Finland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Finland at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	FIN
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1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Medals	Gold 3	Silver 1	Bronze 4	Total 8
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Finland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Cycling 2.5 Diving 2.6 Modern Pentathlon 2.7 Rowing

[edit] Medals

Finland finished in 14th position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and eight medals overall.

[edit] Gold

• Pekka Vasala — Athletics, Men's 1,500m
• Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 5,000m
• Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 10,000m

[edit] Silver

• Reima Virtanen — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

[edit] Bronze

• Tapio Kantanen — Athletics, Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
• Kyösti Laasonen — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
• Ristó Hurme, Veikko Salminen, and Martti Ketelä — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
• Risto Björlin — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Finland entered three men. They won a bronze medal.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Kyösti Laasonen — 2467 points (→ Bronze Medal)
• Olavi Laurila — 2372 points (→ 20th place)
• Jorma Sandelin — 2278 points (→ 40th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 1500 metres

• Pekka Vasala

• Heat — 3:40.9
• Semifinals — 3:37.9
• Final — 3:36.3 (→ Gold Medal)

• Pekka Paivarinta

• Heat — 3:40.9
• Semifinals — 3:45.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Tapio Kantanen

• Heat — 13:42.0 (→ did not advance)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Mikko Saarinen

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated David Attan (KEN), TKO-2
• Third Round — Lost to Peter Tiepold (GDR), 0:5

[edit] Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race (200 km)

• Harry Hannus — Did not finish
• Mauno Uusivirta — Did not finish
• Tapani Vuorenhela — Did not finish
• Ole Wackström — Did not finish

[edit] Diving

Men's 3m Springboard:

• Pentti Koskinen — 336.99 points (15th place)

Women's 3m Springboard:

• Laura Kivelä — 236.25 points (24th place)

Women's 10m Platform:

• Laura Kivelä — 172.65 points (22nd place)

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Ristó Hurme — 5094 points (→ 8th place)
• Veikko Salminen — 4852 points (→ 17th place)
• Martti Ketelä — 4849 points (→ 19th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Hurme, Salminen, and Ketelä — 14812 points (→ Bronze Medal)

[edit] Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Leo Ahonen, Leif Anderson and Antero Yli-lkkelä

• Heat — 8:06.56
• Repechage — 8:11.89 (→ did not advance)

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