Finland competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The athletes were named in four selections: first took place on December 19, 2007, 2nd on April 16, 3rd on May 20 and 4th on July 21, 2008.

The goal of the Finnish Olympic team in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was three medals with at least one gold medal.^[1]

Shooter Juha Hirvi and dressage rider Kyra Kyrklund made Finnish olympic history by participating in their sixth Olympic Games. They shared the record with three winter Olympians: cross-country skiers Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi and Harri Kirvesniemi and ice hockey player Raimo Helminen.^[2]

Men

Track & road events

Field events

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tommi Evilä	Long jump	7.88	=17	Did not advance
Robert Häggblom	Shot put	NM	—	Did not advance
Tero Järvenpää	Javelin throw	82.34	4 q	83.95	4
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	Hammer throw	77.07	8 q	79.59	6
Frantz Kruger	Discus throw	62.48	12 q	61.98	11
Mikko Latvala	Pole vault	5.45	=22	Did not advance
Tero Pitkämäki	Javelin throw	82.61	3 Q	86.16
Teemu Wirkkala		79.79	10 q	83.46	5

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Combined events – Decathlon

Women

Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[3] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Kelo moved up a position.

Women

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Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Minna Nieminen Sanna Stén	Lightweight double sculls	6:56.61	4 R	7:23.80	2 SA/B	7:03.91	2 FA	6:56.03

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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Men

Women

Open

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Men

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Henri Häkkinen	10 m air rifle	598	1 Q	699.4
	50 m rifle prone	586	47	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1161	28	Did not advance
Juha Hirvi	50 m rifle prone	595	5 Q	698.5	7
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1168	12	Did not advance
Kai Jahnsson	10 m air pistol	574	30	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	553	22	Did not advance

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Women

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Hanna Etula	50 m rifle 3 positions	577	24	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	394	21	Did not advance
Marjut Heinonen	Skeet	61	17	Did not advance
Mira Nevansuu	10 m air pistol	384	8 Q	480.5	7
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela	Trap	70	2 Q	91 OR
Marjo Yli-Kiikka	50 m rifle 3 positions	579	14	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	389	38	Did not advance

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Men

Women

Men

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Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jarkko Nieminen	Men's singles	Johansson (SWE) L 6–4, 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance

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Men's Greco-Roman

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Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jarkko Ala-Huikku	−60 kg	Bye	Tyumenbayev (KGZ) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					18

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• Finland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics