# Finland at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Heikki Ikola Mauri Röppänen Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen | Biathlon | Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay |
| Silver | Marjatta Kajosmaa | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 km |
| Silver | Marjatta Kajosmaa Hilkka Riihivuori Helena Takalo | Cross-country skiing | Women's 3 × 5 km relay |
| Silver | Rauno Miettinen | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
| Bronze | Marjatta Kajosmaa | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Juhani Suutarinen | 1'14:25.99 | 10 | 1'24:25.99 | 30 |
| 20 km | Mauri Röppänen | 1'16:45.88 | 7 | 1'23:45.88 | 27 |
| 20 km | Esko Saira | 1'12:34.80 | 5 | 1'17:34.80 | 6 |
| 20 km | Yrjö Salpakari | 1'14:51.43 | 2 | 1'16:51.43 | 5 |
    $^1$ 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

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^2$ | Time | Rank |
| Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Ikola Mauri Röppänen | 3 | 1'54:37.25 | |
    $^2$ A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Manne Liimatainen | 48:59.90 | 35 |
| 15 km | Juhani Repo | 47:56.16 | 23 |
| 15 km | Osmo Karjalainen | 46:27.51 | 10 |
| 15 km | Juha Mieto | 46:02.74 | 4 |
| 30 km | Osmo Karjalainen | DNF | – |
| 30 km | Raimo Lehtinen | DNF | – |
| 30 km | Teuvo Hatunen | 1'42:27.18 | 22 |
| 30 km | Eero Mäntyranta | 1'41:40.51 | 19 |
| 50 km | Kalevi Oikarainen | DNF | – |
| 50 km | Eero Mäntyranta | DNF | – |
| 50 km | Teuvo Hatunen | 3'00:41.72 | 32 |
| 50 km | Hannu Taipale | 2'48:24.83 | 12 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Hannu Taipale Juha Mieto Juhani Repo Osmo Karjalainen | 2'07:50.19 | 5 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km | Senja Pusula | 17:59.93 | 25 |
| 5 km | Helena Takalo | 17:21.39 | 9 |
| 5 km | Hilkka Kuntola | 17:11.67 | 5 |
| 5 km | Marjatta Kajosmaa | 17:05.50 | |
| 10 km | Marjatta Muttilainen-Olkkonen | 36:46.40 | 22 |
| 10 km | Hilkka Kuntola | 35:36.71 | 8 |
| 10 km | Helena Takalo | 35:06.34 | 5 |
| 10 km | Marjatta Kajosmaa | 34:56.45 | |

### Women's 3 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Helena Takalo Hilkka Kuntola Marjatta Kajosmaa | 49:19.37 | |

## Ice hockey
### First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Finland | 13–1 | Norway |

### Medal round

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 9 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 6 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 6 |
| 4 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 5 |
| 5 | Finland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 4 |
| 6 | Poland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 0 |
* 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 (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jukka Kuvaja | Individual | 66.0 | 71.0 | 160.2 | 25 | 51:17.0 | 194.185 | 19 | 354.385 | 27 |
| Erkki Kilpinen | Individual | 73.5 | 75.5 | 185.0 | 9 | 49:52.6 | 206.845 | 4 | 391.845 | 4 |
| Rauno Miettinen | Individual | 77.5 | 79.0 | 210.0 | 2 | 51:08.2 | 195.505 | 15 | 405.505 | |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Esko Rautionaho | Normal hill | 73.5 | 100.3 | 67.0 | 87.4 | 187.7 | 45 |
| Kari Ylianttila | Normal hill | 76.0 | 104.8 | 73.5 | 101.8 | 206.6 | 25 |
| Rauno Miettinen | Normal hill | 75.5 | 105.5 | 75.5 | 106.5 | 212.0 | 17 |
| Tauno Käyhkö | Normal hill | 76.0 | 105.8 | 75.5 | 106.0 | 211.8 | 18 |
| Rauno Miettinen | Large hill | 83.0 | 79.7 | 87.5 | 91.0 | 170.7 | 32 |
| Esko Rautionaho | Large hill | 93.0 | 95.7 | 99.0 | 110.1 | 205.8 | 9 |
| Kari Ylianttila | Large hill | 91.5 | 99.1 | 92.0 | 98.3 | 197.4 | 13 |
| Tauno Käyhkö | Large hill | 95.0 | 104.5 | 100.5 | 114.7 | 219.2 | 4 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Jouko Salakka | 42.81 | 27 |
| 500 m | Leo Linkovesi | 40.14 | 6 |
| 500 m | Seppo Hänninen | 40.12 | 5 |
| 1500 m | Leo Linkovesi | 2:16.86 | 34 |
| 1500 m | Seppo Hänninen | 2:14.52 | 28 |
| 1500 m | Jouko Salakka | 2:10.22 | 17 |
| 1500 m | Kimmo Koskinen | 2:08.18 | 10 |
| 5000 m | Jouko Salakka | 7:57.42 | 18 |
| 5000 m | Kimmo Koskinen | 7:45.15 | 11 |
| 10,000 m | Jouko Salakka | 16:35.64 | 19 |
| 10,000 m | Kimmo Koskinen | 15:38.87 | 7 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Tuula Vilkas | 46.85 | 24 |
| 500 m | Arja Kantola | 46.12 | 16 |
| 1000 m | Arja Kantola | 1:35.45 | 21 |
| 1000 m | Tuula Vilkas | 1:33.51 | 11 |
| 1500 m | Tuula Vilkas | 2:27.09 | 16 |
| 3000 m | Arja Kantola | 5:30.88 | 21 |
| 3000 m | Tuula Vilkas | 5:05.92 | 7 |