Finland at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Finland at the Olympic Games

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NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
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At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz
Competitors 18 (17 men, 1 woman) in 5 sports
Medals
Rank: 4
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
4
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Finland competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Finland took home 4 medals, all in speed skating. These were won by Clas Thunberg, Julius Skutnabb, and Jaakko Friman. Finland also took second place in the Military Patrol, at that time classed as a demonstration event with no medals.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Thunberg, ClasClas Thunberg Speed skating Men's 500m
 Gold Thunberg, ClasClas Thunberg Speed skating Men's 1500m
 Silver Skutnabb, JuliusJulius Skutnabb Speed skating Men's 5000m
 Bronze Friman, JaakkoJaakko Friman Speed skating Men's 500m

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Einar Mässeli 1'47:55 13
Ville Mattila 1'44:37 10
Martti Lappalainen 1'41:59 7
Veli Saarinen 1'40:57 4
50 km Matti Raivio DNF
Adiel Paananen DNF
Martti Lappalainen 5'30:09 9
Tauno Lappalainen 5'18:33 6

Figure skating

Men
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Marcus Nikkanen Men's singles 4 8 46 1480.00 6
Pairs
Athletes Points Score Final rank
Ludowika Jakobsson
Walter Jakobsson
51 84.00 5

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 that 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 Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Points Rank
Paavo Nuotio Individual 1'48:46 14.125 4 52.5 52.5 15.729 7 14.927 4
Esko Järvinen 1'46:23 15.375 3 46.0 48.0 14.426 16 14.810 5

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 (Dist.) Jump 2 (Dist.) Total
Points Rank
Esko Järvinen Normal hill 45.0 47.5 13.978 22
Paavo Nuotio 50.0 56.0 15.833 12

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Toivo Ovaska 45.2 11
Bertel Backman 44.4 8
Jaakko Friman 43.6 3rd
Clas Thunberg 43.4 OR 1st
1500 m Bertel Backman DNF
Toivo Ovaska 2:29.3 15
Clas Thunberg 2:21.1 1st
5000 m Bertel Backman 9:14.0 13
Clas Thunberg 9:11.8 12
Ossi Blomqvist 9:09.9 10
Julius Skutnabb 8:59.1 2nd

References

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