Finland at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Finland at the
1984 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Sarajevo
Competitors45 (40 men, 5 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers Jorma Valtonen, ice hockey
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
6
Total
13
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km
  Gold Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
  Gold Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Cross-country skiing Women's 20 km
  Gold Matti Nykänen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
  Silver Aki Karvonen Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
  Silver Jouko Karjalainen Nordic combined Men's individual
  Silver Matti Nykänen Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
  Bronze Harri Kirvesniemi Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
  Bronze Juha Mieto
Aki Karvonen
Harri Kirvesniemi
Kari Ristanen
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
  Bronze Aki Karvonen Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
  Bronze Eija Hyytiäinen
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
Marjo Matikainen
Pirkko Määttä
Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 km relay
  Bronze Jukka Ylipulli Nordic combined Men's individual
  Bronze Jari Puikkonen Ski jumping Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)

Biathlon

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Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Risto Punkka 4 34:28.5 34
Tapio Piipponen 1 32:28.7 15
Toivo Mäkikyrö 2 32:22.5 13
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Keijo Tiitola 1'14:32.8 5 1'19:32.8 18
Arto Jääskeläinen 1'14:23.3 5 1'19:23.3 16
Tapio Piipponen 1'12:38.4 6 1'18:38.4 12
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Keijo Tiitola
Toivo Mäkikyrö
Arto Jääskeläinen
Tapio Piipponen
2 1'43:16.0 7
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Kari Härkönen 42:49.3 13
Juha Mieto 42:05.8 4
Harri Kirvesniemi 41:45.6  
Aki Karvonen 41:34.9  
30 km Kari Ristanen 1'33:02.6 17
Juha Mieto 1'31:48.3 8
Harri Kirvesniemi 1'31:37.4 7
Aki Karvonen 1'30:59.7 5
50 km Kari Ristanen 2'23:10.6 15
Juha Mieto 2'21:53.1 10
Harri Kirvesniemi 2'18:34.1 4
Aki Karvonen 2'17:04.7  
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Kari Ristanen
Juha Mieto
Harri Kirvesniemi
Aki Karvonen
1'56:31.4  
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Marjo Matikainen 18:21.6 22
Eija Hyytiäinen 18:11.6 19
Pirkko Määttä 17:48.0 10
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 17:04.0  
10 km Erja Kuivalainen 35:35.2 37
Eija Hyytiäinen 34:33.8 25
Pirkko Määttä 34:13.4 19
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 31:44.2  
20 km Erja Kuivalainen 1'07:26.4 29
Eija Hyytiäinen 1'05:38.8 17
Pirkko Määttä 1'04:37.6 9
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 1'01:45.0  
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Pirkko Määttä
Eija Hyytiäinen
Marjo Matikainen
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
1'07:36.7  

Ice hockey

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Group B

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Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
  Czechoslovakia 5 5 0 0 38 7 10
  Canada 5 4 1 0 24 10 8
  Finland 5 2 2 1 27 19 5
  United States 5 1 2 2 16 17 4
  Austria 5 1 4 0 13 37 2
  Norway 5 0 4 1 15 43 1
  • Finland 4-3 Austria
  • Finland 16-2 Norway
  • Canada 4-2 Finland
  • Czechoslovakia 7-2 Finland
  • Finland 3-3 USA

Game for 5th Place

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
  West Germany 7–4   Finland

Leading scorers

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Rk Team GP G A Pts
4th Raimo Summanen 6 4 7 11
6th Petri Skriko 6 6 4 10

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 79.5 86.0 205.5 6 49:02.2 197.470 9 402.970 4
Jouko Karjalainen 83.0 83.0 196.9 15 46:32.0 220.000 1 416.900  
Jukka Ylipulli 84.0 86.0 208.3 5 48:28.5 202.525 5 410.825  

Ski jumping

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Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Markku Pusenius Normal hill 79.5 89.2 85.0 99.0 188.2 20
Jari Puikkonen 81.5 95.4 91.5 117.4 212.8  
Pentti Kokkonen 84.0 101.4 84.0 99.9 201.3 12
Matti Nykänen 91.0 114.1 84.0 99.9 214.0  
Pentti Kokkonen Large hill 98.5 90.1 99.0 92.3 182.4 14
Markku Pusenius 100.5 93.4 97.0 87.5 180.9 16
Jari Puikkonen 103.5 100.1 102.0 96.5 196.6 5
Matti Nykänen 116.0 119.1 111.0 112.1 231.2  

Speed skating

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Urpo Pikkupeura 39.88 27
Jouko Vesterlund 39.15 17
1000 m Urpo Pikkupeura 1:19.13 23
Jouko Vesterlund 1:18.12 12
1500 m Pertti Niittylä 2:00.01 9
5000 m Pertti Niittylä 7:17.97 6
10,000 m Pertti Niittylä 15:15.18 18

References

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