Finland at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

Finland at the
1976 Summer Paralympics
Finland at the; 1976 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	FIN
NPC	Finnish Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympia.fi/en
in Toronto
Competitors	50 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 13th	Gold 12 Silver 20 Bronze 18 Total 50
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Finland competed at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto. The country was represented by 50 athletes (46 men and 4 women) competing in archery, athletics, dartchery, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting and wheelchair basketball.

1976 marked Finland's first major success at the Summer Paralympics. In 1960, it had won a single gold medal. In 1968, having missed the 1964 Games, it won no medals at all; and in 1972, it obtained just two silver and a bronze.^[1] The Finnish medal haul at the Toronto Games thus marked an overwhelming improvement: Finnish athletes won a total of 50 medals, of which twelve gold, twenty silver and eighteen bronze.^[2]

^ Finland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
^ Finland at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

[1] Finland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

[results-2] Finland at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

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