Which Finnish ski jumper won the 1952 Olympic normal-hill title in Oslo?

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Antti Hyvärinen won the Olympic normal-hill ski jumping title at Oslo 1952.

Hyvärinen became the first Finnish ski jumper to win an Olympic gold medal. Competing on Oslo’s normal hill, he defeated fellow Finn Aulis Kallakorpi, while Norway’s Arnfinn Bergmann took bronze. The result ended Norway’s dominance of the Olympic ski-jumping event, which had begun at the first Winter Games in 1924.

Hyvärinen later served as a coach and helped shape Finnish ski jumping after his competitive career. Olympic ski jumping has changed substantially since 1952: hills are now described by hill size and construction standards, and scoring combines distance with judges’ marks and wind or gate adjustments. The event was still commonly referred to simply as the normal hill at Oslo.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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