Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics

1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936...

in St. Moritz

St. Moritz

St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Nordic Combined Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics At the 1948 Winter Olympics, the Individual Nordic combined event was contested.-Individual:February 1, 1948-References:*...	Men's individual
		Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 18 km competition was held on Saturday, January 31, 1948, the relay event was held on Tuesday, February 3, 1948, and the 50 km event was held on Friday, February 6, 1948....	Men's 4 x 10km relay
		Nordic combined Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics At the 1948 Winter Olympics, the Individual Nordic combined event was contested.-Individual:February 1, 1948-References:*...	Men's individual
		Speed skating Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics -Medal summary:-Participating nations:Twelve speed skaters competed in all four events.A total of 68 speed skaters from 15 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:-Medal table:-References:*...	Men's 10,000m
		Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 18 km competition was held on Saturday, January 31, 1948, the relay event was held on Tuesday, February 3, 1948, and the 50 km event was held on Friday, February 6, 1948....	Men's 50km
		Speed skating Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics -Medal summary:-Participating nations:Twelve speed skaters competed in all four events.A total of 68 speed skaters from 15 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:-Medal table:-References:*...	Men's 10,000m

Alpine skiing

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 atlethes 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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Pauli Salonen Pauli Salonen Pauli Salonen was a Finnish nordic combined skier who competed during the 1940's. He finished 7th in the individual event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.-External links:**...	1'22:28	24
	Olavi Sihvonen Olavi Sihvonen Olavi Sihoven was a Finnish nordic combined skier who competed in the 1940s. He finished fifth in the Nordic combined event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.-External links:...	1'22:26	23
	Eero Rautiola	1'20:18	12
	Martti Huhtala Martti Huhtala Martti Elias Huhtala was a Finnish Nordic combined athletes who competed in the late 1940s. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz in the Nordic combined Individual.-External links:*...	1'19:28	10
	Teuvo Laukkanen Teuvo Laukkanen Teuvo Johannes Laukkanen was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1940's.He was born and died in Pielavesi.He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz in the 4 x 10km relay....	1'18:51	8
	August Kiuru August Kiuru August Kiuru was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won two silver medals in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1956 Winter Olympics...	1'18:25	7
	Sauli Rytky Sauli Rytky Sauli Rytky was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1940s.He was born in Haapavesi....	1'18:10	6
	Heikku Hasu	1'16:43	4
50 km	Martti Sipilä	DNF	–
	Pekka Kuvaja Pekka Kuvaja Armas Petter "Pekka" Kuvaja was a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s.He was born in Heinävesi and died in Tampere....	4'10:02	7
	Pekka Vanninen Pekka Vanninen Pekka Vanninen was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics.He was born in Sortavalan maalaiskunta and died in Jämsä.In 1948 he finished fourth in the 50 kilometre event....	3'57:58	4
	Benjam Vanninen	3'57:28

Men's 4 x 10km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Lauri Silvennoinen Lauri Silvennoinen Lauri Silvennoinen was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1940's. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz in the 4 x 10 km relay.-References:*... Teuvo Laukkanen Teuvo Laukkanen Teuvo Johannes Laukkanen was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1940's.He was born and died in Pielavesi.He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz in the 4 x 10km relay.... Sauli Rytky Sauli Rytky Sauli Rytky was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1940s.He was born in Haapavesi.... August Kiuru August Kiuru August Kiuru was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won two silver medals in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1956 Winter Olympics...	2'41:06

Nordic combined

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

Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 18 km competition was held on Saturday, January 31, 1948, the relay event was held on Tuesday, February 3, 1948, and the 50 km event was held on Friday, February 6, 1948....

