Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports.[1]

Janne Lahtela, a moguls freestyle skier, was the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Tanja Poutiainen Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom
 Silver Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Wille Mäkelä
Kalle Kiiskinen
Teemu Salo
Jani Sullanmaa		 Curling Men's
 Silver Mikko Ronkainen Freestyle skiing Men's moguls
 Silver Finland men's national ice hockey team
Template:CompactTable 		Ice hockey Men's competition
 Silver Matti Hautamäki Ski jumping Normal hill
 Silver Janne Ahonen
Janne Happonen
Matti Hautamäki
Tami Kiuru		 Ski jumping Men's team
 Bronze Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Virpi Kuitunen		 Cross country skiing Women's team sprint
 Bronze Antti Kuisma
Anssi Koivuranta
Jaakko Tallus
Hannu Manninen		 Nordic combined Team
 Bronze Markku Koski Snowboarding Men's halfpipe

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Kalle Palander Men's giant slalom 1:18.22 1:18.60 n/a 2:36.82 9
Men's slalom 53.38 Disqualified
Tanja Poutiainen Women's giant slalom 1:01.21 1:08.65 n/a 2:09.86
Women's slalom 43.05 47.74 n/a 1:30.79 6
Henna Raita Women's slalom 44.29 48.04 n/a 1:32.33 20
Jukka Rajala Men's giant slalom 1:20.17 1:21.23 n/a 2:41.40 22
Men's slalom Did not finish

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Paavo Puurunen was the only Finnish biathlete who competed in Torino.[2]

Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Paavo Puurunen Men's sprint 28:57.3 2 46
Men's pursuit 38:01.28 3 22
Men's mass start 47:43.7 0 4
Men's individual 56:38.9 1 12

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Six men and six women participated in the cross country skiing events,[3] making the cross country skiing squad the largest squad for any individual sport.

Distance
Men
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Sami Jauhojärvi 15 km classical 39:15.3 9
30 km pursuit 1:17:58.1 20
Teemu Kattilakoski 50 km freestyle 2:09:26.2 43
Ville Nousiainen 50 km freestyle Did not finish
Olli Ohtonen 15 km classical 41:47.4 48
30 kilometre pursuit Did not start
50 km freestyle 2:11:54.7 52
Lauri Pyykönen 15 km classical 42:10.4 55
Tero Similä 15 km classical 40:44.5 32
30 km pursuit 1:20:04.5 34
Sami Jauhojärvi
Tero Similä
Olli Ohtonen
Teemu Kattilakoski 		4 x 10 km relay 40:44.5 10
Women
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Elina Hietamäki 15 km pursuit 46:20.5 33
Virpi Kuitunen 10 km classical 28:51.4 9
30 km freestyle Did not finish
Riitta-Liisa Lassila 10 km classical 30:28.4 35
15 km pursuit 44:06.1 13
30 km freestyle 1:26:55.4 23
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 10 km classical 28:29.6 7
30 km freestyle 1:25:41.8 17
Kirsi Välimaa 15 km pursuit 46:25.6 34
Kati Venäläinen 10 km classical 31:04.9 43
30 km freestyle Did not finish
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Virpi Kuitunen
Riitta-Liisa Lassila
Kati Venäläinen 		4 x 5 km relay 55:55.8 7
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualifying Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank
Elina Hietamäki Women's sprint 2:20.49 42 Did not advance 42
Sami Jauhojärvi Men's sprint 2:28.42 61 Did not advance 61
Virpi Kuitunen Women's sprint 2:14.83 7 Q 2:16.2 2 Q 2:16.3 3 Final B
2:18.1 		5
Keijo Kurttila Men's sprint 2:19.94 22 Q 2:25.1 5 Did not advance 23
Lauri Pyykönen Men's sprint 2:20.21 26 Q 2:28.6 6 Did not advance 27
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Women's sprint 2:15.75 11 Q 2:20.7 6 Did not advance 26
Kati Venäläinen Women's sprint 2:17.29 24 Q 2:18.1 6 Did not advance 29
Keijo Kurttila
Lauri Pyykönen 		Men's team sprint n/a 17:21.5 4 Q 17:39.2 5
Virpi Kuitunen
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 		Women's team sprint n/a 17:16.8 1 Q 16:39.2

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics § Men's

: Markku Uusipaavalniemi (skip), Wille Mäkelä, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Jani Sullanmaa (alternate)

Finland sent a men's curling team to the Olympics,[4] the same team which finished fifth at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.

