Finland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Finland at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Finland at the; 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	https://www.olympiakomitea.fi/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina ; 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	25 in 8 sports
Medals ; Ranked 57th	Gold1Silver0Bronze1Total2
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
	2010 ; 2014 ; 2018 ;

Last updated August 27, 2025

Finland participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Athletics

Boys
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Eemil Helander	2000m steeplechase	5:46.41PB	4	—		13	6
Eemil Helander	Cross country	—		12:15	9(24)	13	6
Julius Mäkinen	Cross country	—		12:48	14(40)	28	13
Julius Mäkinen	3000m	8:41.41	14	—		28	13

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank	Total	Rank
Arttu Mattila	High jump	2.09	2	2.07	9	4.16	6
Oskari Lahtinen	Hammer throw	73.71PB	5	70.20	7	143.91	6
Topias Laine	Javelin throw	74.57	3	78.85	1	153.42

Girls
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Johanna Kylmänen	100 m	12.34	12	11.91	12	24.25	11
Alisa Virtanen	800 m	2:16.82	17	2:17.50	16	4:34.32	14
Nathalie Blomqvist	1500 m	4:29.50	7	—		14	6
Nathalie Blomqvist	Cross country	—		13:38	16	14	6
Pinja Kotinurmi	Cross country	—		14:04	6(27)	16	8
Pinja Kotinurmi	2000m steeplechase	6:50.97	10	—		16	8
Kia Laisi	400m hurdles	1:03.23	14	DNS		DNS

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank	Total	Rank
Jessica Kähärä	High jump	1.81	3	1.82	4	3.63
Sara Killinen	Hammer throw	67.63	3	57.96	10	125.59	5
Minna Hollanti	Javelin throw	47.11	10	45.53	11	92.64	11

Diving

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ronja Rundgren	Girls' 10m platform	336.85	8 Q	329.80	8

Team

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Team 11 Ronja Rundgren (FIN) Anthony Harding (GBR)	Mixed team	—		299.10	12

Golf

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Elina Saksa	Girls' individual	75 (+5)	11	74 (+4)	149	11	76 (+6)	225	19	225	+15	16
Eemil Alajärvi	Boys' individual	77 (+7)	23	78 (+8)	155	26	81 (+11)	236	26	236	+26	26

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 (Fourball)		Round 2 (Foursome)		Round 3 (Individual Stroke)				Total
Athletes	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Boy	Girl	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Elina Saksa Eemil Alajärvi	Mixed team	65 (−5)	10	73 (+3)	10	76	74	150 (+10)	22	288	+8	17

Gymnastics

Artistic

Finland qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.^[1]

Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Ada Hautala	Individual	12.791	11.533	12.033 R2	12.000	48.357	11 Q

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Ada Hautala	All-around	12.916	11.966	12.233	12.033	49.148	9
	Balance beam	—

Rhythmic

Finland qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on its performance at the European qualification event.^[2]

Girls' rhythmic individual all-around – 1 quota

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Aurora Arvelo	All-around	12.950	15.150	14.500	13.200	55.800	12	Did not advance

Multidiscipline

Team	Athlete	Acrobatic	Artistic	Rhythmic	Trampoline	Total points	Rank
Team Anna Bessonova (Gray)	Sophia Imrie-Gale (GBR) Clyde Gembickas (GBR)	15	—			381	4
	Ward Claeys (BEL)	—	99	—
	Reza Bohloulzade Hajlari (IRI)		65
	Ayan Moldagaliyev (KAZ)		36
	Eglė Stalinkevičiūtė (LTU)		42
	Ada Hautala (FIN)		10
	Giorgia Villa (ITA)		11
	Celia Joseph Noël (FRA)	—		40	—
	Celeste D'arcangelo (ARG)			13
	Tatyana Volozhanina (BUL)			26
	Jérémy Chartier (CAN)	—			15
	Vera Beliankina (RUS)	—			9
Team Dong Dong (Gray)	Rachel Nell (RSA) Sidwell Madibeng (RSA)	33	—			389	5
	Daniel Schwed (GER)	—	63	—
	Marcus Stenberg (SWE)		27
	Diogo Soares (BRA)		34
	Beatriz Cardoso (POR)		33
	Ana-Maria Puiu (ROU)		42
	Lee Yunseo (KOR)		46
	Aurora Arvelo (FIN)	—		38	—
	Khrystyna Pohranychna (UKR)			22
	Wang Zilu (CHN)			12
	Nikita Babyonishev (UZB)	—			16
	Yekaterina Lukina (KAZ)	—			23

