Finland at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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

Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km Cross-country skiing Women's 3 × 5 km relay Nordic combined Men's individual Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km

Biathlon

Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmJuhani Suutarinen1'14:25.99101'24:25.9930Mauri Röppänen1'16:45.8871'23:45.8827Esko Saira1'12:34.8051'17:34.806Yrjö Salpakari1'14:51.4321'16:51.435

1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankEsko SairaJuhani SuutarinenHeikki IkolaMauri Röppänen31'54:37.25

2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmManne Liimatainen48:59.9035Juhani Repo47:56.1623Osmo Karjalainen46:27.5110Juha Mieto46:02.74430 kmOsmo KarjalainenDNF–Raimo LehtinenDNF–Teuvo Hatunen1'42:27.1822Eero Mäntyranta1'41:40.511950 kmKalevi OikarainenDNF–Eero MäntyrantaDNF–Teuvo Hatunen3'00:41.7232Hannu Taipale2'48:24.8312

Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankHannu TaipaleJuha MietoJuhani RepoOsmo Karjalainen2'07:50.195

Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmSenja Pusula17:59.9325Helena Takalo17:21.399Hilkka Kuntola17:11.675Marjatta Kajosmaa17:05.5010 kmMarjatta Muttilainen36:46.4022Hilkka Kuntola35:36.718Helena Takalo35:06.345Marjatta Kajosmaa34:56.45

Women's 3 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankHelena TakaloHilkka KuntolaMarjatta Kajosmaa49:19.37

Ice hockey

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

Medal round RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts15401331392532018156353202613645221171355523014244650509390 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 15 km cross-country skiing

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankJukka KuvajaIndividual66.071.0160.22551:17.0194.18519354.38527Erkki Kilpinen73.575.5185.0949:52.6206.8454391.8454Rauno Miettinen77.579.0210.0251:08.2195.50515405.505

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankEsko RautionahoNormal hill73.5100.367.087.4187.745Kari Ylianttila76.0104.873.5101.8206.625Rauno Miettinen75.5105.575.5106.5212.017Tauno Käyhkö76.0105.875.5106.0211.818Rauno MiettinenLarge hill83.079.787.591.0170.732Esko Rautionaho93.095.799.0110.1205.89Kari Ylianttila91.599.192.098.3197.413Tauno Käyhkö95.0104.5100.5114.7219.24

Speed skating

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mJouko Salakka42.8127Leo Linkovesi40.146Seppo Hänninen40.1251500 mLeo Linkovesi2:16.8634Seppo Hänninen2:14.5228Jouko Salakka2:10.2217Kimmo Koskinen2:08.18105000 mJouko Salakka7:57.4218Kimmo Koskinen7:45.151110,000 mJouko Salakka16:35.6419Kimmo Koskinen15:38.877

Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mTuula Vilkas46.8524Arja Kantola46.12161000 mArja Kantola1:35.4521Tuula Vilkas1:33.51111500 mTuula Vilkas2:27.09163000 mArja Kantola5:30.8821Tuula Vilkas5:05.927

References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com