Finland at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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Finland at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Flag of Finland.svg
IOC code FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Website sport.fi/olympiakomitea  (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Lake Placid
Competitors52 (44 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Heikki Ikola (biathlon)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
1
Silver
5
Bronze
3
Total
9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Finland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jouko Törmänen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Juha Mieto Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Juha Mieto Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hilkka Riihivuori Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hilkka Riihivuori Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jouko Karjalainen Nordic combined Men's individual
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Harri Kirvesniemi
Juha Mieto
Matti Pitkänen
Pertti Teurajärvi 		Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Helena Takalo Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jari Puikkonen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km Sprint Keijo Kuntola 537:15.2835
Arto Sutinen 336:01.0624
Erkki Antila 234:32.9712
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 km Raimo Seppänen 1'13:15.6761'19:15.6732
Heikki Ikola 1'10:02.1651'15:02.1618
Erkki Antila 1'07:32.3241'11:32.325
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
AthletesRace
Misses 1TimeRank
Keijo Kuntola
Erkki Antila
Kari Saarela
Raimo Seppänen 		61'38:50.847
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.

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Pertti Teurajärvi 43:59.0820
Kari Härkönen 43:50.3119
Harri Kirvesniemi 43:02.018
Juha Mieto 41:57.64Silver medal icon.svg
30 km Jorma Aalto 1'32:48.1026
Harri Kirvesniemi 1'31:35.1318
Juha Mieto 1'29:45.087
Matti Pitkänen 1'29:35.036
50 km Pertti Teurajärvi 2'36:44.0818
Matti Pitkänen 2'34:09.0411
Asko Autio 2'32:25.579
Juha Mieto 2'30:30.52Silver medal icon.svg
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Harri Kirvesniemi
Pertti Teurajärvi
Matti Pitkänen
Juha Mieto 		2'00:00.18Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km Marja Auroma 16:18.4425
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 15:58.2719
Helena Takalo 15:32.128
Hilkka Riihivuori 15:11.96Silver medal icon.svg
10 km Ulla Maaskola 33:22.1932
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 32:22.8818
Helena Takalo 30:45.25Bronze medal icon.svg
Hilkka Riihivuori 30:35.05Silver medal icon.svg
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Marja Auroma
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
Helena Takalo
Hilkka Riihivuori 		1'04:41.285

Figure skating

Women
AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Susan Broman 141717157.5415217
Kristiina Wegelius 71112172.048710

Ice hockey

First Round - Red Division

    Team advanced to the Final Round
    Team advanced to consolation round
TeamGP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 5500511110
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 532026186
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 532028126
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 523015234
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 513116433
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 50417361

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980
20:00		 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg5 – 4
(1–0, 4–3, 0–1)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Olympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Haley
Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak) (PP) - 14:481 – 0
1 – 121:16 - Levo (Litma, Hakulinen) (PP)
Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak) - 27:132 – 1
Kokoszka (Chowaniec) - 29:523 – 1
3 – 230:27 - Porvari (Leinonen, Suoraniemi)
Jobczyk (Małysiak, Zabawa) - 33:084 – 2
Kokoszka (Dziubiński, Marcinczak) - 34:405 – 2
5 – 336:57 - Leinonen (Kiimalainen, Porvari)
5 – 446:05 - Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen)
10 minPenalties4 min
25Shots49
14 February 1980
20:00		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3 – 6
(0–2, 2–2, 1–2)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Olympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Haley
0 – 102:02 - Hakulinen (Peltonen) (PP)
0 – 205:43 - Leinonen (Kiimalainen)
0 – 322:47 - Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo)
0 – 433:36 - Leinonen (Leinonen, Porvari)
S. Misawa (Hori, Hanzawa) - 37:571 – 4
Honma (Hori, S. Misawa) (PP) - 39:592 – 4
2 – 543:34 - Kiimalainen
Azuma (Matsuda) - 47:383 – 5
3 – 651:11 - Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen)
6 minPenalties8 min
29Shots51
16 February 1980
20:30		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3 – 4
(1–2, 0–1, 2–1)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Lindgren
0 – 104:03 - Peltonen (Suoraniemi)
MacLean (Berry, O'Malley) - 14:221 – 1
1 – 219:51 - Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo)
1 – 337:07 - Koskilahti
G. Anderson (Nill, Davidson) - 46:472 – 3
2 – 456:55 - Suoraniemi (Leppänen) (SH)
Primeau (Hindmarch, Devaney) - 57:093 – 4
16 minPenalties10 min
33Shots26
18 February 1980
17:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2 – 4
(1–0, 0–1, 1–3)		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Haley
Porvari (Suoraniemi) - 17:441 – 0
1 – 136:01 - Fetisov (Makarov, A. Golikov)
Porvari (SH) - 42:382 – 1
2 – 254:59 - Krutov (Lebedev)
2 – 356:07 - Maltsev (Krutov, Lebedev)
2 – 456:18 - Mikhailov (Kasatonov)
14 minPenalties8 min
13Shots48
20 February 1980
20:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg10 – 3
(2–1, 2–1, 6–1)		Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Olympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Kompalla
Porvari - 10:411 – 0
1 – 118:13 - van Wieren (de Heer)
Leppänen (Litma, Eloranta) - 18:282 – 1
2 – 230:25 - Klooster (deGraauw)
Villa (Koskinen, Saarinen) - 33:073 – 2
Porvari (Leinonen) - 34:124 – 2
Kurri (Litma, Leppänen) (PP2) - 42:355 – 2
Peltonen (Leppänen, Kurri) (PP) - 43:446 – 2
Koskinen (Eloranta) (PP) - 44:347 – 2
Hakulinen (Peltonen, Leppänen) - 46:108 – 2
Kurri (Eloranta, Hakulinen) (PP2) - 48:169 – 2
Haapalainen (Leinonen, Kiimalainen) - 51:0310 – 2
10 – 353:04 - Peternousek (de Heer, van Wieren)
4 minPenalties22 min
42Shots16

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.

TeamGP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32011075
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 32101684
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 30127142
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4th30217111
22 February 1980
20:42		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg3 – 3
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2)		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Neagles
Leinonen (Porvari, Kiimalainen) - 03:001 – 0
Porvari (Eloranta) - 27:062 – 0
2 – 130:25 - Weinstock
2 – 245:24 - Jonsson (Åhlberg, Holmgren)
2 – 346:14 - Waltin (Norberg)
Leinonen (Porvari) - 47:593 – 3
6 minPenalties6 min
25Shots30
24 February 1980
11:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg4 – 2
(0–1, 1–1, 3–0)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimir Šubrt
0 – 109:20 - Porvari (Leinonen, Litma)
Christoff - 24:391 – 1
1 – 226:30 - Leinonen (Haapalainen, Kiimalainen) (PP)
Verchota (Christian) - 42:252 – 2
McClanahan (Johnson, Christian) - 46:053 – 2
Johnson (Christoff) (SH) - 56:254 – 2
10 minPenalties4 min
29Shots23

Carried over group match:

Leading scorers

RankPlayerGP G A Pts
5th Jukka Porvari 77411

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Rauno Miettinen Individual67.072.5171.92450:26.9195.64018367.54023
Jorma Etelälahti 72.079.5192.61450:02.4199.31515391.91513
Jouko Karjalainen 79.081.0209.5747:44.5220.0001429.500Silver medal icon.svg
Jukka Kuvaja 68.568.5155.03148:32.2212.8457367.84522

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Kari Ylianttila Normal hill76.0105.872.097.4203.232
Jari Puikkonen 81.0115.880.0111.7227.516
Jouko Törmänen 83.0119.085.5124.5243.58
Pentti Kokkonen 86.0126.883.5120.8247.65
Kari Ylianttila Large hill102.0111.0106.0118.1229.113
Pentti Kokkonen 105.0115.2105.0115.7230.912
Jari Puikkonen 110.5126.4108.5122.1248.5Bronze medal icon.svg
Jouko Törmänen 114.5133.5117.0137.5271.0Gold medal icon.svg

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Esa Puolakka 39.7625
Pertti Niittylä 39.5422
Jukka Salmela 39.3218
1000 m Esa Puolakka 1:23.5435
Jukka Salmela 1:21.7830
Pertti Niittylä 1:18.8514
1500 m Pertti Niittylä 2:00.0114
5000 m Pertti Niittylä 7:21.5117
10,000 m Pertti Niittylä 15:29.9819
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Anneli Repola 44.3320
1000 m Anneli Repola 1:31.7628
1500 m Anneli Repola 2:17.8121
3000 m Anneli Repola 4:50.5115

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