Finland at the 1960 Winter Olympics
# Finland at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, United States.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Kalevi Hämäläinen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Gold | Toimi Alatalo Veikko Hakulinen Väinö Huhtala Eero Mäntyranta | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Silver | Antti Tyrväinen | Biathlon | Men's 20 km |
| Silver | Veikko Hakulinen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Silver | Niilo Halonen | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m) |
| Bronze | Veikko Hakulinen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km |
| Bronze | Toini Pöysti Siiri Rantanen Eeva Ruoppa | Cross-country skiing | Women's 3 x 5 km relay |
| Bronze | Eevi Huttunen | Speed skating | Women's 3000m |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Missed targets | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 km | Pentti Taskinen | 1'36:29.7 | 7 | 1'50:29.7 | 18 |
| 20 km | Eero Laine | 1'33:28.3 | 7 | 1'47:28.3 | 15 |
| 20 km | Martti Meinilä | 1'29:17.0 | 5 | 1'39:17.0 | 8 |
| 20 km | Antti Tyrväinen | 1'29:57.7 | 2 | 1'33:57.7 | |

    $^1$ Two minutes added per missed target.

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Toimi Alatalo | 54:52.7 | 23 |
| 15 km | Väinö Huhtala | 53:11.5 | 13 |
| 15 km | Eero Mäntyranta | 52:40.6 | 6 |
| 15 km | Veikko Hakulinen | 52:03.0 | |
| 30 km | Arto Tiainen | 1'58:56.6 | 18 |
| 30 km | Kalevi Hämäläinen | 1'56:54.4 | 12 |
| 30 km | Toimi Alatalo | 1'54:06.5 | 7 |
| 30 km | Veikko Hakulinen | 1'54:02.0 | 6 |
| 50 km | Veikko Räsänen | 3'06:04.4 | 8 |
| 50 km | Pentti Pelkonen | 3'05:24.5 | 6 |
| 50 km | Veikko Hakulinen | 2'59:26.7 | |
| 50 km | Kalevi Hämäläinen | 2'59:06.3 | |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Toimi Alatalo Eero Mäntyranta Väinö Huhtala Veikko Hakulinen | 2'18:45.6 | |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km | Eva Hög | 44:05.0 | 17 |
| 10 km | Siiri Rantanen | 42:52.7 | 15 |
| 10 km | Eeva Ruoppa | 42:12.8 | 11 |
| 10 km | Toini Pöysti | 40:41.9 | 6 |

### Women's 3 x 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Siiri Rantanen Eeva Ruoppa Toini Pöysti | 1'06:27.5 | |

## Ice hockey

### Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 3 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 |

* USSR 8-4 Finland
* Germany (UTG) 4-1 Finland

### Consolation round

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Finland 7th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 11 | 7 |
| Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 22 | 5 |
| Australia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 57 | 0 |

* Finland 14-1 Australia
* Finland 6-6 Japan
* Finland 19-2 Australia
* Finland 11-2 Japan
* Contestants Yrjö Hakala Raimo Kilpiö Erkki Koiso Juhani Lahtinen Matti Lampainen Esko Luostarinen Esko Niemi Pertti Nieminen Kalevi Numminen Heino Pulli Kalevi Rassa Teppo Rastio Jorma Salmi Jouni Seistamo Voitto Soini Seppo Vainio Juhani Wahlsten

## 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 |
| Martti Maatela | Individual | 56.0 | 64.5 | 202.0 | 17 | 1'06:13.5 | 210.000 | 24 | 412.000 | 23 |
| Pekka Ristola | Individual | 62.0 | 63.5 | 214.0 | 6 | 59:32.8 | 235.871 | 6 | 449.871 | 4 |
| Ensio Hyytiä | Individual | 63.5 | 63.0 | 212.5 | 9 | 1'08:14.0 | 202.258 | 29 | 414.758 | 22 |
| Paavo Korhonen | Individual | 62.5 | 62.0 | 197.5 | 24 | 59:08.0 | 237.484 | 3 | 434.984 | 9 |

## 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 |
| Veikko Kankkonen | Normal hill | 86.5 fall | 72.0 | 44 | 75.0 | 96.0 | 32 | 168.0 | 40 |
| Eino Kirjonen | Normal hill | 85.5 | 104.2 | 12 | 79.5 | 101.6 | 21 | 205.8 | 17 |
| Juhani Kärkinen | Normal hill | 87.5 | 108.3 | 4 | 82.0 | 103.1 | 14 | 211.4 | 8 |
| Niilo Halonen | Normal hill | 92.5 | 111.3 | 2 | 83.5 | 111.3 | 3 | 222.6 | |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Jouko Jokinen | 45.1 | 42 |
| 500 m | Leo Tynkkynen | 42.1 | 19 |
| 500 m | Juhani Järvinen | 41.8 | 16 |
| 500 m | Toivo Salonen | 40.9 | 7 |
| 1500 m | Keijo Tapiovaara | 2:19.2 | 23 |
| 1500 m | Toivo Salonen | 2:13.1 | 7 |
| 1500 m | Juhani Järvinen | 2:13.1 | 5 |
| 1500 m | Jouko Jokinen | 2:12.0 | 4 |
| 5000 m | Leo Tynkkynen | 8:24.3 | 21 |
| 5000 m | Juhani Järvinen | 8:19.2 | 15 |
| 5000 m | Keijo Tapiovaara | 8:09.1 | 7 |
| 10,000 m | Leo Tynkkynen | 17:33.6 | 24 |
| 10,000 m | Keijo Tapiovaara | 16:37.2 | 9 |
| 10,000 m | Juhani Järvinen | 16:35.4 | 8 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Eevi Huttunen | 48.6 | 14 |
| 500 m | Iris Sihvonen | 48.1 | 11 |
| 1000 m | Iris Sihvonen | 1:37.3 | 10 |
| 1000 m | Eevi Huttunen | 1:37.2 | 9 |
| 1500 m | Eevi Huttunen | 2:35.1 | 14 |
| 1500 m | Iris Sihvonen | 2:29.7 | 6 |
| 3000 m | Iris Sihvonen | 5:35.2 | 12 |
| 3000 m | Eevi Huttunen | 5:21.0 | |
