Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Appearance
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
[edit]Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Matti Nykänen | Ski jumping | Normal hill individual | 14 February |
Gold | Marjo Matikainen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 kilometre classical | 17 February |
Gold | Matti Nykänen | Ski jumping | Large hill individual | 23 February |
Gold | Ari-Pekka Nikkola Matti Nykänen Jari Puikkonen Tuomo Ylipulli |
Ski jumping | Large hill team | 24 February |
Silver | Finland men's national ice hockey team |
Ice hockey | Men's competition | 28 February |
Bronze | Marjo Matikainen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 kilometre classical | 14 February |
Bronze | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Pirkko Määttä Jaana Savolainen |
Cross-country skiing | Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay | 21 February |
Competitors
[edit]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
[edit]- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Nina Ehrnrooth | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Nina Ehrnrooth | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Biathlon
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
---|---|---|---|
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
[edit]- 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 | |
---|---|---|
Time | Rank | |
Jari Laukkanen Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Kari Ristanen |
1'48:24.0 | 8 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race | |
---|---|---|---|
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 | |
---|---|---|
Time | Rank | |
Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Jaana Savolainen |
1'01:53.8 |
Ice hockey
[edit]Team roster
[edit]- Head Coach: Pentti Matikainen
- Assistant Coach: Hannu Jortikka
Pos. | No. | Name | 1987–88 team |
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G | 1 | Sakari Lindfors | HIFK |
G | 19 | Jarmo Myllys | Rauman Lukko |
G | 30 | Jukka Tammi | Tampereen Ilves |
D | 2 | Teppo Numminen | Tampereen Tappara |
D | 3 | Timo Blomqvist | MODO Hockey |
D | 4 | Jyrki Lumme | Tampereen Ilves |
D | 6 | Arto Ruotanen | HV71 |
D | 7 | Simo Saarinen | HIFK |
D | 9 | Kari Eloranta | HC Lugano |
D | 16 | Jukka Virtanen | TPS |
D | 29 | Reijo Ruotsalainen | HV71 |
F | 10 | Timo Susi | Tampereen Tappara |
F | 11 | Kai Suikkanen | Oulun Kärpät |
F | 13 | Jari Torkki | Rauman Lukko |
F | 14 | Raimo Helminen | Tampereen Ilves |
F | 15 | Iiro Järvi | HIFK |
F | 17 | Erkki Laine | Färjestad BK |
F | 18 | Pekka Tuomisto | HIFK |
F | 20 | Janne Ojanen | Tampereen Tappara |
F | 21 | Erkki Lehtonen | Tampereen Tappara |
F | 24 | Reijo Mikkolainen | Tampereen Tappara |
F | 26 | Esa Keskinen | TPS |
F | 27 | Kari Laitinen | HIFK |
Group A
[edit]Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 7 |
Sweden | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 7 |
Canada | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 7 |
Switzerland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 6 |
Poland | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 1 |
France | 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
[edit]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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 8 |
Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 7 |
Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 6 |
Canada | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 5 |
West Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 26 | −18 | 2 |
Czechoslovakia | 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
[edit]Rk | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7th | Erkki Lehtonen | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
Nordic combined
[edit]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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
[edit]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 | |
---|---|---|
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
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
---|---|---|---|
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
[edit]- ^ "Olympedia – Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ "Finland at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.