Finland at the 1964 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	FIN
Nocname:	Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1964
Website:
Location:	Innsbruck
Competitors:	52 (46 men, 6 women)
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Veikko Hakulinen, cross-country skiing
Rank:	4
Gold:	3
Silver:	4
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's 15 km
			Men's 30 km (mass start)
			Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
			Men's 4 × 10 km relay
			Women's 5 km
			Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
			Women's 1500m
			Men's 50 km
			Women's 3 x 5 km relay
			Women's 1000m

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ulf Ekstam	Downhill	2:27.31	26
Raimo Manninen	Downhill	2:23.94	22
Ulf Ekstam	Giant Slalom	2:01.78	36
Raimo Manninen	Giant Slalom	1:55.05	17

Men's slalom

Athlete	Qualifying				Final
Athlete	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

See main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

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

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
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
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

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
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

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

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.

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Medal round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		7	7	0	0	54	10	14
2		7	5	2	0	47	16	10
3		7	5	2	0	38	19	10
4		7	5	2	0	32	17	10
5		7	2	5	0	29	33	4
6		7	2	5	0	10	31	4
7		7	2	5	0	13	49	4
8		7	0	7	0	9	57	0

Finland 4-0 Switzerland
Czechoslovakia 4-0 Finland
Sweden 7-0 Finland
USSR 10-0 Finland
Canada 6-2 Finland
Finland 3-2 USA
Germany (UTG) 2-1 Finland

	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

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	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

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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
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

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	48.8	16
500 m	Kaija Mustonen	48.0	13
1000 m	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	1:37.6	8
1000 m	Kaija Mustonen	1:34.8
1500 m	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	2:30.0	8
1500 m	Kaija Mustonen	2:25.5
3000 m	Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka	5:29.4	10
3000 m	Kaija Mustonen	5:24.3	5

References