Finland at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States.

Finland at the
1980 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Lake Placid
Competitors52 (44 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearerHeikki Ikola (biathlon)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
1
Silver
5
Bronze
3
Total
9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Jouko Törmänen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
  Silver Juha Mieto Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
  Silver Juha Mieto Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
  Silver Hilkka Riihivuori Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km
  Silver Hilkka Riihivuori Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
  Silver Jouko Karjalainen Nordic combined Men's individual
  Bronze Harri Kirvesniemi
Juha Mieto
Matti Pitkänen
Pertti Teurajärvi
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
  Bronze Helena Takalo Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
  Bronze Jari Puikkonen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)

Biathlon

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Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Keijo Kuntola 5 37:15.28 35
Arto Sutinen 3 36:01.06 24
Erkki Antila 2 34:32.97 12
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Raimo Seppänen 1'13:15.67 6 1'19:15.67 32
Heikki Ikola 1'10:02.16 5 1'15:02.16 18
Erkki Antila 1'07:32.32 4 1'11:32.32 5
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Keijo Kuntola
Erkki Antila
Kari Saarela
Raimo Seppänen
6 1'38:50.84 7
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Cross-country skiing

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Pertti Teurajärvi 43:59.08 20
Kari Härkönen 43:50.31 19
Harri Kirvesniemi 43:02.01 8
Juha Mieto 41:57.64  
30 km Jorma Aalto 1'32:48.10 26
Harri Kirvesniemi 1'31:35.13 18
Juha Mieto 1'29:45.08 7
Matti Pitkänen 1'29:35.03 6
50 km Pertti Teurajärvi 2'36:44.08 18
Matti Pitkänen 2'34:09.04 11
Asko Autio 2'32:25.57 9
Juha Mieto 2'30:30.52  
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Harri Kirvesniemi
Pertti Teurajärvi
Matti Pitkänen
Juha Mieto
2'00:00.18  
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Marja Auroma 16:18.44 25
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 15:58.27 19
Helena Takalo 15:32.12 8
Hilkka Riihivuori 15:11.96  
10 km Ulla Maaskola 33:22.19 32
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 32:22.88 18
Helena Takalo 30:45.25  
Hilkka Riihivuori 30:35.05  
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Marja Auroma
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
Helena Takalo
Hilkka Riihivuori
1'04:41.28 5

Figure skating

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Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Susan Broman 14 17 17 157.54 152 17
Kristiina Wegelius 7 11 12 172.04 87 10

Ice hockey

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First Round - Red Division

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     Team advanced to the Final Round
     Team advanced to consolation round
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
  Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 51 11 10
  Finland 5 3 2 0 26 18 6
  Canada 5 3 2 0 28 12 6
  Poland 5 2 3 0 15 23 4
  Netherlands 5 1 3 1 16 43 3
  Japan 5 0 4 1 7 36 1

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980
20:00
Poland  5 – 4
(1–0, 4–3, 0–1)
  FinlandOlympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Haley
Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak) (PP) - 14:481 – 0
1 – 121:16 - Levo (Litma, Hakulinen) (PP)
Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak) - 27:132 – 1
Kokoszka (Chowaniec) - 29:523 – 1
3 – 230:27 - Porvari (Leinonen, Suoraniemi)
Jobczyk (Małysiak, Zabawa) - 33:084 – 2
Kokoszka (Dziubiński, Marcinczak) - 34:405 – 2
5 – 336:57 - Leinonen (Kiimalainen, Porvari)
5 – 446:05 - Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen)
10 minPenalties4 min
25Shots49
14 February 1980
20:00
Japan  3 – 6
(0–2, 2–2, 1–2)
  FinlandOlympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Haley
0 – 102:02 - Hakulinen (Peltonen) (PP)
0 – 205:43 - Leinonen (Kiimalainen)
0 – 322:47 - Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo)
0 – 433:36 - Leinonen (Leinonen, Porvari)
S. Misawa (Hori, Hanzawa) - 37:571 – 4
Honma (Hori, S. Misawa) (PP) - 39:592 – 4
2 – 543:34 - Kiimalainen
Azuma (Matsuda) - 47:383 – 5
3 – 651:11 - Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen)
6 minPenalties8 min
29Shots51
16 February 1980
20:30
Canada  3 – 4
(1–2, 0–1, 2–1)
  FinlandOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Lindgren
0 – 104:03 - Peltonen (Suoraniemi)
MacLean (Berry, O'Malley) - 14:221 – 1
1 – 219:51 - Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo)
1 – 337:07 - Koskilahti
G. Anderson (Nill, Davidson) - 46:472 – 3
2 – 456:55 - Suoraniemi (Leppänen) (SH)
Primeau (Hindmarch, Devaney) - 57:093 – 4
16 minPenalties10 min
33Shots26
18 February 1980
17:00
Finland  2 – 4
(1–0, 0–1, 1–3)
  Soviet UnionOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Haley
Porvari (Suoraniemi) - 17:441 – 0
1 – 136:01 - Fetisov (Makarov, A. Golikov)
Porvari (SH) - 42:382 – 1
2 – 254:59 - Krutov (Lebedev)
2 – 356:07 - Maltsev (Krutov, Lebedev)
2 – 456:18 - Mikhailov (Kasatonov)
14 minPenalties8 min
13Shots48
20 February 1980
20:00
Finland  10 – 3
(2–1, 2–1, 6–1)
  NetherlandsOlympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Kompalla
Porvari - 10:411 – 0
1 – 118:13 - van Wieren (de Heer)
Leppänen (Litma, Eloranta) - 18:282 – 1
2 – 230:25 - Klooster (deGraauw)
Villa (Koskinen, Saarinen) - 33:073 – 2
Porvari (Leinonen) - 34:124 – 2
Kurri (Litma, Leppänen) (PP2) - 42:355 – 2
Peltonen (Leppänen, Kurri) (PP) - 43:446 – 2
Koskinen (Eloranta) (PP) - 44:347 – 2
Hakulinen (Peltonen, Leppänen) - 46:108 – 2
Kurri (Eloranta, Hakulinen) (PP2) - 48:169 – 2
Haapalainen (Leinonen, Kiimalainen) - 51:0310 – 2
10 – 353:04 - Peternousek (de Heer, van Wieren)
4 minPenalties22 min
42Shots16

Final round

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The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over, excluding teams who failed to make the medal round.

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
  United States 3 2 0 1 10 7 5
  Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 16 8 4
  Sweden 3 0 1 2 7 14 2
  Finland 4th 3 0 2 1 7 11 1
22 February 1980
20:42
Finland  3 – 3
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2)
  SwedenOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Neagles
Leinonen (Porvari, Kiimalainen) - 03:001 – 0
Porvari (Eloranta) - 27:062 – 0
2 – 130:25 - Weinstock
2 – 245:24 - Jonsson (Åhlberg, Holmgren)
2 – 346:14 - Waltin (Norberg)
Leinonen (Porvari) - 47:593 – 3
6 minPenalties6 min
25Shots30
24 February 1980
11:00
United States  4 – 2
(0–1, 1–1, 3–0)
  FinlandOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
  Vladimir Šubrt
0 – 109:20 - Porvari (Leinonen, Litma)
Christoff - 24:391 – 1
1 – 226:30 - Leinonen (Haapalainen, Kiimalainen) (PP)
Verchota (Christian) - 42:252 – 2
McClanahan (Johnson, Christian) - 46:053 – 2
Johnson (Christoff) (SH) - 56:254 – 2
10 minPenalties4 min
29Shots23

Carried over group match:

  •   Finland 2–4 USSR  

Leading scorers

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Rank Player GP G A Pts
5th Jukka Porvari 7 7 4 11

Nordic combined

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Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Rauno Miettinen Individual 67.0 72.5 171.9 24 50:26.9 195.640 18 367.540 23
Jorma Etelälahti 72.0 79.5 192.6 14 50:02.4 199.315 15 391.915 13
Jouko Karjalainen 79.0 81.0 209.5 7 47:44.5 220.000 1 429.500  
Jukka Kuvaja 68.5 68.5 155.0 31 48:32.2 212.845 7 367.845 22

Ski jumping

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Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Kari Ylianttila Normal hill 76.0 105.8 72.0 97.4 203.2 32
Jari Puikkonen 81.0 115.8 80.0 111.7 227.5 16
Jouko Törmänen 83.0 119.0 85.5 124.5 243.5 8
Pentti Kokkonen 86.0 126.8 83.5 120.8 247.6 5
Kari Ylianttila Large hill 102.0 111.0 106.0 118.1 229.1 13
Pentti Kokkonen 105.0 115.2 105.0 115.7 230.9 12
Jari Puikkonen 110.5 126.4 108.5 122.1 248.5  
Jouko Törmänen 114.5 133.5 117.0 137.5 271.0  

Speed skating

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Esa Puolakka 39.76 25
Pertti Niittylä 39.54 22
Jukka Salmela 39.32 18
1000 m Esa Puolakka 1:23.54 35
Jukka Salmela 1:21.78 30
Pertti Niittylä 1:18.85 14
1500 m Pertti Niittylä 2:00.01 14
5000 m Pertti Niittylä 7:21.51 17
10,000 m Pertti Niittylä 15:29.98 19
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Anneli Repola 44.33 20
1000 m Anneli Repola 1:31.76 28
1500 m Anneli Repola 2:17.81 21
3000 m Anneli Repola 4:50.51 15

References

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