Finland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Finland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	FIN
National federation	Suomen Urheiluliitto RY
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in Berlin
Competitors	20
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0

Finland competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, 15–23 August 2009. A team of 20 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. The selected athletes had achieved at least one of the competition's qualifying standards. The team failed to win any medals; defending world champion javelin thrower Tero Pitkämäki managed only a fifth-place finish.^[1]

Team selection

Track and road events Event Athletes Men Women 400 metres hurdles Jussi Heikkilä 3000 m steeplechase Jukka Keskisalo Sandra Eriksson 50 km race walk Jarkko Kinnunen —

Field and combined events Event Athletes Men Women Pole vault Eemeli Salomäki Minna Nikkanen Vanessa Vandy (withdrawn)[2] High jump Oskari Frösén Hanna Grobler Long jump Tommi Evilä Discus throw Frantz Kruger Hammer throw Olli-Pekka Karjalainen David Söderberg Merja Korpela Javelin throw Tero Järvenpää Tero Pitkämäki Antti Ruuskanen Teemu Wirkkala Ari Mannio (reserve) Mikaela Ingberg

Results

Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat round 1		Heat round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
400 m hurdles	Jussi Heikkilä	51.42	25	Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Jukka Keskisalo	8:22.00	13					8:14.47	8
50 km walk	Jarkko Kinnunen							3:47:36 PB	9

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Tommi Evilä	801	14	Did not advance
High jump	Oskari Frösén	224	20	Did not advance
Pole vault	Eemeli Salomäki	540	22	Did not advance
Discus throw	Frantz Kruger	62.29	12	59.77	12
Javelin throw	Tero Järvenpää	79.48	10	75.57	11
	Tero Pitkämäki	81.65	4	81.90	5
	Antti Ruuskanen	78.69	12	81.87	6
	Teemu Wirkkala	79.84	7	79.82	9
Hammer throw	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	74.09	16	Did not advance
	David Söderberg	73.69	18	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat round 1		Heat round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
3000 m steeplechase	Sandra Eriksson	9:46.62 PB	31	Did not advance

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
High jump	Hanna Grobler	189	21	Did not advance
Pole vault	Minna Nikkanen	4.40	20	Did not advance
Javelin throw	Mikaela Ingberg	57.88	14	Did not advance
Hammer throw	Merja Korpela	68.34	20	Did not advance

See also

• 2009 Finnish Athletics Championships

References

1. Pitkämäki leads Finland team at the Berlin World Championships. European Athletic Association (2009-08-03). Retrieved on 2009-08-04.
2. http://www.yle.fi/urheilu/tapahtumat/yleisurheilun_mm_2009/polvivamma_estaa_vanessa_vandyn_mm-matkan_156076.html (Finnish)

External links

• Official competition website