1984 Summer Olympics / Participant (Finland)

FIN

4th	2	6th

Finland participated in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles , USA , with a delegation of 86 athletes (73 men and 13 women).

Medalist

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Juha Tiainen	athletics	Hammer throwing
Arto Härkönen	athletics	Javelin
Jouko Salomäki	Wrestling	Greterweight, Greco-Roman
Pertti Karppinen	rowing	One

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Tiina Lillak	athletics	Women, javelin throwing
Tapio Sipilä	Wrestling	Lightweight, Greco-Roman

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Joni Nyman	Boxing	Welterweight
Jouni Grönman	Weightlifting	lightweight
Pekka Niemi	Weightlifting	I. Heavyweight
Arto Bryggare	athletics	110 meter hurdles
Jukka Rauhala	Wrestling	Lightweight, freestyle
Rauno Bies	shoot	Rapid fire pistol

Participants by sport

Archery

• Tomi Poikolainen

  Singles: 5th place

• Kyösti Laasons

  Singles: 28th place

• Markku Syrjälä

  Individual: 49th place

• Päivi Aaltonen

  Women, singles: 5th place

• Ulla Rantala

  Women, singles: 15th place

Boxing

• Jarmo Eskelinen

  Bantamweight: 17th place

• Hannu Vuorinen

  Light welterweight: 17th place

• Joni Nyman

  Welterweight: bronze

• Pekka Laasanen

  Middleweight: 17th place

• Juha Hänninen

  Light heavyweight: 17th place

Weightlifting

• Arvo Ojalehto

  Bantamweight: 7th place

• Uolevi Kahelin

  Featherweight: 8th place

• Jouni Grönman

  Lightweight: bronze

• Keijo Tahvanainen

  Lightweight: DNF

• Pekka Niemi

  I. Heavyweight: bronze

Judo

• Antti Hyvärinen

  Lightweight: 19th place

• Seppo Myllyl

  Light middleweight: 14th place

• Juha saloons

  Open class: 11th place

canoe

• Veli-Pekka Harjola

  Single kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

  Quad kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Ilpo Nieminen

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Mika Savilahti

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Mikko Kolehmainen

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Timo Grönlund

  Single Canadier, 500 meters: 5th place

  Single Canadier, 1,000 meters: 4th place

athletics

• Antti Loikkanen

  1,500 meters: heats

  5,000 meters: semi-finals

• Martti Vainio

  5,000 meters: semi-finals

  10,000 meters: DNF

• Pertti Tiainen

  Marathon: 27th place

• Arto Bryggare

  110 meter hurdles: bronze

• Tommy Ekblom

  3,000 meter obstacle: 9th place

• Reima saloons

  50 kilometers of walking: 4th place

• Erkki Niemi

  High jump: 9th place

• Kimmo Pallonen

  Pole vault: 5th place

• Aulis Akonniemi

  Shot put: 9th place

• Juha Tiainen

  Hammer throw: gold

• Harri Huhtala

  Hammer throw: 6th place

• Arto Härkönen

  Javelin: gold

• Raimo Manninen

  Javelin: 13th place in qualification

• Tero Saviniemi

  Javelin: 17th place in qualification

• Helinä Laihorinne-Marjamaa

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters: semi-finals

• Tuija Toivonen

  Women, marathon: 10th place

• Sinikka Keskitalo

  Women, marathon: 15th place

• Tuija Helander

  Women, 400 meter hurdles: 7th place

• Ulla Lundholm

  Women, discus throwing: 4th place

• Tiina Lillak

  Women, javelin: silver

• Tuula Laaksalo

  Women, javelin: 4th place

• Helena Laine

  Women, javelin: 10th place

Modern pentathlon

• Pasi Hulkkonen

  Singles: 9th place

  Team: 9th place

• Jorma Korpela

  Individual: 22nd place

  Team: 9th place

• Jussi Pelli

  Singles: 35th place

  Team: 9th place

Cycling

• Kari Myyryläinen

  Road race, individual: 25th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 13th place

• Harry Hannus

  Road race, individual: 31st place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 13th place

• Patrick Wackström

  Road race, individual: 38th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 13th place

• Harri Hedgren

  Road race, individual: DNF

• Sixten Wackström

  100 kilometers team time trial: 13th place

  4,000 meters individual pursuit: 20th place in qualification

horse riding

• Kyra Kyrklund

  Dressage, individual: 19th place

Wrestling

• Jukka-Pekka Tanner

  Paper weight, Greco-Roman: group stage

• Taisto halons

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Ilpo Seppälä

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: group stage

• Hannu Lahtinen

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: group stage

• Tapio Sipilä

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Jouko Salomäki

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: Gold

• Jarmo Övermark

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Toni Hannula

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place

• Jukka Rauhala

  Lightweight, freestyle: bronze

• Pekka Rauhala

  Welterweight, freestyle: 8th place

• Jouni Ilomäki

  Middleweight, freestyle: group stage

rowing

• Pertti Karppinen

  One: gold

• Reima Karppinen

  Double scull: 8th place

• Aarne Lindroos

  Double scull: 8th place

shoot

• Rauno Bies

  Rapid fire pistol: bronze

• Paavo Palokangas

  Free target pistol: 8th place

• Mauri Röppänen

  Air rifle: 18th place

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 15th place

  Small bore, lying: 13th place

• Mikko Mattila

  Small bore, three-position fight: 26th place

  Small caliber, lying: 30th place

• Jorma Lievonen

  Running target: 7th place

• Timo Nieminen

  Trap: 4th place

• Matti Nummela

  Trap: 33rd place

• Bror Nyström

  Skeet: 19th place

• Juha Mäkelä

  Skeet: 36th place

• Sirpa Ylönen

  Women, air rifle: 8th place

  Women, small caliber, three-position fight: 12th place

swim

• Martti Järventaus

  100 meters chest: 29th place

  200 meters chest: 27th place

• Maarit Sihvonen

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 18th place

  Women, 100 meters chest: 24th place

  Women, 200 meter medley: 9th place

sailing

• Esko Rechardt

  Finn dinghy: 14th place

• Johan from Koskull

  470s: 6th place

• Peter von Koskull

  470s: 6th place

• Juha Valtanen

  Tornado: 16th place

• Pekka Narko

  Tornado: 16th place

Diving

• Juha Ovaskainen

  Art jumping: 11th place

Web links

• Finnish Olympic team from 1984 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )