Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Finland at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Flag of Finland.svg
IOC code FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Website sport.fi/olympiakomitea  (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Turin
Competitors102 in 11 sports
Flag bearers Janne Lahtela (opening) [1]
Markku Uusipaavalniemi (closing) [2]
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
0
Silver
6
Bronze
3
Total
9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports. [3]

Contents

Janne Lahtela, a moguls freestyle skier and a defending Olympic champion, was the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tanja Poutiainen Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 24 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Wille Mäkelä
Kalle Kiiskinen
Teemu Salo
Jani Sullanmaa
Curling Men's 24 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mikko Ronkainen Freestyle skiing Men's moguls 15 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Finland men's national ice hockey team
Ice hockey Men's competition 26 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Matti Hautamäki Ski jumping Normal hill 12 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Janne Ahonen
Janne Happonen
Matti Hautamäki
Tami Kiuru
Ski jumping Men's team 20 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Virpi Kuitunen
Cross-country skiing Women's team sprint 14 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Antti Kuisma
Anssi Koivuranta
Jaakko Tallus
Hannu Manninen
Nordic combined Team 16 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Markku Koski Snowboarding Men's halfpipe 12 February

Alpine skiing

AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3TotalRank
Kalle Palander Men's giant slalom 1:18.221:18.60n/a2:36.829
Men's slalom 53.38disqualified
Tanja Poutiainen Women's giant slalom 1:01.211:08.65n/a2:09.86 Silver medal icon.svg
Women's slalom 43.0547.74n/a1:30.796
Henna Raita Women's slalom 44.2948.04n/a1:32.3320
Jukka Rajala Men's giant slalom 1:20.171:21.23n/a2:41.4022
Men's slalom did not finish

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Paavo Puurunen was the only Finnish biathlete who competed in Torino. [4]

AthleteEventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Paavo Puurunen Men's sprint 28:57.3246
Men's pursuit 38:01.28322
Men's mass start 47:43.704
Men's individual 56:38.9112

Cross-country skiing

Six men and six women participated in the cross-country skiing events, [5] making the cross-country skiing squad the largest squad for any individual sport.

Distance
Men
AthleteEventFinal
TotalRank
Sami Jauhojärvi 15 km classical 39:15.39
30 km pursuit 1:17:58.120
Teemu Kattilakoski 50 km freestyle 2:09:26.243
Ville Nousiainen 50 km freestyle Did not finish
Olli Ohtonen 15 km classical 41:47.448
30 kilometre pursuit Did not start
50 km freestyle 2:11:54.752
Lauri Pyykönen 15 km classical 42:10.455
Tero Similä 15 km classical 40:44.532
30 km pursuit 1:20:04.534
Sami Jauhojärvi
Tero Similä
Olli Ohtonen
Teemu Kattilakoski
4 x 10 km relay 40:44.510
Women
AthleteEventFinal
TotalRank
Elina Hietamäki 15 km pursuit 46:20.533
Virpi Kuitunen 10 km classical 28:51.49
30 km freestyle Did not finish
Riitta-Liisa Lassila 10 km classical 30:28.435
15 km pursuit 44:06.113
30 km freestyle 1:26:55.423
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 10 km classical 28:29.67
30 km freestyle 1:25:41.817
Kirsi Välimaa 15 km pursuit 46:25.634
Kati Venäläinen 10 km classical 31:04.943
30 km freestyle Did not finish
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Virpi Kuitunen
Riitta-Liisa Lassila
Kati Venäläinen
4 x 5 km relay 55:55.87
Sprint
AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TotalRankTotalRankTotalRankTotalRank
Elina Hietamäki Women's sprint 2:20.4942Did not advance42
Sami Jauhojärvi Men's sprint 2:28.4261Did not advance61
Virpi Kuitunen Women's sprint 2:14.837 Q2:16.22 Q2:16.33Final B
2:18.1
5
Keijo Kurttila Men's sprint 2:19.9422 Q2:25.15Did not advance23
Lauri Pyykönen Men's sprint 2:20.2126 Q2:28.66Did not advance27
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Women's sprint 2:15.7511 Q2:20.76Did not advance26
Kati Venäläinen Women's sprint 2:17.2924 Q2:18.16Did not advance29
Keijo Kurttila
Lauri Pyykönen
Men's team sprint n/a17:21.54 Q17:39.25
Virpi Kuitunen
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Women's team sprint n/a17:16.81 Q16:39.2 Bronze medal icon.svg

Curling

Men's

Silver medal icon.svg : Markku Uusipaavalniemi (skip), Wille Mäkelä, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Jani Sullanmaa (alternate)

Finland sent a men's curling team to the Olympics, [6] the same team which finished fifth at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.

Round-robin
Draw 1
Team12345678910Final
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)010100000X2
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland (Stöckli) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg201001201X7

;Draw 2

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)00020001014
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Fenson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02000100003

;Draw 4

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00200020026
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Becker)02001101005

;Draw 5

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Kapp) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00100201105
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)00001000012

;Draw 7

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Lindholm)02020000XX4
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)30200132XX11

;Draw 8

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00300041008
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Gushue)20001100217

;Draw 9

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10013010017
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Trulsen)00100101003

;Draw 10

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy (Retornaz) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01011010004
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)10200200117

;Draw 11

Team12345678910Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Murdoch) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg000010001X2
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)003001100X5
Standings
RankTeamSkipWonLost
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 72
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Brad Gushue 63
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Pete Fenson 63
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain David Murdoch 63
5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Pål Trulsen 54
6Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Ralph Stockli 54
7Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy Joel Retornaz 45
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Peter Lindholm 36
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Andy Kapp 36
10Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sean Becker 09
Playoffs
Semifinal
Team12345678910Final
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01000200014
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Murdoch)00001010103

;Final

Team1234567891011Final
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipavaalniemi) Silver medal icon.svg 20001001xx-5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Gushue) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02110600xx-11

Figure skating

Susanna Pöykiö and Kiira Korpi were selected for the women's competition. Pöykiö has won a silver at the 2005 European Figure Skating Championships (held in Torino), while Korpi's best European placing prior to the Olympics was sixth. [7]

AthleteEventCDSP/ODFS/FDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Kiira Korpi Ladies' n/a44.8420 Q92.3614137.2016
Susanna Pöykiö Ladies' n/a53.7412 Q89.4815143.2213

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Five Finnish men were entered in the freestyle competition, all in the moguls [8] Since only four entrants were allowed, Tapio Luusua ended up as an alternate.

AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Janne Lahtela Men's moguls 23.7710 Q22.6516
Juuso Lahtela Men's moguls 22.3119 Q24.428
Sami Mustonen Men's moguls 21.5722did not advance
Mikko Ronkainen Men's moguls 23.3813 Q26.62 Silver medal icon.svg

Ice hockey

Men's

The Finnish men's team finished atop its Round-robin group, which including beating both previous Olympic gold medalists, the Czech Republic and Canada, and beat the United States and Russia to make the final, where it lost to Sweden to finish in the silver medal position.

Roster

The following is the Finnish roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics. [9]

