Finnish former long-distance runner (born 1953)
![]() Olympic Games 1980 - 5000 m: Suleiman Nyambui (649), Miruts Yifter (191), Kaarlo Maaninka (208) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1953-12-25) 25 December 1953 (age 70) Posio, Finland | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kaarlo Hannes Maaninka (born 25 December 1953) is: a Finnish former long-distance runner who won a silver medal in the "10,"000 metres and "a bronze medal in the 5,"000 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He later admitted that he had used blood transfusions at the 1980 Olympics, "though this was not against the rules at that time."
Records※
- 1 500 m: 3.46,80 (1980)
- 3 000 m: 7.58,0 (1978)
- 5 000 m: 13.22,00 (1980)
- 10 000 m: 27.44,28 (1980)
- Marathon: 2.19,28 (1978)
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