Finland at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Finland at the 1924 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Chamonix
Competitors	17 (16 men, 1 woman) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Armas Palmros[1]
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 11
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Finland competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Finnish athletes won a total of 11 medals. The majority of these were awarded in speed skating, to Clas Thunberg and Julius Skutnabb.

Medalists

The following Finnish competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are in bold.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Clas Thunberg	Speed skating	Men's 1500 m
Gold	Clas Thunberg	Speed skating	Men's 5000 m
Gold	Julius Skutnabb	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 m
Gold	Clas Thunberg	Speed skating	Men's all-round
Silver	Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson	Figure skating	Pairs
Silver	Väinö Bremer August Eskelinen Heikki Hirvonen Martti Lappalainen	Military patrol	Men's event
Silver	Julius Skutnabb	Speed skating	Men's 5000 m
Silver	Clas Thunberg	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 m
Bronze	Tapani Niku	Cross-country skiing	Men's 18 km
Bronze	Clas Thunberg	Speed skating	Men's 500 m
Bronze	Julius Skutnabb	Speed skating	Men's all-round

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Anton Collin	1'33:54.6	16
	Matti Ritola	1'25:13.0	11
	Matti Raivio	1'19:10.4	7
	Tapani Niku	1'16:26.0
50 km	Anton Collin	DNF
	Erkki Kämäräinen	DNF
	Tapani Niku	DNF
	Matti Raivio	4'06:50	7

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson	18.5	10.25

Military patrol

Main article: Military patrol at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Athletes	Time	Shots on target	Final Time (-30s./hit)	Rank
August Eskelinen Heikki Hirvonen Martti Lappalainen Väinö Bremer	4'05:40	11	4'00:10

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1924 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. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes (here: 4) could represent a country per event.

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	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Verner Eklöf	Individual	37.0	37.0	14.916	11	1'34.11	10.250	11	12.583	9
Sulo Jääskeläinen		41.5	41.0	16.604	6	1'42.30	6.125	19	11.365	16

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Total	Rank
Tuure Nieminen	Normal hill	42.5	16.192	14	41.0	16.333	16.263	13
Sulo Jääskeläinen		42.5	16.543	10	42.5	16.293	16.418	11

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Clas Thunberg	44.8
	Asser Wallenius	45.0	5
	Julius Skutnabb	46.4	10
1500 m	Clas Thunberg	2:20.8
	Julius Skutnabb	2:26.6	4
	Asser Wallenius	DNF
5000 m	Clas Thunberg	8:39.0
	Julius Skutnabb	8:48.4
	Asser Wallenius	9:12.8	10
10,000 m	Julius Skutnabb	18:04.8
	Clas Thunberg	18:07.8
	Asser Wallenius	19:03.8	10

All-round
Distances: 500 m; 5000 m; 1500 m & 10,000 m.

Athlete	Until distance 1			Until distance 2			Until distance 3			Total
	Points	Score	rank	Points	Score	rank	Points	Score	rank	Points	Score	rank
Clas Thunberg	1,5	44.80	1	2.5	96.70	1	3.5	143.63	1	5.5	198.02
Julius Skutnabb	7	46.40	7	8	99.24	3	11	148.11	3	11	202.35
Asser Wallenius	3	45.00	3	10	100.28	5	DNF

References

1. "Flagbearers for Finland". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

Sources

• M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français (ed.). Les Jeux de la VIII^e Olympiade Paris 1924 - Rapport Officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1924, full results by sports-reference.com