Kalevi Laitinen

Not to be confused with the Finnish Olympic speed skater Kalevi Laitinen (speed skater).

Kalevi Laitinen
Medal record

Representing Finland
Men’s Gymnastic
Olympic Games
	1948 London	Team
	1952 Helsinki	Team

Kalevi Johannes Laitinen (May 19, 1918 – January 6, 1997) was a Finnish gymnast and Olympic Champion.

He was born and died in Kotka.

Laitinen competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises.^[1] At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki he received a bronze medal in team combined exercises with the Finnish team.

References

↑ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 3, 2008)

Olympic champions in artistic gymnastics - men's team all-around

1904: United States (USA)
1908: Sweden (SWE)
1912: Italy (ITA)
1920: Italy (ITA)
1924: Italy (ITA)
1928: Switzerland (SUI)
1932: Italy (ITA)

1936: Germany (GER)
1948: Finland (FIN)
1952: Soviet Union (URS)
1956: Soviet Union (URS)
1960: Japan (JPN)
1964: Japan (JPN)
1968: Japan (JPN)

1972: Japan (JPN)
1976: Japan (JPN)
1980: Soviet Union (URS)
1984: United States (USA)
1988: Soviet Union (URS)
1992: Unified Team (EUN)
1996: Russia (RUS)

2000: China (CHN)
2004: Japan (JPN)
2008: China (CHN)
2012: China (CHN)
2016: Japan (JPN)

1948 Finland (FIN): Paavo Aaltonen · Veikko Huhtanen · Kalevi Laitinen · Olavi Rove · Aleksanteri Saarvala · Sulo Salmi · Heikki Savolainen · Einari Teräsvirta

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