Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1956. Wäinö Korhonen won the bronze and Ole Mannonen won the silver in the individual event. In the team event, the Finnish pentathletes won bronze.
Four shooters represented Finland in 1956. Pentti Linnosvuo won gold in the 50 m pistol and Vilho Ylönen won bronze in the 300 m rifle, three positions.
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Finland competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Australia and Stockholm Sweden equestrian events 64 competitors 63 men and 1 woman took part in 62 events in 14 sports 1 Finland at the1956 Summer OlympicsIOC codeFINNOCFinnish Olympic CommitteeWebsitesport wbr fi wbr olympiakomitea in Finnish and Swedish in Melbourne StockholmCompetitors64 63 men and 1 woman in 14 sportsFlag bearersEeles Landstrom Melbourne Erkki Estola Stockholm MedalsRanked 13thGold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 11 Total 15Summer Olympics appearances overview 19081912192019241928193219361948195219561960196419681972197619801984198819921996200020042008201220162020Other related appearances1906 Intercalated Games Contents 1 Medalists 1 1 Gold 1 2 Silver 1 3 Bronze 2 Athletics 3 Boxing 4 Canoeing 5 Cycling 6 Diving 7 Fencing 8 Gymnastics 9 Modern pentathlon 10 Rowing 11 Sailing 12 Shooting 13 Swimming 14 Weightlifting 15 Wrestling 16 References 17 External linksMedalists EditGold Edit Pentti Linnosvuo Shooting Men s Free Pistol Rauno Makinen Wrestling Men s Greco Roman Featherweight Kyosti Lehtonen Wrestling Men s Greco Roman LightweightSilver Edit Olavi Mannonen Modern Pentathlon Men s Individual CompetitionBronze Edit Voitto Hellsten Athletics Men s 400 metres Veikko Karvonen Athletics Men s Marathon Jorma Valkama Athletics Men s Long Jump Pentti Hamalainen Boxing Men s Featherweight Raimo Heinonen Onni Lappalainen Olavi Leimuvirta Berndt Lindfors Martti Mansikka and Kalevi Suoniemi Gymnastics Men s Team Combined Exercises Waino Korhonen Modern Pentathlon Men s Individual Competition Berndt Katter Waino Korhonen and Olavi Mannonen Modern Pentathlon Men s Team Competition Kauko Hanninen Veli Lehtela Matti Niemi Toimi Pitkanen and Reino Poutanen Rowing Men s Coxed Fours Vilho Ylonen Shooting Men s Free Rifle Three Positions Erkki Penttila Wrestling Men s Freestyle Featherweight Taisto Kangasniemi Wrestling Men s Freestyle HeavyweightAthletics EditMain article Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men s Marathon Veikko Karvonen 2 27 47 Bronze Medal Eino Oksanen 2 36 10 10th place Paavo Kotila 2 37 10 13th place Boxing EditMain article Boxing at the 1956 Summer OlympicsCanoeing EditMain article Canoeing at the 1956 Summer OlympicsCycling EditMain article Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics SprintPaul Nyman 18th placeTime trialPaul Nyman 1 16 1 18th place Individual road racePaul Nyman 5 23 40 11th place Diving EditMain article Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men s 10m Platform Helge Vasenius Preliminary Round 66 63 did not advance 16th place Fencing EditMain article Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Two fencers both men represented Finland in 1956 Men s epeeRolf Wiik Waino KorhonenGymnastics EditMain article Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer OlympicsModern pentathlon EditMain article Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1956 Waino Korhonen won the bronze and Ole Mannonen won the silver in the individual event In the team event the Finnish pentathletes won bronze IndividualOle Mannonen Waino Korhonen Berndt KatterTeamOle Mannonen Waino Korhonen Berndt KatterRowing EditMain article Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Finland had five male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1956 2 Men s coxless fourKauko Hanninen Reino Poutanen Veli Lehtela Toimi PitkanenMen s coxed fourKauko Hanninen Reino Poutanen Veli Lehtela Toimi Pitkanen Matti Niemi cox Sailing EditMain article Sailing at the 1956 Summer OlympicsShooting EditMain article Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics Four shooters represented Finland in 1956 Pentti Linnosvuo won gold in the 50 m pistol and Vilho Ylonen won bronze in the 300 m rifle three positions 25 m pistolPentti Linnosvuo Kalle Sievanen50 m pistolPentti Linnosvuo Kalle Sievanen300 m rifle three positionsVilho Ylonen Jorma Taitto50 m rifle three positionsVilho Ylonen Jorma Taitto50 m rifle proneVilho Ylonen Jorma TaittoSwimming EditMain article Swimming at the 1956 Summer OlympicsWeightlifting EditMain article Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer OlympicsWrestling EditMain article Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics Viljo Punkari 3 References Edit Finland at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games sports reference com Archived from the original on 2020 04 17 Retrieved 2010 10 16 Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Finland Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 28 February 2018 Viljo Punkari Bio Stats and Results Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 2020 04 17 Retrieved 2020 03 06 External links EditOfficial Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Finland at the 1956 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1013301863, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
