Finland at the 1924 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	FIN
Nocname:	Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1924
Website:
Location:	Paris
Competitors:	121 (all men)
Sports:	12
Flagbearer:	Elmer Niklander^[1]
Rank:	2
Gold:	14
Silver:	13
Bronze:	10
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1908
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 121 competitors, all men, took part in 69 events in 12 sports.^[2]

Medalists

Name	Sport	Event
		Men's 1500 m
		Men's 5000 m
		Men's individual cross country
		Men's 10,000 m
		Men's 3000 m steeplechase
, Paavo Nurmi, Ville Ritola		Men's 3000 m team race
	Athletics	Men's marathon
, Paavo Nurmi, Ville Ritola	Athletics	Men's team cross country
	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
	Athletics	Men's pentathlon
		Men's freestyle bantamweight
		Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
		Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
		Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
		Men's 5000 m
		Men's individual cross country
		Men's 400 m hurdles
		Men's 3000 m steeplechase
	Athletics	Men's discus throw
	Shooting	Men's trap
		Men's freestyle bantamweight
		Men's freestyle lightweight
		Men's freestyle welterweight
		Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
		Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
		Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
		Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
		Men's 10,000 m
	Athletics	Men's triple jump
	Sailing	Monotype class
	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
, Konrad Huber, Robert Huber, Georg Nordblad, Toivo Tikkanen, Magnus Wegelius	Shooting	Men's team clay pigeons
		Men's freestyle lightweight
		Men's freestyle middleweight
		Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
		Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
		Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Fifty-two athletes represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport as well as the Games. Nurmi won gold medals and set Olympic records in both the 1500 and 5000 metre races, with Ritola very close on his heels in the 5000 for silver. The pair finished first and second in the same order in the cross country race, as well. Nurmi did not defend his 1920 title in the 10000 metres, but Ritola earned the victory and the world record in that race. Ritola took another individual gold medal in the 3000 metre steeplechase. Nurmi and Ritola were each members of both the 3000 meter team race and team cross country teams which won gold; this gave Nurmi a total of five gold medals while Ritola took four golds and two silvers.

Stenroos won the marathon, while Myyrä took the javelin championship and Lehtonen finished first in the pentathlon. In all, the Finnish athletes took 17 medals, 10 of which were gold. They were second place behind the United States in both the total and gold medal counts in athletics.

