Finland_at_the_1988_Winter_Olympics
Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Finland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Quick Facts Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | FIN |
NOC | Finnish Olympic Committee |
Website | sport |
in Calgary | |
Competitors | 53 (46 men, 7 women) in 7 sports |
Flag bearer | Pertti Niittylä (speed skating) |
Medals Ranked 4th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Matti Nykänen | Ski jumping | Normal hill individual | 14 February |
Gold | Marjo Matikainen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 kilometre classical | 17 February |
Gold | Matti Nykänen | Ski jumping | Large hill individual | 23 February |
Gold | Ari-Pekka Nikkola Matti Nykänen Jari Puikkonen Tuomo Ylipulli | Ski jumping | Large hill team | 24 February |
Silver | Finland men's national ice hockey team |
Ice hockey | Men's competition | 28 February |
Bronze | Marjo Matikainen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 kilometre classical | 14 February |
Bronze | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Pirkko Määttä Jaana Savolainen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay | 21 February |
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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
More information Sport, Men ...
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Alpine skiing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Biathlon | 5 | – | 5 |
Cross-country skiing | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Ice hockey | 22 | – | 22 |
Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
Ski jumping | 6 | – | 6 |
Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 46 | 7 | 53 |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Nina Ehrnrooth | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Nina Ehrnrooth | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
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Main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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10 km Sprint | Antero Lähde | 3 | 27:59.9 | 42 |
Juha Tella | 3 | 27:58.3 | 41 | |
Harri Eloranta | 3 | 27:15.2 | 25 | |
Tapio Piipponen | 1 | 26:02.2 | 7 |
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More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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20 km | Arto Jääskeläinen | 58:29.5 | 11 | 1'09:29.5 | 58 |
Harri Eloranta | 58:10.6 | 7 | 1'05:10.6 | 50 | |
Juha Tella | 57:39.0 | 6 | 1'03:39.0 | 38 | |
Tapio Piipponen | 55:18.3 | 3 | 58:18.3 | 8 |
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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 | |
Juha Tella Antero Lähde Arto Jääskeläinen Tapio Piipponen |
5 | 1'30:54.4 | 12 |
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- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per missed target.
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km C |
Jari Räsänen | 45:04.5 | 30 |
Jari Laukkanen | 44:22.0 | 25 | |
Aki Karvonen | 43:54.5 | 20 | |
Harri Kirvesniemi | 42:42.8 | 8 | |
30 km C |
Jari Laukkanen | 1'35:51.6 | 52 |
Kari Ristanen | 1'31:05.2 | 27 | |
Aki Karvonen | 1'29:49.5 | 19 | |
Harri Kirvesniemi | 1'26:59.6 | 9 | |
50 km F |
Antti Ticklén | 2'18:41.8 | 45 |
Heikki Kivikko | 2'12:27.1 | 29 | |
Harri Kirvesniemi | 2'11:41.8 | 22 | |
Kari Ristanen | 2'08:08.1 | 7 |
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- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Jari Laukkanen Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Kari Ristanen |
1'48:24.0 | 8 |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
5 km C |
Pirkko Määttä | 15:51.8 | 16 |
Tuulikki Pyykkönen | 15:38.1 | 12 | |
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | 15:16.7 | 5 | |
Marjo Matikainen | 15:04.0 | ||
10 km C |
Tuulikki Pyykkönen | 32:37.7 | 29 |
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | 30:57.0 | 9 | |
Pirkko Määttä | 30:52.4 | 7 | |
Marjo Matikainen | 30:20.5 | ||
20 km F |
Eija Hyytiäinen | 1'02:06.9 | 32 |
Jaana Savolainen | 1'01:26.8 | 28 | |
Marjo Matikainen | 58:50.7 | 12 | |
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | 58:45.6 | 11 |
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- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Women's 4 × 5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Jaana Savolainen |
1'01:53.8 |
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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Team roster
- Head Coach: Pentti Matikainen
- Assistant Coach: Hannu Jortikka
More information Pos., No. ...
