Finland at The 1972 Summer Olympics - Athletics

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 4x100m Relay

• Antti Rajamäki, Raimo Vilen, Erik Gustafsson, and Markku Juhola

• Heat — 39.54s
• Semifinals — 39.30s (NR) (→ did not advance)