Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
# Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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. The nation won 22 medals.

## 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

## 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)

## 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

## 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.

### 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)

## 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
