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Finland at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Finland at the
1964 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Innsbruck
Competitors52 (46 men, 6 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearersVeikko Hakulinen, cross-country skiing
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
10
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Eero Mäntyranta Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
  Gold Eero Mäntyranta Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km (mass start)
  Gold Veikko Kankkonen Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
  Silver Väinö Huhtala
Kalevi Laurila
Eero Mäntyranta
Arto Tiainen		 Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
  Silver Mirja Lehtonen Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km
  Silver Veikko Kankkonen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
  Silver Kaija Mustonen Speed skating Women's 1500m
  Bronze Arto Tiainen Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
  Bronze Mirja Lehtonen
Senja Pusula
Toini Pöysti		 Cross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay
  Bronze Kaija Mustonen Speed skating Women's 1000m

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Ulf Ekstam Downhill 2:27.31 26
Raimo Manninen 2:23.94 22
Ulf Ekstam Giant Slalom 2:01.78 36
Raimo Manninen 1:55.05 17
Men's slalom
Athlete Qualifying Final
Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Ulf Ekstam 57.11 36 58.48 20 QF DSQ – – – DSQ –
Raimo Manninen 56.33 32 55.41 5 QF 1:14.82 22 1:05.45 22 2:20.27 22

Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Esko Marttinen 1'24:50.2 5 1'34:50.2 23
Veikko Hakulinen 1'19:37.9 6 1'31:37.9 15
Antti Tyrväinen 1'22:09.0 4 1'30:09.0 13
Hannu Posti 1'25:16.5 1 1'27:16.5 8
1 Two minutes added per miss.

Cross-country skiing

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Mens 4 × 10 km cross country race, Finnish team
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Eino Huhtala 52:18.2 11
Kalevi Laurila 51:59.8 9
Väinö Huhtala 51:45.4 4
Eero Mäntyranta 50.54.1  
30 km Väinö Huhtala 1'33:38.1 14
Arto Tiainen 1'33:37.7 13
Kalevi Laurila 1'32:41.4 6
Eero Mäntyranta 1'30:50.7  
50 km Kalevi Hämäläinen 2'52:22.3 16
Lauri Bergqvist 2'52:08.0 15
Eero Mäntyranta 2'47:47.1 9
Arto Tiainen 2'45:30.4  
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Väinö Huhtala
Arto Tiainen
Kalevi Laurila
Eero Mäntyranta 		2'18:42.4  
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Senja Pusula 18:45.7 9
Eeva Ruoppa 18:29.8 8
Toini Pöysti 18:25.5 5
Mirja Lehtonen 17:52.9  
10 km Mirja Lehtonen 42:06.9 10
Eeva Ruoppa 41:58.1 9
Senja Pusula 41:17.8 6
Toini Pöysti 41:17.4 5
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Senja Pusula
Toini Pöysti
Mirja Lehtonen 		1'02:45.1  

Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics

First round

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Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
  Austria 2–8   Finland

Medal round

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Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1   Soviet Union 7 7 0 0 54 10 14
2   Sweden 7 5 2 0 47 16 10
3   Czechoslovakia 7 5 2 0 38 19 10
4   Canada 7 5 2 0 32 17 10
5   United States 7 2 5 0 29 33 4
6   Finland 7 2 5 0 10 31 4
7   Germany 7 2 5 0 13 49 4
8    Switzerland 7 0 7 0 9 57 0
  • Finland 4-0 Switzerland
  • Czechoslovakia 4-0 Finland
  • Sweden 7-0 Finland
  • USSR 10-0 Finland
  • Canada 6-2 Finland
  • Finland 3-2 USA
  • Germany (UTG) 2-1 Finland
Contestants
Raimo Kilpiö
Juhani Lahtinen
Rauno Lehtiö
Esko Luostarinen
Ilkka Mesikämmen
Seppo Nikkilä
Kalevi Numminen
Lasse Oksanen
Jorma Peltonen
Heino Pulli
Matti Reunamäki
Jouni Seistamo
Jorma Suokko
Juhani Wahlsten
Jarmo Wasama
Esko Kaonpää

Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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
Raimo Partanen Individual 59.0 53.0 156.6 29 54:15.9 191.78 16 348.38 26
Esa Klinga 62.5 52.0 173.1 26 55:22.4 179.49 20 352.59 25
Erkki Luiro 65.5 62.5 207.0 14 56:57.3 162.50 27 369.50 22
Raimo Majuri 67.0 59.5 192.7 19 55:44.5 175.52 21 368.22 23

Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Antero Immonen Normal hill 71.5 97.7 72.0 97.6 195.3 31
Veikko Kankkonen 80.0 115.9 79.0 114.0 229.9  
Niilo Halonen 75.5 102.8 74.5 100.6 203.4 14
Ensio Hyytiä 73.5 101.5 74.0 100.9 202.4 20
Ensio Hyytiä Large hill 87.0 101.6 76.5 96.9 198.5 23
Antero Immonen 86.0 98.9 80.0 95.9 194.8 31
Niilo Halonen 88.0 105.8 83.0 100.0 205.8 14
Veikko Kankkonen 95.5 118.9 90.5 110.0 228.9  

Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Toivo Salonen 42.2 23
Juhani Järvinen 41.9 19
Pekke Lattunen 41.8 16
Simo Rinne 41.4 10
1500 m Seppo Hänninen 2:16.0 23
Jouko Jokinen 2:15.6 19
Juhani Järvinen 2:12.4 8
Jouko Launonen 2:11.9 4
5000 m Toivo Salonen 8:10.2 21
Jouko Launonen 8:03.5 18
Kalervo Hietala 7:58.8 15
10,000 m Kalervo Hietala 17:12.9 26
Juhani Järvinen 17:05.0 20
Jouko Launonen 16:49.8 14
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka 48.8 16
Kaija Mustonen 48.0 13
1000 m Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka 1:37.6 8
Kaija Mustonen 1:34.8  
1500 m Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka 2:30.0 8
Kaija Mustonen 2:25.5  
3000 m Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka 5:29.4 10
Kaija Mustonen 5:24.3 5

References

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