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Finland

FIN Finland: Summer Sports / Winter Sports

Games: 47 games in 23 countries
Events: 393 distinct events in 38 sports

Participants: 2,260 (1,922 men and 338 women)
Youngest Participant: Noora Laukkanen (15 years, 192 days), 2008 Summer Games
Oldest Participant: John Flinkenberg (60 years, 256 days), 1956 Summer Games
Most Medals (Athlete): Paavo Nurmi (12 medals)

47 Games

Rk Games Flag Bearer Participants Men Women Sports Gold Silver Bronze Total Top Medalist(s)
1 2012 Summer Hanna-Maria Seppälä 56 29 27 14 1 2 3 5 athletes with 1 medal
2 2010 Winter Ville Peltonen 91 58 33 10 1 4 5 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (2 medals)
3 2008 Summer Juha Hirvi 57 31 26 14 1 1 2 4 5 athletes with 1 medal
4 2006 Winter Janne Lahtela 90 59 31 11 6 3 9 Matti Hautamäki (2 medals)
5 2004 Summer Thomas Johanson 53 36 17 12 2 2 Marko Yli-Hannuksela and Marko Kemppainen (1 medal)
6 2002 Winter Toni Nieminen 98 62 36 11 4 2 1 7 Samppa Lajunen (3 medals)
7 2000 Summer Heli Rantanen 70 40 30 16 2 1 1 4 5 athletes with 1 medal
8 1998 Winter Janne Ahonen 85 51 34 10 2 4 6 12 Mika Myllylä (3 medals)
9 1996 Summer Mikko Kolehmainen 76 47 29 15 1 2 1 4 4 athletes with 1 medal
10 1994 Winter Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen 61 47 14 8 1 5 6 Mika Myllylä (3 medals)
11 1992 Summer Harri Koskela 88 60 28 16 1 2 2 5 7 athletes with 1 medal
12 1992 Winter Timo Blomqvist 62 49 13 8 3 1 3 7 Toni Nieminen (3 medals)
13 1988 Summer Jouko Salomäki 78 59 19 15 1 1 2 4 4 athletes with 1 medal
14 1988 Winter Pertti Niittylä 53 46 7 7 4 1 2 7 Marjo Matikainen and Matti Nykänen (3 medals)
15 1984 Summer Esko Rechardt 86 73 13 15 4 2 6 12 12 athletes with 1 medal
16 1984 Winter Jorma Valtonen 45 40 5 6 4 3 6 13 Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen (4 medals)
17 1980 Summer Peter Tallberg 105 99 6 16 3 1 4 8 Kaarlo Maaninka (2 medals)
18 1980 Winter Heikki Ikola 52 44 8 7 1 5 3 9 Juha Mieto (3 medals)
19 1976 Summer Lasse Virén 83 77 6 14 4 2 6 Lasse Virén (2 medals)
20 1976 Winter Rauno Miettinen 47 38 9 8 2 4 1 7 Helena Kivioja-Takalo (3 medals)
21 1972 Summer Ilkka Nummisto 96 89 7 16 3 1 4 8 Lasse Virén (2 medals)
22 1972 Winter Juha Mieto 50 43 7 6 4 1 5 Marjatta Kajosmaa (3 medals)
23 1968 Summer Pentti Linnosvuo 66 60 6 13 1 2 1 4 4 athletes with 1 medal
24 1968 Winter Veikko Kankkonen 52 44 8 7 1 2 2 5 Eero Mäntyranta (3 medals)
25 1964 Summer Eugen Ekman 89 84 5 13 3 2 5 5 athletes with 1 medal
26 1964 Winter Veikko Hakulinen 52 46 6 7 3 4 3 10 Eero Mäntyranta (3 medals)
27 1960 Summer Eeles Landström 117 107 10 14 1 1 3 5 6 athletes with 1 medal
28 1960 Winter Paavo Korhonen 48 42 6 6 2 3 3 8 Veikko Hakulinen (3 medals)
29 1956 Summer Eeles Landström 64 63 1 14 3 1 11 15 Wäinö Korhonen and Ole Mannonen (2 medals)
30 1956 Winter Antti Hyvärinen 31 27 4 6 3 3 1 7 Veikko Hakulinen (3 medals)
31 1956 Equestrian Erkki Estola 7 7 0 1
32 1952 Summer Väinö Suvivuo 258 228 30 18 6 3 13 22 3 athletes with 2 medals
33 1952 Winter Heikki Hasu 50 45 5 7 3 4 2 9 3 athletes with 2 medals
34 1948 Summer Hannes Sonck 129 123 6 16 10 8 6 24 Veikko Huhtanen (5 medals)
35 1948 Winter Pekka Vanninen 24 24 0 5 1 3 2 6 9 athletes with 1 medal
36 1936 Summer Akilles Järvinen 108 103 5 14 8 6 6 20 Aleksanteri Saarvala and Volmari Iso-Hollo (2 medals)
37 1936 Winter Sulo Nurmela 19 19 0 5 1 2 3 6 Birger Wasenius (3 medals)
38 1932 Summer Akilles Järvinen 40 40 0 5 5 8 12 25 Heikki Savolainen (4 medals)
39 1932 Winter Ossi Blomqvist 7 7 0 3 1 1 1 3 Veli Saarinen (2 medals)
40 1928 Summer Akilles Järvinen 69 67 2 11 8 8 9 25 Paavo Nurmi (3 medals)
41 1928 Winter Esko Järvinen 18 17 1 5 2 1 1 4 Clas Thunberg (2 medals)
42 1924 Summer Elmer Niklander 121 121 0 12 14 13 10 37 Ville Ritola (6 medals)
43 1924 Winter 18 17 1 6 4 4 3 11 Clas Thunberg (5 medals)
44 1920 Summer Emil Hagelberg 63 62 1 9 15 10 9 34 Paavo Nurmi (4 medals)
45 1912 Summer Eino Saastamoinen 164 162 2 10 9 8 9 26 Hannes Kolehmainen (4 medals)
46 1908 Summer Bruno Zilliacus 62 62 0 6 1 1 3 5 30 athletes with 1 medal
47 1906 Summer 4 4 0 2 2 1 1 4 Verner Weckman and Verner Järvinen (2 medals)