Finland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 96 competitors, 89 men and 7 women, took part in 75 events in 16 sports.

Medalists Finland finished in 14th position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and eight medals overall.

Gold Pekka Vasala — Athletics, Men's 1,500m Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 5,000m Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 10,000m

Silver Reima Virtanen — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

Bronze Tapio Kantanen — Athletics, Men's 3,000m Steeplechase Kyösti Laasonen — Archery, Men's Individual Competition Risto Hurme, Veikko Salminen, and Martti Ketelä — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition Risto Björlin — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Finland entered three men. They won a bronze medal.

Men's Individual Competition: Kyösti Laasonen — 2467 points (→ Bronze Medal) Olavi Laurila — 2372 points (→ 20th place) Jorma Sandelin — 2278 points (→ 40th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres Antti Rajamäki First Heat — 10.52s (→ did not advance) Raimo Vilen First Heat — 11.00s (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres Pekka Vasala Heat — 3:40.9 Semifinals — 3:37.9 Final — 3:36.3 (→ Gold Medal) Pekka Päivärinta Heat — 3:40.9 Semifinals — 3:45.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres Tapio Kantanen Heat — 13:42.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Antti Rajamäki, Raimo Vilen, Erik Gustafsson, and Markku Juhola Heat — 39.54s Semifinals — 39.30s (NR) (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Mikko Saarinen First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated David Attan (KEN), TKO-2 Third Round — Lost to Peter Tiepold (GDR), 0:5

Canoeing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Finland in 1972.

Individual road race Harry Hannus — did not finish (→ no ranking) Mauno Uusivirta — did not finish (→ no ranking) Tapani Vuorenhela — did not finish (→ no ranking) Ole Wackström — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial Kalevi Eskelinen Harry Hannus Mauno Uusivirta Ole Wackström

Team individual pursuit Raimo Suikkanen

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard: Pentti Koskinen — 336.99 points (15th place)

Women's 3m Springboard: Laura Kivelä — 236.25 points (24th place)

Women's 10m Platform: Laura Kivelä — 172.65 points (22nd place)

Fencing

One fencer represented Finland in 1972.

Men's épée Risto Hurme

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1972, with them winning bronze in the team event.

Men's Individual Competition: Risto Hurme — 5094 points (→ 8th place) Veikko Salminen — 4852 points (→ 17th place) Martti Ketelä — 4849 points (→ 19th place)

Men's Team Competition: Hurme, Salminen, and Ketelä — 14812 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs Leo Ahonen, Leif Anderson and Antero Yli-lkkelä Heat — 8:06.56 Repechage — 8:11.89 (→ did not advance)

Sailing

Shooting

Ten male shooters represented Finland in 1972.

25 m pistol Immo Huhtinen Seppo Mäkinen

50 m pistol Seppo Irjala Immo Huhtinen

300 m rifle, three positions Jaakko Minkkinen Osmo Ala-Honkola

50 m rifle, three positions Esa Kervinen Jaakko Minkkinen

50 m rifle, prone Jaakko Asikainen Esa Kervinen

50 m running target Pekka Suomela Paavo Mikkonen

Skeet Ari Westergård

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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