, 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 Pauli Salonen Pauli Salonen was a Finnish nordic combined skier who competed during the 1940's. He finished 7th in the individual event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.-External links:**...	Individual	207.00	9	63.0	62.0 (fall)	60.5	206.3	10	413.30	7
Olavi Sihvonen Olavi Sihvonen Olavi Sihoven was a Finnish nordic combined skier who competed in the 1940s. He finished fifth in the Nordic combined event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.-External links:...		207.00	8	60.0	65.0	60.0	209.2	7	416.20	5
Martti Huhtala Martti Huhtala Martti Elias Huhtala was a Finnish Nordic combined athletes who competed in the late 1940s. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz in the Nordic combined Individual.-External links:*...		224.15	2	62.0	61.0	61.5	209.5	6	433.65
Heikki Hasu Heikki Hasu Heikki Vihtori Hasu is a Finnish Nordic skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s who was born in Sippola....		240.00	1	57.0	61.5	64.0	208.8	8	448.80

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Erkki Rajala	Normal hill	DNF	–	DNF	–
Leo Laakso Leo Laakso Leo Laakso was a Finnish ski jumper who competed in the 1940's. He finished 6th in the individual large hill competition at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.-External links:**...		66.0	69.5	221.7	6
Aatto Pietikäinen Aatto Pietikäinen Aatto Pietikäinen was a Finnish ski jumper who competed in the 1940s. He finished eighth in the individual large hill event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.- External links :* *...		69.0	68.0	215.4	8
Matti Pietikäinen Matti Pietikäinen Matti Pietikäinen was a Finnish ski jumper who competed in the 1950s. He won the ski jumping gold medal at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun....		69.5	69.0	224.6	4

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Kalevi Laitinen Kalevi Laitinen (speed skater) Kalevi Johannes Laitinen was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympics.He was born in Kuusankoski and died in Kauniainen....	45.3	17
	Lassi Parkkinen Lassi Parkkinen Lauri Rikhard Parkkinen was a Finnish speed skater.Lassi Parkkinen was born in Varkaus, an industrial town in the southeast of Finland. He made his debut at the World Allround Championships in 1938, finishing ninth...	45.2	16
	Antero Ojala Antero Ojala Yrjö Antero Ojala was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1948 Winter Olympics.In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres competition...	44.8	14
	Keijo Lehdikkö	44.7	13
1500 m	Pentti Lammio Pentti Lammio Pentti Johannes Lammio was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympics.He was born in Tampere and died in Kulju, Lempäälä....	2:23.9	21
	Antero Ojala Antero Ojala Yrjö Antero Ojala was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1948 Winter Olympics.In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres competition...	2:21.4	12
	Kalevi Laitinen Kalevi Laitinen (speed skater) Kalevi Johannes Laitinen was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympics.He was born in Kuusankoski and died in Kauniainen....	2:20.3	7
	Lassi Parkkinen Lassi Parkkinen Lauri Rikhard Parkkinen was a Finnish speed skater.Lassi Parkkinen was born in Varkaus, an industrial town in the southeast of Finland. He made his debut at the World Allround Championships in 1938, finishing ninth...	2:19.6	4
5000 m	Antero Ojala Antero Ojala Yrjö Antero Ojala was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1948 Winter Olympics.In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres competition...	9:06.2	26
	Kalevi Laitinen Kalevi Laitinen (speed skater) Kalevi Johannes Laitinen was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympics.He was born in Kuusankoski and died in Kauniainen....	8:53.0	15
	Lassi Parkkinen Lassi Parkkinen Lauri Rikhard Parkkinen was a Finnish speed skater.Lassi Parkkinen was born in Varkaus, an industrial town in the southeast of Finland. He made his debut at the World Allround Championships in 1938, finishing ninth...	8:45.0	9
	Pentti Lammio Pentti Lammio Pentti Johannes Lammio was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympics.He was born in Tampere and died in Kulju, Lempäälä....	8:40.7	8
10,000 m	Kalevi Laitinen Kalevi Laitinen (speed skater) Kalevi Johannes Laitinen was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympics.He was born in Kuusankoski and died in Kauniainen....	DNF	–
	Pentti Lammio Pentti Lammio Pentti Johannes Lammio was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympics.He was born in Tampere and died in Kulju, Lempäälä....	17:42.7
	Lassi Parkkinen Lassi Parkkinen Lauri Rikhard Parkkinen was a Finnish speed skater.Lassi Parkkinen was born in Varkaus, an industrial town in the southeast of Finland. He made his debut at the World Allround Championships in 1938, finishing ninth...	17:36.0