Head coach: Erkka Westerlund

Assistant coaches: Risto Dufva, Hannu Virta

No.Pos.NameHeightWeightBirthdateTeam
3D Petteri Nummelin 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)194 lb (88 kg) (1972-11-25)November 25, 1972 (aged 33) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg HC Lugano
4D Kimmo Timonen ( A )5 ft 10 in (178 cm)194 lb (88 kg) (1975-03-18)March 18, 1975 (aged 30) Flag of the United States.svg Nashville Predators
5D Lasse Kukkonen 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)187 lb (85 kg) (1981-10-18)October 18, 1981 (aged 24) Flag of Finland.svg Kärpät
6D Sami Salo 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)216 lb (98 kg) (1974-03-22)March 22, 1974 (aged 31) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vancouver Canucks
7D Aki Berg 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)214 lb (97 kg) (1977-07-28)July 28, 1977 (aged 28) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto Maple Leafs
8F Teemu Selänne 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)201 lb (91 kg) (1970-07-03)July 3, 1970 (aged 35) Flag of the United States.svg Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
10F Ville Nieminen 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)207 lb (94 kg) (1977-04-06)April 6, 1977 (aged 28) Flag of the United States.svg New York Rangers
11F Saku Koivu ( C )5 ft 10 in (178 cm)181 lb (82 kg) (1974-11-23)November 23, 1974 (aged 31) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Montreal Canadiens
12F Olli Jokinen 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)209 lb (95 kg) (1978-12-05)December 5, 1978 (aged 27) Flag of the United States.svg Florida Panthers
14F Niklas Hagman 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)205 lb (93 kg) (1979-12-05)December 5, 1979 (aged 26) Flag of the United States.svg Dallas Stars
16F Ville Peltonen 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)187 lb (85 kg) (1973-03-24)March 24, 1973 (aged 32) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg HC Lugano
21F Mikko Koivu 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)214 lb (97 kg) (1983-03-12)March 12, 1983 (aged 22) Flag of the United States.svg Minnesota Wild
24F Antti Laaksonen 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)181 lb (82 kg) (1973-10-03)October 3, 1973 (aged 32) Flag of the United States.svg Colorado Avalanche
25F Jukka Hentunen 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)198 lb (90 kg) (1974-05-03)May 3, 1974 (aged 31) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg HC Lugano
26F Jere Lehtinen 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)194 lb (88 kg) (1973-06-24)June 24, 1973 (aged 32) Flag of the United States.svg Dallas Stars
27D Teppo Numminen ( A )6 ft 1 in (185 cm)198 lb (90 kg) (1968-07-03)July 3, 1968 (aged 37) Flag of the United States.svg Buffalo Sabres
30G Fredrik Norrena 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)190 lb (86 kg) (1973-11-29)November 29, 1973 (aged 32) Flag of Sweden.svg Linköping HC
31G Antero Niittymäki 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)190 lb (86 kg) (1980-06-18)June 18, 1980 (aged 25) Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Flyers
32D Toni Lydman 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)201 lb (91 kg) (1975-09-25)September 25, 1975 (aged 30) Flag of the United States.svg Buffalo Sabres
33G Niklas Bäckström 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)192 lb (87 kg) (1978-02-13)February 13, 1978 (aged 28) Flag of Finland.svg Kärpät
36F Jussi Jokinen 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)192 lb (87 kg) (1983-04-01)April 1, 1983 (aged 22) Flag of the United States.svg Dallas Stars
37F Jarkko Ruutu 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)203 lb (92 kg) (1975-08-23)August 23, 1975 (aged 30) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vancouver Canucks
39F Niko Kapanen 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)176 lb (80 kg) (1978-04-29)April 29, 1978 (aged 27) Flag of the United States.svg Dallas Stars
77D Antti-Jussi Niemi 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)187 lb (85 kg) (1977-09-29)September 29, 1977 (aged 28) Flag of Sweden.svg Frölunda HC
Round-robin
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 5500192+1710 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 5221101226
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5302159+66
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 52031412+24
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 502371692
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (H)5023923142
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
15 February 2006
15:35
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg0–5
(0–1, 0–4, 0–0)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Torino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 2,960
Game reference
Martin Gerber (out 40:00)
David Aebischer (in 40:00)
Goalies Antero Niittymäki Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Don Van Massenhoven
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Joacim Karlsson
Flag of the United States.svg Thor Nelson
0–113:07 – O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen) (PP)
0–223:35 – T. Numminen (T. Selänne, J. Lehtinen) (PP)
0–328:04 – O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen, J. Jokinen) (PP)
0–433:25 – T. Selänne (S. Koivu)
0–539:25 – T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, O. Jokinen)
10 minPenalties8 min
24Shots37
16 February 2006
12:05
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg6–0
(0–0, 4–0, 2–0)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 7,776
Game reference
Fredrik Norrena Goalies Günther Hell Referee:
Flag of Russia.svg Vyacheslav Bulanov
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Milan Mášik
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Redding
J. Lehtinen (T. Numminen) (PP) – 21:491–0
S. Koivu (T. Numminen) (PP) – 23:512–0
J. Jokinen (P. Nummelin, S. Salo) (PP) – 30:113–0
V. Peltonen (P. Nummelin) (PP) – 38:254–0
T. Selänne (S. Koivu, S. Salo) (PP2) – 52:075–0
T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen) – 55:086–0
4 minPenalties22 min
51Shots16
18 February 2006
21:05
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg2–4
(1–1, 1–1, 0–2)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 8,705
Game reference
Tomáš Vokoun Goalies Antero Niittymäki Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Andersson
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Sericolo
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Shelyanin
M. Židlický (R. Lang, M. Hejduk) (PP) – 8:251–0
1–114:14 – O. Jokinen (S. Koivu, V. Peltonen)
1–235:02 – J. Lehtinen (K. Timonen) (PP)
M. Židlický (R. Lang, J. Špaček) (PP2) – 38:172–2
2–340:30 – T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, S. Koivu)
2–448:33 – J. Lehtinen (S. Koivu, T. Selänne)
12 minPenalties39 min
39Shots32
19 February 2006
21:05
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Torino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 4,420
Game reference
Antero Niittymäki Goalies Roberto Luongo Referee:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Milan Mášik
Flag of the United States.svg Thor Nelson
T. Selänne (S. Koivu) – 11:141–0
N. Kapanen (V. Nieminen, K. Timonen) – 15:022–0
6 minPenalties12 min
30Shots24
21 February 2006
15:35
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Torino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 2,430
Game reference
Fredrik Norrena Goalies Robert Müller Referee:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Miroslav Halecký
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Redding
N. Kapanen (N. Hagman, S. Koivu) (PP) – 2:351–0
S. Koivu (J. Lehtinen, T. Selänne) – 39:392–0
6 minPenalties18 min
25Shots18
Medal round
Quarterfinal
22 February 2006
17:35
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg4–3
(2–1, 2–1, 0–1)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 6,691
Game reference
Antero Niittymäki Goalies Rick DiPietro Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Devorski
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Milan Mášik
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Miller
V. Peltonen (J. Jokinen, S. Salo) – 9:331–0
S. Salo (SH) − 12:012–0
2–113:14 – M. Knuble (M. Schneider, D. Weight)
2–221:29 − M. Schneider (B. Rafalski, C. Conroy) (PP)
O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen) (PP) – 25:063–2
O. Jokinen (PP2) – 37:104–2
4–355:33 – B. Gionta (C. Drury, E. Cole)
16 minPenalties30 min
25Shots28
Semifinal
24 February 2006
21:05
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 8,702
Game reference
Antero Niittymäki Goalies Evgeni Nabokov Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Don Van Massenhoven
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Milan Mášik
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Sericolo
V. Peltonen (K. Timonen) (PP) – 6:131–0
T. Lydman (S. Koivu) – 29:332–0
S. Koivu (K. Timonen, T. Selänne) (PP) – 33:513–0
O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen, N. Kapanen) – 49:174–0
8 minPenalties16 min
30Shots21
Final
26 February 2006
14:05
Silver medal icon.svg Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Gold medal icon.svg Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 8,274
Game reference
Antero Niittymäki Goalies Henrik Lundqvist Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Devorski
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Milan Mášik
Flag of the United States.svg Thor Nelson
K. Timonen (T. Selänne) (PP) – 14:451–0
1–124:42 – H. Zetterberg (M. Samuelsson, C. Bäckman) (PP)
1–233:24 – N. Kronwall (H. Zetterberg) (PP)
V. Peltonen (J. Jokinen, O. Jokinen) – 35:002–2
2–340:10 – N. Lidström (M. Sundin, P. Forsberg)
14 minPenalties14 min
27Shots28

