Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Finland at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
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At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano
Competitors 85 (51 men, 34 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer Janne Ahonen (ski jumping)
Medals
Rank: 11
Gold
2
Silver
4
Bronze
6
Total
12
Olympic history (summary)
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Intercalated Games
1906

Finland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Myllylä, MikaMika Myllylä Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km (classical)
 Gold Soininen, JaniJani Soininen Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 70 m)
 Silver Lahtela, JanneJanne Lahtela Freestyle skiing Men's moguls
 Silver Lajunen, SamppaSamppa Lajunen Nordic combined Men's individual
 Silver Lajunen, SamppaSamppa Lajunen
Manninen, HannuHannu Manninen
Mantila, JariJari Mantila
Nurmela, TapioTapio Nurmela
Nordic combined Men's team
 Silver Soininen, JaniJani Soininen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 90 m)
 Bronze Räikkönen, VilleVille Räikkönen Biathlon Men's 10 km sprint
 Bronze Myllylä, MikaMika Myllylä Cross-country skiing Men's 10 km (classical)
 Bronze Isometsä, JariJari Isometsä
Kirvesniemi, HarriHarri Kirvesniemi
Myllylä, MikaMika Myllylä
Repo, SamiSami Repo
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay
 Bronze Mustonen, SamiSami Mustonen Freestyle skiing Men's moguls
 Bronze Finland men's national ice hockey team
Aki-Petteri Berg Jere Lehtinen Ville Peltonen
Tuomas Grönman Juha Lind Kimmo Rintanen
Raimo Helminen Jyrki Lumme Teemu Selänne
Sami Kapanen Jarmo Myllys Ari Sulander
Saku Koivu Mika Nieminen Jukka Tammi
Jari Kurri Janne Niinimaa Esa Tikkanen
Janne Laukkanen Teppo Numminen Kimmo Timonen
Antti Törmänen Juha Ylönen
Ice hockey Men's competition
 Bronze Finland women's national ice hockey team
Sari Fisk Sanna Lankosaari Päivi Salo
Kirsi Hänninen Katja Lehto Marja Selin
Satu Huotari Marika Lehtimäki Liisa-Maria Sneck
Marianne Ihalainen Marja-Helena Pälvilä Petra Vaarakallio
Johanna Ikonen Tuula Puputti Riikka Nieminen
Sari Krooks Karoliina Rantamäki Tiia Reima
Emma Laaksonen Katja Riipi
Ice hockey Women's competition

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Mika Marila Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Kalle Palander 1:24.02 DNF DNF
Sami Uotila 1:23.43 1:20.02 2:43.45 19
Sami Uotila Slalom DNF DNF
Mika Marila DNF DNF
Kalle Palander 56.37 55.44 1:51.81 9

Men's combined

Athlete Slalom Downhill Total
Time 1 Time 2 Time Total time Rank
Kalle Palander DNF DNF
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Henna Raita Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Tanja Poutiainen 1:24.90 1:36.76 3:01.66 26
Tanja Poutiainen Slalom 48.06 49.45 1:37.51 18
Henna Raita 47.18 DNF DNF

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Harri Eloranta 2 29:21.8 20
Paavo Puurunen 0 28:44.0 9
Ville Räikkönen 1 28:21.7 3rd
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Vesa Hietalahti DNF DNF
Ville Räikkönen 57:25.3 3 1'00:25.3 27
Paavo Puurunen 57:11.7 3 1'00:11.7 23
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Ville Räikkönen
Paavo Puurunen
Harri Eloranta
Olli-Pekka Peltola
2 1'25:01.4 8
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km Sprint Katja Holanti 2 25:46.2 46
Mari Lampinen 0 23:55.2 8
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
15 km Katja Holanti 58:50.9 3 1'01:50.9 45
Mari Lampinen 55:55.2 5 1'00:55.2 32
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
10 km
C
Sami Repo 28:51.3 18
Jari Isometsä 28:36.7 15
Harri Kirvesniemi 28:22.5 13
Mika Myllylä 27:40.1 3rd
15 km
pursuit1
F
Sami Repo 42:38.9 20
Jari Isometsä 40:55.4 8
Mika Myllylä 40:26.6 6
30 km
C
Sami Repo 1'42:16.8 34
Harri Kirvesniemi 1'37:45.9 6
Jari Isometsä 1'36:51.4 4
Mika Myllylä 1;33:55.8 1st
50 km
F
Juha Alm 2'25:00.2 54
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Harri Kirvesniemi
Mika Myllylä
Sami Repo
Jari Isometsä
1'42:15.5 3rd
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C
Kati Pulkkinen 19:48.0 57
Anita Nyman 19:45.0 56
Satu Salonen 18:43.4 18
Tuulikki Pyykkönen 18:42.8 17
10 km
pursuit2
F
Kati Pulkkinen 33:43.5 51
Anita Nyman 32:53.7 44
Satu Salonen 30:32.0 16
15 km
C
Kati Sundqvist-Venäläinen 52:14.1 41
Milla Jauho 51:38.6 31
Satu Salonen 49:27.6 18
Tuulikki Pyykkönen 49:13.5 12
30 km
F
Milla Jauho 1'35:39.2 50
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Tuulikki Pyykkönen
Milla Jauho
Satu Salonen
Anita Nyman
57:34.3 7

