Career
He competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics with the best result of fourth place over 1500 m in 1956 and fifth in 1960. The same year he set a world record over 1500 m (2:063) and was elected Finnish Sportspersonality of the year. His world record stood for seven years.
Järvinen stayed on top of the Adelskalender ranking table during two periods in 1959 and 1960.
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com.