Finland_at_the_1976_Winter_Olympics Knowpia

Finland at the
1976 Winter Olympics
Finland at the; 1976 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Innsbruck
Competitors	47 (38 men, 9 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Rauno Miettinen (nordic combined)
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 1 Total 7
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

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

Medalists edit

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

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		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

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Juhani Suutarinen	1'17:25.89	2	1'19:25.89	13
	Esko Saira	1'15:32.84	2	1'17:32.84	6
	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.

Athletes	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.

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

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

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

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

Events:

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			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		71.0	74.5	197.3	13	50:03.26	201.74	9	399.04	11
Rauno Miettinen		75.0	78.5	219.9	2	51:12.21	191.40	19	411.30	4
Erkki Kilpinen		74.0	75.0	203.1	8	50:20.46	199.16	11	402.26	10

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		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		78.5	112.4	78.0	112.6	225.0	14
Esko Rautionaho		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		95.5	96.2	83.0	89.2	185.4	21
Esko Rautionaho		90.0	103.5	84.5	94.3	197.8	12
Jouko Törmänen		91.0	105.4	87.5	99.5	204.9	10