Finland at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Finland took part in the Summer Olympic Games in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with a delegation of 69 athletes (67 men and two women ) participated.

  • 2.1 boxes
  • 2.2 fencing
  • 2.3 Athletics
  • 2.4 Modern Pentathlon
  • 2.5 Cycling
  • 2.6 riding
  • 2.7 rings
  • 2.8 Swimming
  • 2.9 Sailing
  • 2:10 Gymnastics
  • 2:11 Diving

Medalist

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Participants by sport

Boxing

  • Kaarlo Väkevä Featherweight: 5th place
  • Valfrid Resch Lightweight: 17th Place
  • Jonni Hellström Welterweight: 5th place

Fencing

  • Torvald Appel Roth Fencing Foil, Single: Preliminary round Degen, Single: Preliminary round
  • Lauri Kettunen Degen, Single: Preliminary round

Athletics

  • Risto Mattila 100 meters: Heats
  • Eino Purje 1,500 meters: Bronze 5,000 meters: DNF in the final
  • Armas Kinnunen 1,500 meters: Heats 5,000 meters: 6th place
  • Leo Helga 1,500 meters: Heats
  • Ville Ritola 5,000 meters: Gold 10,000 meters: Silver 3,000 meter steeplechase: DNF
  • Paavo Nurmi 5,000 meters: Silver 10,000 meters: Gold 3,000 meter steeplechase: Silver
  • Toivo Loukola 10,000 meters: 7th place 3,000 meter steeplechase: Gold
  • Kalle Matilainen 10,000 meters: 8th place
  • Martti Marttelin Marathon: Bronze
  • Yrjö Korholin - Koski Marathon: 7th place
  • Verner Laaksonen Marathon: 12th Place
  • Eino Rastas Marathon: 14th Place
  • Väinö Sipilä Marathon: 15th Place
  • Ilmari Kuokka Marathon: 24th Place
  • Bengt Sjöstedt 110 meters hurdles: Semi-finals
  • Erkka Wilén 400 meters hurdles: Semi-finals
  • Jukka Matilainen 400 meters hurdles: Heats
  • Ove Andersen 3,000 meter steeplechase: Bronze
  • Paavo Yrjölä High jump: 19th place in qualifying Shot Put: 9th place in the qualification Decathlon: Gold
  • Armas Wahlstedt High Jump: No height in qualifying Shot Put: 5th place Decathlon: DNF
  • Ville Tuulos Long Jump: 11th place in qualifying Triple Jump: Bronze
  • Toimi Tulikoura Long Jump: 19th place in the qualification Triple Jump: 5th place
  • Erkki Järvinen Triple Jump: 6th place
  • Väinö Rainio Triple Jump: 6th place in the qualification
  • Eino Kenttä Discus Throw: 6th place
  • Heikki Taskinen Discus Throw: 11th place in qualifying
  • Erik Eriksson Hammer Throw: 9th place in the qualification
  • Paavo Liettu Javelin: 4th place
  • Eino Penttilä Javelin: 6th place
  • Albert Lamppu Javelin: 9th place in the qualification
  • Vilho channel Javelin: 15th place in the qualification
  • Akilles Järvinen Decathlon: Silver
  • Martti Tolamo Decathlon: 16th Place

Modern Pentathlon

  • Lauri Kettunen Single: 13th Place
  • Henrik Avellan Single: 15th Place
  • Tauno Lampola Single: 21 Place

Cycling

  • Raul Hellberg Road race, individual: 10th place

Riding

  • Hans Olof von Essen Eventing, Individual: 5th place

Wrestling

  • Edvard Vesterlund Lightweight, Greco- Roman: Bronze
  • Väinö Kokkinen Middleweight, Greco- Roman: Gold
  • Hjalmar Nyström Heavyweight, Greco- Roman: Silver
  • Kaarlo Mäkinen Bantamweight, Freestyle: Gold
  • Kustaa Pihlajamäki Featherweight, Freestyle: Silver
  • Eino Leino Augusti Lightweight, Freestyle: Bronze
  • Vilho Pekkala Middleweight, Freestyle: 7th place
  • Edil Rosenqvist Light Heavyweight, Freestyle: 6th place

Swimming

  • Disa Lindberg Women, 400 meters: Heats

Sailing

  • Bertel Broman 12-foot dinghy: Bronze

Gymnastics

  • Heikki Savolainen Individual all-around: 6th place Team all-around: 5th place Bars: 17th Place Horse jump: 16th Place Reck: 13th Place Rings: 12th Place Pommel: Bronze
  • Mauri Nyberg - Noroma Individual all-around: 6th place Team all-around: 5th place Bars: 7th place Horse jump: 26th place Reck: 16th Place Rings: 5th place Pommel Horse: 7th place
  • Martti Uosikkinen Individual all-around: 19th Place Team all-around: 5th place Bars: 21 Place Horse jump: 24th Place Reck: 16th Place Rings: 17th Place Pommel Horse: 31st place
  • Jaakko Kunnas Individual all-around: 38th place Team all-around: 5th place Bars: 32nd Horse jump: 54th Reck: 33rd Rings: 32nd Pommel: 57th Place
  • Urho Korhonen Individual all-around: 46th place Team all-around: 5th place Bars: 40th place Horse jump: 43rd Reck: 33rd Rings: 33rd Pommel Horse: 71st place
  • Rafael Ylönen Individual all-around: 61st Place Team all-around: 5th place Bars: 74th Place Horse jump: 45th place Reck: 39th place Rings: 56th place Pommel Horse: 72 Place
  • Kalervo cinemas Individual all-around: 62nd Team all-around: 5th place Bars: 49th place Horse jump: 24th Place Reck: 55th place Rings: 62nd Pommel: 85th
  • Birger Stenman Individual all-around: 66th Team all-around: 5th place Bars: 49th place Horse jump: 46th place Reck: 48th place Rings: 60th place Pommel: 87th Place

Diving

  • Yrjö Lampila Diving: Preliminary round
  • Ada Onnela Women 's springboard: 5th place
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