Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | FIN |
NOC | Finnish Olympic Committee |
Website | sport |
in Nagano | |
Competitors | 85 (51 men, 34 women) in 10 sports |
Flag bearer | Janne Ahonen (ski jumping) |
Medals Ranked 11th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Finland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Mika Myllylä | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 kilometre classical | 9 February |
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Jani Soininen | Ski jumping | Normal hill individual | 11 February |
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Janne Lahtela | Freestyle skiing | Men's moguls | 11 February |
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Samppa Lajunen | Nordic combined | Individual | 14 February |
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Jani Soininen | Ski jumping | Large hill individual | 15 February |
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Samppa Lajunen Hannu Manninen Jari Mantila Tapio Nurmela |
Nordic combined | Team | 20 February |
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Sami Mustonen | Freestyle skiing | Men's moguls | 11 February |
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Mika Myllylä | Cross-country skiing | Men's 10 kilometre classical | 12 February |
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Finland women's national ice hockey team |
Ice hockey | Women's tournament | 17 February |
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Jari Isometsä Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo |
Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay | 18 February |
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Ville Räikkönen | Biathlon | Men's sprint | 18 February |
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Finland men's national ice hockey team |
Ice hockey | Men's tournament | 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 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Biathlon | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Cross-country skiing | 5 | 6 | 11 |
Figure skating | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Freestyle skiing | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Ice hockey | 22 | 20 | 42 |
Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
Ski jumping | 4 | – | 4 |
Snowboarding | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 51 | 34 | 85 |
Alpine skiing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Mika Marila | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Kalle Palander | 1:24.02 | DNF | DNF | – | |
Sami Uotila | 1:23.43 | 1:20.02 | 2:43.45 | 19 | |
Sami Uotila | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Mika Marila | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Kalle Palander | 56.37 | 55.44 | 1:51.81 | 9 |
Men's combined
Athlete | Slalom | Downhill | Total | ||
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Time 1 | Time 2 | Time | Total time | Rank | |
Kalle Palander | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Henna Raita | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Tanja Poutiainen | 1:24.90 | 1:36.76 | 3:01.66 | 26 | |
Tanja Poutiainen | Slalom | 48.06 | 49.45 | 1:37.51 | 18 |
Henna Raita | 47.18 | DNF | DNF | – |
Biathlon
- Men
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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10 km Sprint | Harri Eloranta | 2 | 29:21.8 | 20 |
Paavo Puurunen | 0 | 28:44.0 | 9 | |
Ville Räikkönen | 1 | 28:21.7 | ![]() |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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20 km | Vesa Hietalahti | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Ville Räikkönen | 57:25.3 | 3 | 1'00:25.3 | 27 | |
Paavo Puurunen | 57:11.7 | 3 | 1'00:11.7 | 23 |
- Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Ville Räikkönen Paavo Puurunen Harri Eloranta Olli-Pekka Peltola |
