Finland at the 1956 Winter Olympics
# Finland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Veikko Hakulinen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km |
| Gold | Mirja Hietamies Sirkka Polkunen Siiri Rantanen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 3 x 5 km relay |
| Gold | Antti Hyvärinen | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m) |
| Silver | Veikko Hakulinen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Silver | Veikko Hakulinen August Kiuru Jorma Kortelainen Arvo Viitanen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Silver | Aulis Kallakorpi | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m) |
| Bronze | Toivo Salonen | Speed skating | Men's 1500m |

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Pentti Alonen | Downhill | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Kalevi Häkkinen | Downhill | | | | | 3:29.2 | 23 |
| Kalevi Häkkinen | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:36.9 | 43 |
| Pentti Alonen | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:35.0 | 42 |
| Pentti Alonen | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Kalevi Häkkinen | Slalom | 1:53.8 | 41 | 2:25.4 (+0:05) | 36 | 4:19.2 | 40 |

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Arto Tiainen | 54:11 | 26 |
| 15 km | Veikko Räsänen | 52:35 | 14 |
| 15 km | Arvo Viitanen | 51:10 | 9 |
| 15 km | Veikko Hakulinen | 50:31 | 4 |
| 30 km | August Kiuru | 1'51:56 | 21 |
| 30 km | Kalevi Hämäläinen | 1'51:38 | 20 |
| 30 km | Olavi Latsa | 1'47:30 | 9 |
| 30 km | Veikko Hakulinen | 1'44:06 | |
| 50 km | Veini Kontinen | 3'06:15 | 9 |
| 50 km | Antti Sivonen | 3'04:16 | 8 |
| 50 km | Eero Kolehmainen | 2'56:17 | 4 |
| 50 km | Veikko Hakulinen | 2'51:45 | |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| August Kiuru Jorma Kortelainen Arvo Viitanen Veikko Hakulinen | 2'16:31 | |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km | Sanna Kiero | 40:52 | 12 |
| 10 km | Sirkka Polkunen | 40:25 | 8 |
| 10 km | Mirja Hietamies | 40:18 | 6 |
| 10 km | Siiri Rantanen | 39:40 | 5 |

### Women's 3 x 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen | 1'09:01 | |

## Figure skating

### Men

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalle Tuulos | 15 | 15 | 124.50 | 137 | 15 |

## 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 |
| Esko Jussila | Individual | 63.5 | 65.0 | 194.0 | 21 | 1'02:38 | 215.500 | 27 | 409.500 | 25 |
| Paavo Korhonen | Individual | 65.5 | 69.5 | 196.5 | 17 | 56:32 | 239.097 | 2 | 435.597 | 4 |
| Eeti Nieminen | Individual | 70.5 | 68.0 | 206.0 | 8 | 1'00:20 | 224.400 | 14 | 430.400 | 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 |
| Hemmo Silvennoinen | Normal hill | 75.5 | 102.5 | 15 | 77.0 | 105.0 | 8 | 207.5 | 10 |
| Eino Kirjonen | Normal hill | 78.0 | 107.5 | 7 | 81.0 | 111.5 | 2 | 219.0 | 7 |
| Antti Hyvärinen | Normal hill | 81.0 | 111.5 | 3 | 84.0 | 115.5 | 1 | 227.0 | |
| Aulis Kallakorpi | Normal hill | 83.5 | 114.5 | 2 | 80.5 | 110.5 | 5 | 225.0 | |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Yrjö Uimonen | 42.5 | 13 |
| 500 m | Juhani Järvinen | 42.2 | 9 |
| 500 m | Matti Hamberg | 42.2 | 9 |
| 500 m | Toivo Salonen | 41.7 | 5 |
| 1500 m | Leo Tynkkynen | 2:16.2 | 26 |
| 1500 m | Matti Hamberg | 2:14.8 | 18 |
| 1500 m | Juhani Järvinen | 2:09.7 | 4 |
| 1500 m | Toivo Salonen | 2:09.4 | |
| 5000 m | Matti Hamberg | 8:28.1 | 32 |
| 5000 m | Leo Tynkkynen | 8:19.9 | 25 |
| 5000 m | Kauko Salomaa | 8:14.3 | 21 |
| 5000 m | Juhani Järvinen | 8:13.7 | 20 |
| 10,000 m | Toivo Salonen | 17:37.6 | 24 |
| 10,000 m | Kauko Salomaa | 17:19.0 | 17 |
| 10,000 m | Juhani Järvinen | 17:05.9 | 12 |
