Finland at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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IOC codeFIN
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
Competitors31 (27 men, 4 women) in 6 sports
| Finland at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | FIN |
| NOC | Finnish Olympic Committee |
| Website | sport |
| in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
| Competitors | 31 (27 men, 4 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearers | Antti Hyvärinen, Ski Jumping |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Finland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Veikko Hakulinen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km |
| Gold | Mirja Hietamies Sirkka Polkunen Siiri Rantanen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 3 x 5 km relay |
| Gold | Antti Hyvärinen | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m) |
 Silver | Veikko Hakulinen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Silver | Veikko Hakulinen August Kiuru Jorma Kortelainen Arvo Viitanen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Silver | Aulis Kallakorpi | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m) |
 Bronze | Toivo Salonen | Speed skating | Men's 1500m |
Alpine skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Pentti Alonen | Downhill | DSQ | – | ||||
| Kalevi Häkkinen | 3:29.2 | 23 | |||||
| Kalevi Häkkinen | Giant Slalom | 3:36.9 | 43 | ||||
| Pentti Alonen | 3:35.0 | 42 | |||||
| Pentti Alonen | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Kalevi Häkkinen | 1:53.8 | 41 | 2:25.4 (+0:05) | 36 | 4:19.2 | 40 | |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Arto Tiainen | 54:11 | 26 |
| Veikko Räsänen | 52:35 | 14 | |
| Arvo Viitanen | 51:10 | 9 | |
| Veikko Hakulinen | 50:31 | 4 | |
| 30 km | August Kiuru | 1'51:56 | 21 |
| Kalevi Hämäläinen | 1'51:38 | 20 | |
| Olavi Latsa | 1'47:30 | 9 | |
| Veikko Hakulinen | 1'44:06 | | |
| 50 km | Veini Kontinen | 3'06:15 | 9 |
| Antti Sivonen | 3'04:16 | 8 | |
| Eero Kolehmainen | 2'56:17 | 4 | |
| Veikko Hakulinen | 2'51:45 | | |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| August Kiuru Jorma Kortelainen Arvo Viitanen Veikko Hakulinen |
2'16:31 | |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 10 km | Sanna Kiero | 40:52 | 12 |
| Sirkka Polkunen | 40:25 | 8 | |
| Mirja Hietamies | 40:18 | 6 | |
| Siiri Rantanen | 39:40 | 5 | |
- Women's 3 x 5 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen |
1'09:01 | |
Figure skating
- Men
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalle Tuulos | 15 | 15 | 124.50 | 137 | 15 |
Nordic combined
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Esko Jussila | Individual | 63.5 | 65.0 | 194.0 | 21 | 1'02:38 | 215.500 | 27 | 409.500 | 25 |
| Paavo Korhonen | 65.5 | 69.5 | 196.5 | 17 | 56:32 | 239.097 | 2 | 435.597 | 4 | |
| Eeti Nieminen | 70.5 | 68.0 | 206.0 | 8 | 1'00:20 | 224.400 | 14 | 430.400 | 9 | |
