Le Nord : revue internationale des Pays de Nord - 01.06.1940, Blaðsíða 167
FINLAND AND THE XII OLYMPIC GAMES 161
As already mentioned, 416,171 tickets had been sold in ad-
vance. During the course of 1939 the ticket office had received
altogether 515,126:95 marks from abroad in gate money, and
930,432:55 marks from Finland. The money was returned to
the senders in 1940.
Programme of the 1940 Olympic Games and List of Events.
The programme of the 1940 Olympic Games comprised al-
together 131 events in 17 different branches of sport, and 14
art competitions. The events were distributed between the various
branches of sport as follows: track and field athletics 33, gym-
nastics 8, swimming and water polo 16, rowing 7, yachting 4,
paddling 9, wrestling 14, weightlifting 5, boxing 8, marksmanship
5> fencing 7, horsemanship 6, cycling 6, modern pentathlon 1,
football 1, gliding 1. With the exception of football, gliding,
water polo and paddling, the events were those prescribed by
the International Olympic Committee as obligatory. All the
events were to be contested in Helsinki or its immediate vicinity,
except gliding, for which the site was Jámijárvi, and the eques-
trian event in the modern pentathlon, for which suitable country
had been found at Hámeenlinna.
The dates of the various events were:
Opening ceremony 20.7
Track and field athletics 21.7—28.7
Gymnastics 29.7—31.7
Swimming and water polo 26.7— 2.8
Rowing 30.7— 2.8
Yachting 23.7—30.7
Paddling 25.7 &27.7
Wrestling (Graeco-Roman) 21.7—24.7
Wrestling (catch-as-catch-can) 27.7—29.7
'Weightlifting 25.7—26.7
Boxing 30.7— 4.8
Marksmanship 24.7—27.7
Fencing 21.7— 2.8
Horsemanship 30.7— 4.8
Cycling (track) 25.7—24.7
Cycling (road) 30.7
Modern pentathlon 21.7—25.7
Football 20.7— 2.8
Gliding 22.7— 2.8
Closing ceremony 4.8
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