Olympian Database
Finish athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics* |
 
|
||||||
Event |
|
Athletes |
|||
 Athletics | |||||
| 200 m M |  | FIN | Pentti Rekola | ||
| Eero Kivelä | |||||
| 400 m M | | FIN | Voitto Hellsten | ||
| 1500 m M | | FIN | Olavi Salsola | ||
| 5000 m M | | FIN | Ilmari Taipale | ||
| 10000 m M | | FIN | Ilmari Taipale | ||
| Marathon M | | FIN | Veikko Karvonen | ||
| Eino Oksanen | |||||
| Paavo Kotila | |||||
| 400 m hurdles M | | FIN | Osvald Mildh | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase M | | FIN | Olavi Rinteenpää | ||
| Ilkka Auer | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | FIN | Pentti Rekola | ||
| Voitto Hellsten | |||||
| Eero Kivelä | |||||
| Osvald Mildh | |||||
| Pole vault M | | FIN | Eeles Landström | ||
| Matti Sutinen | |||||
| Long jump M | | FIN | Jorma Valkama | ||
| Wilhelm Porrassalmi | |||||
| Triple jump M | | FIN | Kari Rahkamo | ||
| Hannu Rantala | |||||
| Tapio Lehto | |||||
| Decathlon M | | FIN | Torbjörn Lassenius | ||
 Boxing | |||||
| Featherweight M | | FIN | Pentti Hämäläinen | ||
| Lightweight M | | FIN | Pentti Niinivuori | ||
| Heavyweight M | | FIN | Ilkka Koski | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoe & Kayak | |||||
| K1 500 m W | | FIN | Eila Eskola | ||
| K1 1000 m M | | FIN | Thorvald Strömberg | ||
| K2 1000 m M | | FIN | Pentti Raaskoski | ||
| Juhani Helenius | |||||
| K1 10000 m M | | FIN | Thorvald Strömberg | ||
| K2 10000 m M | | FIN | Simo Kuismanen | ||
| Yrjö Hietanen | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| Road race M | | FIN | Paul Nyman | ||
| 1000 m time trial M | | FIN | Paul Nyman | ||
 Diving | |||||
| Springboard M | | FIN | Helge Vasenius | ||
| Platform M | | FIN | Helge Vasenius | ||
 Equestrian | |||||
| Dressage individual | | FIN | Mauno Roiha | ||
 Fencing | |||||
| Epee individual M | | FIN | Wäinö Korhonen | ||
| Rolf Wiik | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | |||||
| Individual all-round M | | FIN | Berndt Lindfors | ||
| Kalevi Suoniemi | |||||
| Martti Mansikka | |||||
| Team M | | FIN | Kalevi Suoniemi | ||
| Martti Mansikka | |||||
| Raimo Heinonen | |||||
| Olavi Leimuvirta | |||||
| Berndt Lindfors | |||||
| Onni Lappalainen | |||||
| Floor M | | FIN | Martti Mansikka | ||
| Vault M | | FIN | Martti Mansikka | ||
| Pommel horse M | | FIN | Berndt Lindfors | ||
| Kalevi Suoniemi | |||||
| Rings M | | FIN | Berndt Lindfors | ||
| Parallel bars M | | FIN | Olavi Leimuvirta | ||
| Onni Lappalainen | |||||
| Berndt Lindfors | |||||
 Modern Pentathlon | |||||
| Individual M | | FIN | Väinö Korhonen | ||
| Olavi Mannonen | |||||
| Berndt Katter | |||||
| Team M | | FIN | Väinö Korhonen | ||
| Olavi Mannonen | |||||
| Berndt Katter | |||||
 Rowing | |||||
| Four with coxswain M | | FIN | Veli Lehtelä | ||
| Kauko Hänninen | |||||
| Toimi Pitkänen | |||||
| Matti Niemi | |||||
| Reino Poutanen | |||||
 Sailing | |||||
| Dragon | | FIN | John Flinkenberg | ||
| Tor-Kristian Lindh | |||||
| Joel Jahn | |||||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle three positions M | | FIN | Jorma Taitto | ||
| Vilho Ylönen | |||||
| Rifle prone M | | FIN | Vilho Ylönen | ||
| Jorma Taitto | |||||
| Free rifle M | | FIN | Vilho Ylönen | ||
| Jorma Taitto | |||||
| Free pistol M | | FIN | Pentti Linnosvuo | ||
| Kalle Sievänen | |||||
| Rapid fire pistol M | | FIN | Pentti Linnosvuo | ||
| Kalle Sievänen | |||||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle M | | FIN | Karri Käyhkö | ||
| 400 m freestyle M | | FIN | Karri Käykhö | ||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Heavyweight M | | FIN | Eino Mäkinen | ||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle bantamweight M | | FIN | Tauno Jaskari | ||
| Freestyle featherweight M | | FIN | Erkki Pentillä | ||
| Freestyle heavyweight M | | FIN | Taisto Kangasniemi | ||
| Greco-Roman bantamweight M | | FIN | Reijo Nykänen | ||
| Greco-Roman featherweight M | | FIN | Rauno Mäkinen | ||
| Greco-Roman lightweight M | | FIN | Kyösti Lehtonen | ||
| Greco-Roman welterweight M | | FIN | Veikko Rantanen | ||
| Greco-Roman middleweight M | | FIN | Viljo Punkari | ||
| Greco-Roman light-heavyweight M | | FIN | Veikko Lahti | ||
| Greco-Roman heavyweight M | | FIN | Taisto Kangasniemi | ||
| * The list of Finish athletes in the 1956 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about Finish athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