Round-robin
Draw 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
 Switzerland (Stöckli) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 X 7

;Draw 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
 United States (Fenson) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

;Draw 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6
 New Zealand (Becker) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5

;Draw 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kapp) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2

;Draw 7

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Lindholm) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X 4
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 2 X X 11

;Draw 8

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 8
 Canada (Gushue) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 7

;Draw 9

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 7
 Norway (Trulsen) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3

;Draw 10

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 7

;Draw 11

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Murdoch) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 5
Standings
Rank Team Skip Won Lost
1  Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 7 2
2  Canada Brad Gushue 6 3
3  United States Pete Fenson 6 3
4  Great Britain David Murdoch 6 3
5  Norway Pål Trulsen 5 4
6  Switzerland Ralph Stockli 5 4
7  Italy Joel Retornaz 4 5
8  Sweden Peter Lindholm 3 6
9  Germany Andy Kapp 3 6
10  New Zealand Sean Becker 0 9
Playoffs
Semifinal
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4
 Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3

;Final

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Finland (Uusipavaalniemi) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 x x - 5
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 0 2 1 1 0 6 0 0 x x - 11

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Susanna Pöykiö and Kiira Korpi were selected for the women's competition. Pöykiö has won a silver at the 2005 European Figure Skating Championships (held in Torino), while Korpi's best European placing prior to the Olympics was sixth.[5]

Athlete Event CD SP/OD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Kiira Korpi Ladies' n/a 44.84 20 Q 92.36 14 137.20 16
Susanna Pöykiö Ladies' n/a 53.74 12 Q 89.48 15 143.22 13

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Five Finnish men were entered in the freestyle competition, all in the moguls[6] Since only four entrants were allowed, Tapio Luusua ended up as an alternate.

Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Janne Lahtela Men's moguls 23.77 10 Q 22.65 16
Juuso Lahtela Men's moguls 22.31 19 Q 24.42 8
Sami Mustonen Men's moguls 21.57 22 Did not advance
Mikko Ronkainen Men's moguls 23.38 13 Q 26.62

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's

The Finnish men's team finished atop its Round-robin group, which including beating both previous Olympic gold medalists, the Czech Republic and Canada, and beat the United States and Russia to make the final, where it lost to Sweden to finish in the silver medal position.

Roster
Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics rosters (men)

Template:2006 Winter Olympics Finland men's ice hockey team roster

Results
Round-robin

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Standings

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Medal round
Quarterfinal

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Semifinal

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Final

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Women's

The Finnish women's team finished second to the United States in the round-robin section of the competition, but lost to both North American teams in the medal round to end up in fourth place.

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics § Women's competition
Players
Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics rosters (women) § Finland
No Player G A Pts PIM
25 Mari Pehkonen 3 0 3 2
22 Saara Tuominen 1 2 3 0
29 Karoliina Rantamäki 1 2 3 2
4 Heidi Pelttari 1 2 3 6
12 Mari Saarinen 1 1 2 0
24 Kati Kovalainen 1 0 1 0
27 Marja-Helena Pälvilä 1 0 1 0
15 Satu Hoikkala 0 1 1 2
18 Nora Tallus 0 1 1 2
3 Emma Laaksonen 0 1 1 8
11 Oona Parviainen 0 0 0 0
21 Eveliina Similä 0 0 0 0
9 Terhi Mertanen 0 0 0 2
22 Satu Tuominen 0 0 0 2
10 Sari Fisk 0 0 0 4
2 Hanna Kuoppala 0 0 0 4
20 Saija Sirviö 0 0 0 6
No Goaltender Mins GA GAA Sv%
1 Noora Räty 60 0 0.00 1.000
30 Maija Hassinen 120 7 3.50 .873

