Finland at the 1924 Winter Olympics
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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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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 |
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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 | |
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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 | ||
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 |
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Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson |
18.5 | 10.25 |
Military patrol
Athletes | Time | Shots on target | Final Time (-30s./hit) | Rank |
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August Eskelinen Heikki Hirvonen Martti Lappalainen Väinö Bremer |
4'05:40 | 11 | 4'00:10 |
Nordic combined
Events:
- 18 km cross-country skiing
- normal hill ski jumping
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 | ||||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Julius Skutnabb | 46.4 | 10 |
Asser Wallenius | 45.0 | 5 | |
Clas Thunberg | 44.8 | ||
1500 m | Asser Wallenius | DNF | – |
Julius Skutnabb | 2:26.6 | 4 | |
Clas Thunberg | 2:20.8 | ||
5000 m | Asser Wallenius | 9:12.8 | 10 |
Julius Skutnabb | 8:48.4 | ||
Clas Thunberg | 8:39.0 | ||
10,000 m | Asser Wallenius | 19:03.8 | 10 |
Clas Thunberg | 18:07.8 | ||
Julius Skutnabb | 18:04.8 |
All-round
Distances: 500m; 1000m; 5000m & 10,000m.
Athlete | Until distance 1 | Until distance 2 | Until distance 3 | Total | ||||||||
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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 | |
Clas Thunberg | 1 | 44.80 | 1 | 2.5 | 96.70 | 1 | 3.5 | 143.63 | 1 | 5.5 | 198.02 |
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Finland at the 1924 Winter Olympics. |
- (ed.) M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français. Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 - Rapport Officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- Olympic Winter Games 1924, full results by sports-reference.com