Finland at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Finland at the
1928 Winter Olympics
Finland at the; 1928 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in St. Moritz
Competitors	18 (17 men, 1 woman) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Esko Järvinen
Medals ; Ranked 4th	Gold2Silver1Bronze1Total4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated December 28, 2023

Finland competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Finland took home 4 medals, all in speed skating. These were won by Clas Thunberg, Julius Skutnabb, and Jaakko Friman. Finland also took second place in the Military Patrol, at that time classed as a demonstration event with no medals.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Clas Thunberg	Speed skating	Men's 500m
Gold	Clas Thunberg	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Silver	Julius Skutnabb	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Bronze	Jaakko Friman	Speed skating	Men's 500m

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
18 km	Einar Mässeli	1'47:55	13
	Ville Mattila	1'44:37	10
	Martti Lappalainen	1'41:59	7
	Veli Saarinen	1'40:57	4
50 km	Matti Raivio	DNF	–
	Adiel Paananen	DNF	–
	Martti Lappalainen	5'30:09	9
	Tauno Lappalainen	5'18:33	6

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Marcus Nikkanen	Men's singles	4	8	46	1480.00	6

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson	51	84.00	5

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 of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes that could represent a country per event.

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.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski Jumping				Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Paavo Nuotio	Individual	1'48:46	14.125	4	52.5	52.5	15.729	7	14.927	4
Esko Järvinen	Individual	1'46:23	15.375	3	46.0	48.0	14.426	16	14.810	5

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1 (Dist.)	Jump 2 (Dist.)	Total
Athlete	Event	Jump 1 (Dist.)	Jump 2 (Dist.)	Points	Rank
Esko Järvinen	Normal hill	45.0	47.5	13.978	22
Paavo Nuotio	Normal hill	50.0	56.0	15.833	12

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Toivo Ovaska	45.2	11
	Bertel Backman	44.4	8
	Jaakko Friman	43.6
	Clas Thunberg	43.4 OR
1500 m	Bertel Backman	DNF	–
	Toivo Ovaska	2:29.3	15
	Clas Thunberg	2:21.1
5000 m	Bertel Backman	9:14.0	13
	Clas Thunberg	9:11.8	12
	Ossi Blomqvist	9:09.9	10
	Julius Skutnabb	8:59.1

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References

↑ "Flagbearers for Finland". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 27 December 2023.

Sources

Comité Olympique Suisse (1928). Résultats des Concours des II^mes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2008-06-10.
Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com

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[1] "Flagbearers for Finland". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 27 December 2023.

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