Key: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PIM = Penalty Minutes, GA = Goals Against, GAA = Goals Against Average Sv% = Save Percentage

Results
Round-robin

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Standings

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Medal round
Semifinal

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Bronze medal game

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Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Anssi Koivuranta Sprint 121.5 3 0:17 19:17.7
+48.7 		11
Individual Gundersen 220.5 18 2:48 43:37.3
+3:52.7 		25
Antti Kuisma Individual Gundersen 217.5 22 3:00 42:33.8
+2:49.2 		17
Hannu Manninen Sprint 108.3 16 1:10 19:21.0
+52.0 		12
Individual Gundersen 238.0 8 1:38 41:20.2
+1:35.6 		9
Janne Ryynänen Sprint 102.5 29 1:33 20:47.6
+2:18.6 		37
Jaakko Tallus Sprint 120.9 4 0:19 18:58.1
+29.1 		4
Individual Gundersen 257.0 3 0:22 40:01.9
+17.3 		5
Anssi Koivuranta
Antti Kuisma
Hannu Manninen
Jaakko Tallus 		Team 878.6 4 0:35 50:19.4
+26.8

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Qualifying First round Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Total Rank
Janne Ahonen Normal hill 133.5 3 PQ 134.5 2 Q 127.0 261.5 6
Large hill 136.3 2 PQ 112.3 9 Q 121.8 234.1 9
Janne Happonen Normal hill 114.0 23 Q 116.0 26 Q 109.0 225.0 28
Matti Hautamäki Normal hill 130.0 5 PQ 131.0 6 Q 134.5 265.5
Large hill 129.6 5 PQ 117.3 7 Q 125.1 242.4 5
Risto Jussilainen Large hill 97.2 10 Q 91.7 35 Did not advance 35
Tami Kiuru Normal hill 125.0 8 Q 113.0 31 Did not advance 31
Large hill 95.3 12 Q 108.6 13 Q 105.4 214.0 18
Tami Kiuru
Janne Happonen
Janne Ahonen
Matti Hautamäki 		Team n/a 467.2 2 Q 509.4 976.6

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualifying run 1 Qualifying run 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Antti Autti Men's halfpipe 43.5 2 Q n/a (28.2) 39.1 9
Janne Korpi Men's halfpipe 9.2 42 33.5 14 Did not advance 20
Markku Koski Men's halfpipe 20.2 28 40.6 3 Q 41.5 (31.4)
Risto Mattila Men's halfpipe 40.8 5 Q n/a (31.6) 35.8 10

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Niina Sarias Women's parallel giant slalom 1:24.96 24 Did not advance 24

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Race 1 Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Janne Hänninen Men's 500 m 35.58 35.67 1:11.25 15
Men's 1000 m n/a 1:10.83 25
Pekka Koskela Men's 500 m 35.58 35.51 1:11.09 10
Men's 1000 m n/a 1:11.45 31
Mika Poutala Men's 500 m 35.91 35.83 1:11.74 22
Men's 1000 m n/a 1:11.03 26
Risto Rosendahl Men's 1000 m n/a 1:12.60 37
Men's 1500 m n/a 1:49.51 24

Notes and references

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
  1. ^ Template:Fi icon Torino-Kisavisut - Joukkue lajeittain, from Suomen Olympiakomitea (Finnish Olympic Committee), retrieved 26 January 2006.
  2. ^ Template:Fi icon Torino-Kisasivut - Ampumahiihto, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
  3. ^ Template:Fi icon Torino-Kisasivut - Maastohiihto, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
  4. ^ Template:Fi icon Torino-Kisasivut - Curling, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
  5. ^ Template:Fi icon Torino-Kisasivut - Taitoluistelu, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
  6. ^ .Template:Fi icon Torino-Kisasivut - Freestylehiihto, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.

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