Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Finland at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (Finnish)
At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary
Competitors 53 (46 men, 7 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Pertti Niittylä (speed skating)
Medals
Rank: 4
Gold
4
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
7
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games
Intercalated Games
1906

Finland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Matikainen, MarjoMarjo Matikainen Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km classical
 Gold Nykänen, MattiMatti Nykänen Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
 Gold Nykänen, MattiMatti Nykänen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
 Gold Nikkola, Ari-PekkaAri-Pekka Nikkola
Nykänen, MattiMatti Nykänen
Puikkonen, JariJari Puikkonen
Ylipulli, TuomoTuomo Ylipulli
Ski jumping Men's team large hill (K120 individual 90m)
 Silver Finland men's national ice hockey team
Timo Blomqvist Erkki Lehtonen Reijo Ruotsalainen
Kari Eloranta Jyrki Lumme Simo Saarinen
Raimo Helminen Reijo Mikkolainen Kai Suikkanen
Iiro Järvi Jarmo Myllys Timo Susi
Esa Keskinen Teppo Numminen Jukka Tammi
Erkki Laine Janne Ojanen Jari Torkki
Kari Laitinen Arto Ruotanen Pekka Tuomisto
Jukka Virtanen
Ice hockey Men's competition
 Bronze Matikainen, MarjoMarjo Matikainen Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km classical
 Bronze Kirvesniemi, Marja-LiisaMarja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Matikainen, MarjoMarjo Matikainen
Määttä, PirkkoPirkko Määttä
Savolainen, JaanaJaana Savolainen
Cross-country skiing Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Alpine skiing

Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Nina Ehrnrooth Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Nina Ehrnrooth Slalom DNF DNF

Biathlon

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

Men
Event Athlete Race
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 x 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-Hämäläinen 15:16.7 5
Marjo Matikainen 15:04.0 1st
10 km
C
Tuulikki Pyykkönen 32:37.7 29
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen 30:57.0 9
Pirkko Määttä 30:52.4 7
Marjo Matikainen 30:20.5 3rd
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-Hämäläinen 58:45.6 11
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Pirkko Määttä
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen
Marjo Matikainen
Jaana Savolainen
1'01:53.8 3rd

Ice hockey

Group A

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Finland 53112287
 Sweden 520323107
 Canada 531117127
  Switzerland 532019106
 Poland 51319133
 France 505010470

Medal round

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.

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 54102578
 Finland 2nd 531118107
 Sweden 521215166
 Canada 522117145
 West Germany 51408262
 Czechoslovakia 514012222

Leading scorers

Rk GP G A Pts PIM
7th Erkki Lehtonen 846102

Team Roster

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
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:

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

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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 1st
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 1st
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Matti Nykänen
Ari-Pekka Nikkola
Tuomo Ylipulli
Jari Puikkonen
634.4 1st
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

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

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