Wilén earned an odd distinction: he set an Olympic record in a race which he did not win. He finished third in the 400 metre hurdles final after a pair of American hurdlers. The race winner, however, had knocked over a hurdle and his time was therefore ineligible to be considered a record. The second place runner had strayed outside his lane and was therefore disqualified. The result of all this was that Wilén received a silver medal and an Olympic record.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Erik Åström	400 m	52.1	2 Q	align=center colspan=2	did not start	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Eero Berg	10000 m	align=center colspan=6	N/A	31:43.0
Eero Berg	Cross country	align=center colspan=6	N/A	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Kalle Ebb	3000 m steeplechase	align=center colspan=4	N/A	Unknown	3 Q	9:57.5	5
Yrjö Ekqvist	Javelin throw	align=center colspan=4	N/A	56.15m	4 Q	57.56m	4
Erik Eriksson	Hammer throw	align=center colspan=4	N/A	47.975m	3 Q	48.74m	4
Väinö Eskola	100 m	11.1	3	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Reijo Halme	100 m	Unknown	2 Q	11.5	5	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Lauri Halonen	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	2:49:47.4	4
Lauri Härö	100 m	11.3	3	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Lauri Härö	200 m	Unknown	4	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Yrjö Helander	Pole vault	align=center colspan=4	N/A	3.20	9	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Henrik Hietakari	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Anton Husgafvel	100 m	Unknown	4	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Antti Huusari	Decathlon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	7005.175	4
Gösta Jansson	800 m	align=center colspan=2	N/A	1:59.9	3 Q	1:59.4	5	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Nestori Järvelä	3000 m steeplechase	align=center colspan=4	N/A	Unknown	4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Pekka Johansson	Javelin throw	align=center colspan=4	N/A	55.10	4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Martti Jukola	400 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2	N/A	57.7	2 Q	58.6	5	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Elias Katz	3000 m steeplechase	align=center colspan=4	N/A	9:43.8	1 Q	9:44.0
Hannes Kolehmainen	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Bror Kraemer	High jump	align=center colspan=4	N/A	1.70	2	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Ville Kyrönen	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Hugo Lahtinen	Pentathlon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	27	6
Eero Lehtonen	Pentathlon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	14
Leo Leino	Pentathlon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	23	4
Frej Liewendahl	1500 m	align=center colspan=4	N/A	4:07.4	2 Q	4:00.3	8
Heikki Liimatainen	Cross country	align=center colspan=6	N/A	38:18.0	12
Jaakko Luoma	1500 m	align=center colspan=4	N/A	4:14.8	2 Q	4:03.9	12
Heikki Malmivirta	Discus throw	align=center colspan=4	N/A	41.16	2	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Jonni Myyrä	Javelin throw	align=center colspan=4	N/A	59.30	2 Q	62.96
Elmer Niklander	Shot put	align=center colspan=4	N/A	14.265	3 Q	14.265	6
Elmer Niklander	Discus throw	align=center colspan=4	N/A	42.09	3	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Vilho Niittymaa	Discus throw	align=center colspan=4	N/A	44.95	2 Q	44.95
Paavo Nurmi	1500 m	align=center colspan=4	N/A	4:07.6	1 Q	3:53.6
	5000 m	align=center colspan=4	N/A	15:28.6	1 Q	14:31.2
	Cross country	align=center colspan=6	N/A	32:54.8
Urho Peltonen	Javelin throw	align=center colspan=4	N/A	55.67	3	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Arvo Peussa	1500 m	align=center colspan=4	N/A	4:17.4	1 Q	4:00.6	9
Ville Pörhölä	Shot put	align=center colspan=4	N/A	14.10	3	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Väinö Rainio	Long jump	align=center colspan=4	N/A	6.54	6	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Väinö Rainio	Triple jump	align=center colspan=4	N/A	14.94	2 Q	15.01	4
Eino Rastas	5000 m	align=center colspan=4	N/A	15:22.2	1 Q	Unknown	11
Eino Rastas	Cross country	align=center colspan=6	N/A	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Ville Ritola	5000 m	align=center colspan=4	N/A	15:32.1	3 Q	14:31.4
	10000 m	align=center colspan=6	N/A	30:23.2
	3000 m steeplechase	align=center colspan=4	N/A	9:59.0	1 Q	9:33.6
	Cross country	align=center colspan=6	N/A	34:19.4
Julius Ruotsalainen	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Pauli Sandström	Long jump	align=center colspan=4	N/A	6.83	2	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Eino Seppälä	5000 m	align=center colspan=4	N/A	15:34.6	3 Q	15:18.4	5
Väinö Sipilä	10000 m	align=center colspan=6	N/A	31:50.2	4
Väinö Sipilä	Cross country	align=center colspan=6	N/A	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Albin Stenroos	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	2:41:22.6
Armas Taipale	Discus throw	align=center colspan=4	N/A	40.215	4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Akseli Takala	Shot put	align=center colspan=4	N/A	13.315	2	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Hannes Torpo	Shot put	align=center colspan=4	N/A	14.45	1 Q	14.45	4
Vilho Tuulos	Long jump	align=center colspan=4	N/A	7.07	2 Q	7.07	4
Vilho Tuulos	Triple jump	align=center colspan=4	N/A	14.84	5 Q	15.37
Erik Wilén	400 m	54.8	2 Q	49.6	3	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Erik Wilén	400 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2	N/A	55.3	2 Q	55.4	3 Q	53.8
Iivari Yrjölä	Pentathlon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Iivari Yrjölä	Decathlon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Paavo Yrjölä	Decathlon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	6548.525	9
Väinö Eskola Reijo Halme Lauri Härö Anton Husgafval	4 × 100 m relay	align=center colspan=2	N/A	42.6	3	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Erik Åström Hirsch Drisin Eero Lehtonen Erik Wilén	4 × 400 m relay	align=center colspan=4	N/A	3:32.2	3	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Elias Katz Frej Liewendahl Paavo Nurmi Ville Ritola Eino Seppälä Sameli Tala	4 × 400 m relay	align=center colspan=4	N/A	6	1 Q	8
Eero Berg Heikki Liimatainen Paavo Nurmi Eino Rastas Ville Ritola Väinö Sipilä	Team cross country	align=center colspan=6	N/A	11

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Four cyclists represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Road cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	Final
Cyclist	Event	Result	Rank
Anton Collin	Time trial	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Erik Frank	Time trial	8:04:53.0	52
Toivo Hörkkö	Time trial	8:18:00.0	56
Ilmari Voudelin	Time trial	7:41:03.4	47
Anton Collin Erik Frank Toivo Hörkkö Ilmari Voudelin	Team time trial	24:03:56.4	13

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Six divers, all men, represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport as well as the Games. Kärkkäinen was the only Finnish diver to advance to a final, finishing ninth in the platform event.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Diver	Event	Semifinals			Final
Diver	Event	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank
Jussi Elo	Plain high diving	21.5	141	6	align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Hannes Kärkkäinen	10 m platform	16	408.2	3 Q	40.5	380.9	9
Hugo Koivuniemi	Plain high diving	28	123	6	align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Lauri Kyöstilä	10 m platform	23	363.4	5	align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Atte Lindqvist	3 m board	25	398.8	5	align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Yrjö Valkama	Plain high diving	19.5	150	5	align=center colspan=3	did not advance

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

A single equestrian represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Eight gymnasts represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport.

Artistic

Gymnast	Event	Final
Gymnast	Event	Score	Rank
Mikko Hämäläinen	All-around	65.233	61
	Horizontal bar	11.873	59
	Parallel bars	17.01	56
	Pommel horse	9.960	56
	Rings	11.160	65
	Rope climbing	0 (12.6 s)	63
	Sidehorse vault	8.00	57
	Vault	7.23	35
Väinö Karonen	All-around	65.180	63
	Horizontal bar	15.420	37
	Parallel bars	13.57	69
	Pommel horse	9.700	58
	Rings	9.160	69
	Rope climbing	3 (10.8 s)	47
	Sidehorse vault	7.83	59
	Vault	6.50	47
Eevert Kerttula	All-around	62.863	66
	Horizontal bar	12.273	55
	Parallel bars	18.63	43
	Pommel horse	8.790	60
	Rings	12.500	61
	Rope climbing	1 (11.8 s)	58
	Sidehorse vault	8.50	46
	Vault	1.17	66
Eetu Kostamo	All-around	50.443	70
	Horizontal bar	11.253	61
	Parallel bars	10.13	72
	Pommel horse	8.630	62
	Rings	9.660	68
	Rope climbing	0 (12.0 s)	60
	Sidehorse vault	7.60	64
	Vault	3.17	64
Jaakko Kunnas	All-around	73.473	51
	Horizontal bar	13.583	46
	Parallel bars	18.98	38
	Pommel horse	8.660	61
	Rings	12.750	60
	Rope climbing	5 (10.2 s)	41
	Sidehorse vault	7.27	68
	Vault	7.23	35
Aarne Roine	All-around	65.460	59
	Horizontal bar	13.280	49
	Parallel bars	15.62	63
	Pommel horse	9.130	59
	Rings	10.080	66
	Rope climbing	0 (12.6 s)	63
	Sidehorse vault	7.43	66
	Vault	7.17	38
Akseli Roine	All-around	66.503	56
	Horizontal bar	12.233	56
	Parallel bars	17.03	54
	Pommel horse	8.070	64
	Rings	12.830	59
	Rope climbing	5 (10.2 s)	41
	Sidehorse vault	6.87	69
	Vault	7.22	37
Otto Suhonen	All-around	72.843	52
	Horizontal bar	15.853	34
	Parallel bars	16.63	60
	Pommel horse	9.870	57
	Rings	9.160	69
	Rope climbing	6 (9.8 s)	35
	Sidehorse vault	8.33	50
	Vault	7.00	43
Mikko Hämäläinen Väinö Karonen Eevert Kerttula Eetu Kostamo Jaakko Kunnas Aarne Roine Akseli Roine Otto Suhonen	Team	554.948	7

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Three pentathletes represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Pentathlete	Event	Final
Pentathlete	Event	Score	Rank
Henrik Avellan	Individual	55.5	5
Väinö Bremer	Individual	66.5	9
Emil Hagelberg	Individual	110.5	25

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

A single sailor represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Fifteen sport shooters represented Finland in 1924. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport as well as the Games. Seeking unsuccessfully to win its first gold medal in the sport, Finland matched its medal totals from 1920, taking a silver and two bronzes.

Shooter	Event	Final
Shooter	Event	Score	Rank
Jalo Autonen	25 m rapid fire pistol	16	21
	100 m deer, single shots	34	12
	100 m deer, double shots	62	9
Werner Ekman	Trap	94	11
Lennart Hannelius	25 m rapid fire pistol	18
Konrad Huber	Trap	98
Heikki Huttunen	50 m rifle, prone	387	20
Heikki Huttunen	600 m free rifle	77	44
Voitto Kolho	50 m rifle, prone	388	18
Martti Liuttula	100 m deer, single shots	37	5
Martti Liuttula	100 m deer, double shots	57	15
Veli Nieminen	600 m free rifle	81	31
Georg Nordblad	Trap	89	24
Unio Sarlin	25 m rapid fire pistol	18	7
Jean Theslöf	25 m rapid fire pistol	17	9
	50 m rifle, prone	393	4
	600 m free rifle	79	35
Toivo Tikkanen	100 m deer, single shots	33	15
	100 m deer, double shots	69	6
	Trap	Unknown	31–44
Antti Valkama	50 m rifle, prone	380	38
Antti Valkama	600 m free rifle	83	19
Magnus Wegelius	100 m deer, single shots	34	12
Magnus Wegelius	100 m deer, double shots	64	7
Jalo Autonen Martti Liuttula Toivo Tikkanen Magnus Wegelius	Team deer, single shots	130	5
Jalo Autonen Martti Liuttula Toivo Tikkanen Magnus Wegelius	Team deer, double shots	239	4
Heikki Huttunen Voitto Kolho Veli Nieminen Jean Theslöf Antti Valkama	Team free rifle	628	5
Werner Ekman Konrad Huber Robert Huber Georg Nordblad Toivo Tikkanen Magnus Wegelius	Team clay pigeons	360

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Swimmer	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Swimmer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arvo Aaltonen	200 m breaststroke	3:11.0	4	did not advance
Viljo Viklund	200 m breaststroke	3:12.4	4	did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Arne Grahn	Singles	L 3–6, 0–6, 2–6	did not advance
Runar Granholm	Singles			L 2–6, 0–6, 2–6	did not advance
Ernst Schildt	Singles	L 1–6, 3–6, 4–6	did not advance
Ernst Schybergson	Singles	L 4–6, 3–6, 3–6	did not advance
Arne Grahn Ernst Schybergson	Doubles			L 1–6, 3–6, 0–6	did not advance
Runar Granholm Ernst Schildt	Doubles				L 3–6, 1–6, 4–6	did not advance

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Freestyle wrestling

Men's

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Arvo Haavisto	Lightweight		W	W	L Silver medal semifinal W Bronze medal semifinal W	Silver medal final L Bronze medal final W
Edvard Huupponen	Featherweight	W	W	W	L Bronze medal semifinal L	did not advance
Eino Leino	Welterweight		W	W	L Silver medal semifinal W	Silver medal final W
Fridolf Lundsten	Welterweight		L	did not advance
Kaarlo Mäkinen	Bantamweight		W	W	W Silver medal semifinal W	L Silver medal final W
Iisak Mylläri	Light heavyweight		W	L	did not advance
Hjalmar Nyström	Heavyweight		L	did not advance
Vilho Pekkala	Middleweight		W	W	L Bronze medal semifinal W	Bronze medal final W
Johan Penttilä	Middleweight		W	L	Silver medal semifinal W Bronze medal semifinal W	Silver medal final L Bronze medal final L	4
Kustaa Pihlajamäki	Bantamweight			W	W	W
Toivo Pohjala	Heavyweight			W	L	did not advance
Volmar Wikström	Lightweight		W	W	W Silver medal semifinal W	L Silver medal final W

Greco-Roman

Men's

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Seventh round	Eighth round	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anselm Ahlfors	Bantamweight	W	W	W	L	W	W
Kalle Anttila	Featherweight	W	W	W	W	Bye	W	W	W
Oskari Friman	Lightweight	W	W	Bye	W	W	W
Väinö Ikonen	Bantamweight	W	L	W	W	W	L
Arthur Lindfors	Middleweight	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Onni Pellinen	Light heavyweight	W	W	W	W	Bye	L	Did not advance
Edil Rosenqvist	Heavyweight	W	W	W	W	W	L
Johan Salila	Heavyweight	W	L	L	did not advance			9
Aleksander Toivola	Featherweight	W	W	W	W	W	Bye	W	L
Emil Wecksten	Light heavyweight	W	W	W	L	L	did not advance			5
Edvard Westerlund	Middleweight	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Karl Westerlund	Lightweight	W	W	L	W	W	W

Art Competitions

See main article: article and Art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Flagbearers for Finland . olympedia.org . . 27 December 2023.
Web site: Finland at the 1924 Paris Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040820/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/summer/1924/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-06-21 . sports-reference.com.