Finland at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Alpine skiing

 * Men


 * Men's slalom

Biathlon

 * Men


 * 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


 * 2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

 * Men


 * Men's 4 × 10 km relay


 * Women


 * Women's 3 x 5 km relay

First round
🇫🇮 Finland -  Yugoslavia 11:2 (3:0, 6:0, 2:2)

Goalscorers: Lasse Oksanen 2, Esa Peltonen 2, Matti Reunamaki 2, Juhani Wahlsten, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Matti Keinonen, Matti Harju, Pekka Leimu - Albin Felc, Franc Smolej.

Final Round
 USSR – 🇫🇮 Finland 8:0 (3:0, 2:0, 3:0)

Goalscorers: Staršinov 2, Mišakov 2, Zimin 2, Firsov, Populanov.

Referees: Bucala, Kořínek (TCH)

🇨🇦 Canada – 🇫🇮 Finland 2:5 (1:2, 0:1, 1:2)

Goalscorers: O’Shea, McMillan – Keinonen, Oksanen, J. Peltonen, Koskela, Wahlsten.

Referees: Trumble (USA), Seglin (URS)

 Czechoslovakia – 🇫🇮 Finland 4:3  (0:1, 3:0, 1:2)

Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Golonka, Havel – Keinonen, Ketola, Oksanen.

Referees: Wiking (SWE), Snětkov (URS)

🇸🇪 Sweden – 🇫🇮 Finland 5:1  (1:0, 2:1, 2:0)

Goalscorers: Wickberg 2, Granholm, Nillsson, Bengsston – Oksanen.

Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)

 East Germany – 🇫🇮 Finland 2:3 (1:2, 0:1, 1:0)

Goalscorers: R. Noack, Peters – Harju 2, Keinonen.

Referees: Bucala (TCH), Dahlberg (SWE)

🇫🇮 Finland– 🇩🇪 West Germany 4:1  (2:1, 1:0, 1:0)

Goalscorers: Leimu 2, Ketola, J. Peltonen – Schloder.

Referees: Kořínek, Bucala (TCH)

🇺🇸 USA – 🇫🇮 Finland 1:1 (1:1, 0:0, 0:0)

Goalscorers: Volmar – Wahlsten.

Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Seglin (URS)

Contestants

 * Team Roster
 * Urpo Ylönen
 * Ilpo Koskela
 * Paavo Tirkkonen
 * Juha Rantasila
 * Pekka Kuusisto
 * Lalli Partinen
 * Seppo Lindström
 * Matti Reunamäki
 * Juhani Wahlsten
 * Matti Keinonen
 * Lasse Oksanen
 * Jorma Peltonen
 * Esa Peltonen
 * Kari Johansson
 * Veli-Pekka Ketola
 * Matti Harju
 * Pekka Leimu

Nordic combined
Events:
 * normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
 * 15 km cross-country skiing

Speed skating

 * Men


 * Women