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Finland competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Marjut Lukkarinen Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km (classical)
 Gold Toni Nieminen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 90 m)
 Gold Risto Laakkonen
Mika Laitinen
Toni Nieminen
Ari-Pekka Nikkola		 Ski jumping Men's team large hill (K120 90 m)
 Silver Marjut Lukkarinen Cross-country skiing Women's 15 km (classical)
 Bronze Harri Eloranta Biathlon Men's 10 km sprint
 Bronze Jari Isometsa
Harri Kirvesniemi
Mika Kuusisto
Jari Räsänen		 Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay
 Bronze Toni Nieminen Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 70m)

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Jaakko Niemi 2 29:04.0 57
Kari Kataja 1 27:46.5 27
Vesa Hietalahti 2 27:25.1 17
Harri Eloranta 0 26:26.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Kari Kataja DNF – DNF –
Seppo Suhonen 59:21.3 8 1'07:21.3 74
Vesa Hietalahti 57:24.6 1 58:24.6 6
Harri Eloranta 57:15.7 1 58:15.7 5
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Vesa Hietalahti
Jaakko Niemi
Harri Eloranta
Kari Kataja 		1 1'27:39.5 8
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km Sprint Johanna Saarinen 4 28:48.6 53
Tuija Sikiö 2 28:21.4 45
Mari Lampinen 3 27:46.1 34
Terhi Markkanen 2 27:20.7 28
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
15 km Johanna Saarinen 56:27.0 3 59:27.0 45
Terhi Markkanen 54:08.9 4 58:08.9 37
Mari Lampinen 51:44.8 6 57:44.8 31
Tuija Sikiö 53:03.0 1 54:03.0 14
Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Mari Lampinen
Tuija Sikiö
Terhi Markkanen 		0 1'20:17.8 5

1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C 		Jari Isometsä 29:34.4 16
Jari Räsänen 29:25.2 15
Mika Myllylä 29:17.0 14
Harri Kirvesniemi 28:23.3 6
15 km
pursuit1
F 		Mika Myllylä 41:33.1 20
Jari Räsänen 41:29.9 19
Jari Isometsä 40:50.0 12
Harri Kirvesniemi 40:34.4 11
30 km
C 		Seppo Rantanen 1'30:25.6 38
Mika Myllylä 1'30:08.8 34
Mika Kuusisto 1'28:45.6 26
Harri Kirvesniemi 1'25:28.5 10
50 km
F 		Jukka Hartonen DNF –
Jari Räsänen 2'14:53.6 31
Mika Kuusisto 2'13:09.3 23
Jari Isometsä 2'12:03.5 22

1 Starting delay based om 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Mika Kuusisto
Harri Kirvesniemi
Jari Räsänen
Jari Isometsä 		1'41:22.9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C 		Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen 15:33.2 31
Tuulikki Pyykkönen 15:31.1 29
Jaana Savolainen 15:19.9 26
Marjut Rolig-Lukkarinen 14:13.8 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10 km
pursuit2
F 		Tuulikki Pyykkönen 30:02.5 33
Jaana Savolainen 28:43.1 18
Marjut Rolig-Lukkarinen 26:52.1 4
15 km
C 		Sirpa Ryhänen 46:06.9 22
Pirko Määttä 45:40.5 17
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen 44:02.7 6
Marjut Rolig-Lukkarinen 43:29.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
30 km
F 		Päivi Simukka 1'34:21.7 37
Sirpa Ryhänen 1'33:55.7 36
Jaana Savolainen 1'32:49.4 28
Marjut Rolig-Lukkarinen 1'27:30.9 10

2 Starting delay based om 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen
Pirkko Määttä
Jaana Savolainen
Marjut Rolig-Lukkarinen 		1'00:52.9 4

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Oula Jääskeläinen 23 17 28.5 19
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD1 CD2 OD FD TFP Rank
Susanna Rahkamo
Petri Kokko 		7 7 6 6 12.4 6

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Petri Penttinen Moguls 40.40 13.71 41 Did not advance
Tero Turunen 35.69 21.40 20 Did not advance
Janne Lahtela 32.64 21.76 18 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Minna Karhu Moguls 42.34 14.75 19 Did not advance

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Group A

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

     Team advanced to the Final Round
     Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round
Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS
 United States 5 4 0 1 18 7 11 9
 Sweden 5 3 0 2 22 11 11 8
 Finland 5 3 1 1 22 11 11 7
 Germany 5 2 3 0 11 12 -1 4
 Italy 5 1 4 0 18 24 -6 2
 Poland 5 0 5 0 4 30 -26 0
 Finland 5:1  Germany
 Finland 9:1  Poland
 United States 4:1  Finland
 Finland 2:2  Sweden
 Finland 5:3  Italy

Final round

Quarter-finals

Unified Team 6:1  Finland

Consolation Round 5th-8th Places

 Sweden 3:2  Finland

7th Place Match

 France 1:4  Finland 7th

Leading scorers

Rk Contestant GP G A Pts
4th Teemu Selänne 8 7 4 11
4th Hannu Järvenpää 8 5 6 11
8th Mika Nieminen 8 4 6 10
  • Team Roster

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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
Points Rank Start at Time Rank
Sami Kallunki Individual 177.5 42 +5:40.0 50:29.7 28
Pasi Saapunki 191.1 34 +4:09.4 49:03.4 20
Teemu Summanen 208.3 12 +2:14.7 49:59.4 24
Jari Mantila 216.7 5 +1:18.7 DNF –

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps per team member were 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
Jari Mantila
Teemu Summanen 		561.2 7 +6:59.0 1'32:43.3 7

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Ari-Pekka Nikkola Normal hill 76.0 82.6 74.5 80.2 162.8 53
Mika Laitinen 85.5 106.3 85.5 107.3 213.6 5
Risto Laakkonen 85.5 106.8 79.0 93.9 200.7 16
Toni Nieminen 88.0 112.3 84.5 104.7 217.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ari-Pekka Nikkola Large hill 99.0 79.1 94.5 70.3 149.4 30
Risto Laakkonen 102.0 83.8 98.5 80.4 164.2 21
Mika Laitinen 109.5 97.8 85.5 68.2 166.0 19
Toni Nieminen 122.0 118.8 123.0 120.7 239.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Toni Nieminen
Ari-Pekka Nikkola
Risto Laakkonen
Mika Laitinen 		644.4 1st place, gold medalist(s)

1Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Harri Ilkka 38.48 26
1000 m Harri Ilkka 1:17.96 34
5000 m Timo Järvinen 7:30.88 32
10,000 m Timo Järvinen 14:50.75 21

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