Finland_at_the_1980_Winter_Olympics
Finland at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Finland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
Quick Facts Finland at the 1980 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
Finland at the 1980 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | FIN |
NOC | Finnish Olympic Committee |
Website | sport |
in Lake Placid | |
Competitors | 52 (44 men, 8 women) in 7 sports |
Flag bearer | Heikki Ikola (biathlon) |
Medals Ranked 7th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Jouko Törmänen | Ski jumping | Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m) |
Silver | Juha Mieto | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km |
Silver | Juha Mieto | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
Silver | Hilkka Riihivuori | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 km |
Silver | Hilkka Riihivuori | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
Silver | Jouko Karjalainen | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
Bronze | Harri Kirvesniemi Juha Mieto Matti Pitkänen Pertti Teurajärvi | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
Bronze | Helena Takalo | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
Bronze | Jari Puikkonen | Ski jumping | Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m) |
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Main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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10 km Sprint | Keijo Kuntola | 5 | 37:15.28 | 35 |
Arto Sutinen | 3 | 36:01.06 | 24 | |
Erkki Antila | 2 | 34:32.97 | 12 |
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More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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20 km | Raimo Seppänen | 1'13:15.67 | 6 | 1'19:15.67 | 32 |
Heikki Ikola | 1'10:02.16 | 5 | 1'15:02.16 | 18 | |
Erkki Antila | 1'07:32.32 | 4 | 1'11:32.32 | 5 |
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- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Keijo Kuntola Erkki Antila Kari Saarela Raimo Seppänen |
6 | 1'38:50.84 | 7 |
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- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km | Pertti Teurajärvi | 43:59.08 | 20 |
Kari Härkönen | 43:50.31 | 19 | |
Harri Kirvesniemi | 43:02.01 | 8 | |
Juha Mieto | 41:57.64 | ||
30 km | Jorma Aalto | 1'32:48.10 | 26 |
Harri Kirvesniemi | 1'31:35.13 | 18 | |
Juha Mieto | 1'29:45.08 | 7 | |
Matti Pitkänen | 1'29:35.03 | 6 | |
50 km | Pertti Teurajärvi | 2'36:44.08 | 18 |
Matti Pitkänen | 2'34:09.04 | 11 | |
Asko Autio | 2'32:25.57 | 9 | |
Juha Mieto | 2'30:30.52 |
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- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Harri Kirvesniemi Pertti Teurajärvi Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto |
2'00:00.18 |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
5 km | Marja Auroma | 16:18.44 | 25 |
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 15:58.27 | 19 | |
Helena Takalo | 15:32.12 | 8 | |
Hilkka Riihivuori | 15:11.96 | ||
10 km | Ulla Maaskola | 33:22.19 | 32 |
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 32:22.88 | 18 | |
Helena Takalo | 30:45.25 | ||
Hilkka Riihivuori | 30:35.05 |
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- Women's 4 × 5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Marja Auroma Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Helena Takalo Hilkka Riihivuori |
1'04:41.28 | 5 |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Women
More information Athlete, CF ...
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Susan Broman | 14 | 17 | 17 | 157.54 | 152 | 17 |
Kristiina Wegelius | 7 | 11 | 12 | 172.04 | 87 | 10 |
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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics
First Round - Red Division
Team advanced to the Final Round | |
Team advanced to consolation round |
More information Team, GP ...
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 10 |
Finland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 6 |
Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 6 |
Poland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 4 |
Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 3 |
Japan | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 1 |
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All times are local (UTC-5).
12 February 1980 20:00 | Poland | 5 – 4 (1–0, 4–3, 0–1) | Finland | Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
Referee: Haley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 49 |
14 February 1980 20:00 | Japan | 3 – 6 (0–2, 2–2, 1–2) | Finland | Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
Referee: Haley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 51 |
16 February 1980 20:30 | Canada | 3 – 4 (1–2, 0–1, 2–1) | Finland | Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
Referee: Lindgren | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 26 |
18 February 1980 17:00 | Finland | 2 – 4 (1–0, 0–1, 1–3) | Soviet Union | Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
Referee: Haley | ||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | Shots | 48 |
20 February 1980 20:00 | Finland | 10 – 3 (2–1, 2–1, 6–1) | Netherlands | Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
Referee: Kompalla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 22 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Shots | 16 |
Final round
The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over, excluding teams who failed to make the medal round.
More information Team, GP ...
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 |
Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 2 |
Finland 4th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
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22 February 1980 20:42 | Finland | 3 – 3 (1–0, 1–1, 1–2) | Sweden | Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
Referee: Neagles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 30 |
24 February 1980 11:00 | United States | 4 – 2 (0–1, 1–1, 3–0) | Finland | Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
Referee: Vladimir Šubrt | ||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 23 |
Carried over group match:
Leading scorers
- Team roster
- Head coach: Kalevi Numminen
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
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Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Rauno Miettinen | Individual | 67.0 | 72.5 | 171.9 | 24 | 50:26.9 | 195.640 | 18 | 367.540 | 23 |
Jorma Etelälahti | 72.0 | 79.5 | 192.6 | 14 | 50:02.4 | 199.315 | 15 | 391.915 | 13 | |
Jouko Karjalainen | 79.0 | 81.0 | 209.5 | 7 | 47:44.5 | 220.000 | 1 | 429.500 | ||
Jukka Kuvaja | 68.5 | 68.5 | 155.0 | 31 | 48:32.2 | 212.845 | 7 | 367.845 | 22 |
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Kari Ylianttila | Normal hill | 76.0 | 105.8 | 72.0 | 97.4 | 203.2 | 32 |
Jari Puikkonen | 81.0 | 115.8 | 80.0 | 111.7 | 227.5 | 16 | |
Jouko Törmänen | 83.0 | 119.0 | 85.5 | 124.5 | 243.5 | 8 | |
Pentti Kokkonen | 86.0 | 126.8 | 83.5 | 120.8 | 247.6 | 5 | |
Kari Ylianttila | Large hill | 102.0 | 111.0 | 106.0 | 118.1 | 229.1 | 13 |
Pentti Kokkonen | 105.0 | 115.2 | 105.0 | 115.7 | 230.9 | 12 | |
Jari Puikkonen | 110.5 | 126.4 | 108.5 | 122.1 | 248.5 | ||
Jouko Törmänen | 114.5 | 133.5 | 117.0 | 137.5 | 271.0 |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Esa Puolakka | 39.76 | 25 |
Pertti Niittylä | 39.54 | 22 | |
Jukka Salmela | 39.32 | 18 | |
1000 m | Esa Puolakka | 1:23.54 | 35 |
Jukka Salmela | 1:21.78 | 30 | |
Pertti Niittylä | 1:18.85 | 14 | |
1500 m | Pertti Niittylä | 2:00.01 | 14 |
5000 m | Pertti Niittylä | 7:21.51 | 17 |
10,000 m | Pertti Niittylä | 15:29.98 | 19 |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Anneli Repola | 44.33 | 20 |
1000 m | Anneli Repola | 1:31.76 | 28 |
1500 m | Anneli Repola | 2:17.81 | 21 |
3000 m | Anneli Repola | 4:50.51 | 15 |
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