Finland at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Finland at the 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in St. Moritz
Competitors	24 (men) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Pekka Vanninen
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 6
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Finland competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Heikki Hasu	Nordic Combined	Men's individual
Silver	August Kiuru Teuvo Laukkanen Sauli Rytky Lauri Silvennoinen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Silver	Martti Huhtala	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Silver	Lassi Parkkinen	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m
Bronze	Benjamin Vanninen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Bronze	Pentti Lammio	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aimo Vartiainen	Downhill					3:36.4	53
Pentti Alonen						3:22.3	39
Pentti Alonen	Slalom	1:18.1	26	1:17.7	36	2:35.8	32
Aimo Vartiainen		1:14.0	20	1:11.0	26	2:25.0	21

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Aimo Vartiainen	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Pentti Alonen	1:29.0	1:11.2	26	26.38	28

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Pauli Salonen	1'22:28	24
	Olavi Sihvonen	1'22:26	23
	Eero Rautiola	1'20:18	12
	Martti Huhtala	1'19:28	10
	Teuvo Laukkanen	1'18:51	8
	August Kiuru	1'18:25	7
	Sauli Rytky	1'18:10	6
	Heikki Hasu	1'16:43	4
50 km	Martti Sipilä	DNF	–
	Pekka Kuvaja	4'10:02	7
	Pekka Vanninen	3'57:58	4
	Benjamin Vanninen	3'57:28

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Lauri Silvennoinen Teuvo Laukkanen Sauli Rytky August Kiuru	2'41:06

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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 would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping					Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Distance 3	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Pauli Salonen	Individual	207.00	9	63.0	62.0 (fall)	60.5	206.3	10	413.30	7
Olavi Sihvonen		207.00	8	60.0	65.0	60.0	209.2	7	416.20	5
Martti Huhtala		224.15	2	62.0	61.0	61.5	209.5	6	433.65
Heikki Hasu		240.00	1	57.0	61.5	64.0	208.8	8	448.80

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Erkki Rajala	Normal hill	DNF	–	DNF	–
Leo Laakso		66.0	69.5	221.7	6
Aatto Pietikäinen		69.0	68.0	215.4	8
Matti Pietikäinen		69.5	69.0	224.6	4

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Kalevi Laitinen	45.3	17
	Lassi Parkkinen	45.2	16
	Antero Ojala	44.8	14
	Keijo Lehdikkö	44.7	13
1500 m	Pentti Lammio	2:23.9	21
	Antero Ojala	2:21.4	12
	Kalevi Laitinen	2:20.3	7
	Lassi Parkkinen	2:19.6	4
5000 m	Antero Ojala	9:06.2	26
	Kalevi Laitinen	8:53.0	15
	Lassi Parkkinen	8:45.0	9
	Pentti Lammio	8:40.7	8
10,000 m	Kalevi Laitinen	DNF	–
	Pentti Lammio	17:42.7
	Lassi Parkkinen	17:36.0

References

• Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com