Finland at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Finland at the 1960 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Squaw Valley
Competitors	48 (42 men, 6 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Paavo Korhonen, Nordic Combined
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Finland competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Kalevi Hämäläinen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Gold	Toimi Alatalo Veikko Hakulinen Väinö Huhtala Eero Mäntyranta	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Silver	Antti Tyrväinen	Biathlon	Men's 20 km
Silver	Veikko Hakulinen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Silver	Niilo Halonen	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
Bronze	Veikko Hakulinen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
Bronze	Toini Pöysti Siiri Rantanen Eeva Ruoppa	Cross-country skiing	Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Bronze	Eevi Huttunen	Speed skating	Women's 3000m

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Missed targets	Adjusted time 1	Rank
20 km	Pentti Taskinen	1'36:29.7	7	1'50:29.7	18
	Eero Laine	1'33:28.3	7	1'47:28.3	15
	Martti Meinilä	1'29:17.0	5	1'39:17.0	8
	Antti Tyrväinen	1'29:57.7	2	1'33:57.7

¹ Two minutes added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Toimi Alatalo	54:52.7	23
	Väinö Huhtala	53:11.5	13
	Eero Mäntyranta	52:40.6	6
	Veikko Hakulinen	52:03.0
30 km	Arto Tiainen	1'58:56.6	18
	Kalevi Hämäläinen	1'56:54.4	12
	Toimi Alatalo	1'54:06.5	7
	Veikko Hakulinen	1'54:02.0	6
50 km	Veikko Räsänen	3'06:04.4	8
	Pentti Pelkonen	3'05:24.5	6
	Veikko Hakulinen	2'59:26.7
	Kalevi Hämäläinen	2'59:06.3

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Toimi Alatalo Eero Mäntyranta Väinö Huhtala Veikko Hakulinen	2'18:45.6

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km	Eva Hög	44:05.0	17
	Siiri Rantanen	42:52.7	15
	Eeva Ruoppa	42:12.8	11
	Toini Pöysti	40:41.9	6

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Siiri Rantanen Eeva Ruoppa Toini Pöysti	1'06:27.5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	2	2	0	0	16	4	4
2	Germany	2	1	1	0	4	9	2
3	Finland	2	0	2	0	5	12	0

• USSR 8-4 Finland
• Germany (UTG) 4-1 Finland

Consolation round

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Finland 7th	4	3	0	1	50	11	7
Japan	4	2	1	1	32	22	5
Australia	4	0	4	0	8	57	0

• Finland 14-1 Australia
• Finland 6-6 Japan
• Finland 19-2 Australia
• Finland 11-2 Japan

Contestants Yrjö Hakala Raimo Kilpiö Erkki Koiso Juhani Lahtinen Matti Lampainen Esko Luostarinen Esko Niemi Pertti Nieminen Kalevi Numminen Heino Pulli Kalevi Rassa Teppo Rastio Jorma Salmi Jouni Seistamo Voitto Soini Seppo Vainio Juhani Wahlsten

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Martti Maatela	Individual	56.0	64.5	202.0	17	1'06:13.5	210.000	24	412.000	23
Pekka Ristola		62.0	63.5	214.0	6	59:32.8	235.871	6	449.871	4
Ensio Hyytiä		63.5	63.0	212.5	9	1'08:14.0	202.258	29	414.758	22
Paavo Korhonen		62.5	62.0	197.5	24	59:08.0	237.484	3	434.984	9

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Veikko Kankkonen	Normal hill	86.5 fall	72.0	44	75.0	96.0	32	168.0	40
Eino Kirjonen		85.5	104.2	12	79.5	101.6	21	205.8	17
Juhani Kärkinen		87.5	108.3	4	82.0	103.1	14	211.4	8
Niilo Halonen		92.5	111.3	2	83.5	111.3	3	222.6

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Jouko Jokinen	45.1	42
	Leo Tynkkynen	42.1	19
	Juhani Järvinen	41.8	16
	Toivo Salonen	40.9	7
1500 m	Keijo Tapiovaara	2:19.2	23
	Toivo Salonen	2:13.1	7
	Juhani Järvinen	2:13.1	5
	Jouko Jokinen	2:12.0	4
5000 m	Leo Tynkkynen	8:24.3	21
	Juhani Järvinen	8:19.2	15
	Keijo Tapiovaara	8:09.1	7
10,000 m	Leo Tynkkynen	17:33.6	24
	Keijo Tapiovaara	16:37.2	9
	Juhani Järvinen	16:35.4	8

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Eevi Huttunen	48.6	14
	Iris Sihvonen	48.1	11
1000 m	Iris Sihvonen	1:37.3	10
	Eevi Huttunen	1:37.2	9
1500 m	Eevi Huttunen	2:35.1	14
	Iris Sihvonen	2:29.7	6
3000 m	Iris Sihvonen	5:35.2	12
	Eevi Huttunen	5:21.0

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1960, full results by sports-reference.com