Finish medalists at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics

Finish medalists at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics

Facts Medals Athletes Sports


Event	Medalists


Gold medalists

Wrestling

Greco-Roman featherweight M	FIN	Rauno Mäkinen

Greco-Roman lightweight M	FIN	Kyösti Lehtonen


Shooting

Free pistol M	FIN	Pentti Linnosvuo


Silver medalists

Modern Pentathlon

Individual M	FIN	Olavi Mannonen


Bronze medalists

Athletics

400 m M	FIN	Voitto Hellsten

Marathon M	FIN	Veikko Karvonen

Long jump M	FIN	Jorma Valkama


Boxing

Featherweight M	FIN	Pentti Hämäläinen


Wrestling

Freestyle featherweight M	FIN	Erkki Pentillä

Freestyle heavyweight M	FIN	Taisto Kangasniemi


Gymnastics

Team M	FIN	Berndt Lindfors
		Kalevi Suoniemi
		Raimo Heinonen
		Martti Mansikka
		Onni Lappalainen
		Olavi Leimuvirta


Modern Pentathlon

Individual M	FIN	Väinö Korhonen

Team M	FIN	Olavi Mannonen
		Berndt Katter
		Väinö Korhonen


Rowing

Four with coxswain M	FIN	Reino Poutanen
		Veli Lehtelä
		Kauko Hänninen
		Matti Niemi
		Toimi Pitkänen


Shooting

Free rifle M	FIN	Vilho Ylönen

This information about Finland at the olympic summer games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database