Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

competed at the

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, Canada. 83 competitors, 77 men and 6 women, took part in 63 events in 14 sports.

Medalists

Gold

* Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 5,000m * Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 10,000m *

Pertti Karppinen Pertti Johannes Karppinen (born 17 February 1953) is a retired Finnish rower noted for his three consecutive Olympic gold medals in single sculls in 1976, 1980 and 1984. Biography Karppinen won the world titles in 1979 and 1985 and once held th ...

— Rowing, Men's Single Sculls * Pertti Ukkola — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Silver

* Antti Kalliomäki — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault * Hannu Siitonen — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw

Archery

In the nation's second appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, Finland entered two men. Defending bronze medallist

Kyösti Laasonen Kyösti Kalevi Laasonen (born 27 September 1945) is an archer from Finland, who was born in Kitee, Finland. Laasonen competed for Finland in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the individual event where he finished in ...

competed again, this time placing 15th. Men's Individual Competition: *

— 2379 points (→ 15th place) * Kauko Laasonen — 2348 points (→ 20th place)

Athletics

Men's 800 metres * Markku Taskinen ** Heat — did not start (→ did not advance) Men's 5.000 metres * Lasse Virén ** Heat — 13:33.39 ** Final — 13:24.76 (→ Gold Medal) * Lasse Orimus ** Heat — 13:23.43 (→ did not advance) Men's 10.000 metres * Lasse Virén ** Heat — 28:14.95 ** Final — 27:40.38 (→ Gold Medal) * Martti Vainio ** Heat — 28:26.60 (→ did not advance) * Pekka Paivarinta ** Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay * Ossi Karttunen, Markku Kukkoaho, Stig Lönnqvist, and Hannu Mäkelä ** Heat — 3:05.02 ** Final — 3:06.51 (→ 8th place) Men's Marathon * Lasse Virén — 2:13:10 (→ 5th place) * Håkan Spik — 2:17:50 (→ 16th place) *

Jukka Toivola Jukka Olavi Toivola (7 September 1949 – 27 May 2011) was a male long-distance runner and teacher of chemistry from Finland. Born in Liperi, North Karelia, Toivola represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events Janu ...

— 2:20:26 (→ 27th place) Men's Discus Throw *

Pentti Kahma Pentti Aatos Kahma (December 3, 1943 Alavieska) is a retired discus thrower from Finland, who is best known for winning the title at the 1974 European Championships in Rome, Italy. He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympic ...

** Qualification — 62.10m ** Final — 63.12m (→ 6th place) * Markku Tuokko ** Qualification — 59.80m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

One cyclist represented Finland in 1976. ; Individual road race *

Harry Hannus Harry Hannus (born 20 December 1949) is a Finnish former racing cyclist. He won the Finnish national road race title seven times between 1972 and 1984. He also competed at four consecutive Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olymp ...

— 4:49:01 (→ 20th place) ;

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— 13th place

Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Finland in 1976. ; Men's épée *

Veikko Salminen Veikko Salminen (born 12 August 1945) is a Finnish modern pentathlete and épée fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team modern pentathlon event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the ...

; Men's team épée * Heikki Hulkkonen * Risto Hurme *

Jussi Pelli Jussi Pelli (born 4 November 1954) is a Finnish modern pentathlete and épée fencer. He fenced at the 1976 Summer Olympics and competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officiall ...

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1976. ;Individual * Risto Hurme *

* Heikki Hulkkonen ;Team * Risto Hurme * Jussi Pelli * Heikki Hulkkonen

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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