Finland at the 2014 European Athletics Championships

Finland at the 2014 European Athletics Championships
WA code	FIN
National federation	Finnish Amateur Athletic Association
Website	www.sul.fi
in Zürich
Competitors	36
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
European Athletics Championships appearances
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Finland competed at the 2014 European Athletics Championships winning 2 medals.

Medals

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Antti Ruuskanen	Men's javelin throw	17 August
Bronze	Tero Pitkämäki	Men's javelin throw	17 August

Men's events

Track and road

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Eetu Rantala	10.36	14 Q	10.54	21	did not advance
200 m	Jonathan Åstrand	21.03	21	did not advance
110 m hurdles	Arttu Hirvonen	13.87 PB	25	did not advance
400 m hurdles	Jussi Kanervo	50.35 PB	18 q	did not start		did not advance
	Oskari Mörö	49.97 PB	13 Q	49.08 NR	4 q	50.14	8
3000 m steeplechase	Jukka Keskisalo	8:35.98	10 Q	—		8:32.70	6 [1]
	Janne Ukonmaanaho	8:36.44	13 q	—		8:42.45	11 [1]
50 km race walk	Jarkko Kinnunen	—				3:48:49	11
	Veli-Matti Partanen	—				3:52:58 PB	18
4 × 100 m relay	Hannu Hämäläinen Ville Myllymäki Eetu Rantala Jonathan Åstrand	39.47 SB	11	—		did not advance

Field

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
high jump	Jussi Viita	2.19	15	did not advance
triple jump	Aleksi Tammentie	15.83	21	Did not advance
shot put	Arttu Kangas	19.07	21	Did not advance
hammer throw	Tuomas Seppänen	74.37	10 q	73.70	12
	David Söderberg	75.83	6 Q	76.55	8
javelin throw	Lassi Etelätalo	78.22	12 q	83.16	4
	Tero Pitkämäki	81.48	2 Q	84.40
	Antti Ruuskanen	83.76	1 Q	88.01 EL

Women's events

Track

Hanna-Maari Latvala at the 200 meter final (extreme right)

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Hanna-Maari Latvala	11.30 PB	10 Q	11.57	22	did not advance
200 m	Hanna-Maari Latvala	23.13 SB	7 Q	22.98 PB=	7 q	23.48	7
400 m	Katri Mustola	53.41	22=	did not advance
100 m hurdles	Ida Aidanpää	13.26	24	did not advance
	Matilda Bogdanoff	13.39	30	did not advance
	Nooralotta Neziri	13.17	17=	did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Sandra Eriksson	9:50.00	4 Q	—		9:47.95	9
	Johanna Lehtinen	9:53.86	13 q	—		9:54.90	11
4 × 100 m relay	Hanna-Maari Latvala Minna Laukka Nooralotta Neziri Milja Thureson	44.22 SB	11	—		did not advance
4 × 400 m relay	Sanna Aaltonen Anniina Laitinen Katri Mustola Ella Räsänen	3:36.47	12	—		did not advance

Field

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
pole vault	Minna Nikkanen	4.45	3= q	4.35	7=
hammer throw	Merja Korpela	63.71	18	did not advance
javelin throw	Oona Sormunen	51.46	22	did not advance
discus throw	Katri Hirvonen	50.93	19	did not advance
	Sanna Kämäräinen	54.64	10 q	60.52 PB	7

References

1. Rank improved by the disqualification of Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad