Finish athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics* |
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Event |
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Athletes |
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Athletics | |||||
200 m M | FIN | Eero Kivelä | |||
Pentti Rekola | |||||
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 | Osvald Mildh | |||
Pentti Rekola | |||||
Voitto Hellsten | |||||
Eero Kivelä | |||||
Pole vault M | FIN | Matti Sutinen | |||
Eeles Landström | |||||
Long jump M | FIN | Wilhelm Porrassalmi | |||
Jorma Valkama | |||||
Triple jump M | FIN | Hannu Rantala | |||
Tapio Lehto | |||||
Kari Rahkamo | |||||
Decathlon M | FIN | Torbjörn Lassenius | |||
Boxing | |||||
Featherweight M | FIN | Pentti Hämäläinen | |||
Lightweight M | FIN | Pentti Niinivuori | |||
Heavyweight M | FIN | Ilkka Koski | |||
Canoe & Kayak | |||||
K1 500 m W | FIN | Eila Eskola | |||
K1 1000 m M | FIN | Thorvald Strömberg | |||
K2 1000 m M | FIN | Juhani Helenius | |||
Pentti Raaskoski | |||||
K1 10000 m M | FIN | Thorvald Strömberg | |||
K2 10000 m M | FIN | Yrjö Hietanen | |||
Simo Kuismanen | |||||
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 | Rolf Wiik | |||
Wäinö Korhonen | |||||
Gymnastics | |||||
Individual all-round M | FIN | Kalevi Suoniemi | |||
Martti Mansikka | |||||
Berndt Lindfors | |||||
Team M | FIN | Martti Mansikka | |||
Olavi Leimuvirta | |||||
Onni Lappalainen | |||||
Berndt Lindfors | |||||
Kalevi Suoniemi | |||||
Raimo Heinonen | |||||
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 | Onni Lappalainen | |||
Berndt Lindfors | |||||
Olavi Leimuvirta | |||||
Modern Pentathlon | |||||
Individual M | FIN | Väinö Korhonen | |||
Olavi Mannonen | |||||
Berndt Katter | |||||
Team M | FIN | Olavi Mannonen | |||
Berndt Katter | |||||
Väinö Korhonen | |||||
Rowing | |||||
Four with coxswain M | FIN | Matti Niemi | |||
Toimi Pitkänen | |||||
Reino Poutanen | |||||
Veli Lehtelä | |||||
Kauko Hänninen | |||||
Sailing | |||||
Dragon | FIN | Tor-Kristian Lindh | |||
Joel Jahn | |||||
John Flinkenberg | |||||
Shooting | |||||
Rifle three positions M | FIN | Vilho Ylönen | |||
Jorma Taitto | |||||
Rifle prone M | FIN | Vilho Ylönen | |||
Jorma Taitto | |||||
Free rifle M | FIN | Vilho Ylönen | |||
Jorma Taitto | |||||
Free pistol M | FIN | Kalle Sievänen | |||
Pentti Linnosvuo | |||||
Rapid fire pistol M | FIN | Kalle Sievänen | |||
Pentti Linnosvuo | |||||
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 | |||||