Finland at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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Finland at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	FIN
NOC:	Finnish Olympic Committee external link (Finnish)
1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp
Medals Rank: 4	Gold 15	Silver 10	Bronze 9	Total 34
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Finland competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Athletics
  • Men's 10000 m: Paavo Nurmi
  • Men's cross country individual: Paavo Nurmi
  • Men's cross country team: Frederick Teudor Koskenniemi, Heikki Liimatainen, Paavo Nurmi
  • Men's discus throw: Elmer Konstantin Niklander
  • Men's javelin throw: Jonni Myyrä
  • Men's marathon: Hannes Kolehmainen
  • Men's pentathlon: Eero Reino Lehtonen
  • Men's shot put: Frans Wilhelmi Pörhölä
  • Men's triple jump: Vilho Immanuel Tuulos
• Figure skating (on ice)
  • Mixed pairs: Ludowika Jakobsson, Walter Jakobsson
• Wrestling
  • Men's freestyle 60-67.5 kg (lightweight): Kalle Antilla
  • Men's freestyle 67.5-75 kg (middleweight): Eino Aukusti Leino
  • Men's Greco-Roman +82 kg (super heavyweight): Adolf Valentin Lindfors
  • Men's Greco-Roman -60 kg (featherweight): Oskar David Friman
  • Men's Greco-Roman 60-67.5 kg (lightweight): Eemil Ernesti Väre

[edit] Silver

• Athletics
  • Men's 5000 m: Paavo Nurmi
  • Men's discus throw: Armas Rudolf Taipale
  • Men's javelin throw: Urho Pellervo Peltonen
  • Men's shot put: Elmer Konstantin Niklander
• Shooting
  • Men's team, 100 m running deer, double shots: Yrjö Kolho, Kaarlo Kustaa Lappalainen, Robert Tikkanen, Nestori Toivonen, Karl Magnus Wegelius
• Wrestling
  • Men's freestyle 67.5-75 kg (middleweight): Väinö Penttala
  • Men's Greco-Roman -60 kg (featherweight): Heikki Kähkönen
  • Men's Greco-Roman 60-67.5 kg (lightweight): Taavi Tamminen
  • Men's Greco-Roman 67.5-75 kg (middleweight): Arthur Lindfors
  • Men's Greco-Roman 75-82 kg (light-heavyweight): Edil Rosenqvist

[edit] Bronze

• Athletics
  • Men's cross country individual: Heikki Liimatainen
  • Men's javelin throw: Paavo Jaale-Johansson
  • Men's pentathlon: Hugo Jalmari Lahtinen
• Shooting
  • Men's team, 100 m running deer, double shots: Yrjö Kolho, Robert Tikkanen, Nestori Toivonen, Vilho Vauhkonen, Karl Magnus Wegelius
  • Men's team 300 m free rifle, prone: Voitto Waldemar Kolho, Kaarlo Kustaa Lappalainen, Veli Heikki Nieminen, Vilho Vauhkonen, Karl Magnus Wegelius
• Swimming
  • Men's 200 m breaststroke: Arvo Ossian Aaltonen
  • Men's 400 m breaststroke: Arvo Ossian Aaltonen
• Wrestling
  • Men's Greco-Roman + 82 kg (super heavyweight): Martti Nieminen
  • Men's Greco-Roman 67.5-75 kg (middleweight): Matti Perttilä

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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