Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Helsinki
Competitors	258 (228 men, 30 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Väinö Suvivuo
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 6 Silver 3 Bronze 13 Total 22
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1906 Intercalated Games

Finland was the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. 258 competitors, 228 men and 30 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports.^[1] The nation won 22 medals.

Athletics

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Main Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Mexico (48-66)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (35-47)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (64-65) → did not advance, 16th place
• Team Roster
  • Juhani Kyöstilä
  • Raine Nuutinen
  • Raimo Lindholm
  • Timo Suviranta
  • Kauko Heinänen
  • Pentti Laaksonen
  • Oiva Virtanen
  • Esko Karhunen
  • Eero Salonen
  • Pertti Mutru
  • Tuomo Ristola
  • Tapio Pöyhönen

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Raino Koskenkorva — 5:23:34.6 (→ 42nd place)
• Paul Backman — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Paul Nyman — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Ruben Forsblom — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Onni Kasslin
  • Final — 1:15.3 (→ 14th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Helge Törn — 27th and last place

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Helge Vasenius
  • Preliminary Round — 65.41 points (→ 14th place)
• Olavi Heinonen
  • Preliminary Round — 58.06 points (→ 29th place)

Equestrian

Fencing

11 fencers, 8 men and 3 women, represented Finland in 1952.

Men's foil

• Kurt Lindeman
• Heikki Raitio

Men's épée

• Erkki Kerttula
• Rolf Wiik
• Heikki Raitio

Men's team épée

• Kauko Jalkanen, Erkki Kerttula, Rolf Wiik, Nils Sjöblom, Jaakko Vuorinen, Paavo Miettinen

Women's foil

• Maggie Kalka
• Marianne Sjöblom
• Taimi Mattsson

Football

Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1952, winning bronze in the team event.

Individual

• Ole Mannonen
• Lauri Vilkko
• Olavi Rokka

Team

• Ole Mannonen
• Lauri Vilkko
• Olavi Rokka

Rowing

Finland had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

Men's single sculls

• Sevi Holmsten

Men's double sculls

• Keijo Koivumäki
• Eero Koivumäki

Men's coxless pair

• Bengt Ahlström
• Stig Winter

Men's coxed pair

• Veijo Mikkolainen
• Toimi Pitkänen
• Erkki Lyijynen (cox)

Men's coxless four

• Veikko Lommi
• Kauko Wahlsten
• Oiva Lommi
• Lauri Nevalainen

Men's coxed four

• Kurt Grönholm
• Paul Stråhlman
• Birger Karlsson
• Karl-Erik Johansson
• Antero Tukiainen (cox)

Men's eight

• Tor Lundsten
• Birger Andersson
• Eero Lehtovirta
• Yrjö Hakoila
• Antti Arell
• Harry Wikman
• Esko Lyytikkä
• Klaus Lampi
• Toivo Räsänen (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Eleven shooters represented Finland in 1952. Vilho Ylönen won a silver medal in the 50 m rifle, three positions and Tauno Mäki won a bronze medal in the 100m running deer.

25 m pistol

• Pentti Linnosvuo
• Veli-Jussi Hölsö

50 m pistol

• Klaus Lahti
• Oiva Tylli

300 m rifle, three positions

• Vilho Ylönen
• Pauli Janhonen

50 m rifle, three positions

• Vilho Ylönen
• Kullervo Leskinen

50 m rifle, prone

• Kullervo Leskinen
• Vilho Ylönen

100m running deer

• Tauno Mäki
• Yrjö Miettinen

Trap

• Konrad Huber
• Sven-Erik Rosenlew

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling