1988 Summer Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland took part in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with a delegation of 78 athletes (59 men and 19 women) in 66 competitions in 15 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the wrestler Jouko Salomäki .

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Tapio Korjus	athletics	Men, throw the javelin

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Harri Koskela	Wrestling	Men, light heavyweight, Greco-Roman

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Seppo Räty	athletics	Men, throw the javelin
Tapio Sipilä	Wrestling	Men, lightweight, Greco-Roman

Participants by sport

Archery

Men Ismo Falck Individual: 27th place Team: 4th place Tomi Poikolainen Singles: 11th place Team: 4th place Pentti Vikström Singles: 7th place Team: 4th place

Women Päivi Aaltonen Individual: 20th place Team: 13th place Minna Heinonen Singles: 56th place Team: 13th place Jutta Poikolainen Individual: 55th place Team: 13th place

Boxing

Men

• Jarmo Eskelinen

  Featherweight: 1st round

• Esa Hukkanen

  Middleweight: Round of 16

• Joni Nyman

  Welterweight: quarterfinals

fencing

Men

• Lars Winter

  Epee, singles: 57th place

Weightlifting

Men

• Jouni Grönman

  Lightweight: DNF

• Reijo Kiiskilä

  Lightweight: 11th place

• Arvo Ojalehto

  Bantamweight: 12th place

• Jaarli Pirkkiö

  Middleweight: 12th place

Judo

Men

• Jukka-Pekka Metsola

  Light middleweight: 12th place

• Juha saloons

  Heavyweight: 7th place

canoe

Men

• Mikko Kolehmainen & Olli Kolehmainen

  Kayak twos, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Two kayaks, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Timo Grönlund

  Canoe singles, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Canoe single, 1000 meters: hope run

athletics

Men Harri Huhtala Hammer throw: 9th place Jarmo Kärnä Long jump: 10th place Petri Keskitalo Decathlon: 11th place Kimmo Kinnunen Javelin throw: 10th place Tapio Korjus Javelin throw: gold Asko Peltoniemi Pole vault: 9th place Seppo Räty Javelin throw: bronze Reima saloons 20 kilometers of walking: 42nd place 50 kilometers of walking: 18th place Ari Suhonen 800 meters: DNF (quarter-finals) 1500 meters: heats Juha Tiainen Hammer throw: 16th place in qualification Mikael Ylöstalo 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals

Women Päivi Alafrantti Javelin throw: 10th place Sinikka Keskitalo Marathon: 42nd place Ragne Kytölä Heptathlon: 21st place Tuula Laaksalo Javelin throw: 13th place in qualification Tiina Lillak Javelin throw: 15th place in qualification Satu Ruotsalainen Heptathlon: 15th place Tuija Toivonen-Jousimaa Marathon: 41st place

Cycling

Men Mika Hämäläinen 1000 meter time trial: 17th place Jari Lähde Road race: 37th place Jyrki Tujunen 4000 meters single pursuit: 1st lap

Women Tea Vikstedt-Nyman Road race: 43rd place

horse riding

• Jenny Eriksson

  Dressage, individual: 39th place

  Dressage, team: 6th place

• Kyra Kyrklund

  Dressage, individual: 5th place

  Dressage, team: 6th place

• Maarit Raiskio

  Dressage, individual: 48th place

  Dressage, team: 6th place

• Tutu Sohlberg

  Dressage, individual: 38th place

  Dressage, team: 6th place

Wrestling

Men

• Juha Ahokas

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Jouni Ilomäki

  Middleweight, freestyle: 5th round

• Harri Koskela

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: Silver

• Mika Lehto

  Featherweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Jukka Loikas

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Esa Murtoaro

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round

• Timo Niemi

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round

• Keijo Pehkonen

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round

• Jukka Rauhala

  Lightweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Pekka Rauhala

  Welterweight, freestyle: 5th place

• Jouko Salomäki

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Tapio Sipilä

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

rowing

Men

• Pertti Karppinen

  One: 7th place

• Reima Karppinen & Jorma Lehtelä

  Double scull: 12th place

• Aarne Lindroos & Kari Lindroos

  Two without a helmsman: 11th place

shoot

Men Juha Hirvi Air rifle: 17th place Small caliber, three-position battle: 17th place Small caliber, lying: 24th place Sakari Paasonen Air pistol: 18th place Free pistol: 19th place Tapio Säynevirta Air rifle: 25th place Kurt Thune Small caliber, three position fight: 34th place Small caliber, lying: 24th place Jouni Vainio Air pistol: 39th place Rapid fire pistol: 31st place

Open class Timo Nieminen Trap: 43rd place Matti Nummela Trap: 8th place

Women Pirjo Peltola Air rifle: 5th place Small caliber, three-position battle: 41st place Sirpa Ylönen Air rifle: 10th place Small caliber, three-position fight: 27th place

swim

Men

• Petri Suominen

  100 meters chest: 14th place

  200 meters chest: 29th place

sailing

Men Lauri Rechardt Finn dinghy: 9th place Johan von Koskull & Peter von Koskull 470s: 16th place

Women Annika Lemström & Bettina Lemström 470s: 4th place

Diving

Men

• Juha Ovaskainen

  Artistic jumping: 22nd place in the qualification

Web links

• Finnish Olympic team from 1988 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )