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Athlete Data of Matti Kovanen

Nationality:

Finland

Gender:

Men

Current state:

Retired (M85)

Last competition:

10.02.1960

Personal Bests:

Distance	Personal Best	Location	Event	Date
500 meter	45.10	Tampere (Tammerfors) (FIN)	Tul Mestaruuskilpailut	02.02.1957
1000 meter	1:47.60	Rovaniemi (FIN)	Record Races	22.03.1956
1500 meter	2:27.50	Kristinehamn (SWE)	Country Match SWE-NOR-FIN Junior	22.02.1958
3000 meter	5:16.70	Lappeenranta (FIN)	Country Match FIN-NOR	11.01.1958
5000 meter	9:05.40	Hämeenlinna (FIN)	Nationell	22.01.1958
10.000 meter	19:25.00	Valkeakoski (FIN)	Tul:N Mestaruuskilpailut	19.01.1957
Last Update: 07.11.2025

Established or current Recordholder:

Type	Time / Points	Location	Competition	Date
1500 meter	2:38.20	Valkeakoski (FIN)	Internationell	15.02.1955
Last Update: 07.11.2025

Type	Time / Points	Location	Competition	Date
1500 meter	2:38.20	Valkeakoski (FIN)	Internationell	15.02.1955
Last Update: 07.11.2025

Podiums:

Event	1st Rank	2st Rank	3st Rank	Total	Top-10	Starts
National Championships	-	-	-	-	-	1
National Championships Juniors	-	-	1	1	4	4
National Championships Neo-Seniors	-	-	-	-	1	1
Country Match	-	-	-	-	1	3
Other International	1	1	1	3	5	6
Other National	7	4	7	18	29	30
Last Update: 07.11.2025 (World Cup Podiums, Total and Top-10 are for Division-A, only)

Event	1st Rank	2st Rank	3st Rank	Total	Top-10	Starts
Helsinki (FIN)	3	-	-	3	6	6
Tampere (Tammerfors) (FIN)	-	2	1	3	5	6
Helsinki (Helsingfors) (FIN)	-	1	2	3	5	7
Rovaniemi (FIN)	-	2	-	2	2	3
Valkeakoski (FIN)	1	-	1	2	5	5
Kuusankoski (FIN)	-	-	1	1	1	1
Hämeenlinna (FIN)	-	-	1	1	2	2
Kemi (FIN)	1	-	-	1	1	1
Vaasa (FIN)	-	-	1	1	1	1
Lappeenranta (FIN)	-	-	1	1	5	5
Helsinki (Helsingfors) (FIN)	1	-	-	1	1	1
Imatra (FIN)	-	-	1	1	1	1
Pietarsaari (FIN)	1	-	-	1	1	1
Karkkila (FIN)	1	-	-	1	1	1
Kokkola (Karleby) (FIN)	-	-	-	-	1	1
Jyväskylä (FIN)	-	-	-	-	1	1
Oulu (FIN)	-	-	-	-	1	1
Kristinehamn (SWE)	-	-	-	-	-	1
Last Update: 07.11.2025 (World Cup Podiums, Total and Top-10 are for Division-A, only)

Competition Ranking:

Select Season:

Competitons sorted by active Seasons:

Season: 1959 - 1960

Pos	Distance	Time / Points	Competition	Location	Date
1 2 / 1	klein2 500m / 3000m	107.600	Tul:N Suur-H:Gin Piirin Mestaruuskilpailut	Helsinki (FIN)	10.02.1960
NC 6 / NC / NC / NC	Big combination 500m / 5000m / 1500m / 10000m	49.000	Tul Mestaruuskilpailut	Helsinki (Helsingfors) (FIN)	05. - 06.01.1960
Last Update: 07.11.2025

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Competitions sorted by Relevance and Importance:

National Championships

Pos	Distance	Time / Points	Competition	Location	Date
NC NC / 11 / 25 / 18	Big combination 500m / 5000m / 1500m / 10000m	153.270	Finnish Allround Championships 1957	Tampere (Tammerfors) (FIN)	26. - 27.01.1957
Last Update: 07.11.2025