 Hannes Kolehmainen has been said to "run Finland onto the world map" at the 1912 Summer Olympics, and from the 1920 Summer Olympics to World War II Finland was the second most successful country in athletics, as only the United States managed to collect more Olympic medals.Javelin throw is the only event in which Finland has enjoyed success all the way from the 1900s to this day.Thus, it is currently the most popular athletics event in Finland.