Jarkko Tapola (born 5 May 1944) is a Finnish former sprinter who participated in world athletics for

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in the late 1960s and 1970s. He competed in the

60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At indoor events, the 60 metres is run on lanes set out in the mi ...

and won a

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at the 1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics, behind winner

Valeriy Borzov Valeriy Pylypovych Borzov (; ; born 20 October 1949) is a Soviet-Ukrainian former sprinter and politician. He is a two-time Olympian, a former president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, and Minister for Youth and Sports of Ukraine ...

and

Zenon Nowosz Zenon Stanisław Nowosz (born 6 February 1944 in Warsaw) is a Polish sprinter who participated in world athletics for Poland in the late 1960s and 1970s. He competed in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres. Nowosz won a bronze meda ...

who finished in second place.

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