Finland at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

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 × 5 km relay

First round
Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.


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Medal round

 * USSR 9-3 Finland
 * Finland 5-1 Poland
 * Czechoslovakia 7-1 Finland
 * USA 4-1 Finland
 * Finland 4-3 Sweden
 * Team roster:
 * Jorma Valtonen
 * Ilpo Koskela
 * Seppo Lindström
 * Heikki Riihiranta
 * Heikki Järn
 * Juha Rantasila
 * Pekka Marjamäki
 * Jorma Vehmanen
 * Jorma Peltonen
 * Veli-Pekka Ketola
 * Matti Murto
 * Matti Keinonen
 * Harri Linnonmaa
 * Juhani Tamminen
 * Lasse Oksanen
 * Esa Peltonen
 * Seppo Repo
 * Lauri Mononen
 * Timo Turunen
 * Head coach: Seppo Liitsola

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

Speed skating

 * Men


 * Women