Finland at the 1936 Winter Olympics
# Finland at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Kalle Jalkanen Klaes Karppinen Matti Lähde Sulo Nurmela | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 x 10 km relay |
| Silver | Birger Wasenius | Speed skating | Men's 5000m |
| Silver | Birger Wasenius | Speed skating | Men's 10,000m |
| Bronze | Pekka Niemi | Cross-country skiing | Men's 18 km |
| Bronze | Birger Wasenius | Speed skating | Men's 1500m |
| Bronze | Antero Ojala | Speed skating | Men's 5000m |

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 18 km | Matti Lähde | 1'20:21 | 15 |
| 18 km | Kalle Jalkanen | 1'19:27 | 12 |
| 18 km | Sulo Nurmela | 1'18:20 | 7 |
| 18 km | Pekka Niemi | 1'16:59 | |
| 50 km | Kalle Heikkinen | 3'54:25 | 14 |
| 50 km | Pekka Niemi | 3'44:14 | 8 |
| 50 km | Frans Heikkinen | 3'42:44 | 7 |
| 50 km | Klaes Karppinen | 3'39:33 | 5 |

### Men's 4 x 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Sulo Nurmela Klaes Karppinen Matti Lähde Kalle Jalkanen | 2'41:33 | |

## Figure skating

### Men

| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Places | Points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Marcus Nikkanen | Men's singles | 6 | 9 | 54 | 380.7 | 7 |

## 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.

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 | Cross-country | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Lauri Valonen | Individual | 1'26:34 | 178.6 | 26 | 52.0 | 54.5 | 222.6 | 1 | 401.2 | 4 |
| Pertti Mattila | Individual | 1'26:21 | 179.7 | 25 | 45.0 | 47.0 | 188.7 | 21 | 368.4 | 19 |
| Timo Murama | Individual | 1'24:52 | 187.5 | 13 | 49.0 | 48.0 | 205.8 | 5 | 393.3 | 7 |
| Niilo Nikunen | Individual | 1'23:59 | 192.2 | 9 | 47.5 | 45.5 | 191.6 | 15 | 383.8 | 10 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sauli Pälli | Normal hill | 71.0 | 42.7 | 47 | 68.5 | 37.6 | 47 | 80.3 | 47 |
| Timo Murama | Normal hill | 71.0 | 100.9 | 22 | 70.0 | 101.3 | 21 | 202.2 | 24 |
| Väinö Tiihonen | Normal hill | 71.5 | 108.0 | 9 | 70.0 | 107.3 | 7 | 215.3 | 9 |
| Lauri Valonen | Normal hill | 73.5 | 113.2 | 5 | 67.0 | 106.2 | 11 | 219.4 | 6 |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Ossi Blomqvist | 46.2 | 19 |
| 500 m | Birger Wasenius | 44.9 | 8 |
| 500 m | Jorma Ruissalo | 44.9 | 8 |
| 500 m | Antero Ojala | 44.9 | 8 |
| 1500 m | Åke Ekman | 2:27.2 | 20 |
| 1500 m | Antero Ojala | 2:23.2 | 9 |
| 1500 m | Ossi Blomqvist | 2:23.2 | 9 |
| 1500 m | Birger Wasenius | 2:20.9 | |
| 5000 m | Åke Ekman | 9:00.4 | 22 |
| 5000 m | Ossi Blomqvist | 8:36.6 | 6 |
| 5000 m | Antero Ojala | 8:30.1 | |
| 5000 m | Birger Wasenius | 8:23.3 | |
| 10,000 m | Antero Ojala | 17:46.6 | 7 |
| 10,000 m | Ossi Blomqvist | 17:42.4 | 5 |
| 10,000 m | Birger Wasenius | 17:28.2 | |
