Finland at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Finland at the Olympic Games
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At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
Competitors
Medals Rank: 5	Gold 7	Silver 6	Bronze 6	Total 19
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Finland competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.

Contents 1 Medalists 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 References

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Gold

• Gunnar Höckert (5 000 m)
• Ilmari Salminen (10 000 m)
• Volmari Iso-Hollo (3 000 m steeplechase)
• Kustaa Pihlajamäki (freestyle wrestling 61 kg)
• Lauri Koskela (Greco-Roman wrestling 66 kg)
• Sten Suvio (boxing welterweight 66,6 kg)
• Ale Saarvala (gymnastics - men's horizontal bar)

[edit] Silver

• Lauri Lehtinen (5 000 m)
• Arvo Askola (10 000 m)
• Kaarlo Tuominen (3 000 m steeplechase)
• Sulo Bärlund (shot put)
• Yrjö Nikkanen (javelin throw)
• Aarne Reini (Greco-Roman wrestling 61 kg)

[edit] Bronze

• Volmari Iso-Hollo (10 000 m)
• Kalervo Toivonen (javelin throw)
• Hermanni Pihlajamäki (freestyle wrestling 66 kg)
• Hjalmar Nyström (freestyle wrestling over 87 kg)
• Eino Virtanen (Greco-Roman wrestling 72 kg)
• Martti Uosikkinen, Heikki Savolainen, Mauri Noroma, Ale Saarvala, Esa Seeste, Ilmari Pakarinen, Einari Teräsvirta, Eino Tukiainen (gymnastics - men's team competition)

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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