Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics

1928 Winter Olympics

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 11–19, 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics held on its own as they were not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics...

in St. Moritz

St. Moritz

St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. Finland took home 4 medals, all in speed skating

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

. These were won by Clas Thunberg

Clas Thunberg

Arnold Clas Robert Thunberg was a Finnish speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals – three at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924 and two at the 1928 Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz...

, Julius Skutnabb

Julius Skutnabb

Julius Ferninand Skutnabb was a Finnish speed skater who won several Olympic medals. He was born in Helsinki and died there as well....

, and Jaakko Friman

Jaakko Friman

Jaakko Johannes Friman was an speed skater from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 500 metres. He was born and died in Tampere, Finland.-References:*...

. Finland also took second place in the Military Patrol

Biathlon

Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...

, at that time classed as a demonstration event with no medals.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Speed skating Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, four speed skating events were scheduled, all for men, but medals were only awarded for three events, because the 10.000 m event was not completed. The Allround event, which was only organized in 1924, was removed from the program...	Men's 500m
		Speed skating Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, four speed skating events were scheduled, all for men, but medals were only awarded for three events, because the 10.000 m event was not completed. The Allround event, which was only organized in 1924, was removed from the program...	Men's 1500m
		Speed skating Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, four speed skating events were scheduled, all for men, but medals were only awarded for three events, because the 10.000 m event was not completed. The Allround event, which was only organized in 1924, was removed from the program...	Men's 5000m
		Speed skating Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, four speed skating events were scheduled, all for men, but medals were only awarded for three events, because the 10.000 m event was not completed. The Allround event, which was only organized in 1924, was removed from the program...	Men's 500m

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Einar Mässeli Einar Mässeli Einar Mässeli was a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.He was born in Säkäjärvi, Virolahti and died in Virolahti.In 1928 he finished 13th in the 18 kilometre competition....	1'47:55	13
	Ville Mattila Ville Mattila Herman Vilhelm "Ville" Mattila was a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.He was born and died in Haapavesi.In 1928 he finished tenth in the 18 kilometre competition.-External links:*...	1'44:37	10
	Martti Lappalainen Martti Lappalainen Martti Eemil Lappalainen was a Finnish cross country skier and biathlete.He was born in Liperi and was killed in action in Mäntysova, East Karelia....	1'41:59	7
	Veli Saarinen Veli Saarinen Veli Selim Saarinen was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1920s and 1930's.He was born in Martinsaari and died in Helsinki....	1'40:57	4
50 km	Matti Raivio Matti Raivio Matti Raivio was a Finnish cross country skier in the 1920s.He was born and died in Pihlajavesi.Raivio won gold medals at the 1926 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in both the 30 km and 50 km events....	DNF	–
	Adiel Paananen Adiel Paananen Adiel Arthur Paananen was a Finnish cross country skier in the late 1920s and early 1930s.He was born and died in Saarijärvi.At the 1928 Winter Olympics he competed in the 50 kilometre event but did not finish....	DNF	–
	Martti Lappalainen Martti Lappalainen Martti Eemil Lappalainen was a Finnish cross country skier and biathlete.He was born in Liperi and was killed in action in Mäntysova, East Karelia....	5'30:09	9
	Tauno Lappalainen Tauno Lappalainen Tauno Mikko Lappalainen was a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the late 1920s and early 1930s.He was born and died in Liperi....	5'18:33	6

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Marcus Nikkanen Marcus Nikkanen Marcus Rafael Nikkanen was a Finnish figure skater. He was the 1930 European bronze medalist and the 1933 World bronze medalist. He represented Finland at the 1928 Winter Olympics, at the 1932 Winter Olympics, and the 1936 Winter Olympics...	Men's singles	4	8	46	1480.00	6

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Ludowika Jakobsson Ludowika Jakobsson Ludowika Jakobsson was a German-Finnish figure skater. Competing in pair skating with skating partner and husband Walter Jakobsson, she became Olympic Champion in 1920 and three-time World champion. Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers was also successful in ladies' single skating... Walter Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson Walter Andreas Jakobsson was a Finnish figure skater.As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911....	51	84.00	5

Nordic combined

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event

Cross-country skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics

At the 1928 Winter Olympics, two cross country skiing events were contested. The 50 km competition was held on Tuesday, February 14, 1928 while the 18 km event was held on Friday, February 17, 1928.-Medal summary:...

 of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athlethes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes that could represent a country per event.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski Jumping				Total
		Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Paavo Nuotio	Individual	1'48:46	14.125	4	52.5	52.5	15.729	7	14.927	4
Esko Järvinen Esko Järvinen Kauko Esko Järvinen was a Finnish Nordic combined skier, ski jumper, and military patrol competitor who competed in the late 1920s and early 1930s....		1'46:23	15.375	3	46.0	48.0	14.426	16	14.810	5

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1 (Dist.)	Jump 2 (Dist.)	Total
				Points	Rank
Esko Järvinen Esko Järvinen Kauko Esko Järvinen was a Finnish Nordic combined skier, ski jumper, and military patrol competitor who competed in the late 1920s and early 1930s....	Normal hill	45.0	47.5	13.978	22
Paavo Nuotio		50.0	56.0	15.833	12

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Toivo Ovaska Toivo Ovaska Toivo Johannes Ovaska was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.He was born in Ruskeala, Karelia and died in Helsinki....	45.2	11
	Bertel Backman Bertel Backman Bertel Fredrik Aulis Backman was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.In 1928 he finished eighth in the 500 metres event and 13th in the 5000 metres competition. He also participated in the 1500 metres event but did not finish.-External links:*...	44.4	8
	Jaakko Friman Jaakko Friman Jaakko Johannes Friman was an speed skater from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 500 metres. He was born and died in Tampere, Finland.-References:*...	43.6
	Clas Thunberg Clas Thunberg Arnold Clas Robert Thunberg was a Finnish speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals – three at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924 and two at the 1928 Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz...	43.4 OR
1500 m	Bertel Backman Bertel Backman Bertel Fredrik Aulis Backman was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.In 1928 he finished eighth in the 500 metres event and 13th in the 5000 metres competition. He also participated in the 1500 metres event but did not finish.-External links:*...	DNF	–
	Toivo Ovaska Toivo Ovaska Toivo Johannes Ovaska was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.He was born in Ruskeala, Karelia and died in Helsinki....	2:29.3	15
	Clas Thunberg Clas Thunberg Arnold Clas Robert Thunberg was a Finnish speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals – three at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924 and two at the 1928 Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz...	2:21.1
5000 m	Bertel Backman Bertel Backman Bertel Fredrik Aulis Backman was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.In 1928 he finished eighth in the 500 metres event and 13th in the 5000 metres competition. He also participated in the 1500 metres event but did not finish.-External links:*...	9:14.0	13
	Clas Thunberg Clas Thunberg Arnold Clas Robert Thunberg was a Finnish speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals – three at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924 and two at the 1928 Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz...	9:11.8	12
	Ossi Blomqvist Ossi Blomqvist Ossian Ossi Blomqvist was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics, in the 1932 Winter Olympics, and in the 1936 Winter Olympics.In 1928 he finished tenth in the 5000 metres event...	9:09.9	10
	Julius Skutnabb Julius Skutnabb Julius Ferninand Skutnabb was a Finnish speed skater who won several Olympic medals. He was born in Helsinki and died there as well....	8:59.1