Finland at the 1976 Winter Olympics
# Finland at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Arto Koivisto Juha Mieto Matti Pitkänen Pertti Teurajärvi | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Gold | Helena Takalo | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 km |
| Silver | Heikki Ikola | Biathlon | Men's 20 km |
| Silver | Henrik Flöjt Heikki Ikola Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen | Biathlon | Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay |
| Silver | Helena Takalo | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
| Silver | Marjatta Kajosmaa Hilkka Riihivuori Liisa Suihkonen Helena Takalo | Cross-country skiing | Women's 4 × 5 km relay |
| Bronze | Arto Koivisto | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km |

## Alpine skiing

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Riitta Ollikka | Downhill | | | | | 1:53.85 | 30 |
| Riitta Ollikka | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:40.15 | 34 |
| Riitta Ollikka | Slalom | 54.23 | 26 | 51.39 | 17 | 1:45.62 | 17 |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 km | Juhani Suutarinen | 1'17:25.89 | 2 | 1'19:25.89 | 13 |
| 20 km | Esko Saira | 1'15:32.84 | 2 | 1'17:32.84 | 6 |
| 20 km | Heikki Ikola | 1'13:54.10 | 2 | 1'15:54.10 | |

    $^1$ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

### Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Misses $^2$ | Time | Rank |
| Henrik Flöjt Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Ikola | 2 | 2'01:45.58 | |

    $^2$ A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Risto Kiiskinen | 47:21.06 | 32 |
| 15 km | Pertti Teurajärvi | 46:04.84 | 14 |
| 15 km | Juha Mieto | 45:46.27 | 10 |
| 15 km | Arto Koivisto | 44:19.25 | |
| 30 km | Juhani Repo | 1'35:31.06 | 22 |
| 30 km | Matti Pitkänen | 1'33:44.74 | 13 |
| 30 km | Arto Koivisto | 1'32:23.11 | 8 |
| 30 km | Juha Mieto | 1'31:20.39 | 4 |
| 50 km | Juha Mieto | 2'50:03.61 | 34 |
| 50 km | Pertti Teurajärvi | 2'47:25.60 | 27 |
| 50 km | Arto Koivisto | 2'43:44.79 | 10 |
| 50 km | Juhani Repo | 2'42:54.89 | 9 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto Pertti Teurajärvi Arto Koivisto | 2'07:59.72 | |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km | Taina Impiö | 17:03.30 | 19 |
| 5 km | Marjatta Kajosmaa | 16:36.25 | 9 |
| 5 km | Hilkka Riihivuori | 16:17.74 | 4 |
| 5 km | Helena Takalo | 15:48.69 | |
| 10 km | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 32:37.72 | 22 |
| 10 km | Marjatta Kajosmaa | 31:35.50 | 11 |
| 10 km | Hilkka Riihivuori | 31:29.39 | 9 |
| 10 km | Helena Takalo | 30:14.28 | |

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Liisa Suihkonen Marjatta Kajosmaa Hilkka Riihivuori Helena Takalo | 1'08:36.57 | |

## Figure skating

### Men

| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pekka Leskinen | 13 | 14 | 14 | 166.98 | 119 | 13 |

## Ice hockey

### First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Finland | 11–2 | Japan |

### Medal round

| Rank | | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 11 | 10 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | West Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 4 |
| 4 | Finland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 4 |
| 5 | United States | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 4 |
| 6 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 37 | 2 |

* Czechoslovakia 2-1 Finland
* Finland 5-3 West Germany
* USA 5-4 Finland
* USSR 7-2 Finland
* Finland 7-1 Poland
* Team roster
   * Matti Hagman
   * Reijo Laksola
   * Antti Leppänen
   * Henry Leppä
   * Seppo Lindström
   * Pekka Marjamäki
   * Matti Murto
   * Timo Nummelin
   * Esa Peltonen
   * Timo Saari
   * Jorma Vehmanen
   * Urpo Ylönen
   * Hannu Haapalainen
   * Seppo Ahokainen
   * Tapio Koskinen
   * Pertti Koivulahti
   * Hannu Kapanen
   * Matti Rautiainen
* Head coaches: Seppo Liitsola & Lasse Heikkilä

## 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 |
| Jorma Etelälahti | Individual | 69.0 | 72.0 | 185.1 | 24 | 52:05.85 | 183.35 | 23 | 368.45 | 24 |
| Jukka Kuvaja | Individual | 71.0 | 74.5 | 197.3 | 13 | 50:03.26 | 201.74 | 9 | 399.04 | 11 |
| Rauno Miettinen | Individual | 75.0 | 78.5 | 219.9 | 2 | 51:12.21 | 191.40 | 19 | 411.30 | 4 |
| Erkki Kilpinen | Individual | 74.0 | 75.0 | 203.1 | 8 | 50:20.46 | 199.16 | 11 | 402.26 | 10 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Harri Blumén | Normal hill | 75.5 | 105.6 | 75.0 | 104.8 | 210.4 | 29 |
| Jouko Törmänen | Normal hill | 78.5 | 112.4 | 78.0 | 112.6 | 225.0 | 14 |
| Esko Rautionaho | Normal hill | 79.5 | 116.5 | 78.0 | 113.1 | 229.6 | 11 |
| Harri Blumén | Large hill | 81.0 | 84.4 | 77.0 | 76.3 | 160.7 | 41 |
| Rauno Miettinen | Large hill | 95.5 | 96.2 | 83.0 | 89.2 | 185.4 | 21 |
| Esko Rautionaho | Large hill | 90.0 | 103.5 | 84.5 | 94.3 | 197.8 | 12 |
| Jouko Törmänen | Large hill | 91.0 | 105.4 | 87.5 | 99.5 | 204.9 | 10 |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Pertti Niittylä | 40.65 | 15 |
| 1000 m | Pertti Niittylä | 1:21.43 | 8 |
| 1500 m | Olavi Köppä | 2:03.69 | 10 |
| 5000 m | Olavi Köppä | 7:59.52 | 20 |
| 10,000 m | Olavi Köppä | 15:39.73 | 9 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Paula-Irmeli Halonen | 43.99 | 8 |
| 1000 m | Tuula Vilkas | 1:32.94 | 17 |
| 1000 m | Paula-Irmeli Halonen | 1:31.72 | 13 |
| 1500 m | Tuula Vilkas | 2:24.55 | 20 |
| 3000 m | Paula-Irmeli Halonen | 5:03.08 | 22 |
| 3000 m | Tuula Vilkas | 4:51.71 | 12 |
