Finland at the 1964 Winter Olympics
# Finland at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Eero Mäntyranta | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km |
| Gold | Eero Mäntyranta | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km (mass start) |
| Gold | Veikko Kankkonen | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m) |
| Silver | Väinö Huhtala Kalevi Laurila Eero Mäntyranta Arto Tiainen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Silver | Mirja Lehtonen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 km |
| Silver | Veikko Kankkonen | Ski jumping | Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m) |
| Silver | Kaija Mustonen | Speed skating | Women's 1500m |
| Bronze | Arto Tiainen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Bronze | Mirja Lehtonen Senja Pusula Toini Pöysti | Cross-country skiing | Women's 3 x 5 km relay |
| Bronze | Kaija Mustonen | Speed skating | Women's 1000m |

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ulf Ekstam | Downhill | 2:27.31 | 26 |
| Raimo Manninen | Downhill | 2:23.94 | 22 |
| Ulf Ekstam | Giant Slalom | 2:01.78 | 36 |
| Raimo Manninen | Giant Slalom | 1:55.05 | 17 |

### Men's slalom

| Athlete | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ulf Ekstam | 57.11 | 36 | 58.48 | 20 QF | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Raimo Manninen | 56.33 | 32 | 55.41 | 5 QF | 1:14.82 | 22 | 1:05.45 | 22 | 2:20.27 | 22 |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 km | Esko Marttinen | 1'24:50.2 | 5 | 1'34:50.2 | 23 |
| 20 km | Veikko Hakulinen | 1'19:37.9 | 6 | 1'31:37.9 | 15 |
| 20 km | Antti Tyrväinen | 1'22:09.0 | 4 | 1'30:09.0 | 13 |
| 20 km | Hannu Posti | 1'25:16.5 | 1 | 1'27:16.5 | 8 |

    $^1$ Two minutes added per miss.

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Eino Huhtala | 52:18.2 | 11 |
| 15 km | Kalevi Laurila | 51:59.8 | 9 |
| 15 km | Väinö Huhtala | 51:45.4 | 4 |
| 15 km | Eero Mäntyranta | 50.54.1 | |
| 30 km | Väinö Huhtala | 1'33:38.1 | 14 |
| 30 km | Arto Tiainen | 1'33:37.7 | 13 |
| 30 km | Kalevi Laurila | 1'32:41.4 | 6 |
| 30 km | Eero Mäntyranta | 1'30:50.7 | |
| 50 km | Kalevi Hämäläinen | 2'52:22.3 | 16 |
| 50 km | Lauri Bergqvist | 2'52:08.0 | 15 |
| 50 km | Eero Mäntyranta | 2'47:47.1 | 9 |
| 50 km | Arto Tiainen | 2'45:30.4 | |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Väinö Huhtala Arto Tiainen Kalevi Laurila Eero Mäntyranta | 2'18:42.4 | |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km | Senja Pusula | 18:45.7 | 9 |
| 5 km | Eeva Ruoppa | 18:29.8 | 8 |
| 5 km | Toini Pöysti | 18:25.5 | 5 |
| 5 km | Mirja Lehtonen | 17:52.9 | |
| 10 km | Mirja Lehtonen | 42:06.9 | 10 |
| 10 km | Eeva Ruoppa | 41:58.1 | 9 |
| 10 km | Senja Pusula | 41:17.8 | 6 |
| 10 km | Toini Pöysti | 41:17.4 | 5 |

### Women's 3 x 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Senja Pusula Toini Pöysti Mirja Lehtonen | 1'02:45.1 | |

## Ice hockey

### First round

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Austria | 2–8 | Finland |

### Medal round

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Sweden | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 16 | 10 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 19 | 10 |
| 4 | Canada | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 10 |
| 5 | United States | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 4 |
| 6 | Finland | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 4 |
| 7 | Germany | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 49 | 4 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 57 | 0 |

* Finland 4-0 Switzerland
* Czechoslovakia 4-0 Finland
* Sweden 7-0 Finland
* USSR 10-0 Finland
* Canada 6-2 Finland
* Finland 3-2 USA
* Germany (UTG) 2-1 Finland
* Contestants Raimo Kilpiö Juhani Lahtinen Rauno Lehtiö Esko Luostarinen Ilkka Mesikämmen Seppo Nikkilä Kalevi Numminen Lasse Oksanen Jorma Peltonen Heino Pulli Matti Reunamäki Jouni Seistamo Jorma Suokko Juhani Wahlsten Jarmo Wasama Esko Kaonpää

## Nordic combined

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing

| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Raimo Partanen | Individual | 59.0 | 53.0 | 156.6 | 29 | 54:15.9 | 191.78 | 16 | 348.38 | 26 |
| Esa Klinga | Individual | 62.5 | 52.0 | 173.1 | 26 | 55:22.4 | 179.49 | 20 | 352.59 | 25 |
| Erkki Luiro | Individual | 65.5 | 62.5 | 207.0 | 14 | 56:57.3 | 162.50 | 27 | 369.50 | 22 |
| Raimo Majuri | Individual | 67.0 | 59.5 | 192.7 | 19 | 55:44.5 | 175.52 | 21 | 368.22 | 23 |

## Ski jumping

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Antero Immonen | Normal hill | 71.5 | 97.7 | 72.0 | 97.6 | 195.3 | 31 |
| Veikko Kankkonen | Normal hill | 80.0 | 115.9 | 79.0 | 114.0 | 229.9 | |
| Niilo Halonen | Normal hill | 75.5 | 102.8 | 74.5 | 100.6 | 203.4 | 14 |
| Ensio Hyytiä | Normal hill | 73.5 | 101.5 | 74.0 | 100.9 | 202.4 | 20 |
| Ensio Hyytiä | Large hill | 87.0 | 101.6 | 76.5 | 96.9 | 198.5 | 23 |
| Antero Immonen | Large hill | 86.0 | 98.9 | 80.0 | 95.9 | 194.8 | 31 |
| Niilo Halonen | Large hill | 88.0 | 105.8 | 83.0 | 100.0 | 205.8 | 14 |
| Veikko Kankkonen | Large hill | 95.5 | 118.9 | 90.5 | 110.0 | 228.9 | |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Toivo Salonen | 42.2 | 23 |
| 500 m | Juhani Järvinen | 41.9 | 19 |
| 500 m | Pekke Lattunen | 41.8 | 16 |
| 500 m | Simo Rinne | 41.4 | 10 |
| 1500 m | Seppo Hänninen | 2:16.0 | 23 |
| 1500 m | Jouko Jokinen | 2:15.6 | 19 |
| 1500 m | Juhani Järvinen | 2:12.4 | 8 |
| 1500 m | Jouko Launonen | 2:11.9 | 4 |
| 5000 m | Toivo Salonen | 8:10.2 | 21 |
| 5000 m | Jouko Launonen | 8:03.5 | 18 |
| 5000 m | Kalervo Hietala | 7:58.8 | 15 |
| 10,000 m | Kalervo Hietala | 17:12.9 | 26 |
| 10,000 m | Juhani Järvinen | 17:05.0 | 20 |
| 10,000 m | Jouko Launonen | 16:49.8 | 14 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | 48.8 | 16 |
| 500 m | Kaija Mustonen | 48.0 | 13 |
| 1000 m | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | 1:37.6 | 8 |
| 1000 m | Kaija Mustonen | 1:34.8 | |
| 1500 m | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | 2:30.0 | 8 |
| 1500 m | Kaija Mustonen | 2:25.5 | |
| 3000 m | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | 5:29.4 | 10 |
| 3000 m | Kaija Mustonen | 5:24.3 | 5 |
