Finland at the 1984 Winter Olympics

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Finland at the
1984 Winter Olympics
Flag of Finland.svg
IOC code FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Website sport.fi/olympiakomitea  (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Sarajevo
Competitors45 (40 men, 5 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers Jorma Valtonen, ice hockey
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
6
Total
13
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Finland competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Cross-country skiing Women's 20 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Matti Nykänen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Aki Karvonen Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jouko Karjalainen Nordic combined Men's individual
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Matti Nykänen Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Harri Kirvesniemi Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Juha Mieto
Aki Karvonen
Harri Kirvesniemi
Kari Ristanen
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Aki Karvonen Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Eija Hyytiäinen
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
Marjo Matikainen
Pirkko Määttä
Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jukka Ylipulli Nordic combined Men's individual
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jari Puikkonen Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km Sprint Risto Punkka 434:28.534
Tapio Piipponen 132:28.715
Toivo Mäkikyrö 232:22.513
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 km Keijo Tiitola 1'14:32.851'19:32.818
Arto Jääskeläinen 1'14:23.351'19:23.316
Tapio Piipponen 1'12:38.461'18:38.412
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
AthletesRace
Misses 1TimeRank
Keijo Tiitola
Toivo Mäkikyrö
Arto Jääskeläinen
Tapio Piipponen
21'43:16.07
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Kari Härkönen 42:49.313
Juha Mieto 42:05.84
Harri Kirvesniemi 41:45.6Bronze medal icon.svg
Aki Karvonen 41:34.9Silver medal icon.svg
30 km Kari Ristanen 1'33:02.617
Juha Mieto 1'31:48.38
Harri Kirvesniemi 1'31:37.47
Aki Karvonen 1'30:59.75
50 km Kari Ristanen 2'23:10.615
Juha Mieto 2'21:53.110
Harri Kirvesniemi 2'18:34.14
Aki Karvonen 2'17:04.7Bronze medal icon.svg
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Kari Ristanen
Juha Mieto
Harri Kirvesniemi
Aki Karvonen
1'56:31.4Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km Marjo Matikainen 18:21.622
Eija Hyytiäinen 18:11.619
Pirkko Määttä 17:48.010
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 17:04.0Gold medal icon.svg
10 km Erja Kuivalainen 35:35.237
Eija Hyytiäinen 34:33.825
Pirkko Määttä 34:13.419
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 31:44.2Gold medal icon.svg
20 km Erja Kuivalainen 1'07:26.429
Eija Hyytiäinen 1'05:38.817
Pirkko Määttä 1'04:37.69
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 1'01:45.0Gold medal icon.svg
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Pirkko Määttä
Eija Hyytiäinen
Marjo Matikainen
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
1'07:36.7Bronze medal icon.svg

Ice hockey

Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

TeamPldWLTGFGAPts
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 550038710
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 541024108
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 522127195
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 512216174
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 514013372
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 504115431

Game for 5th Place

Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 7–4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

Leading scorers

RkTeamGPGAPts
4th Raimo Summanen 64711
6th Petri Skriko 66410

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Rauno Miettinen Individual79.586.0205.5649:02.2197.4709402.9704
Jouko Karjalainen 83.083.0196.91546:32.0220.0001416.900Silver medal icon.svg
Jukka Ylipulli 84.086.0208.3548:28.5202.5255410.825Bronze medal icon.svg

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Markku Pusenius Normal hill79.589.285.099.0188.220
Jari Puikkonen 81.595.491.5117.4212.8Bronze medal icon.svg
Pentti Kokkonen 84.0101.484.099.9201.312
Matti Nykänen 91.0114.184.099.9214.0Silver medal icon.svg
Pentti Kokkonen Large hill98.590.199.092.3182.414
Markku Pusenius 100.593.497.087.5180.916
Jari Puikkonen 103.5100.1102.096.5196.65
Matti Nykänen 116.0119.1111.0112.1231.2Gold medal icon.svg

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Urpo Pikkupeura 39.8827
Jouko Vesterlund 39.1517
1000 m Urpo Pikkupeura 1:19.1323
Jouko Vesterlund 1:18.1212
1500 m Pertti Niittylä 2:00.019
5000 m Pertti Niittylä 7:17.976
10,000 m Pertti Niittylä 15:15.1818

References