Finland at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Finland at the 1936 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors	19 (men) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Sulo Nurmela
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Finland competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Kalle Jalkanen Klaes Karppinen Matti Lähde Sulo Nurmela	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Silver	Birger Wasenius	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Silver	Birger Wasenius	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m
Bronze	Pekka Niemi	Cross-country skiing	Men's 18 km
Bronze	Birger Wasenius	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Bronze	Antero Ojala	Speed skating	Men's 5000m

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Matti Lähde	1'20:21	15
	Kalle Jalkanen	1'19:27	12
	Sulo Nurmela	1'18:20	7
	Pekka Niemi	1'16:59
50 km	Kalle Heikkinen	3'54:25	14
	Pekka Niemi	3'44:14	8
	Frans Heikkinen	3'42:44	7
	Klaes Karppinen	3'39:33	5

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Sulo Nurmela Klaes Karppinen Matti Lähde Kalle Jalkanen	2'41:33

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Marcus Nikkanen	Men's singles	6	9	54	380.7	7

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1936 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 of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

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.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski Jumping				Total
		Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lauri Valonen	Individual	1'26:34	178.6	26	52.0	54.5	222.6	1	401.2	4
Pertti Mattila		1'26:21	179.7	25	45.0	47.0	188.7	21	368.4	19
Timo Murama		1'24:52	187.5	13	49.0	48.0	205.8	5	393.3	7
Niilo Nikunen		1'23:59	192.2	9	47.5	45.5	191.6	15	383.8	10

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sauli Pälli	Normal hill	71.0	42.7	47	68.5	37.6	47	80.3	47
Timo Murama		71.0	100.9	22	70.0	101.3	21	202.2	24
Väinö Tiihonen		71.5	108.0	9	70.0	107.3	7	215.3	9
Lauri Valonen		73.5	113.2	5	67.0	106.2	11	219.4	6

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Ossi Blomqvist	46.2	19
	Birger Wasenius	44.9	8
	Jorma Ruissalo	44.9	8
	Antero Ojala	44.9	8
1500 m	Åke Ekman	2:27.2	20
	Antero Ojala	2:23.2	9
	Ossi Blomqvist	2:23.2	9
	Birger Wasenius	2:20.9
5000 m	Åke Ekman	9:00.4	22
	Ossi Blomqvist	8:36.6	6
	Antero Ojala	8:30.1
	Birger Wasenius	8:23.3
10,000 m	Antero Ojala	17:46.6	7
	Ossi Blomqvist	17:42.4	5
	Birger Wasenius	17:28.2

References

• (ed.) Peter von le Fort (1936). IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht (PDF) (in German). Berlin: Reichssportverlag. Retrieved 2008-06-10. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1936, full results by sports-reference.com