Finland at the 2004 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | FIN |
NOC | Finnish Olympic Committee |
Website | sport |
in Athens | |
Competitors | 53 in 12 sports |
Flag bearer | Thomas Johanson [1] |
Medals Ranked 62nd |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Finland competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Finnish athletes have competed at every Olympic Games since its debut in 1908. The Finnish Olympic Committee (Finnish : Suomen Olympiakomitea, SOK) sent the nation's smallest ever team to the Games after the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. A total of 53 athletes, 36 men and 17 women, competed only in 12 sports; the nation's team size was roughly denser from Sydney by a quarter of the athletes.
The Finnish team featured three returning Olympic medalists from Sydney: Greco-Roman wrestler Marko Yli-Hannuksela, rifle shooter Juha Hirvi, who won a silver in the men's rifle three positions, and competed at his fifth Olympic Games, and open skiff sailor and defending Olympic champion Thomas Johanson, who was appointed by the committee to carry the Finnish flag in the opening ceremony. [1] Other notable Finnish athletes included swimmers Hanna-Maria Seppälä and 1996 Olympic silver medalist Jani Sievinen, professional tennis player Jarkko Nieminen, javelin thrower and top medal contender Tero Pitkämäki, and hammer thrower Olli-Pekka Karjalainen.
Finland left Athens with their worst athletic performance, as the Finns failed to pick up a single gold for the first time in the entire Olympic history. [2] Two silver medals were awarded to the Finnish team for skeet shooter Marko Kemppainen, and Greco-Roman wrestler Marko Yli-Hannuksela, who had previously won a bronze from Sydney in the men's 74 kg category. [3] [4]
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Silver | Marko Kemppainen | Shooting | Men's skeet | August 22 |
Silver | Marko Yli-Hannuksela | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg | August 26 |
One Finnish archer qualified for the women's individual archery.
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Mari Piuva | Women's individual | 615 | 49 | Nasaridze (TUR) W 136–133 | Folkard (GBR) L 151–156 | Did not advance |
Finnish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). [5] [6]
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Janne Holmén | Marathon | 2:17:50 | 22 |
Jani Lehtinen | 50 km walk | 4:05:35 | 28 |
Jussi Utriainen | Marathon | DNF |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Oskari Frösén | High jump | 2.20 | 25 | Did not advance | |
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Hammer throw | 76.11 | 15 | Did not advance | |
Esko Mikkola | Javelin throw | 83.64 | 4 Q | 79.43 | 11 |
Matti Mononen | Pole vault | 5.65 | 17 | Did not advance | |
Matti Närhi | Javelin throw | 81.06 | 10 Q | 80.28 | 10 |
Tero Pitkämäki | 82.04 | 7 Q | 83.01 | 8 | |
Vesa Rantanen | Pole vault | 5.50 | =22 | Did not advance | |
Tepa Reinikainen | Shot put | 19.74 | 13 | Did not advance | |
David Söderberg | Hammer throw | 74.14 | 22 | Did not advance | |
Ville Tiisanoja | Shot put | 19.50 | 19 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
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Jaakko Ojaniemi | Result | 10.68 | 7.50 | 14.97 | 1.94 | 49.12 | 15.01 | 40.35 | 4.60 | 59.26 | 4:35.71 | 8006 | 16 |
Points | 933 | 935 | 788 | 749 | 856 | 848 | 672 | 790 | 727 | 708 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Johanna Manninen | 100 m | 11.45 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
200 m | 23.45 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||||
Kirsi Mykkanen | 400 m | 52.53 | 6 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Kirsi Valasti | 5000 m | 15:33.78 | 10 | — | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Mikaela Ingberg | Javelin throw | 60.80 | 13 | Did not advance | |
Taina Kolkkala | 61.16 | 10 Q | 60.72 | 10 | |
Heli Koivula Kruger | Long jump | 6.50 | 16 | Did not advance | |
Triple jump | 13.98 | 23 | Did not advance | ||
Sini Pöyry | Hammer throw | 66.05 | 23 | Did not advance | |
Paula Tarvainen | Javelin throw | 56.88 | 28 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
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Tiia Hautala | Result | 13.99 | 1.70 | 11.56 | 26.10 | 4.39 | DNS | — | DNF | |
Points | 980 | 855 | 632 | 788 | 401 | 0 | — |
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Kasperi Salo | Men's singles | Joppien (GER) L 17–14, 7–15, 11–15 | Did not advance | ||||
Antti Viitikko | Shon S-M (KOR) L 12–15, 3–15 | Did not advance | |||||
Anu Weckström | Women's singles | Mori (JPN) L 5–11, 4–11 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Kimmo Latvamäki | Men's K-1 500 m | 1:40.645 | 5 q | 1:40.753 | 6 | Did not advance | |
Jenni Honkanen | Women's K-1 500 m | 1:55.244 | 4 q | 1:53.050 | 2 Q | 1:53.937 | 8 |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Finnish divers qualified for two individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Jukka Piekkanen | 3 m springboard | 359.22 | 29 | Did not advance | |||
Joona Puhakka | 414.69 | 13 Q | 624.60 | 14 | Did not advance |
Finland has qualified a single judoka.
