf Antti Valkama	Team free rifle	628	5
Werner Ekman Konrad Huber Robert Huber Georg Nordblad Toivo Tikkanen Magnus Wegelius	Team clay pigeons	360

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Ranks given are within the heat.

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Men

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Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Arne Grahn	Singles	Hunter (USA) L 3–6, 0–6, 2–6	did not advance
Runar Granholm	Singles	Bye	Bye	Kingscote (GBR) L 2–6, 0–6, 2–6	did not advance
Ernst Schildt	Singles	Bayley (AUS) L 1–6, 3–6, 4–6	did not advance
Ernst Schybergson	Singles	Ferrier (SUI) L 4–6, 3–6, 3–6	did not advance
Arne Grahn Ernst Schybergson	Doubles	—N/a	Bye	Dumas / Robson (ITA) L 1–6, 3–6, 0–6	did not advance
Runar Granholm Ernst Schildt	Doubles	—N/a	Bye	Bye	Wennergren / Müller (FRA) L 3–6, 1–6, 4–6	did not advance

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