Judo

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Rep 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Turpal Djoukaev	Boys' −66 kg	Almishri (LBA) W 10–00	Naguchev (RUS) L 00s3–10	Did not advance	Jashari (MKD) W 1–00s1	Nazarov (UZB) L 00s3–10s1	Did not advance		7

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Los Angeles Soniya Bhatta (NEP) Ariel Shulman [ he ] (ISR) Nahomys Acosta Batte (CUB) Turpal Djoukaev (FIN) Saskia Brothers (AUS) Georgios Balarjishvili (CYP) Raffaela Igl (GER) Alin Bagrin (MDA)	Mixed team	Team Seoul (MIX) W 5–3	Team Athens (MIX) L 3–5	Did not advance		5

Shooting

Finland qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 European Championships.^[3]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Viivi Natalia Kemppi	Girls' 10m air rifle	621.0	9	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athletes	Event	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Viivi Natalia Kemppi (FIN) Facundo Firmapaz (ARG)	Mixed team 10m air rifle	825.9	4Q	Wang (CHN) Emilov (BUL) W10–9	Benetti (ITA) Mahardika (INA) W10–5	Erdenechuluun (MGL) Pekler (HUN) L5–10	Martínez López (MEX) Wadlegger (AUT) W10–7

Swimming

Boyss

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexey Belfer	50 m freestyle	23.67	21	Did not advance
Roni Kallström	50 m backstroke	26.32	8Q	26.79	15	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	57.65	19	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:07.80	21	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nea-Amanda Heinola	50 m freestyle	26.08	12Q	26.49	14	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	57.22	21	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:06.78	27	—		Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	30.27	25	—		Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	28.04	22	—		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:19.01	15	—		Did not advance
Laura Lahtinen	50 m breaststroke	32.01	8Q	32.49	11	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:12.73	34	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	DSQ		Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:02.15	15Q	1:02.00	15	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:14.17	4Q	—		2:13.51	5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexey Belfer Nea-Amanda Heinola Roni Kallström Laura Lahtinen	4×100 m medley relay	4:07.84	22	Did not advance

Table tennis

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Annika Lundström	Girls' singles	Group H Sawettabut (THA) L1–4 (11:9, 5:11, 9:11, 5:11, 7:11)	4	Did not advance				25
		Tailakova (RUS) L0–4 (10:12, 4:11, 5:11, 4:11)
		Lee (HKG) L1–4 (2:11, 11:6, 10:12, 8:11, 6:11)

Team

Athletes	Event	Group stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Intercontinental 2 Annika Lundström (FIN) Jann Mari Nayre (PHI)	Mixed international team	Group B Europe 3 Bogdanova (BLR) Sgouropoulos (GRE) L0–3	3	Did not advance				17
		Intercontinental 1 Lee (HKG) Hamdoun (TUN) W2–1
		Chinese Taipei Su (TPE) Lin (TPE) L0–1

References

↑ "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG . 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
↑ "18 nations secure Youth Olympic participation in Rhythmic gymnastics". European Gymnastics Federation. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
↑ "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF . 11 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

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[Gymnastics-1] "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG . 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[2] "18 nations secure Youth Olympic participation in Rhythmic gymnastics". European Gymnastics Federation. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[3] "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF . 11 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

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Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea‑Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts‑Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent‑Grenadines Suriname Trinidad‑Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
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Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
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