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Finland at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
FIN

Finland at the 1972 Winter Olympics

NOC
  
Finnish Olympic Committee

Website
  
sport.fi/olympiakomitea (Finnish) (Swedish)

Competitors
  
50 (43 men, 7 women) in 6 sports

Flag bearer
  
Juha Mieto, Cross Country Skiing

Medals Ranked 15th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 4 1 5

Finland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Contents

Biathlon

Men
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Cross-country skiing

Men
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
Women's 3 × 5 km relay

First Round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Medal round

  • USSR 9-3 Finland
  • Finland 5-1 Poland
  • Czechoslovakia 7-1 Finland
  • USA 4-1 Finland
  • Finland 4-3 Sweden
  • Team Roster:
  • Jorma Valtonen
  • Ilpo Koskela
  • Seppo Lindström
  • Heikki Riihiranta
  • Heikki Järn
  • Juha Rantasila
  • Pekka Marjamäki
  • Jorma Vehmanen
  • Jorma Peltonen
  • Veli-Pekka Ketola
  • Matti Murto
  • Matti Keinonen
  • Harri Linnonmaa
  • Juhani Tamminen
  • Lasse Oksanen
  • Esa Peltonen
  • Seppo Repo
  • Lauri Mononen
  • Timo Turunen
  • Head Coach: Seppo Liitsola

    • Nordic combined

    Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing

    • Speed skating

    Men
    Women

    References

    Finland at the 1972 Winter Olympics Wikipedia
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