Finland at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Finland at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
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At the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix
Competitors 17 (16 men, 1 woman) in 6 sports
Medals
Rank: 2
Gold
4
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
11
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1906

Finland competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Finnish athletes won a total of 11 medals. The majority of these were awarded in speed skating, to Clas Thunberg and Julius Skutnabb.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Thunberg, ClasClas Thunberg Speed skating Men's 1500m
 Gold Thunberg, ClasClas Thunberg Speed skating Men's 5000m
 Gold Skutnabb, JuliusJulius Skutnabb Speed skating Men's 10.000m
 Gold Thunberg, ClasClas Thunberg Speed skating Men's all-round
 Silver Jakobsson, LudowikaLudowika Jakobsson
Jakobsson, WalterWalter Jakobsson
Figure skating Pairs
 Silver Bremer, VäinöVäinö Bremer
Eskelinen, AugustAugust Eskelinen
Hirvonen, HeikkiHeikki Hirvonen
Lappalainen, MarttiMartti Lappalainen
Military patrol Men's event
 Silver Skutnabb, JuliusJulius Skutnabb Speed skating Men's 5000m
 Silver Thunberg, ClasClas Thunberg Speed skating Men's 10.000m
 Bronze Niku, TapaniTapani Niku Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
 Bronze Thunberg, ClasClas Thunberg Speed skating Men's 500m
 Bronze Skutnabb, JuliusJulius Skutnabb Speed skating Men's all-round

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Anton Collin 1'33:54.6 16
Matti Ritola 1'25:13.0 11
Matti Raivio 1'19:10.4 7
Tapani Niku 1'16:26.0 3rd
50 km Anton Collin DNF
Erkki Kämäräinen DNF
Tapani Niku DNF
Matti Raivio 4'06:50 7

Figure skating

Pairs
Athletes Points Score Final rank
Ludowika Jakobsson
Walter Jakobsson
18.5 10.25 2nd

Military patrol

Athletes Time Shots on target Final Time (-30s./hit) Rank
August Eskelinen
Heikki Hirvonen
Martti Lappalainen
Väinö Bremer
4'05:40 11 4'00:10 2nd

Nordic combined

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes (here: 4) could represent a country per event.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Verner Eklöf Individual 37.0 37.0 14.916 11 1'34.11 10.250 11 12.583 9
Sulo Jääskeläinen 41.5 41.0 16.604 6 1'42.30 6.125 19 11.365 16

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Total Rank
Tuure Nieminen Normal hill 42.5 16.192 14 41.0 16.333 16.263 13
Sulo Jääskeläinen 42.5 16.543 10 42.5 16.293 16.418 11

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Julius Skutnabb 46.4 10
Asser Wallenius 45.0 5
Clas Thunberg 44.8 3rd
1500 m Asser Wallenius DNF
Julius Skutnabb 2:26.6 4
Clas Thunberg 2:20.8 1st
5000 m Asser Wallenius 9:12.8 10
Julius Skutnabb 8:48.4 2nd
Clas Thunberg 8:39.0 1st
10,000 m Asser Wallenius 19:03.8 10
Clas Thunberg 18:07.8 2nd
Julius Skutnabb 18:04.8 1st

All-round
Distances: 500m; 1000m; 5000m & 10,000m.

Athlete Until distance 1 Until distance 2 Until distance 3 Total
Points Score rank Points Score rank Points Score rank Points Score rank
Asser Wallenius 15 54.80 15 25 118.78 13 35 177.11 12 DNF
Julius Skutnabb 6 46.40 6 7 99.24 3 11 148.11 3 11 202.35 3rd
Clas Thunberg 1 44.80 1 2.5 96.70 1 3.5 143.63 1 5.5 198.02 1st

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