Ismo Tenho Tapio Toukonen (born 25 April 1954) is a retired Finnish runner who specialized in the

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually Abbreviation, abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase (athletics), steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 met ...

. He was born in

Hollola Hollola () is a municipality of Finland, located in the western part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish and has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . ...

. He finished twelfth at the

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and won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships. He also finished lowly at the

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and 1980 World Cross Country Championships. Toukonen became Finnish steeplechase champion in 1978 and 1983, and

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metres champion in 1985. He also became national indoor

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champion in 1980. His personal best steeplechase time was 8:18.29 minutes, achieved at the 1978 European Championships. In the 3000 metres he ran in 7:50.9 minutes (1981,

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); in the 5000 metres he ran in 13:37.83 minutes (1976,

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) and in the 10,000 metres 28:35.61 minutes (1982,

Kouvola Kouvola () is a city in Finland and the administrative capital of Kymenlaakso. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country. The population of Kouvola is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the 17th m ...

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1954 births Living people Finnish male steeplechase runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland People from Hollola Athletes from Päijät-Häme Finnish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub