Armas Toivonen

Armas Toivonen
Medal record

Men's athletics
Representing Finland
Olympic Games
	1932 Los Angeles	Marathon
European Championships
	1934 Turin	Marathon

Armas Adam Toivonen (January 20, 1899, Halikko – September 12, 1973) was a Finnish athlete who mainly competed in the men's marathon during his career.

He competed for Finland at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's marathon competition.

European Athletics Championships champions in men's marathon / half marathon

Marathon	1934: Armas Toivonen (FIN) 1938: Väinö Muinonen (FIN) 1946: Mikko Hietanen (FIN) 1950: Jack Holden (GBR) 1954: Veikko Karvonen (FIN) 1958: Sergei Popov (URS) 1962: Brian Kilby (GBR) 1966: Jim Hogan (GBR) 1969: Ron Hill (GBR) 1971: Karel Lismont (BEL) 1974: Ian Thompson (GBR) 1978: Leonid Moseyev (URS) 1982: Gerard Nijboer (NED) 1986–90: Gelindo Bordin (ITA) 1994: Martín Fiz (ESP) 1998: Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2002: Janne Holmén (FIN) 2006: Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2010: Viktor Röthlin (SUI) 2014: Daniele Meucci (ITA)

Half marathon	2016: Tadesse Abraham (SUI)

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