Tapio Kantanen

{{Short description|Finnish athlete (born 1949)}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2010}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Tapio Kantanen

| image = Com L23-0644-0005-0003 Tapio Kantanen.tif

| image_size = 220px

| alt =

| caption = Kantanen in 1974

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|31 May 1949}}

| birth_place = Heinola, Finland

| country = Finland

| sport = Athletics

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{FIN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1972 Munich|3000m steeplechase}}

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Tapio Kantanen (born 31 May 1949) is a Finnish former athlete who mainly competed in the 3,000 metre steeple chase.

He competed for Finland at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where he won the bronze medal in the 3,000 metres steeplechase event. He also competed in the 5,000 metres at Munich, but did not qualify for the final. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he finished fourth in the 3,000 metres steeplechase.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174427/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/tapio-kantanen-1.html Olympic results]