2 | 1'25:01.4 | 8 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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7.5 km Sprint | Katja Holanti | 2 | 25:46.2 | 46 |
Mari Lampinen | 0 | 23:55.2 | 8 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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15 km | Katja Holanti | 58:50.9 | 3 | 1'01:50.9 | 45 |
Mari Lampinen | 55:55.2 | 5 | 1'00:55.2 | 32 |
- 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 | ||
10 km C |
Sami Repo | 28:51.3 | 18 |
Jari Isometsä | 28:36.7 | 15 | |
Harri Kirvesniemi | 28:22.5 | 13 | |
Mika Myllylä | 27:40.1 | ![]() | |
15 km pursuit1 F |
Sami Repo | 42:38.9 | 20 |
Jari Isometsä | 40:55.4 | 8 | |
Mika Myllylä | 40:26.6 | 6 | |
30 km C |
Sami Repo | 1'42:16.8 | 34 |
Harri Kirvesniemi | 1'37:45.9 | 6 | |
Jari Isometsä | 1'36:51.4 | 4 | |
Mika Myllylä | 1;33:55.8 | ![]() | |
50 km F |
Juha Alm | 2'25:00.2 | 54 |
- 1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo Jari Isometsä |
1'42:15.5 | ![]() |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
5 km C |
Kati Pulkkinen | 19:48.0 | 57 |
Anita Nyman | 19:45.0 | 56 | |
Satu Salonen | 18:43.4 | 18 | |
Tuulikki Pyykkönen | 18:42.8 | 17 | |
10 km pursuit2 F |
Kati Pulkkinen | 33:43.5 | 51 |
Anita Nyman | 32:53.7 | 44 | |
Satu Salonen | 30:32.0 | 16 | |
15 km C |
Kati Sundqvist-Venäläinen | 52:14.1 | 41 |
Milla Jauho | 51:38.6 | 31 | |
Satu Salonen | 49:27.6 | 18 | |
Tuulikki Pyykkönen | 49:13.5 | 12 | |
30 km F |
Milla Jauho | 1'35:39.2 | 50 |
- 2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Tuulikki Pyykkönen Milla Jauho Satu Salonen Anita Nyman |
57:34.3 | 7 |
Figure skating
- Women
Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Alisa Drei | 20 | 19 | 29.0 | 21 |
Freestyle skiing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Lauri Lassila | Moguls | 29.03 | 24.53 | 9 Q | 26.17 | 25.43 | 5 |
Sami Mustonen | 27.47 | 25.16 | 3 Q | 26.77 | 25.76 | ![]() | |
Janne Lahtela | 27.58 | 25.43 | 2 Q | 25.30 | 26.00 | ![]() |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Minna Karhu | Moguls | 35.40 | 22.39 | 10 Q | 33.65 | 23.83 | 6 |
Ice hockey
Men's tournament
First Round - Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 0 |
Source: Olympedia
All times are local (UTC-7).
13 February 1998 | Czech Republic ![]() | 3 – 0 (0-0, 0-1, 0-2) | ![]() | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,050 |
15 February 1998 | Russia ![]() | 4 – 3 (2-1, 1-2, 0-1) | ![]() | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,894 |
16 February 1998 | Finland ![]() | 8 – 2 (1-3, 0-1, 1-4) | ![]() | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,544 |
Quarter-final
All times are local (UTC-7).
18 February 1998 | Finland ![]() | 2 – 1 (0-0, 0-0, 2-1) | ![]() | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,044 |
Semi-final
All times are local (UTC-7).
20 February 1998 | Finland ![]() | 4 – 7 (0-2, 3-2, 1-3) | ![]() | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: N/A |
Bronze Medal Game
All times are local (UTC-7).
21 February 1998 | ![]() ![]() | 3 – 2 (2-1, 0-1, 1-0) | ![]() | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,875 |
Leading scorers
Rank | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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1st | Teemu Selänne | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
2nd | Saku Koivu | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
8th | Jere Lehtinen | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Team roster
- Head Coach:
Hannu Aravirta
Pos. | No. | Name | 1997-98 team |
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G | 30 | Jukka Tammi | ![]() |
G | 31 | Ari Sulander | ![]() |
G | 35 | Jarmo Myllys | ![]() |
D | 4 | Kimmo Timonen | ![]() |
D | 5 | Aki-Petteri Berg | ![]() |
D | 6 | Tuomas Grönman | ![]() |
D | 12 | Janne Laukkanen | ![]() |
D | 21 | Jyrki Lumme | ![]() |
D | 27 | Teppo Numminen | ![]() |
D | 44 | Janne Niinimaa | ![]() |
F | 8 | Teemu Selänne | ![]() |
F | 10 | Esa Tikkanen | ![]() |
F | 11 | Saku Koivu | ![]() |
F | 14 | Raimo Helminen | ![]() |
F | 15 | Antti Törmänen | ![]() |
F | 16 | Ville Peltonen | ![]() |
F | 17 | Jari Kurri | ![]() |
F | 19 | Juha Lind | ![]() |
F | 20 | Jere Lehtinen | ![]() |
F | 24 | Sami Kapanen | ![]() |
F | 25 | Kimmo Rintanen | ![]() |
F | 37 | Juha Ylönen | ![]() |
F | 40 | Mika Nieminen | ![]() |
Women's tournament
Group stage
The First 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 | +26 | 10 | Gold medal game |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 8 | |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 6 | Bronze medal game |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 4 | |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 45 | −43 | 0 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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0–6 | ![]() |
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11–1 | ![]() |
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4–2 | ![]() |
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2–4 | ![]() |
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6–1 | ![]() |
Bronze Medal Game
17 February | |||||
Finland ![]() ![]() |
4 – 1 | ![]() |
Big Hat (7,412) | ||
First period | Ref: ![]() | ||||
Yang X. 9:27 | |||||
Second period | |||||
S. Fisk (R. Nieminen, K. Lehto) 3:07 | |||||
J. Ikonen (P. Vaarakallio, K. Rantamäki) 7:08 | |||||
S. Lankosaari (K. Riipi, S. Krooks) 10:15 | |||||
Third period | |||||
R. Nieminen (M. Lehtimäki) (en) 19:52 | |||||
Game stats |
Bronze: | ![]() |
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Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping
- 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country time |
Total rank | |
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Points | Rank | ||||
Hannu Manninen | Individual | 207.0 | 20 | 43:51.0 | 11 |
Jari Mantila | 212.0 | 17 | 46:10.6 | 27 | |
Tapio Nurmela | 213.5 | 14 | 44:31.6 | 15 | |
Samppa Lajunen | 230.5 | 6 | 41:48.6 | ![]() |
Men's Team
Four participants per team.
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping
- 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country time |
Total rank | |
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Points | Rank | |||
Samppa Lajunen Jari Mantila Tapio Nurmela Hannu Manninen |
906.0 | 1 | 55:30.4 | ![]() |
Ski jumping
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | ||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Mika Laitinen | Normal hill | 82.5 | 100.5 | 17 Q | 81.5 | 98.5 | 199.0 | 20 |
Ari-Pekka Nikkola | 83.0 | 101.5 | 15 Q | 83.5 | 104.0 | 205.5 | 15 | |
Janne Ahonen | 86.5 | 110.0 | 8 Q | 91.5 | 121.5 | 231.5 | 4 | |
Jani Soininen | 90.0 | 118.5 | 2 Q | 89.0 | 116.0 | 234.5 | ![]() | |
Janne Ahonen | Large hill | 106.0 | 91.3 | 37 | did not advance | |||
Ari-Pekka Nikkola | 108.5 | 94.3 | 31 | did not advance | ||||
Mika Laitinen | 119.5 | 114.6 | 9 Q | 115.5 | 107.9 | 222.5 | 18 | |
Jani Soininen | 129.5 | 130.6 | 3 Q | 126.5 | 130.2 | 260.8 | ![]() |
- Men's team large hill
Athletes | Result | |
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Points 1 | Rank | |
Ari-Pekka Nikkola Mika Laitinen Janne Ahonen Jani Soininen |
833.9 | 5 |
- 1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.
Snowboarding
- Men's halfpipe
Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |
Sebu Kuhlberg | 33.4 | 23 | 39.7 | 4 QF | 76.6 | 7 |
Aleksi Litovaara | 39.0 | 5 QF | 71.9 | 14 | ||
Jussi Oksanen | 39.7 | 3 QF | 73.6 | 11 | ||
Markus Hurme | 41.1 | 1 QF | 73.0 | 13 |
- Women's halfpipe
Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |
Satu Järvelä | 31.8 | 11 | 32.0 | 9 | did not advance | |
Minna Hesso | 34.2 | 5 | 35.1 | 3 QF | 70.8 | 6 |
Speed skating
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Janne Hänninen | 36.58 | 17 | 36.46 | 19 | 73.04 | 18 |
1000 m | Janne Hänninen | 1:12.55 | 21 |
References
- ^ Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- ^ "Finland at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.
- ^ "1998 Finnish Olympic roster".