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Timo Peltola | Men's −100 kg | Vásquez (DOM) W 1001–0001 | Makarau (BLR) L 0000–0200 | Did not advance | Zhitkeyev (KAZ) L 0001–0221 | Did not advance |
Finnish sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Sari Multala | Europe | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 85 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | ||||
Roope Suomalainen | Laser | 5 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 13 | — | 8 | 160 | 19 | |||||
Thomas Johanson Jukka Piirainen | 49er | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 111 | 8 |
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Six Finnish shooters (four men and two women) qualified to compete in the following events:
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Juha Hirvi | 10 m air rifle | 580 | 45 | Did not advance | |
50 m rifle prone | 594 | =9 | Did not advance | ||
50 m rifle 3 positions | 1160 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
Marko Kemppainen | Skeet | 125 =WR | 1 Q | 149 (4) | |
Petri Nummela | Trap | 117 | =14 | Did not advance | |
Joonas Olkkonen | Double trap | 118 | 25 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Marjo Yli-Kiikka | 10 m air rifle | 392 | =22 | Did not advance | |
50 m rifle 3 positions | 571 | =20 | Did not advance | ||
Maarit Lepomäki | Skeet | 67 | =9 | Did not advance |
Finnish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Jere Hård | 50 m freestyle | 23.33 | 41 | Did not advance | |||
100 m butterfly | 54.02 | 28 | Did not advance | ||||
Matti Mäki | 100 m backstroke | 57.57 | 36 | Did not advance | |||
200 m backstroke | 2:06.29 | 33 | Did not advance | ||||
Jarno Pihlava | 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.99 | 13 Q | 1:01.86 | 13 | Did not advance | |
Matti Rajakylä | 100 m freestyle | 50.67 | 33 | Did not advance | |||
Jani Sievinen | 200 m individual medley | 2:02.79 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
Jere Hård Jarno Pihlava Matti Rajakylä Jani Sievinen | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:41.64 | 11 | — | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Eeva Saarinen | 100 m breaststroke | 1:11.39 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
200 m breaststroke | 2:34.17 | 22 | Did not advance | ||||
Hanna-Maria Seppälä | 50 m freestyle | 26.01 | 24 | Did not advance | |||
100 m freestyle | 56.01 | =15 Q | 55.59 | 12 | Did not advance | ||
100 m backstroke | 1:05.55 | 36 | Did not advance |
Finland has qualified a single taekwondo jin.
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Teemu Heino | Men's +80 kg | Nguyen (VIE) L 5–8 | Did not advance |
Finland nominated one male tennis player to compete in the tournament.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Jarkko Nieminen | Men's singles | Lu Y-H (TPE) W 6–3, 6–3 | Mirnyi (BLR) L 3–6, 4–6 | Did not advance |
Key:
Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Marko Yli-Hannuksela | −74 kg | Nagata (JPN) W 3–0 PO | Kobonov (KGZ) W 3–0 PO | 1 Q | Azcuy (CUB) W 3–1 PP | Bucher (SUI) W 3–0 PO | Dokturishvili (UZB) L 1–3 PP | |
Juha Ahokas | −120 kg | Deák-Bárdos (HUN) L 0–3 PO | Barzi (IRI) L 1–3 PP | 3 | Did not advance | 17 |
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