Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Finland at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	58 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Juha Hirvi
Medals Rank: 44	Gold 1	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 4
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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.

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

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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 Gold	Mäkelä-Nummela, SatuSatu Mäkelä-Nummela	Shooting	Women's trap
2 Silver	Nieminen, MinnaMinna Nieminen Sanna Stén	Rowing	Lightweight double sculls
3 Bronze	Häkkinen, HenriHenri Häkkinen	Shooting	Men's 10 m air rifle
3 Bronze	Pitkämäki, TeroTero Pitkämäki	Athletics	Men's javelin throw

Notes

• Satu Mäkelä-Nummela's victory in women's trap was Finland's first ever gold medal in shotgun events in the olympic games. She became the third Finnish female athlete to win gold in summer olympics.
• Minna Nieminen's and Sanna Stén's silver medal in lightweight double sculls is Finland's first Olympic medal in rowing since 1984, when Pertti Karppinen won the last of his three consecutive Olympic gold medals.

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Matti Hatava	Individual	619	58.	Simon Terry (GBR) W 105-104	Cheng Chu Sian (MAS) L 103-110	Did not advance				30.

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ville Lång	Singles	V Druzchenko (UKR) W 2-0 (21-12, 21-19)	R Rai (USA) W 2-0 (21-9, 21-16)	(6) S D Kuncoro (INA) L 2-0 (13-21, 18-21)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anu Nieminen	Singles		(7) Xu H (GER) L 0-2 (17-21, 8-21)	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mika Hokajärvi Kalle Mikkonen	K-2 1000 m	3:23.475	6th	3:27.018	6th	Did not advance
	K-2 500 m	1:33.785	7th	1:34.994	8th	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anne Rikala Jenni Mikkonen	K-2 500 m	1:45.735	4th	1:44.624	2nd	1:44.176	7th
Anne Rikala	K-1 500 m	1:54.294	7th	1:54.025	4th	Did not advance

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Joona Puhakka	3 m Individual Springboard	469.45	5th	451.95	13.	921.4	13.	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2				Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank
Kyra Kyrklund	Max	Individual	70.583	6th	69.720	10.	74.250	6th	71.985	8th

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nina Koivumäki	−57 kg			Xu Y (CHN) L 0000/0020	Did not advance		L Latrous (ALG) W 0001/0000	A Sato (JPN) L 0000/1011	Did not advance
Johanna Ylinen	−63 kg		Wang C F (TPE)  L 0000-1011	Did not advance

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Minna Nieminen Sanna Stén	Lightweight double sculls	6:56.61	4th	7:23.80	2nd	7:03.91	2nd	6:56.03

Ilona Hiltunen was named as the reserve.

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Pierre Collura	Laser	25	10	18	(41)	23	25	20	33	44 (DNE)	-	Did not advance	198	30.
Heikki Elomaa Niklas Lindgren	470	28	22	27	(DSQ)	25	19	14	23	17	21	Did not advance	196	27.

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Tuuli Petäjä	Sailboard	14	11	7	(16)	16	16	12	16	11	14	Did not advance	117	16.
Tuula Tenkanen	Laser Radial	10	16	(25)	21	17	20	20	9	15	-	Did not advance	128	22.
Silja Lehtinen Maria Klemetz Livia Väresmaa	Yngling	6	6	3	8	10	(OCS)	15	12	-	-	Did not advance	60	11.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Tapio Nirkko	Finn	18	9	9	9	19	(22)	16	22	-	-	Did not advance	102	18.

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Henri Häkkinen	10 m air rifle	598	1st	101.4	3rd
	50 m rifle Prone	586	47.	Did not advance		47.
	50 m rifle Three Positions	1161	28.	Did not advance		28.
Juha Hirvi	50 m rifle Prone	595	5th	103.5	7th	7th
	50 m rifle Three Positions	1168	12.	Did not advance		12.
Kai Jahnsson	10 m air pistol	574	30.	Did not advance		30.
	50 m pistol	553	22.	Did not advance		22.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Hanna Etula	50 m rifle three positions	577	24.	Did not advance		24.
	10 m air rifle	394	21.	Did not advance		21.
Marjo Yli-Kiikka	50 m rifle three positions	579	14.	Did not advance		14.
	10 m air rifle	389	38.	Did not advance		38.
Mira Nevansuu	10 m air pistol	384	8th	480.5	7th	7th
Marjut Heinonen	skeet	61	17.	Did not advance		17.
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela	trap	70	2nd	91 OR	1st

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hanna-Maria Seppälä	Women's 50 m freestyle	25.06	15	25.19	16	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m freestyle	53.60 NR	1	53.84	3	53.97	4
	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:02.39	30	Did not advance
Noora Laukkanen	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:38.97	39	Did not advance
Eva Lehtonen	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:20.07	35			Did not advance
	Women's 800 m freestyle	8:53.50	33			Did not advance
Emilia Pikkarainen	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:02.31	46	Did not advance
Matti Rajakylä	Men's 50 m freestyle	22.48 NR	29	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	49.91	41	Did not advance

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Jarkko Nieminen	Singles	T Johansson (SWE)	L 6-4, 4-6, 4-6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Antti Everi	+105 kg	171	10th	195	11.	366	11.

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jarkko Ala-Huikku	−60 kg		R Tumenbaev (KGZ) L 0-2 (1-3, 0-4)	Did not advance

See also

• Finland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Finnish Team for Beijing 2008