Finland at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Finland at the Olympic Games
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At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck
Competitors	47 (38 men, 9 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Rauno Miettinen (nordic combined)
Medals Rank: 6	Gold 2	Silver 4	Bronze 1	Total 7
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Finland competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Arto Koivisto Juha Mieto Matti Pitkänen Pertti Teurajärvi	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Gold	Helena Takalo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km
Silver	Heikki Ikola	Biathlon	Men's 20 km
Silver	Henrik Flöjt Heikki Ikola Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen	Biathlon	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Silver	Helena Takalo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km
Silver	Marjatta Kajosmaa Hilkka Riihivuori Liisa Suihkonen Helena Takalo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 x 5 km relay
Bronze	Arto Koivisto	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Riitta Ollikka	Downhill					1:53.85	30
Riitta Ollikka	Giant Slalom					1:40.15	34
Riitta Ollikka	Slalom	54.23	26	51.39	17	1:45.62	17

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 1	Rank
20 km	Juhani Suutarinen	1'17:25.89	2	1'19:25.89	13
	Esko Saira	1'15:32.84	2	1'17:32.84	6
	Heikki Ikola	1'13:54.10	2	1'15:54.10

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 2	Time	Rank
Henrik Flöjt Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Ikola	2	2'01:45.58

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Risto Kiiskinen	47:21.06	32
	Pertti Teurajärvi	46:04.84	14
	Juha Mieto	45:46.27	10
	Arto Koivisto	44:19.25
30 km	Juhani Repo	1'35:31.06	22
	Matti Pitkänen	1'33:44.74	13
	Arto Koivisto	1'32:23.11	8
	Juha Mieto	1'31:20.39	4
50 km	Juha Mieto	2'50:03.61	34
	Pertti Teurajärvi	2'47:25.60	27
	Arto Koivisto	2'43:44.79	10
	Juhani Repo	2'42:54.89	9

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto Pertti Teurajärvi Arto Koivisto	2'07:59.72

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Taina Impiö	17:03.30	19
	Marjatta Kajosmaa	16:36.25	9
	Hilkka Riihivuori-Kuntola	16:17.74	4
	Helena Takalo-Kivioja	15:48.69
10 km	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen	32:37.72	22
	Marjatta Kajosmaa	31:35.50	11
	Hilkka Riihivuori-Kuntola	31:29.39	9
	Helena Takalo-Kivioja	30:14.28

Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Liisa Suihkonen Marjatta Kajosmaa Hilkka Riihivuori-Kuntola Helena Takalo-Kivioja	1'08:36.57

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Pekka Leskinen	13	14	14	166.98	119	13

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

First Round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Finland	11–2	Japan

Medal round

Rank		Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	40	11	10
2	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	17	10	6
3	West Germany	5	2	3	0	21	24	4
4	Finland	5	2	3	0	19	18	4
5	United States	5	2	3	0	15	21	4
6	Poland	5	1	4	0	9	37	2

• Czechoslovakia 2-1 Finland
• Finland 5-3 West Germany
• USA 5-4 Finland
• USSR 7-2 Finland
• Finland 7-1 Poland

• Team Roster
  • Matti Hagman
  • Reijo Laksola
  • Antti Leppänen
  • Henry Leppä
  • Seppo Lindström
  • Pekka Marjamäki
  • Matti Murto
  • Timo Nummelin
  • Esa Peltonen
  • Timo Saari
  • Jorma Vehmanen
  • Urpo Ylönen
  • Hannu Haapalainen
  • Seppo Ahokainen
  • Tapio Koskinen
  • Pertti Koivulahti
  • Hannu Kapanen
  • Matti Rautiainen
• Head Coaches: Seppo Liitsola & Lasse Heikkilä

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 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
Jorma Etelälahti	Individual	69.0	72.0	185.1	24	52:05.85	183.35	23	368.45	24
Jukka Kuvaja		71.0	74.5	197.3	13	50:03.26	201.74	9	399.04	11
Rauno Miettinen		75.0	78.5	219.9	2	51:12.21	191.40	19	411.30	4
Erkki Kilpinen		74.0	75.0	203.1	8	50:20.46	199.16	11	402.26	10

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Harri Blumén	Normal hill	75.5	105.6	75.0	104.8	210.4	29
Jouko Törmänen		78.5	112.4	78.0	112.6	225.0	14
Esko Rautionaho		79.5	116.5	78.0	113.1	229.6	11
Harri Blumén	Large hill	81.0	84.4	77.0	76.3	160.7	41
Rauno Miettinen		95.5	96.2	83.0	89.2	185.4	21
Esko Rautionaho		90.0	103.5	84.5	94.3	197.8	12
Jouko Törmänen		91.0	105.4	87.5	99.5	204.9	10

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Pertti Niittylä	40.65	15
1000 m	Pertti Niittylä	1:21.43	8
1500 m	Olavi Köppä	2:03.69	10
5000 m	Olavi Köppä	7:59.52	20
10,000 m	Olavi Köppä	15:39.73	9

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Paula-Irmeli Halonen	43.99	8
1000 m	Tuula Vilkas	1:32.94	17
	Paula-Irmeli Halonen	1:31.72	13
1500 m	Tuula Vilkas	2:24.55	20
3000 m	Paula-Irmeli Halonen	5:03.08	22
	Tuula Vilkas	4:51.71	12

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com