Women's

The Finnish women's team finished second to the United States in the round-robin section of the competition, but lost to both North American teams in the medal round to end up in fourth place.

Players
No.PositionNameS / CHeightWeightBirthdateBirthplace2004–05 team
10F Sari Fisk – CL1636512/17/71 Pori Espoo Blues
30G Maija Hassinen L1615201/02/84 Hämeenlinna Ilves
15F Satu Hoikkala R1656301/14/80 Vantaa Kärpät
5D Satu Kiipeli L1747212/24/80 Raahe IHK  [ fi ]
24D Kati Kovalainen – AL1656401/24/75 Leppävirta IHK  [ fi ]
2D Hanna Kuoppala L1797709/12/75 Jakobstad Espoo Blues
3D Emma Laaksonen – AL1596012/17/81 Washington, D.C. Espoo Blues
9D Terhi Mertanen L1646404/04/81 Joensuu Kärpät
27F Marja-Helena Pälvilä L1767003/04/70 Oulu Kärpät
11F Oona Parviainen L1706309/05/77 Kuopio Espoo Blues
25F Mari Pehkonen L1706302/06/85 Tampere University of Minnesota Duluth
4D Heidi Pelttari L1656808/02/85 Tampere Ilves
29F Karoliina Rantamäki L1636802/23/78 Vantaa Espoo Blues
1G Noora Räty L1635605/29/89 Espoo Espoo Blues
12F Mari Saarinen L1726307/30/81 Kangasala Ilves
21F Eveliina Similä L1646804/10/78 Toijala Ilves
20D Saija Sirviö L1715712/29/82 Oulu Kärpät
18F Nora Tallus R1586702/09/81 Kerava IHK  [ fi ]
22F Saara Tuominen L1696401/01/86 Ylöjärvi Ilves
8F Satu Tuominen L1636111/19/85 Vantaa Espoo Blues
Round-robin
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3300183+156 Semifinals
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3201107+34
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 31022972 5–8th place semifinals
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3003112110
Source: [ citation needed ]
11 February 2006
13:05
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg3–0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Torino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 3,200
Game reference
Maija Hassinen Goalies Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten Referee:
Flag of Russia.svg Arina Ustinova
Linesmen:
Flag of France.svg Anne-Sophie Boniface
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Klára Quagliato
Pehkonen (Pelttari, Tuominen) – 08:151–0
Pelttari (PP2) – 17:022–0
Pälvilä (SH) – 43:133–0
4 minPenalties6 min
27Shots24
13 February 2006
17:35
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg4–0
(1–0, 0–0, 3–0)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 4,259
Game reference
Noora Räty Goalies Florence Schelling Referee:
Flag of Germany.svg Bianca Walter
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Annica Flödén
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Zítková
Tuominen (Pelttari) (PP) – 14:101–0
Rantamäki – 45:212–0
Saarinen (Hoikkala, Tallus) – 51:583–0
Pehkonen (Rantamaki) – 52:504–0
18 minPenalties20 min
41Shots18
14 February 2006
20:35
United States  Flag of the United States.svg7–3
(1–2, 1–1, 5–0)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 7,697
Game reference
Chanda Gunn Goalies Maija Hassinen Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephanie Normand
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Klára Quagliato
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kim Robichaud
0–100:13 – Pehkonen (Rantamäki)
Parsons (Wendell, Potter) (PP) – 08:081–1
1–211:26 – Laaksonen (Tuominen) (PP)
1–332:01 – Kovalainen (Saarinen) (PP2)
Parsons (Chu) – 38:542–3
Ka. King – 41:283–3
Ruggiero – 50:164–3
Darwitz (Wall) (PP) – 51:015–3
Wendell (Parsons, Ruggiero) – 52:186–3
Ruggiero (Darwitz, Stephens) – 55:367–3
38 minPenalties22 min
31Shots15
Medal round
Semifinal
17 February 2006
21:05
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 7,306
Game reference
Charline Labonté Goalies Maija Hassinen
Noora Räty
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Danyel Howard
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Julie Piacentini
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Klára Quagliato
Weatherston (Sostorics) (PP) – 17:331–0
Apps (Kingsbury, Goyette) (PP) – 19:152–0
Wickenheiser (Apps) (PP) – 34:593–0
Ouellette (Sunohara) (PP) – 36:264–0
Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) – 47:495–0
Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) (PP) – 54:476–0
14 minPenalties16 min
40Shots17
Bronze medal game
20 February 2006
16:35
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–4
(0–3, 0–1, 0–0)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Bronze medal icon.svg Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 5,150
Game reference
Noora Räty
Maija Hassinen
Goalies Chanda Gunn Referee:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Tottman
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Michaela Kiefer
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kim Robichaud
0–102:32 – Stephens (Chu, Darwitz) (PP)
0–208:09 – Ka. King (Resor)
0–311:06 – Ka. King (Potter)
0–421:44 – Ka. King (Chu, Kr. King)
12 minPenalties20 min
14Shots20