Pos. | No. | Name | 1987–88 team |
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G | 1 | Sakari Lindfors | HIFK |
G | 19 | Jarmo Myllys | Rauman Lukko |
G | 30 | Jukka Tammi | Tampereen Ilves |
D | 2 | Teppo Numminen | Tampereen Tappara |
D | 3 | Timo Blomqvist | MODO Hockey |
D | 4 | Jyrki Lumme | Tampereen Ilves |
D | 6 | Arto Ruotanen | HV71 |
D | 7 | Simo Saarinen | HIFK |
D | 9 | Kari Eloranta | HC Lugano |
D | 16 | Jukka Virtanen | TPS |
D | 29 | Reijo Ruotsalainen | HV71 |
F | 10 | Timo Susi | Tampereen Tappara |
F | 11 | Kai Suikkanen | Oulun Kärpät |
F | 13 | Jari Torkki | Rauman Lukko |
F | 14 | Raimo Helminen | Tampereen Ilves |
F | 15 | Iiro Järvi | HIFK |
F | 17 | Erkki Laine | Färjestad BK |
F | 18 | Pekka Tuomisto | HIFK |
F | 20 | Janne Ojanen | Tampereen Tappara |
F | 21 | Erkki Lehtonen | Tampereen Tappara |
F | 24 | Reijo Mikkolainen | Tampereen Tappara |
F | 26 | Esa Keskinen | TPS |
F | 27 | Kari Laitinen | HIFK |
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Group A
Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.
More information Pld, W ...
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 7 |
Sweden | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 7 |
Canada | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 7 |
Switzerland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 6 |
Poland | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 1 |
France | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 47 | −37 | 2 |
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- Switzerland 2-1 Finland
- Finland 10-1 France
- Finland 3-1 Canada
- Finland 3-3 Sweden
- Finland 5-1 Poland
Medal round
The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.
More information Pld, W ...
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 8 |
Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 7 |
Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 6 |
Canada | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 5 |
West Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 26 | −18 | 2 |
Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 2 |
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- Finland 8-0 West Germany
- Czechoslovakia 5-2 Finland
- Finland 2-1 Soviet Union
Leading scorers
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Men's individual
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | |||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Pasi Saapunki | Individual | 193.3 | 28 | 3:54.7 | 42:44.1 | 402.740 | 15 |
Jukka Ylipulli | 196.7 | 24 | 3:32.0 | 42:55.6 | 401.010 | 16 | |
Jouko Parviainen | 198.9 | 20 | 3:17.4 | 44:59.6 | 382.420 | 33 | |
Sami Leinonen | 202.4 | 18 | 2:54.0 | 42:58.4 | 400.590 | 17 |
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Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
- 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
More information Athletes, Ski jumping ...
Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank | |
Pasi Saapunki Jouko Parviainen Jukka Ylipulli |
561.3 | 7 | 5:42.5 | 1'25:38.3 | 7 |
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Risto Laakkonen | Normal hill | 81.0 | 97.2 | 76.5 | 86.0 | 183.2 | 23 |
Ari-Pekka Nikkola | 83.5 | 100.2 | 79.0 | 90.5 | 190.7 | 15 | |
Jari Puikkonen | 84.0 | 105.5 | 80.0 | 93.6 | 199.1 | 7 | |
Matti Nykänen | 89.5 | 114.8 | 89.5 | 114.3 | 229.1 | ||
Pekka Suorsa | Large hill | 99.5 | 83.7 | 97.0 | 79.7 | 163.4 | 38 |
Ari-Pekka Nikkola | 106.0 | 97.3 | 102.0 | 91.7 | 189.0 | 16 | |
Jari Puikkonen | 106.0 | 99.3 | 103.5 | 95.3 | 194.6 | 11 | |
Matti Nykänen | 118.5 | 120.8 | 107.0 | 103.2 | 224.0 |
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- Men's team large hill
More information Athletes, Result ...
Athletes | Result | |
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Points 1 | Rank | |
Matti Nykänen Ari-Pekka Nikkola Tuomo Ylipulli Jari Puikkonen |
634.4 |
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- 1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
Main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
1500 m | Pertti Niittylä | 1:56.48 | 25 |
5000 m | Timo Järvinen | 6:56.68 | 18 |
Pertti Niittylä | 6:55.18 | 16 | |
10,000 m | Timo Järvinen | 14:27.69 | 17 |
Pertti Niittylä | 14:26.57 | 15 |
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