Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Finland at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Finland.svg
IOC code FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Website sport.fi/olympiakomitea  (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Beijing
Competitors58 in 13 sports
Flag bearers Juha Hirvi (opening)
Tero Pitkämäki (closing)
Medals
Ranked 44th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The athletes were named in four selections: first took place on December 19, 2007, 2nd on April 16, 3rd on May 20 and 4th on July 21, 2008.

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The goal of the Finnish Olympic team in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was three medals with at least one gold medal. [1]

Shooter Juha Hirvi and dressage rider Kyra Kyrklund made Finnish olympic history by participating in their sixth Olympic Games. They shared the record with three winter Olympians: cross-country skiers Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi and Harri Kirvesniemi and ice hockey player Raimo Helminen. [2]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Satu Mäkelä-Nummela Shooting Women's trap August 11
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Minna Nieminen
Sanna Stén 		Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls August 17
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Henri Häkkinen Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle August 11
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tero Pitkämäki Athletics Men's javelin throw August 23
Notes

Archery

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Matti Hatava Men's individual 61958Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Terry  (GBR)
W 105–104		Flag of Malaysia.svg  Cheng C S  (MAS)
L 103–110		Did not advance

Athletics

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Janne Holmén Marathon —2:14:4419
Visa Hongisto 200 m 20.624 q20.766Did not advance
Antti Kempas 50 km walk —3:55:1920
Jarkko Kinnunen —3:52:2515
Francis Kirwa Marathon —2:14:2217
Mikko Lahtio 800 m 1:47.208—Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Tommi Evilä Long jump 7.88=17Did not advance
Robert Häggblom Shot put NM—Did not advance
Tero Järvenpää Javelin throw 82.344 q83.954
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Hammer throw 77.078 q79.596
Frantz Kruger Discus throw 62.4812 q61.9811
Mikko Latvala Pole vault 5.45=22Did not advance
Tero Pitkämäki Javelin throw 82.613 Q86.16Bronze medal icon.svg
Teemu Wirkkala 79.7910 q83.465
Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 mFinalRank
Mikko Halvari Result11.186.8813.721.9350.6016.2547.71NM55.115:20.26648625
Points8217857117407877058230665449
Women
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Mikaela Ingberg Javelin throw 58.8217Did not advance
Merja Korpela Hammer throw 66.2930Did not advance
Vanessa Vandy Pole vault 4.00=32Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 mFinalRank
Niina Kelo Result13.951.6514.8225.905.7651.482:20.97591123*
Points985795849806777889810

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. [3] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Kelo moved up a position.

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Ville Lång Men's singles Flag of Ukraine.svg  Druzchenko  (UKR)
W 21–12, 21–19		Flag of the United States.svg  Rai  (USA)
W 21–9, 21–16		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Kuncoro  (INA)
L 13–21, 18–21		Did not advance
Anu Nieminen Women's singles ByeFlag of Germany.svg  Xu Hw  (GER)
L 17–21, 8–21		Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mika Hokajärvi
Kalle Mikkonen 		Men's K-2 500 m 1:33.7857 QS1:34.9948Did not advance
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:23.4756 QS3:27.0186Did not advance
Anne Rikala Women's K-1 500 m 1:54.2947 QS1:54.0254Did not advance
Jenni Mikkonen
Anne Rikala 		Women's K-2 500 m 1:45.7354 QS1:44.6242 Q1:44.1767

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Diving

AthleteEventsPreliminariesSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Joona Puhakka 3 m springboard 469.455 Q451.9513Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Kyra Kyrklund Max Individual 70.5836 Q69.72010 Q74.250671.9858

Judo

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
Nina Koivumäki Women's −57 kg ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Y  (CHN)
L 0000–0020		Did not advanceFlag of Algeria.svg  Latrous  (ALG)
W 0001–0000		Flag of Japan.svg  Sato  (JPN)
L 0000–1011		Did not advance
Johanna Ylinen Women's −63 kg Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Wang C-F  (TPE)
L 0000–1011		Did not advance

Rowing

Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Minna Nieminen
Sanna Stén 		Lightweight double sculls 6:56.614 R7:23.802 SA/B7:03.912 FA6:56.03Silver medal icon.svg

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Pierre Collura Laser 2510184123252033DNFCANEL19830
Heikki Elomaa
Niklas Lindgren 		470 282227DSQ251914231721EL19627
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Tuuli Petäjä RS:X 1411716161612161114EL11716
Tuula Tenkanen Laser Radial 10162521172020915CANEL12822
Silja Lehtinen
Maria Klemetz
Livia Väresmaa 		Yngling 663810OCS1512CANCANEL6011
Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Tapio Nirkko Finn 1899919221622CANCANEL10218

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

Shooting

Satu Makela-Nummela with olympic gold medal Satu makela-nummela.jpg
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela with olympic gold medal
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Henri Häkkinen 10 m air rifle 5981 Q699.4Bronze medal icon.svg
50 m rifle prone 58647Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 116128Did not advance
Juha Hirvi 50 m rifle prone 5955 Q698.57
50 m rifle 3 positions 116812Did not advance
Kai Jahnsson 10 m air pistol 57430Did not advance
50 m pistol 55322Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Hanna Etula 50 m rifle 3 positions 57724Did not advance
10 m air rifle 39421Did not advance
Marjut Heinonen Skeet 6117Did not advance
Mira Nevansuu 10 m air pistol 3848 Q480.57
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela Trap 702 Q91 OR Gold medal icon.svg
Marjo Yli-Kiikka 50 m rifle 3 positions 57914Did not advance
10 m air rifle 38938Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Matti Rajakylä 50 m freestyle 22.48 NR 29Did not advance
100 m freestyle 49.9141Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Noora Laukkanen 200 m breaststroke 2:38.9739Did not advance
Eva Lehtonen 400 m freestyle 4:20.0735—Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:53.5033—Did not advance
Emilia Pikkarainen 100 m butterfly 1:02.3146Did not advance
Hanna-Maria Seppälä 50 m freestyle 25.0615 Q25.1916Did not advance
100 m freestyle 53.60 NR 1 Q53.84=3 Q53.974
100 m backstroke 1:02.3930Did not advance

Tennis

Men
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 Sweden.svg  Johansson  (SWE)
L 6–4, 4–6, 4–6		Did not advance

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Antti Everi Men's +105 kg 171101951136611

Wrestling

Key:

Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Jarkko Ala-Huikku −60 kg ByeFlag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Tyumenbayev  (KGZ)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance18

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References

  1. ↑ "Almost all of the members of the Finnish Olympic team nominated - Suomen Olympiakomitea". Archived from the original on 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  2. ↑ "Shooter Juha Hirvi is the Finnish flag bearer in the opening ceremony in Beijing - Suomen Olympiakomitea". Archived from the original on 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  3. ↑ "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
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