Finland competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 129 competitors, 123 men and 6 women, took part in 84 events in 16 sports. As the country was to host the next Olympics in Helsinki, the flag of Finland was flown at the closing ceremony.
Medalists
Athletics
Men
Track & road events
Field events
Combined events â Decathlon
Boxing
Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Middleweight
Light heavyweight
Canoeing
Men's K-1 1,000 metres
Men's K-1 10,000 metres
Men's K-2 1,000 metres
Men's K-2 10,000 metres
Women's 500 metres
Cycling
Five cyclists, all men, represented Finland in 1948.
Individual road race
Team road race
Time trial
Team pursuit
Diving
Men
Equestrian
Individual eventing
Team eventing
Individual jumping
Fencing
Six fencers, all men, represented Finland in 1948.
Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1948.
Rowing
Finland had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1948.
Men's coxed four
Sailing
Finland was represented in sailing in four classes by 12 male competitors.
Firefly class (one person dinghy)
Star class (two person keelboat)
Dragon class (three person keelboat)
6 metre class
Shooting
Twelve shooters represented Finland in 1948. Pauli Janhonen won a silver medal in the 300 m rifle event.
25 metre pistol
50 metre pistol
300 metre rifle
50 metre rifle
Swimming
Women
<small>Ranks given are within the heat.</small>
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Men's freestyle flyweight
Men's freestyle bantamweight
Men' freestyle featherweight
Men's freestyle lightweight
Men's freestyle welterweight
Men's freestyle middleweight
Men's freestyle light heavyweight
Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Men's Greco-Roman welterweight
Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
Art competitions
See also
References
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