Finland at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Finland at the 1924 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Chamonix
Competitors	17 (16 men, 1 woman) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Armas Palmros[1]
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Finland competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Finnish athletes won a total of 11 medals. The majority of these were awarded in speed skating, to Clas Thunberg and Julius Skutnabb.

Medalists

The following Finnish competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are in bold.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Clas Thunberg	Speed skating	Men's 1500 m
Gold	Clas Thunberg	Speed skating	Men's 5000 m
Gold	Julius Skutnabb	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 m
Gold	Clas Thunberg	Speed skating	Men's all-round
Silver	Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson	Figure skating	Pairs
Silver	Väinö Bremer August Eskelinen Heikki Hirvonen Martti Lappalainen	Military patrol	Men's event
Silver	Julius Skutnabb	Speed skating	Men's 5000 m
Silver	Clas Thunberg	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 m
Bronze	Tapani Niku	Cross-country skiing	Men's 18 km
Bronze	Clas Thunberg	Speed skating	Men's 500 m
Bronze	Julius Skutnabb	Speed skating	Men's all-round

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Anton Collin	1'33:54.6	16
	Matti Ritola	1'25:13.0	11
	Matti Raivio	1'19:10.4	7
	Tapani Niku	1'16:26.0
50 km	Anton Collin	DNF
	Erkki Kämäräinen	DNF
	Tapani Niku	DNF
	Matti Raivio	4'06:50	7

Figure skating

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson	18.5	10.25

Military patrol

Athletes	Time	Shots on target	Final Time (-30s./hit)	Rank
August Eskelinen Heikki Hirvonen Martti Lappalainen Väinö Bremer	4'05:40	11	4'00:10

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 of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (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 (here: 4) 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.

Ski jumping

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Clas Thunberg	44.8
	Asser Wallenius	45.0	5
	Julius Skutnabb	46.4	10
1500 m	Clas Thunberg	2:20.8
	Julius Skutnabb	2:26.6	4
	Asser Wallenius	DNF
5000 m	Clas Thunberg	8:39.0
	Julius Skutnabb	8:48.4
	Asser Wallenius	9:12.8	10
10,000 m	Julius Skutnabb	18:04.8
	Clas Thunberg	18:07.8
	Asser Wallenius	19:03.8	10

All-round
Distances: 500 m; 5000 m; 1500 m & 10,000 m.

Athlete	Until distance 1			Until distance 2			Until distance 3			Total
	Points	Score	rank	Points	Score	rank	Points	Score	rank	Points	Score	rank
Clas Thunberg	1,5	44.80	1	2.5	96.70	1	3.5	143.63	1	5.5	198.02
Julius Skutnabb	7	46.40	7	8	99.24	3	11	148.11	3	11	202.35
Asser Wallenius	3	45.00	3	10	100.28	5	DNF

References

Sources

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