Finland at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Finland at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of Finland.svg
IOC code FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Website olympiakomitea.fi  (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors56 in 13 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Eetu Kallioinen & Sinem Kurtbay
Flag bearer (closing) Saga Vanninen
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It signified the nation's participation in every single edition of the Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1908.

Contents

The best placement by a Finnish athlete in the 2024 Games was fifth, attained by three athletes: Pihla Kaivo-oja in women's 50 kg boxing, Silja Kosonen in women's hammer throw, and Heili Sirviö in women's park in skateboarding. The 2024 Games marked the first time in Finnish Olympic history that it failed to win a medal, ending the streak of medalling in 50 consecutive Olympic Games (Summer and Winter). [1] [2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 101
Athletics 71825
Badminton 101
Boxing 011
Cycling 112
Equestrian 145
Golf 224
Judo 202
Sailing 347
Shooting 213
Skateboarding 011
Swimming 112
Wrestling 202
Total233356

Archery

Finland qualified one male archer to compete in the individual recurve event, through the final release of the Olympic ranking for Paris 2024.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Antti Tekoniemi Men's individual 65641Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Tai Y-h  (TPE)
L 0–6		Did not advance33

Athletics

Finnish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): [3]

Key
Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Elmo Lakka Men's 110 m hurdles 13.847 Re13.757Did not advance
Topi Raitanen Men's 3000 m steeplechase 8:33.1211—Did not advance
Aku Partanen Men's 20 km walk —1:22:5632
Lotta Kemppinen Women's 100 m 11.567—Did not advance
Eveliina Määttänen Women's 800 m 2:00.024 Re2:00.384Did not advance
Sara Lappalainen Women's 1500 m 4:08.6612 Re DNS –Did not advance
Nathalie Blomqvist Women's 5000 metres 15:02.757 Q—14:53.1013
Lotta Harala Women's 100 m hurdles 12.975 Re12.861 Q13.058Did not advance
Reetta Hurske 12.966 Re12.833Did not advance
Viivi Lehikoinen Women's 400 m hurdles 56.677 Re58.046Did not advance
Ilona Mononen Women's 3000 m steeplechase 9:22.77 NR6—Did not advance
Camilla Richardsson Women's marathon —2:38:0265
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultPositionResultPosition
Urho Kujanpää Men's pole vault 5.4029Did not advance
Oliver Helander Men's javelin throw 83.8110 q82.689
Lassi Etelätalo 82.9112 q84.588
Toni Keränen 85.278 Q80.9210
Ella Junnila Women's high jump 1.8328Did not advance
Wilma Murto Women's pole vault 4.559 q4.706
Elina Lampela 4.557 q4.4014
Senni Salminen Women's triple jump DNS –Did not advance
Silja Kosonen Women's hammer throw 72.119 q74.045
Krista Tervo 74.79 NR 1 Q73.836
Suvi Koskinen 67.9021Did not advance
Anni-Linnea Alanen Women's javelin throw 55.3030Did not advance
Combined events - Women's heptathlon
AthleteEvent100H HJ SP 200 mLJ JT 800 mFinalRank
Saga Vanninen Result13.611.7414.1924.745.8547.002:14.36616315
Points1034903807911804802902

Badminton

Finland entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarter-finalSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Kalle Koljonen Men's singles Flag of Mauritius.svg  Paul  (MRI)
W (21–9, 21–10)		Flag of Thailand.svg  Vitidsarn  (THA)
L (4–21, 0–8) RET		RETDid not advance38

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Pihla Kaivo-oja Women's 50 kg Flag of Zambia.svg  Tembo  (ZAM)
W 5–0		Flag of the United States.svg  Lozano  (USA)
W 5–0		Flag of Turkey.svg  Çakıroğlu  (TUR)
L 0–5		Did not advance5

Cycling

Road

Finland entered one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment UCI Nation Ranking. [4]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Anniina Ahtosalo Women's road race 4:07:0437
Women's time trial 45:05.1830

Mountain biking

Finland entered one male rider to compete in the mountain biking event at the Olympic, through the re-allocation of unused quota places. [5]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Joni Savaste Men's cross-country DNF–

Equestrian

Finland entered a squad of five equestrianists. Finnish equestrians qualified for the team dressage events and individual eventing events, through the establishments of final olympics ranking.

