Finland at the 1948 Winter Olympics
# Finland at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Heikki Hasu | Nordic Combined | Men's individual |
| Silver | August Kiuru Teuvo Laukkanen Sauli Rytky Lauri Silvennoinen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 x 10 km relay |
| Silver | Martti Huhtala | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
| Silver | Lassi Parkkinen | Speed skating | Men's 10,000m |
| Bronze | Benjamin Vanninen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Bronze | Pentti Lammio | Speed skating | Men's 10,000m |

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Aimo Vartiainen | Downhill | | | | | 3:36.4 | 53 |
| Pentti Alonen | Downhill | | | | | 3:22.3 | 39 |
| Pentti Alonen | Slalom | 1:18.1 | 26 | 1:17.7 | 36 | 2:35.8 | 32 |
| Aimo Vartiainen | Slalom | 1:14.0 | 20 | 1:11.0 | 26 | 2:25.0 | 21 |

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

| Athlete | Slalom | Slalom | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | Total (downhill + slalom) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Aimo Vartiainen | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Pentti Alonen | 1:29.0 | 1:11.2 | 26 | 26.38 | 28 |

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 18 km | Pauli Salonen | 1'22:28 | 24 |
| 18 km | Olavi Sihvonen | 1'22:26 | 23 |
| 18 km | Eero Rautiola | 1'20:18 | 12 |
| 18 km | Martti Huhtala | 1'19:28 | 10 |
| 18 km | Teuvo Laukkanen | 1'18:51 | 8 |
| 18 km | August Kiuru | 1'18:25 | 7 |
| 18 km | Sauli Rytky | 1'18:10 | 6 |
| 18 km | Heikki Hasu | 1'16:43 | 4 |
| 50 km | Martti Sipilä | DNF | – |
| 50 km | Pekka Kuvaja | 4'10:02 | 7 |
| 50 km | Pekka Vanninen | 3'57:58 | 4 |
| 50 km | Benjamin Vanninen | 3'57:28 | |

### Men's 4 x 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Lauri Silvennoinen Teuvo Laukkanen Sauli Rytky August Kiuru | 2'41:06 | |

## 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, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

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. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.

| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Distance 3 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Pauli Salonen | Individual | 207.00 | 9 | 63.0 | 62.0 (fall) | 60.5 | 206.3 | 10 | 413.30 | 7 |
| Olavi Sihvonen | Individual | 207.00 | 8 | 60.0 | 65.0 | 60.0 | 209.2 | 7 | 416.20 | 5 |
| Martti Huhtala | Individual | 224.15 | 2 | 62.0 | 61.0 | 61.5 | 209.5 | 6 | 433.65 | |
| Heikki Hasu | Individual | 240.00 | 1 | 57.0 | 61.5 | 64.0 | 208.8 | 8 | 448.80 | |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erkki Rajala | Normal hill | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Leo Laakso | Normal hill | 66.0 | 69.5 | 221.7 | 6 |
| Aatto Pietikäinen | Normal hill | 69.0 | 68.0 | 215.4 | 8 |
| Matti Pietikäinen | Normal hill | 69.5 | 69.0 | 224.6 | 4 |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Kalevi Laitinen | 45.3 | 17 |
| 500 m | Lassi Parkkinen | 45.2 | 16 |
| 500 m | Antero Ojala | 44.8 | 14 |
| 500 m | Keijo Lehdikkö | 44.7 | 13 |
| 1500 m | Pentti Lammio | 2:23.9 | 21 |
| 1500 m | Antero Ojala | 2:21.4 | 12 |
| 1500 m | Kalevi Laitinen | 2:20.3 | 7 |
| 1500 m | Lassi Parkkinen | 2:19.6 | 4 |
| 5000 m | Antero Ojala | 9:06.2 | 26 |
| 5000 m | Kalevi Laitinen | 8:53.0 | 15 |
| 5000 m | Lassi Parkkinen | 8:45.0 | 9 |
| 5000 m | Pentti Lammio | 8:40.7 | 8 |
| 10,000 m | Kalevi Laitinen | DNF | – |
| 10,000 m | Pentti Lammio | 17:42.7 | |
| 10,000 m | Lassi Parkkinen | 17:36.0 | |
