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...
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Ritola is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ville Ritola (1896–1982), Finnish athlete Mattias Ritola (born 1987), Swedish ice-hockey...
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are normally event-specialists, although former champions Iso-Hollo, Ville Ritola and Kipchoge Keino all won Olympic medals in other distance running events...
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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...
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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...
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metres details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden 10,000 metres details Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden Eero Berg...
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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...
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1924 Paris details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden 1928 Amsterdam details Ville Ritola Finland Paavo Nurmi Finland Edvin Wide...
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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...
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his 1920 title in the 10000 metres, but Ritola earned the victory and the world record in that race. Ritola took another individual gold medal in the...
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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...
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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...
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1924 Paris details Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden Eero Berg Finland 1928 Amsterdam details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide...
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1924 Paris details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden 1928 Amsterdam details Ville Ritola Finland Paavo Nurmi Finland Edvin Wide...
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1924 Paris details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden 1928 Amsterdam details Ville Ritola Finland Paavo Nurmi Finland Edvin Wide...
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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...
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1915) April 20 – Archibald MacLeish, American poet (b. 1892) April 24 – Ville Ritola, Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1896) April 25 Boris Andreyev, Soviet and...
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1924 Paris details Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden Eero Berg Finland 1928 Amsterdam details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide...
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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...
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details Paavo Nurmi (FIN) Eric Backman (SWE) Heikki Liimatainen (FIN) 1924 Paris details Paavo Nurmi (FIN) Ville Ritola (FIN) Earl Johnson (USA)...
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Patrick Flynn United States Ernesto Ambrosini Italy 1924 Paris details Ville Ritola Finland Elias Katz Finland Paul Bontemps France 1928 Amsterdam details...
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and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics. Ville Ritola set a new world record with 30:23.2 minutes. It is unknown if Singh Randhawa...
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M 4 2 1 7 16 Hubert Van Innis Belgium Archery 1920 Summer M 4 2 0 6 Ville Ritola Finland Athletics 1924 Summer M 4 2 0 6 Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union...
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Nurmi had to improve the standing Olympic record to win the gold medal with Ritola only two tenths behind. "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Games: Men's 5000 metres"...
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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...
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– 6 Michael Phelps (4) United States Swimming 2012 Summer M 4 2 – 6 Ville Ritola Finland Athletics 1924 Summer M 4 2 – 6 Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union...
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Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi...
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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...
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Olympiad 1924 individual cross country race. The left trio is Edvin Wide, Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi Venue Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Date July 12 Competitors...
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Nadi (ITA) (5–0–0) 1924 winners table Paris, France 126 126 127 125 378 Ville Ritola (FIN) (4–2–0) Paavo Nurmi (FIN) (5–0–0) 1928 winners table Amsterdam...
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