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRank
Emma Kanerva Greek Air Individual 73.68017 q—75.92987.28681.60712
Joanna Robinson Glamouraline65.63754Did not advance
Henri Ruoste Tiffanys Diamond70.62130Did not advance
Emma Kanerva
Joanna Robinson
Henri Ruoste 		See above Team 209.9389 Q212.0368—212.0368

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Eventing

AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotal
QualifierFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Veera Manninen Sir Greg Individual 36.805018.4055.20391.2056.4036Did not advance56.4036
Sanna Siltakorpi Bofey Click35.40=4321.8057.2040Withdrawn

Golf

Finland entered three golfers into the Olympic tournament. Sami Välimäki qualified directly for the games in the men's individual competitions, and Ursula Wikström and Noora Komulainen qualified directly for the games in the women's individual competitions based on their world ranking performances, as the top 60 ranked players, on the IGF World Rankings.

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total
ScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRank
Sami Välimäki Men's 67717275285+1T45
Tapio Pulkkanen 69727170282−2T35
Ursula Wikström Women's 82728172307+1957
Noora Komulainen 848278Withdrawn

Judo

Finland entered two judokas into the Olympic tournament subsequent to the conclusion of the qualification window (23 June 2024) of the world ranking list prepared by the International Judo Federation (IJF).

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Luukas Saha −66 kg Flag of Turkey.svg  Demirel  (TUR)
W 01–00		Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Vieru  (MDA)
L 00–01		Did not advance9
Martti Puumalainen +100 kg ByeFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kokauri  (AZE)
L 00–10		Did not advance9

Sailing

Finnish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas. [6] [7]

Elimination events
AthleteEventOpening roundsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalFinal rank
123456789101112131415Net pointsRank
Jakob Eklund Men's IQFoil 14171819182010161619181016Canceled17220Did not advance20
Medal race events
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112M*
Kaarle Tapper Men's ILCA 7 231893244 DNC44 DNC44 DNC44 DNCCancelled—EL21437
Monika Mikkola Women's ILCA 6 182513302944 BFD1812Cancelled—EL12716
Ronja Grönblom
Veera Hokka 		Women's 49erFX 81418131018421
DSQ		111613EL11615
Sinem Kurtbay
Akseli Keskinen 		Mixed Nacra 17 3744115711111215418977

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Finnish shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament. [8]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Aleksi Leppä Men's 10 m air rifle 627.822Did not advance
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions 586-31x24Did not advance
Eetu Kallioinen Men's skeet 11720Did not advance
Noora Antikainen Women's trap 10730Did not advance

Skateboarding

Finland entered one skateboarder into the Olympic tournament. Heili Sirviö qualified to compete in the women's park event after being ranked in the top 20 within the Olympic World Skateboarding ranking.

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Heili Sirviö Women's park 83.425 Q88.895

Swimming

Finnish swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [9]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Matti Mattsson Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:11.1818Did not advance
Ida Hulkko Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:08.7326Did not advance

Wrestling

Finland qualified two wrestlers for the following classes into the Olympic competition. Jonni Sarkkinen qualified for the games by winning the semifinal round at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan; meanwhile Arvi Savolainen qualified for the games through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

Key:

Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Jonni Sarkkinen Men's −77 kg Flag of Armenia.svg  Amoyan  (ARM)
L 0–4 ST		Did not advance13
Arvi Savolainen Men's −97 kg Flag of Algeria.svg  Rouabah  (ALG)
W 3–0 PO		Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Rosillo  (CUB)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance8

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