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Finland at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Finland at the; 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Helsinki
Competitors	258 (228 men, 30 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Väinö Suvivuo
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 6 Silver 3 Bronze 13 Total 22
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Finland was the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. 258 competitors, 228 men and 30 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports.^[1] The nation won 22 medals.

Athletics

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Main Round (Group B)
- Lost to Mexico (48-66)
- Lost to Soviet Union (35-47)
- Lost to Bulgaria (64-65) → did not advance, 16th place
Team Roster

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

Raino Koskenkorva — 5:23:34.6 (→ 42nd place)
Paul Backman — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Paul Nyman — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Ruben Forsblom — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Onni Kasslin
- Final — 1:15.3 (→ 14th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Helge Törn — 27th and last place

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

Helge Vasenius
- Preliminary Round — 65.41 points (→ 14th place)
Olavi Heinonen
- Preliminary Round — 58.06 points (→ 29th place)

Equestrian

Fencing

11 fencers, 8 men and 3 women, represented Finland in 1952.

Men's foil

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Kauko Jalkanen, Erkki Kerttula, Rolf Wiik, Nils Sjöblom, Jaakko Vuorinen, Paavo Miettinen

Women's foil

Football

Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1952, winning bronze in the team event.

Individual

Team

Ole Mannonen
Lauri Vilkko
Olavi Rokka

Rowing

Finland had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

Men's single sculls

Sevi Holmsten

Men's double sculls

Men's coxless pair

Men's coxed pair

Men's coxless four

Men's coxed four

Men's eight

Sailing

Shooting

Eleven shooters represented Finland in 1952. Vilho Ylönen won a silver medal in the 50 m rifle, three positions and Tauno Mäki won a bronze medal in the 100m running deer.

25 m pistol

50 m pistol

300 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, prone

100m running deer

Trap

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

^ "Finland at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Finland Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

External links

[sports-reference-1] "Finland at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Finland Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

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Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics