Finland at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Finland at the
1994 Winter Olympics
Finland at the; 1994 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	61 (47 men, 14 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Medals ; Ranked 16th	Gold0Silver1Bronze5Total6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated January 23, 2024

Finland competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Mika Myllylä	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 kilometre classical	27 February
Bronze	Mika Myllylä	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 kilometre freestyle	14 February
Bronze	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 kilometre classical	15 February
Bronze	Jari Isometsä Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Jari Räsänen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay	22 February
Bronze	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Cross-country skiing	Women's 30 kilometre classical	24 February
Bronze	Finland men's national ice hockey team Mika Alatalo Raimo Helminen Erik Hämäläinen Timo Jutila Sami Kapanen Esa Keskinen Marko Kiprusoff Petri Varis Saku Koivu Pasi Kuivalainen Janne Laukkanen Tero Lehterä Jere Lehtinen Jarmo Myllys Mika Nieminen Hannu Virta Mikko Mäkelä Janne Ojanen Marko Palo Ville Peltonen Pasi Sormunen Mika Strömberg Jukka Tammi	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	26 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	0	2
Biathlon	4	5	9
Cross-country skiing	7	6	13
Figure skating	1	2	3
Freestyle skiing	2	1	3
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	5	–	5
Total	47	14	61

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Janne Leskinen	Downhill				1:47.87	30
	Super-G				1:34.09	13
	Giant Slalom	1:34.65	DNS		DNF
	Combined	1:38.88	54.47	52.18	3:25.53	22
Mika Marila	Super-G				1:38.14	40
	Giant Slalom	DNF			DNF
	Slalom	1:02.54	1:02.45		2:04.99	12
	Combined	1:45.01	50.42	50.09	3:25.52	21

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Pen.	Rank
Harri Eloranta	10 km Sprint	30:02.1	4	15
Harri Eloranta	20 km Individual	1:01:40.9	6	30
Vesa Hietalahti	10 km Sprint	32:06.0	5	52
Vesa Hietalahti	20 km Individual	1:08:49.1	10	68
Erkki Latvala	10 km Sprint	32:08.4	3	54
Timo Seppälä	20 km Individual	1:02:07.0	3	41
Erkki Latvala Harri Eloranta Timo Seppälä Vesa Hietalahti	4 × 7.5 km Relay	1:33:11.9	1	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Pen.	Rank
Pirjo Aalto	7.5 km Sprint	29:59.2	3	61
Katja Holanti	15 km Individual	1:00:13.6	7	56
Mari Lampinen	7.5 km Sprint	27:14.5	2	16
Mari Lampinen	15 km Individual	59:16.9	6	48
Tuija Sikiö	7.5 km Sprint	27:39.1	0	24
Tuija Sikiö	15 km Individual	58:13.1	5	38
Tuija Vuoksiala	7.5 km Sprint	28:23.2	3	36
Tuija Vuoksiala	15 km Individual	1:00:09.3	6	55
Katja Holanti Tuija Sikiö Mari Lampinen Tuija Vuoksiala	4 × 7.5 km Relay	1:58:55.7	4	10

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Start	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Jukka Hartonen	30 km Free					1:16:18.7	13
Karri Hietamäki	50 km Classical					2:20:50.9	40
Jari Isometsä	10 km Classical					26:06.5	23
	15 km Free Pursuit					DNS
	30 km Free					1:15:12.5	6
Harri Kirvesniemi	10 km Classical					25:13.2	9
	15 km Free Pursuit					DNS
	50 km Classical					2:11:19.3	12
Mika Myllylä	10 km Classical					25:05.3	6
	15 km Free Pursuit	+0:45	6	36:50.9	7	+1:47.1	4
	30 km Free					1:14.14.5
	50 km Classical					2:08:41.9
Jari Räsänen	10 km Classical					25:31.5	12
	15 km Free Pursuit	+01:11	12	36:32.7	3	+1:54.9	6
	30 km Free					1:16:10.7	11
Sami Repo	50 km Classical					2:20:32.8	37
Mika Myllylä Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä	4 × 10 km relay					1:42:15.6

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Start	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Mari Hietala	15 km Free					44:56.8	24
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	5 km Classical					14:30.6
	10 km Free Pursuit	+00:28	3	29:21.6	21	+2:19.5	13
	30 km Classical					1:26:13.6
Merja Lahtinen	15 km Free					43:50.7	16
Merja Lahtinen	30 km Classical					1:29:55.1	15
Pirkko Määttä	5 km Classical					14:51.5	9
	10 km Free Pursuit	+00:43	9	29:10.1	18	+2:23.0	15
	30 km Classical					1:29:27.0	14
Tuulikki Pyykkönen	5 km Classical					15:13.6	18
Tuulikki Pyykkönen	10 km Free Pursuit					DNS
Marjut Rolig	5 km Classical					15:05.1	14
	10 km Free Pursuit	+00:57	14	29:43.2	23	+3:10.1	21
	30 km Classical					1:27:51.4	8
Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Merja Lahtinen Marjut Rolig	4 × 5 km relay					59:15.9	4

Figure skating

Women

Athlete	Final
Athlete	Short Program	Rank	Free Skating	Total	Rank
Mila Kajas	8.0	16	10.0	18.0	12

Ice Dancing

Athlete	Final
Athlete	Compulsory Dance 1	Rank	Compulsory Dance 2	Rank	Original Dance	Rank	Free Dance	Total	Rank
Susanna Rahkamo Petri Kokko	0.8	4	0.8	4	2.4	4	4.0	8.0	4

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juha Holopainen	Moguls	23.39	20	did not advance
Janne Lahtela	Moguls	24.60	12	24.78	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Minna Karhu	Moguls	23.08	11	23.00	13

Ice hockey

Men's competition

Roster

Head Coach: Curt Lindström

Pos.	No.	Name	1993-94 team
G	1	Pasi Kuivalainen	KalPa
G	30	Jukka Tammi	Tampereen Ilves
G	35	Jarmo Myllys	Rauman Lukko
D	2	Marko Kiprusoff	TPS
D	4	Erik Hämäläinen	Jokerit
D	5	Timo Jutila	Tampereen Tappara
D	6	Pasi Sormunen	HIFK
D	12	Janne Laukkanen	HPK
D	23	Hannu Virta	TPS
D	26	Mika Strömberg	Jokerit
F	8	Janne Ojanen	Tampereen Tappara
F	9	Esa Keskinen	TPS
F	11	Saku Koivu	TPS
F	13	Marko Palo	HPK
F	14	Raimo Helminen	Malmö IF
F	15	Mika Alatalo	Rauman Lukko
F	16	Ville Peltonen	HIFK
F	20	Jere Lehtinen	TPS
F	24	Sami Kapanen	KalPa
F	27	Tero Lehterä	Kiekko-Espoo
F	28	Petri Varis	Jokerit
F	40	Mika Nieminen	Luleå HF
F	42	Mikko Mäkelä	Malmö IF

Results

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	5	5	0	25	4	+21	10	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	5	3	2	11	14	−3	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Czech Republic	5	3	2	16	11	+5	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Russia	5	3	2	20	14	+6	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Austria	5	1	4	13	28	−15	2	9–12th place semifinals
6	Norway (H)	5	0	5	5	19	−14	0	9–12th place semifinals

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(H) Hosts
Notes:

1 2 3 Germany 2Pts, +1GD; Czech Republic 2Pts, 0GD; Russia 2Pts, –1GD

Stage	Opponent	Result	Points	Rank
Group Stage	Czech Republic	03-01
Group Stage	Russia	05-00
Group Stage	Norway	04-00
Group Stage	Austria	06-02
Group Stage	Germany	07-01
Group Stage		25-04	10	1
Quarterfinal	United States	06-01
Semifinal	Canada	03-05
Bronze Medal Match	Russia	04-00

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	First Round		Second Round			Cross-country
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank	Start	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Hannu Manninen	Individual event	95.5	32	101.5	197.0	23	+05:33	43:08.9	46	48:41.9	38
Jari Mantila	Individual event	104.5	13	109.0	213.5	10	+03:43	41:13.6	31	44:56.6	14
Tapio Nurmela	Individual event	95.5	32	91.5	187.0	34	+06:40	40:19.8	21	46:59.8	25
Topi Sarparanta	Individual event	95.0	35	97.0	192.0	28	+06:06	39:49.7	16	45:55.7	20
Jari Mantila Tapio Nurmela Topi Sarparanta	Team event	311.0	6	281.0	592.0	9	+11:47	1:24:32.4	7	1:36:19.4	8

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	First Round		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Janne Ahonen	Normal hill	112.5	24	73.5	186.0	37
Janne Ahonen	Large hill	90.3	23	73.1	163.4	25
Ari-Pekka Nikkola	Normal hill	116.0	19	115.0	231.0	16
Ari-Pekka Nikkola	Large hill	92.1	22	78.6	170.7	22
Jani Soininen	Normal hill	126.0	8	132.5	258.5	6
Jani Soininen	Large hill	109.6	11	121.5	231.1	5
Janne Väätäinen	Normal hill	113.0	23	93.0	206.0	30
Raimo Ylipulli	Large hill	103.3	14	79.3	182.6	18
Raimo Ylipulli Janne Väätäinen Janne Ahonen Jani Soininen	Team	443.8	5	445.7	889.5	5

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