Figure skating

Women
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Alisa Drei 20 19 29.0 21

Freestyle skiing

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Lauri Lassila Moguls 29.03 24.53 9 Q 26.17 25.43 5
Sami Mustonen 27.47 25.16 3 Q 26.77 25.76 3rd
Janne Lahtela 27.58 25.43 2 Q 25.30 26.00 2nd
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Minna Karhu Moguls 35.40 22.39 10 Q 33.65 23.83 6

Ice hockey

Men's Tournament

First Round - Group D

Team GP W L T GF GA GD Pts
 Russia 3300156+96
 Czech Republic 3210124+84
 Finland 3120119+22
 Kazakhstan 3030625-190

All times are local (UTC-7).

13 February 1998 Czech Republic  3 – 0
(0-0, 0-1, 0-2)
 Finland The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,050
15 February 1998 Russia  4 – 3
(2-1, 1-2, 0-1)
 Finland The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,894
16 February 1998 Finland  8 – 2
(1-3, 0-1, 1-4)
 Kazakhstan The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,544

Quarter-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

18 February 1998 Finland  2 – 1
(0-0, 0-0, 2-1)
 Sweden The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,044

Semi-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

20 February 1998 Finland  4 – 7
(0-2, 3-2, 1-3)
 Russia The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: N/A

Bronze Medal Game

All times are local (UTC-7).

21 February 1998 3rd Finland  3 – 2
(2-1, 0-1, 1-0)
 Canada The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,875

Leading scorers

Rank Player GP G A Pts PIM
1st Teemu Selänne 546108
2nd Saku Koivu 628104
8th Jere Lehtinen 64262

Women's Tournament

Group Stage

The First 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 United States 550033710
 Canada 541028128
 Finland 532027106
 China 523010154
 Sweden 514010212
 Japan 50502450
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Sweden 0–6  Finland
 Finland 11–1  Japan
 United States 4–2  Finland
 Finland 2–4  Canada
 Finland 6–1  China

Bronze Medal Game

17 February
Finland  3rd 4 1  China Big Hat (7,412)
First period Ref: Canada Laurie Taylor-Boulton
Yang X. 9:27
Second period
S. Fisk (R. Nieminen, K. Lehto) 3:07
J. Ikonen (P. Vaarakallio, K. Rantamäki) 7:08
S. Lankosaari (K. Riipi, S. Krooks) 10:15
Third period
R. Nieminen (M. Lehtimäki) (en) 19:52
Game stats
Bronze:
 Finland

Sari Fisk
Kirsi Hänninen
Satu Huotari
Marianne Ihalainen
Johanna Ikonen
Sari Krooks
Emma Laaksonen
Sanna Lankosaari
Katja Lehto
Marika Lehtimäki
Riikka Nieminen
Marja-Helena Pälvilä
Tuula Puputti
Karoliina Rantamäki
Tiia Reima
Katja Riipi
Päivi Salo
Maria Selin
Liisa-Maria Sneck
Petra Vaarakallio

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country
time
Total
rank
Points Rank
Hannu Manninen Individual 207.0 20 43:51.0 11
Jari Mantila 212.0 17 46:10.6 27
Tapio Nurmela 213.5 14 44:31.6 15
Samppa Lajunen 230.5 6 41:48.6 2nd

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country
time
Total
rank
Points Rank
Samppa Lajunen
Jari Mantila
Tapio Nurmela
Hannu Manninen
906.0 1 55:30.4 2nd

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank
Mika Laitinen Normal hill 82.5 100.5 17 Q 81.5 98.5 199.0 20
Ari-Pekka Nikkola 83.0 101.5 15 Q 83.5 104.0 205.5 15
Janne Ahonen 86.5 110.0 8 Q 91.5 121.5 231.5 4
Jani Soininen 90.0 118.5 2 Q 89.0 116.0 234.5 1st
Janne Ahonen Large hill 106.0 91.3 37 Did not advance
Ari-Pekka Nikkola 108.5 94.3 31 Did not advance
Mika Laitinen 119.5 114.6 9 Q 115.5 107.9 222.5 18
Jani Soininen 129.5 130.6 3 Q 126.5 130.2 260.8 2nd
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Ari-Pekka Nikkola
Mika Laitinen
Janne Ahonen
Jani Soininen
833.9 5
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Men's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Sebu Kuhlberg 33.4 23 39.7 4 QF 76.6 7
Aleksi Litovaara 39.0 5 QF 71.9 14
Jussi Oksanen 39.7 3 QF 73.6 11
Markus Hurme 41.1 1 QF 73.0 13
Women's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Satu Järvelä 31.8 11 32.0 9 Did not advance
Minna Hesso 34.2 5 35.1 3 QF 70.8 6

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Janne Hänninen 36.58 17 36.46 19 73.04 18
1000 m Janne Hänninen 1:12.55 21

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