Salomon Könönen

{{short description|Finnish long-distance runner}}

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| image = Kuuno Honkonen, Tapio Rautavaara, Pentti Siltaloppi and Salomon Könönen 1948.jpg

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| caption = Könönen (right) at the 1948 Olympics

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| birth_date = 8 June 1916

| birth_place = Suonenjoki, Finland

| death_date = 21 February 1979 (aged 62)

| death_place = Kotka, Finland

| height = 172 cm

| weight = 63 kg

| country =

| sport = Athletics

| event = 5000 m, 10000 m, marathon

| pb = 5000 m – 14:35.6 (1947)
10000 m – 30:10.8 (1948)
Marathon – 2:28:40 (1949)

| club = Kotkan Into

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Salomo "Salomon" Könönen (8 June 1916 – 21 February 1979) was a Finnish long-distance runner. He competed in the 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics and finished ninth.

References

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{{cite web|title=Salomon Könönen|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/salomon-kononen-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181926/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/salomon-kononen-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|publisher=sports-reference|accessdate=17 May 2012}}

[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=3516&Gender=M Salomon Könönen]. trackfield.brinkster.net

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Category:1916 births

Category:1979 deaths

Category:Sportspeople from Suonenjoki

Category:People from Kuopio Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)

Category:Finnish male long-distance runners

Category:Olympic athletes for Finland

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes from North Savo

Category:20th-century Finnish sportsmen

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