Vilho "Ville" Eino Ritola (18 January 1896 – 24 April 1982) was a Finnish long-distance runner. Known as one of the "Flying Finns", he won five Olympic...

Ritola is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ville Ritola (1896–1982), Finnish athlete Mattias Ritola (born 1987), Swedish ice-hockey...

exhaustive U.S. tour in 1925, Nurmi found his long-time rivals compatriot Ville Ritola and Sweden's Edvin Wide ever more serious challengers. At the 1928 Summer...

Finns" promoted by runners like Hannes Kolehmainen, Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola in the 1920s. He was elected Finnish Sportsman of the Year in 1972 and...

1915) April 20 – Archibald MacLeish, American poet (b. 1892) April 24 – Ville Ritola, Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1896) April 25 Boris Andreyev, Soviet and...

are normally event-specialists, although former champions Iso-Hollo, Ville Ritola and Kipchoge Keino all won Olympic medals in other distance running events...

metres details Paavo Nurmi  Finland Ville Ritola  Finland Edvin Wide  Sweden 10,000 metres details Ville Ritola  Finland Edvin Wide  Sweden Eero Berg...

June 22, 1921 Stockholm, Sweden 30:35.4  Ville Ritola (FIN) May 25, 1924 Helsinki, Finland 30:23.2  Ville Ritola (FIN) July 6, 1924 Paris, France 30:06...

1924 Paris details Ville Ritola  Finland Edvin Wide  Sweden Eero Berg  Finland 1928 Amsterdam details Paavo Nurmi  Finland Ville Ritola  Finland Edvin Wide...

single Games, with five gold medals. Compatriot long-distance runner Ville Ritola won the most overall medals and the most medals in athletics at a single...

1924 Paris details Paavo Nurmi  Finland Ville Ritola  Finland Edvin Wide  Sweden 1928 Amsterdam details Ville Ritola  Finland Paavo Nurmi  Finland Edvin Wide...

Finnish Olympian Ville Ritola, who was also a United States resident and had traveled with Nurmi during his tour. Nurmi defeated Ritola in the meet. May...

were held with only an hour between them) and the cross-country run. Ville Ritola won the 10,000 m and the 3,000 m steeplechase while finishing second...

world record holder for five years, Olympic gold on the 1948 5000 meters Ville Ritola, winner of five Olympic gold medals Gaston Roelants, Olympic gold medal...

1924 Paris details Ville Ritola  Finland Edvin Wide  Sweden Eero Berg  Finland 1928 Amsterdam details Paavo Nurmi  Finland Ville Ritola  Finland Edvin Wide...

Nurmi, Ville Ritola and Loukola, but Nurmi and Ritola were worn by their injuries and the gruelling 5000 m race of the previous day. Although Ritola gave...

1924 Paris details Paavo Nurmi  Finland Ville Ritola  Finland Edvin Wide  Sweden 1928 Amsterdam details Ville Ritola  Finland Paavo Nurmi  Finland Edvin Wide...

1924 Paris details Paavo Nurmi  Finland Ville Ritola  Finland Edvin Wide  Sweden 1928 Amsterdam details Ville Ritola  Finland Paavo Nurmi  Finland Edvin Wide...

Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (b. 1904) 1982 – Ville Ritola, Finnish runner (b. 1896) 1983 – Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist, psychologist...

5 3 1 9 Ian Thorpe  Australia Swimming 2000–2004 Summer M 5 3 1 9 59 Ville Ritola  Finland Athletics 1924–1928 Summer M 5 3 0 8 60 Polina Astakhova  Soviet...

were on May 2, 1925, and featured a two-mile (3.2 km) footrace between Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi of Finland, two of the great runners of the era. A little...

Finnish politician Ville Pokka (born 1994), Finnish professional ice hockey player Ville Ritola (1896–1982), Finnish long-distance runner Ville Sirén (born 1964)...

Elias Katz set a new Olympic record with 9:43.8 minutes. In the final Ville Ritola improved the record with 9:33.6 minutes. All semi-finals were held on...

include Hannes Kolehmainen (1890–1966), Paavo Nurmi (1897–1973) and Ville Ritola (1896–1982) who won eighteen gold and seven silver Olympic medals in...

in the sport, including multi-Olympic gold medalists Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola. Nurmi won three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Belgium and...

1 8 56 Reiner Klimke  Germany  West Germany Equestrian M 6 0 2 8 57 Ville Ritola  Finland Athletics M 5 3 0 8 58 Elisabeta Lipă  Romania Rowing F 5 2...

promoter (d. 1976) 1896 – C. M. Eddy Jr., American author (d. 1967) 1896 – Ville Ritola, Finnish-American runner (d. 1982) 1898 – Albert Kivikas, Estonian journalist...

Korea  Russia Short track speed skating 2006–2014 Winter M 6 0 2 78 Ville Ritola  Finland Athletics 1924–1928 Summer M 5 3 0 79 Elisabeta Lipă  Romania...

champion Tapio Rautavaara – javelin thrower, Olympic champion (1915–1979) Ville Ritola – runner, five Olympic gold medals (1896–1982) Seppo Räty – javelin thrower...

Edvin Wide, Ville Ritola, and Paavo Nurmi (on left) competing in the individual cross country race at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris; due to the hot...