Finland at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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Finland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
IOC codeFIN
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
Competitors50 (45 men, 5 women) in 7 sports
| Finland at the 1952 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | FIN |
| NOC | Finnish Olympic Committee |
| Website | sport |
| in Oslo | |
| Competitors | 50 (45 men, 5 women) in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Heikki Hasu (nordic combined)[1] |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Veikko Hakulinen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Gold | Heikki Hasu Urpo Korhonen Paavo Lonkila Tapio Mäkelä | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Gold | Lydia Wideman | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
 Silver | Tapio Mäkelä | Cross-country skiing | Men's 18 km |
| Silver | Eero Kolehmainen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Silver | Mirja Hietamies | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
| Silver | Heikki Hasu | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
 Bronze | Paavo Lonkila | Cross-country skiing | Men's 18 km |
| Bronze | Siiri Rantanen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
Alpine skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Eino Kalpala | Downhill | 3:16.2 | 56 | ||||
| Pentti Alonen | 2:59.7 | 44 | |||||
| Pekka Alonen | Giant Slalom | 3:00.2 | 55 | ||||
| Niilo Juvonen | 2:52.8 | 44 | |||||
| Eino Kalpala | 2:52.3 | 42 | |||||
| Pentti Alonen | 2:45.1 | 31 | |||||
| Nillo Juvonen | Slalom | DNF | – | did not advance | |||
| Pentti Alonen | 1:12.5 | 51 | did not advance | ||||
| Eino Kalpala | 1:09.2 | 39 | did not advance | ||||
| Pekka Alonen | 1:04.8 | 24 Q | 1:03.9 | 14 | 2:08.7 | 14 | |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | Eeti Nieminen | 1'08:24 | 21 |
| Aulis Sipponen | 1'06:03 | 16 | |
| Paavo Korhonen | 1'05:30 | 14 | |
| Toivo Oikarinen | 1'04:07 | 10 | |
| Tauno Sipilä | 1'03:40 | 8 | |
| Heikki Hasu | 1'02:24 | 4 | |
| Paavo Lonkila | 1'02:20 | | |
| Tapio Mäkelä | 1'02:09 | | |
| 50 km | Peeka Kuvaja | 3'46:31 | 9 |
| Kalevi Mononen | 3'39:21 | 5 | |
| Eero Kolehmainen | 3'38:11 | | |
| Veikko Hakulinen | 3'33:33 | | |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Heikki Hasu Paavo Lonkila Urpo Korhonen Tapio Mäkelä |
2'20:16 | |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 10 km | Sirkka Polkunen | 43:07 | 5 |
| Siiri Rantanen | 42:50 | | |
| Mirja Hietamies | 42:39 | | |
| Lydia Wideman | 41:40 | | |
Figure skating
- Men
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalle Tuulos | 13 | 13 | 131.211 | 112 | 13 |
- Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leena Pietila | 20 | 21 | 124.733 | 185 | 20 |
Ice hockey
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 14 | 15 |
 United States |
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 21 | 13 |
 Sweden |
9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 22 | 14 |
 Czechoslovakia |
9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 12 |
 Switzerland |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 8 |
 Poland |
8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 56 | 5 |
 Finland 7th |
8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 4 |
 West Germany |
8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 53 | 3 |
 Norway |
8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 46 | 0 |
- Sweden 9-2 Finland
- Switzerland 12-0 Finland
- Canada 13-3 Finland
- USA 8-2 Finland
- Norway 2-5 Finland
- Czechoslovakia 11-2 Finland
- Finland 5-1 Germany FR
- Poland 4-2 Finland
Nordic combined
Events:
- 18 km cross-country skiing
- normal hill ski jumping
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.
The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below (athletes were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).
| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Eeti Nieminen | Individual | 218.181 | 7 | 62.5 | 64.5 | 206.0 | 6 | 424.181 | 8 |
| Aulis Sipponen | 226.727 | 4 | 60.0 | 61.5 | 198.5 | 12 | 425.227 | 7 | |
| Paavo Korhonen | 228.727 | 2 | 61.0 | 63.5 | 206.0 | 6 | 434.727 | 4 | |
| Heikki Hasu | 240.000 | 1 | 63.0 | 63.0 | 207.5 | 5 | 447.500 | | |
Ski jumping
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Tauno Luiro | Normal hill | 60.5 | 95.0 | 30 | 64.0 | 104.5 | 9 | 199.5 | 18 |
| Olavi Kuronen | 62.5 | 103.0 | 14 | 61.5 | 101.5 | 14 | 204.5 | 12 | |
| Pentti Uotinen | 63.0 | 106.5 | 11 | 64.5 | 106.5 | 5 | 213.0 | 8 | |
| Antti Hyvärinen | 66.5 | 111.0 | 3 | 61.5 | 102.5 | 11 | 213.5 | 7 | |
Speed skating
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Lassi Parkkinen | DNF | – |
| Kauko Salomaa | 45.7 | 24 | |
| Kalevi Laitinen | 45.4 | 21 | |
| Toivo Salonen | 44.2 | 8 | |
| 1500 m | Toivo Salonen | 2:27.4 | 25 |
| Kalevi Laitinen | 2:27.1 | 24 | |
| Kauko Salomaa | 2:23.3 | 7 | |
| Lassi Parkkinen | 2:23.0 | 6 | |
| 5000 m | Kalevi Laitinen | 8:52.4 | 22 |
| Kauko Salomaa | 8:40.1 | 13 | |
| Matti Tuomi | 8:40.0 | 12 | |
| Pentti Lammio | 8:31.9 | 7 | |
| 10,000 m | Matti Tuomi | 18:25.5 | 23 |
| Kauko Salomaa | 17:49.6 | 12 | |
| Lassi Parkkinen | 17:36.8 | 8 | |
| Pentti Lammio | 17:20.5 | 4 | |