Finland at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Finland at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Flag of Finland.svg
IOC code FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Website sport.fi/olympiakomitea  (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Athens
Competitors53 in 12 sports
Flag bearer Thomas Johanson [1]
Medals
Ranked 62nd
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
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.

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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]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marko Kemppainen Shooting Men's skeet August 22
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marko Yli-Hannuksela Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg August 26

Archery

One Finnish archer qualified for the women's individual archery.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mari Piuva Women's individual 61549Flag of Turkey.svg  Nasaridze  (TUR)
W 136–133
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Folkard  (GBR)
L 151–156
Did not advance

Athletics

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]

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Janne Holmén Marathon 2:17:5022
Jani Lehtinen 50 km walk 4:05:3528
Jussi Utriainen Marathon DNF
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Oskari Frösén High jump 2.2025Did not advance
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Hammer throw 76.1115Did not advance
Esko Mikkola Javelin throw 83.644 Q79.4311
Matti Mononen Pole vault 5.6517Did not advance
Matti Närhi Javelin throw 81.0610 Q80.2810
Tero Pitkämäki 82.047 Q83.018
Vesa Rantanen Pole vault 5.50=22Did not advance
Tepa Reinikainen Shot put 19.7413Did not advance
David Söderberg Hammer throw 74.1422Did not advance
Ville Tiisanoja Shot put 19.5019Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 mFinalRank
Jaakko Ojaniemi Result10.687.5014.971.9449.1215.0140.354.6059.264:35.71800616
Points933935788749856848672790727708
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Johanna Manninen 100 m 11.455Did not advance
200 m 23.455Did not advance
Kirsi Mykkanen 400 m 52.536Did not advance
Kirsi Valasti 5000 m 15:33.7810Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Mikaela Ingberg Javelin throw 60.8013Did not advance
Taina Kolkkala 61.1610 Q60.7210
Heli Koivula Kruger Long jump 6.5016Did not advance
Triple jump 13.9823Did not advance
Sini Pöyry Hammer throw 66.0523Did not advance
Paula Tarvainen Javelin throw 56.8828Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 mFinalRank
Tiia Hautala Result13.991.7011.5626.104.39DNSDNF
Points9808556327884010

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kasperi Salo Men's singles Flag of Germany.svg  Joppien  (GER)
L 17–14, 7–15, 11–15
Did not advance
Antti Viitikko Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Shon S-M  (KOR)
L 12–15, 3–15
Did not advance
Anu Weckström Women's singles Flag of Japan.svg  Mori  (JPN)
L 5–11, 4–11
Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kimmo Latvamäki Men's K-1 500 m 1:40.6455 q1:40.7536Did not advance
Jenni Honkanen Women's K-1 500 m 1:55.2444 q1:53.0502 Q1:53.9378

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Diving

Finnish divers qualified for two individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.

Men
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Jukka Piekkanen 3 m springboard 359.2229Did not advance
Joona Puhakka 414.6913 Q624.6014Did not advance

Judo

Finland has qualified a single judoka.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Timo Peltola Men's −100 kg Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Vásquez  (DOM)
W 1001–0001
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Makarau  (BLR)
L 0000–0200
Did not advanceFlag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Zhitkeyev  (KAZ)
L 0001–0221
Did not advance

Sailing

Finnish sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Sari Multala Europe 8911610192152414855
Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112131415M*
Roope Suomalainen Laser 3552412101233321113816019
Thomas Johanson
Jukka Piirainen
49er 1472986975691314121541118

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Six Finnish shooters (four men and two women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Juha Hirvi 10 m air rifle 58045Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 594=9Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 116015Did not advance
Marko Kemppainen Skeet 125 =WR 1 Q149 (4)Silver medal icon.svg
Petri Nummela Trap 117=14Did not advance
Joonas Olkkonen Double trap 11825Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Marjo Yli-Kiikka 10 m air rifle 392=22Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 571=20Did not advance
Maarit Lepomäki Skeet 67=9Did not advance

Swimming

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):

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Jere Hård 50 m freestyle 23.3341Did not advance
100 m butterfly 54.0228Did not advance
Matti Mäki 100 m backstroke 57.5736Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:06.2933Did not advance
Jarno Pihlava 100 m breaststroke 1:01.9913 Q1:01.8613Did not advance
Matti Rajakylä 100 m freestyle 50.6733Did not advance
Jani Sievinen 200 m individual medley 2:02.7920Did not advance
Jere Hård
Jarno Pihlava
Matti Rajakylä
Jani Sievinen
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:41.6411Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Eeva Saarinen 100 m breaststroke 1:11.3923Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:34.1722Did not advance
Hanna-Maria Seppälä 50 m freestyle 26.0124Did not advance
100 m freestyle 56.01=15 Q55.5912Did not advance
100 m backstroke 1:05.5536Did not advance

Taekwondo

Finland has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Teemu Heino Men's +80 kg Flag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyen  (VIE)
L 5–8
Did not advance

Tennis

Finland nominated one male tennis player to compete in the tournament.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jarkko Nieminen Men's singles Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lu Y-H  (TPE)
W 6–3, 6–3
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Mirnyi  (BLR)
L 3–6, 4–6
Did not advance

Wrestling

Key:

Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marko Yli-Hannuksela −74 kg Flag of Japan.svg  Nagata  (JPN)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kobonov  (KGZ)
W 3–0 PO
1 QFlag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Azcuy  (CUB)
W 3–1 PP
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Bucher  (SUI)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Dokturishvili  (UZB)
L 1–3 PP
Silver medal icon.svg
Juha Ahokas −120 kg Flag of Hungary.svg  Deák-Bárdos  (HUN)
L 0–3 PO
Flag of Iran.svg  Barzi  (IRI)
L 1–3 PP
3Did not advance17

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