Finland at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Finland participated in the Olympic Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix with a delegation of 13 athletes in three sports part. The Finnish NOK had reported 14 athletes to the games, 13 of which participated in competitions. The members of the military patrol do not count as official Olympic participants. Total 2 athletes were already for the second time at the Olympic Games here:

  • Ludowika Jakobsson (1920 Figure Skating)
  • Walter Jakobsson (1920 Figure Skating)

Balance: With 11 medals (4 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze ) were the Finns in second place. In the Olympic team was also a German. The Berliner Ludowika Jakobsson, born Eilers, started with her Finnish husband Walter Jakobsson as the defending champion of 1920 in pair skating figure skater and won her second Olympic silver medal. Called The speed skater Clas Thunberg, also affectionately known as " Nurmi of the ice ," alone won 5 medals ( gold over 1,500 m, 5,000 m and in the all around, silver in the 10,000 m and bronze over the 500 m distance ) and was not only ice - king but also the most successful athlete in the Winter Games. Other medal collector of Finnish team were the Speed ​​skaters Julius Skutnabb ( gold in the 10,000 m, silver in the 5,000 m and bronze in the all around ), cross-country skiers Tapani Niku ( bronze in the 18 km cross-country) and the military patrol of Captain Väinö Bremer (silver). Since it was a demonstration event at 30 km military patrol race, the silver medal does not appear in the official medal standings.

  • 3.1 Gold Medals
  • 3.2 Silver Medals
  • 3.3 bronze medals

Participants by sport

Skiing ( 8)

  • Anton Collin 18 km cross country ( 16th place), 50 km cross-country skiing ( dnf )
  • Sulo Jääskeläinen Nordic Combined ( 16th place), ski jumping (11th )
  • Erkki Kamarainen 50 km cross-country skiing ( dnf )
  • Tapani Niku 18 km cross-country skiing ( Bronze), 50 km cross-country skiing ( dnf )
  • Matti Raivio 18 km cross-country skiing ( 7th place), 50 km cross-country skiing ( 7th place)
  • Matti Ritola 18 km cross country (11th )

Military patrol

30 km military patrol (Silver)

  • Väinö Bremer (Captain)
  • Aku Eskelinen
  • Heikki Hirvonen
  • Martti Lappalainen

Figure Skating ( 2)

  • Ludowika Jakobsson Pair of running (Silver)
  • Walter Jakobsson Pair of running (Silver)

Speed ​​Skating ( 3)

  • Julius Skutnabb 500 m ( 10th ), 1500 m ( 4th place), 5000 m (silver), 10 000 m (gold), all-around ( Bronze)
  • Clas Thunberg 500 m ( bronze), 1500 m (gold), 5000 m (gold), 10 000 m (silver), multi-discipline (Gold)
  • Asher Vallenius 500 m ( 5th place), 1500 m ( dnf ), 5000 m ( number 10 ), 10 000 m ( 10th place ), all-around ( dnf )

Medals

Medalist

Gold Medals

  • Speed ​​Skating, 1500 m / 5000 m / Mehrkampf: Clas Thunberg
  • Speed ​​Skating, 10 000 m: Julius Skutnabb

Silver Medals

  • Speed ​​Skating, 10 000 m: Clas Thunberg
  • Speed ​​Skating, 5000 m: Julius Skutnabb
  • Figure skating, pairs skating: Ludowika Jakobsson and Walter Jakobsson

The Silver Medal of Military patrol is not included in the rating because it was a demonstration event.

Bronze

  • Speed ​​Skating 500m: Clas Thunberg
  • Speed ​​Skating, More Battle: Julius Skutnabb
  • Skiing, 18 km of cross- Julius Skutnabb
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