Finland at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Finland at the
1964 Winter Olympics
IOC code FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Website sport.fi/olympiakomitea (Finnish) (Swedish)
in Innsbruck
Competitors 52 (46 men, 6 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Veikko Hakulinen, Cross Country Skiing
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
3 4 3 10
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Mäntyranta, EeroEero Mäntyranta Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
 Gold Mäntyranta, EeroEero Mäntyranta Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km (mass start)
 Gold Kankkonen, VeikkoVeikko Kankkonen Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
 Silver Huhtala, VäinöVäinö Huhtala
Laurila, KaleviKalevi Laurila
Mäntyranta, EeroEero Mäntyranta
Tiainen, ArtoArto Tiainen 		Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
 Silver Lehtonen, MirjaMirja Lehtonen Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km
 Silver Kankkonen, VeikkoVeikko Kankkonen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
 Silver Mustonen, KaijaKaija Mustonen Speed skating Women's 1500m
 Bronze Tiainen, ArtoArto Tiainen Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
 Bronze Lehtonen, MirjaMirja Lehtonen
Pusula, SenjaSenja Pusula
Pöysti, ToiniToini Pöysti 		Cross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay
 Bronze Mustonen, KaijaKaija Mustonen Speed skating Women's 1000m

Alpine skiing

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

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

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 1st, gold medalist(s)
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 1st, gold medalist(s)
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 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Väinö Huhtala
Arto Tiainen
Kalevi Laurila
Eero Mäntyranta		 2'18:42.4 2nd, silver medalist(s)
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 2nd, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Ice hockey

First Round

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

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 7700541014
2  Sweden 7520471610
3  Czechoslovakia 7520381910
4  Canada 7520321710
5  United States 725029334
6  Finland 725010314
7  Germany 725013494
8   Switzerland 70709570
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

Events:

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

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 1st, gold medalist(s)
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 2nd, silver medalist(s)

Speed skating

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 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
1500 m Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka 2:30.0 8
Kaija Mustonen 2:25.5 2nd, silver medalist(s)
3000 m Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka 5:29.4 10
Kaija Mustonen 5:24.3 5

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