Finland was the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. 258 competitors, 228 men and 30 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports. The nation won 22 medals.
Men's Team Competition
Main Round (Group B)
Lost to Mexico (48-66)
Lost to Soviet Union (35-47)
Lost to Bulgaria (64-65) → did not advance, 16th place
Team Roster
Juhani Kyöstilä
Raine Nuutinen
Raimo Lindholm
Timo Suviranta
Kauko Heinänen
Pentti Laaksonen
Oiva Virtanen
Esko Karhunen
Eero Salonen
Pertti Mutru
Tuomo Ristola
Tapio Pöyhönen
Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
Raino Koskenkorva — 5:23:34.6 (→ 42nd place)
Paul Backman — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Paul Nyman — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Ruben Forsblom — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
Onni Kasslin
Final — 1:15.3 (→ 14th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
Helge Törn — 27th and last place
Men's 3m Springboard
Helge Vasenius
Preliminary Round — 65.41 points (→ 14th place)
Olavi Heinonen
Preliminary Round — 58.06 points (→ 29th place)
11 fencers, 8 men and 3 women, represented Finland in 1952.
Men's foil
Kurt Lindeman
Heikki Raitio
Men's épée
Erkki Kerttula
Rolf Wiik
Heikki Raitio
Men's team épée
Kauko Jalkanen, Erkki Kerttula, Rolf Wiik, Nils Sjöblom, Jaakko Vuorinen, Paavo Miettinen
Women's foil
Maggie Kalka
Marianne Sjöblom
Taimi Mattsson
Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1952, winning bronze in the team event.
Individual
Ole Mannonen
Lauri Vilkko
Olavi Rokka
Team
Ole Mannonen
Lauri Vilkko
Olavi Rokka
Eleven shooters represented Finland in 1952. Vilho Ylönen won a silver medal in the 50 m rifle, three positions and Tauno Mäki won a bronze medal in the 100m running deer.
25 m pistol
Pentti Linnosvuo
Veli-Jussi Hölsö
50 m pistol
Klaus Lahti
Oiva Tylli
300 m rifle, three positions
Vilho Ylönen
Pauli Janhonen
50 m rifle, three positions
Vilho Ylönen
Kullervo Leskinen
50 m rifle, prone
Kullervo Leskinen
Vilho Ylönen
100m running deer
Tauno Mäki
Yrjö Miettinen
Trap
Konrad Huber
Sven-Erik Rosenlew