Nordic combined

AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-country
PointsRankDeficitTimeRank
Anssi Koivuranta Sprint 121.530:1719:17.7
+48.7
11
Individual Gundersen 220.5182:4843:37.3
+3:52.7
25
Antti Kuisma Individual Gundersen 217.5223:0042:33.8
+2:49.2
17
Hannu Manninen Sprint 108.3161:1019:21.0
+52.0
12
Individual Gundersen 238.081:3841:20.2
+1:35.6
9
Janne Ryynänen Sprint 102.5291:3320:47.6
+2:18.6
37
Jaakko Tallus Sprint 120.940:1918:58.1
+29.1
5
Individual Gundersen 257.030:2240:01.9
+17.3
5
Anssi Koivuranta
Antti Kuisma
Hannu Manninen
Jaakko Tallus
Team 878.640:3550:19.4
+26.8
Bronze medal icon.svg

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Ski jumping

AthleteEventQualifyingFirst roundFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsTotalRank
Janne Ahonen Normal hill 133.53 PQ134.52 Q127.0261.56
Large hill 136.32 PQ112.39 Q121.8234.19
Janne Happonen Normal hill 114.023 Q116.026 Q109.0225.028
Matti Hautamäki Normal hill 130.05 PQ131.06 Q134.5265.5 Silver medal icon.svg
Large hill 129.65 PQ117.37 Q125.1242.45
Risto Jussilainen Large hill 97.210 Q91.735did not advance35
Tami Kiuru Normal hill 125.08 Q113.031did not advance31
Large hill 95.312 Q108.613 Q105.4214.018
Tami Kiuru
Janne Happonen
Janne Ahonen
Matti Hautamäki
Team n/a467.22 Q509.4976.6 Silver medal icon.svg

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Halfpipe
AthleteEventQualifying run 1Qualifying run 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankRun 1Run 2Rank
Antti Autti Men's halfpipe 43.52 Qn/a(28.2)39.15
Janne Korpi Men's halfpipe 9.24233.514did not advance20
Markku Koski Men's halfpipe 20.22840.63 Q41.5(31.4) Bronze medal icon.svg
Risto Mattila Men's halfpipe 40.85 Qn/a(31.6)35.810

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Niina Sarias Women's parallel giant slalom 1:24.9624did not advance24

Speed skating

AthleteEventRace 1Final
TimeRankTimeRank
Janne Hänninen Men's 500 m 35.5835.671:11.2515
Men's 1000 m n/a1:10.8325
Pekka Koskela Men's 500 m 35.5835.511:11.0910
Men's 1000 m n/a1:11.4531
Mika Poutala Men's 500 m 35.9135.831:11.7422
Men's 1000 m n/a1:11.0326
Risto Rosendahl Men's 1000 m n/a1:12.6037
Men's 1500 m n/a1:49.5124

Notes and references

  1. "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony" . Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  2. "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  3. (in Finnish) Torino-Kisavisut - Joukkue lajeittain Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine , from Suomen Olympiakomitea (Finnish Olympic Committee), retrieved 26 January 2006.
  4. (in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Ampumahiihto Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine , from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
  5. (in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Maastohiihto Archived 2006-02-22 at the Wayback Machine , from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
  6. (in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Curling Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine , from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
  7. (in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Taitoluistelu Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine , from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
  8. .(in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Freestylehiihto Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine , from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
  9. "Finland at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2022-08-08.

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