* 1982 – Ville Ritola, Finnish athlete ( b. 1896 )

In the 3, 000 m team race on the next day, Nurmi and Ritola again finished first and second, and Elias Katz secured the gold medal for the Finnish team by finishing fifth.

Although Ritola did not finish, Ove Andersen completed a Finnish sweep of the medals.

* April 24 – Ville Ritola, Finnish athlete ( b. 1896 )

Albin Stenroos won the marathon, while the Finnish team ( with Nurmi and Ritola ) was victorious in the 3, 000 m and cross country team events.

Vilho (" Ville ") Eino Ritola ( 18 January 1896 – 24 April 1982 ) was a Finnish long-distance runner.

Kolehmainen tried to convince the young Ritola to join the Finnish 1920 Summer Olympics team, but Ritola stated he was not ready yet.

Finnish officials had selected Ritola for the race as Nurmi was already running in five other distance events.

The next day he finished second behind Nurmi in the 5, 000 m. Ritola later earned another silver medal behind Nurmi in the individual cross-country race and gained a gold medal as a member of the Finnish cross-country team.

* Ville Ritola ( 1896 – 1982 ), Finnish athlete

The 5, 000 m final started in less than two hours, and Nurmi faced a tough challenge from countryman Ville Ritola, who had already won the 3, 000 m steeplechase and the 10, 000 m. Ritola and Edvin Wide figured that Nurmi must be tired and tried to burn him off by running at world-record pace.

He won the 10, 000 m by staying right behind Ritola until sprinting past him on the home straight.

Ville Ritola won the 10, 000 m and the 3, 000 m steeplechase, while finishing second to Nurmi on the 5, 000 m and cross country.

Three days later, Ritola won the 3, 000 m steeplechase by 75 metres.

His last Olympic appearance was in the 5, 000 m. This time Ritola pulled away from Nurmi in the final curve and won by 12 metres.

Some of the most outstanding athletes from the past include Hannes Kolehmainen ( 1890 – 1966 ), Paavo Nurmi ( 1897 – 1973 ) and Ville Ritola ( 1896 – 1982 ) who won eighteen gold and seven silver Olympic medals in the 1910s and 1920s.

* Ville Ritola, winner of five Olympic gold medals

Born in Peräseinäjoki, Finland, Ville Ritola, nicknamed as Peräseinäjoen Susi ( The Wolf from Peräseinäjoki ), emigrated to the United States at the age of 17, to join his seven siblings, who had emigrated earlier.

In the United States, Ritola joined the Finnish-American Athletic Club and trained together with Hannes Kolehmainen, who had moved to the United States after the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Struggling with injuries and motivational issues after his exhaustive U. S. tour in 1925, Nurmi found his long-time rivals Ville Ritola and Edvin Wide ever more serious challengers.

On the home straight, Ritola sprinted from the outside but Nurmi increased his pace to keep his rival a metre behind.

Nurmi exhibited only slight signs of exhaustion after beating Ritola to the win by nearly a minute and a half.

Nurmi defeated Joie Ray and Lloyd Hahn to win the mile and Ritola to win the 5, 000 m, again setting new world records for both distances.

In the 5, 000 m, Nurmi tried to repeat his move on Ritola but had to watch his teammate pull away instead.

His fiercest rival Ritola ended up living in one of Nurmi's flats, at half price.

Nurmi's former rival Ville Ritola boarded the plane when he moved back to Finland in 1970.

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