Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | FIN |
NOC | Finnish Olympic Committee |
Website | sport |
in Calgary | |
Competitors | 53 (46 men, 7 women) in 7 sports |
Flag bearer | Pertti Niittylä (speed skating) |
Medals Ranked 4th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Finland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Matti Nykänen | Ski jumping | Normal hill individual | 14 February |
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Marjo Matikainen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 kilometre classical | 17 February |
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Matti Nykänen | Ski jumping | Large hill individual | 23 February |
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Ari-Pekka Nikkola Matti Nykänen Jari Puikkonen Tuomo Ylipulli |
Ski jumping | Large hill team | 24 February |
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Finland men's national ice hockey team |
Ice hockey | Men's competition | 28 February |
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Marjo Matikainen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 kilometre classical | 14 February |
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Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Pirkko Määttä Jaana Savolainen |
Cross-country skiing | Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay | 21 February |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Alpine skiing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Biathlon | 5 | – | 5 |
Cross-country skiing | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Ice hockey | 22 | – | 22 |
Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
Ski jumping | 6 | – | 6 |
Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 46 | 7 | 53 |
Alpine skiing
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Nina Ehrnrooth | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Nina Ehrnrooth | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Biathlon
- Men
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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10 km Sprint | Antero Lähde | 3 | 27:59.9 | 42 |
Juha Tella | 3 | 27:58.3 | 41 | |
Harri Eloranta | 3 | 27:15.2 | 25 | |
Tapio Piipponen | 1 | 26:02.2 | 7 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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20 km | Arto Jääskeläinen | 58:29.5 | 11 | 1'09:29.5 | 58 |
Harri Eloranta | 58:10.6 | 7 | 1'05:10.6 | 50 | |
Juha Tella | 57:39.0 | 6 | 1'03:39.0 | 38 | |
Tapio Piipponen | 55:18.3 | 3 | 58:18.3 | 8 |
- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Juha Tella Antero Lähde Arto Jääskeläinen Tapio Piipponen |
5 | 1'30:54.4 | 12 |
- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km C |
Jari Räsänen | 45:04.5 | 30 |
Jari Laukkanen | 44:22.0 | 25 | |
Aki Karvonen | 43:54.5 | 20 | |
Harri Kirvesniemi | 42:42.8 | 8 | |
30 km C |
Jari Laukkanen | 1'35:51.6 | 52 |
Kari Ristanen | 1'31:05.2 | 27 | |
Aki Karvonen | 1'29:49.5 | 19 | |
Harri Kirvesniemi | 1'26:59.6 | 9 | |
50 km F |
Antti Ticklén | 2'18:41.8 | 45 |
Heikki Kivikko | 2'12:27.1 | 29 | |
Harri Kirvesniemi | 2'11:41.8 | 22 | |
Kari Ristanen | 2'08:08.1 | 7 |
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Jari Laukkanen Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Kari Ristanen |
1'48:24.0 | 8 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
5 km C |
Pirkko Määttä | 15:51.8 | 16 |
Tuulikki Pyykkönen | 15:38.1 | 12 | |
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | 15:16.7 | 5 | |
Marjo Matikainen | 15:04.0 | ![]() | |
10 km C |
Tuulikki Pyykkönen | 32:37.7 | 29 |
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | 30:57.0 | 9 | |
Pirkko Määttä | 30:52.4 | 7 | |
Marjo Matikainen | 30:20.5 | ![]() | |
20 km F |
Eija Hyytiäinen | 1'02:06.9 | 32 |
Jaana Savolainen | 1'01:26.8 | 28 | |
Marjo Matikainen | 58:50.7 | 12 | |
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | 58:45.6 | 11 |
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Jaana Savolainen |
1'01:53.8 | ![]() |
Ice hockey
Team roster
- Head Coach:
Pentti Matikainen
- Assistant Coach:
Hannu Jortikka
Pos. | No. | Name | 1987–88 team |
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G | 1 | Sakari Lindfors | ![]() |
G | 19 | Jarmo Myllys | ![]() |
G | 30 | Jukka Tammi | ![]() |
D | 2 | Teppo Numminen | ![]() |
D | 3 | Timo Blomqvist | ![]() |
D | 4 | Jyrki Lumme | ![]() |
D | 6 | Arto Ruotanen | ![]() |
D | 7 | Simo Saarinen | ![]() |
D | 9 | Kari Eloranta | ![]() |
D | 16 | Jukka Virtanen | ![]() |
D | 29 | Reijo Ruotsalainen | ![]() |
F | 10 | Timo Susi | ![]() |
F | 11 | Kai Suikkanen | ![]() |
F | 13 | Jari Torkki | ![]() |
F | 14 | Raimo Helminen | ![]() |
F | 15 | Iiro Järvi | ![]() |
F | 17 | Erkki Laine | ![]() |
F | 18 | Pekka Tuomisto | ![]() |
F | 20 | Janne Ojanen | ![]() |
F | 21 | Erkki Lehtonen | ![]() |
F | 24 | Reijo Mikkolainen | ![]() |
F | 26 | Esa Keskinen | ![]() |
F | 27 | Kari Laitinen | ![]() |
Group A
Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 7 |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 7 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 7 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 6 |
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5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 1 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 47 | −37 | 2 |
Source: HockeyCanada.ca
- Switzerland 2-1 Finland
- Finland 10-1 France
- Finland 3-1 Canada
- Finland 3-3 Sweden
- Finland 5-1 Poland
Medal round
The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 8 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 7 |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 6 |
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 5 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 26 | −18 | 2 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 2 |
Source: HockeyCanada.ca
- Finland 8-0 West Germany
- Czechoslovakia 5-2 Finland
- Finland 2-1 Soviet Union
Leading scorers
Rk | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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7th | Erkki Lehtonen | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | |||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Pasi Saapunki | Individual | 193.3 | 28 | 3:54.7 | 42:44.1 | 402.740 | 15 |
Jukka Ylipulli | 196.7 | 24 | 3:32.0 | 42:55.6 | 401.010 | 16 | |
Jouko Parviainen | 198.9 | 20 | 3:17.4 | 44:59.6 | 382.420 | 33 | |
Sami Leinonen | 202.4 | 18 | 2:54.0 | 42:58.4 | 400.590 | 17 |
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
- 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank | |
Pasi Saapunki Jouko Parviainen Jukka Ylipulli |
561.3 | 7 | 5:42.5 | 1'25:38.3 | 7 |
Ski jumping
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Risto Laakkonen | Normal hill | 81.0 | 97.2 | 76.5 | 86.0 | 183.2 | 23 |
Ari-Pekka Nikkola | 83.5 | 100.2 | 79.0 | 90.5 | 190.7 | 15 | |
Jari Puikkonen | 84.0 | 105.5 | 80.0 | 93.6 | 199.1 | 7 | |
Matti Nykänen | 89.5 | 114.8 | 89.5 | 114.3 | 229.1 | ![]() | |
Pekka Suorsa | Large hill | 99.5 | 83.7 | 97.0 | 79.7 | 163.4 | 38 |
Ari-Pekka Nikkola | 106.0 | 97.3 | 102.0 | 91.7 | 189.0 | 16 | |
Jari Puikkonen | 106.0 | 99.3 | 103.5 | 95.3 | 194.6 | 11 | |
Matti Nykänen | 118.5 | 120.8 | 107.0 | 103.2 | 224.0 | ![]() |
- Men's team large hill
Athletes | Result | |
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Points 1 | Rank | |
Matti Nykänen Ari-Pekka Nikkola Tuomo Ylipulli Jari Puikkonen |
634.4 | ![]() |
- 1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
Speed skating
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
1500 m | Pertti Niittylä | 1:56.48 | 25 |
5000 m | Timo Järvinen | 6:56.68 | 18 |
Pertti Niittylä | 6:55.18 | 16 | |
10,000 m | Timo Järvinen | 14:27.69 | 17 |
Pertti Niittylä | 14:26.57 | 15 |
References
- ^ "Olympedia – Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ "Finland at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.