Finland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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)

Pekka Vasala was Men's 1500 metres winner

Lasse Virén when he fell during the 10,000 meters competition

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)

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

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

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)

One fencer represented Finland in 1972.

Men's épée

• Risto Hurme

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)

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Leo Ahonen, Leif Anderson and Antero Yli-lkkelä
  • Heat — 8:06.56
  • Repechage — 8:11.89 (→ did not advance)

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