1992 Summer Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with a delegation of 88 athletes, 60 men and 28 women, in 85 competitions in 16 sports.

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Mikko Kolehmainen	canoe	Men, single kayak, 500 yards

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Ismo Falck , Jari Lipponen & Tomi Poikolainen	Archery	Men, team
Seppo Räty	athletics	Men, throw the javelin

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Jyri Kjall	Boxing	Men, light welterweight
Antti Kasvio	swim	Men, 200 meters freestyle

Participants by sport

badminton

• Pontus Jäntti

  Men, singles: 2nd round

• Robert Liljequist

  Men, singles: 2nd round

Archery

• Ismo Falck

  Men, singles: 57th place

  Men, team: silver

• Jari Lipponen

  Men, singles: 8th place

  Men, team: silver

• Tomi Poikolainen

  Men, singles: 24th place

  Men, team: silver

Boxing

• Jyri Kjall

  Men, light welterweight: bronze

Weightlifting

• Jouni Grönman

  Men, lightweight: 5th place

• Janne Kanerva

  Men, middle heavyweight: 17th place

• Arto Savonen

  Men, II. Heavyweight: 13th place

• Keijo Tahvanainen

  Men, middle heavyweight: 15th place

Judo

• Anne Åkerblom

  Women, heavyweight: 20th place

• Marko Haanpää

  Men, light middleweight: 34th place

• Jorma Korhonen

  Men, lightweight: 9th place

• Marko Korhonen

  Men, half light weight: 36th place

• Annikka Mutanen

  Women, super light weight: 16th place

• Juha saloons

  Men, heavyweight: 21st place

• Heli Syrja

  Women, light heavyweight: 20th place

canoe

• Mikko Kolehmainen

  Men, kayak single, 500 meters: gold

  Men, kayak twos, 500 meters: hope run

• Olli Kolehmainen

  Men, kayak twos, 500 meters: hope run

athletics

• Päivi Alafrantti

  Women, javelin throw: no valid throw in qualification

• Light aro

  Women, heptathlon: 18th place

• Arto Bryggare

  Men, 110 meter hurdles: prelims

• Sari essayah

  Women, walking 10 kilometers: 4th place

• Antti Haapakoski

  Men, 110 meter hurdles: quarter-finals

• Sisko Hanhijoki

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats

• Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats

• Harri Hänninen

  Men, marathon: 11th place

• Ville Hautala

  Men, 3000 meter obstacle: semi-finals

• Petri Keskitalo

  Men, decathlon: DNF

• Kimmo Kinnunen

  Men, javelin: 4th place

• Valentin Kononen

  Men, 50 kilometers walking: 7th place

• Juha Laukkanen

  Men, javelin: 6th place

• Jani Lehtonen

  Men, pole vault: 14th place in qualification

• Ritva Lemettines

  Women, marathon: 14th place

• Minna Painilainen-Soon

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats

• Antero Paljakka

  Men, shot put: 20th place in qualification

• Asko Peltoniemi

  Men, pole vault: 6th place

• Heli Rantanen

  Women, javelin: 6th place

• Seppo Räty

  Men, javelin throw: silver

• Tina Rättyä

  Women, heptathlon: 20th place

• Ringa Ropo-Junnila

  Women, long jump: 13th place in qualification

• Satu Ruotsalainen

  Women, heptathlon: DNF

• Marja Tennivaara

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats

• Päivi Tikkanen

  Women, 3000 meters: heats

  Women, 10,000 meters: heats (DNF)

• Risto Ulmala

  Men, 5000 meters: heats

  Men, 10,000 meters: heats (DNF)

Cycling

• Mika Hämäläinen

  Men, 1000 meters time trial: 15th place

• Tea Vikstedt-Nyman

  Women, road races: 25th place

  Women, 3000 meters single pursuit: 7th place

horse riding

• Kyra Kyrklund

  Dressage, individual: 5th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Hanna Laiho

  Women, singles: 25th place in qualification

Wrestling

• Juha Ahokas

  Men, super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place

• Ismo Kamesaki

  Men, flyweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place

• Tuomo Karila

  Men, welterweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Harri Koskela

  Men, light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Timo Niemi

  Men, middleweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Keijo Pehkonen

  Men, bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place

• Pekka Rauhala

  Men, middleweight, freestyle: 3rd round

rowing

• Pertti Karppinen

  Men, one: 10th place

• Esko Hillebrandt & Reima Karppinen

  Men, double sculls: 13th place

shoot

• Petri Eteläniemi

  Men, rapid fire pistol: 10th place

• Juha Hirvi

  Men, air rifle: 27th place

  Men, small caliber, three-position fight: 4th place

  Men, small caliber, lying: 6th place

• Jorma Korhonen

  Skeet: 16th place

• Timo Näveri

  Men, air pistol: 39th place

  Men, Free Pistol: 31st place

• Matti Nummela

  Trap: 44th place

• Sakari Paasonen

  Men, air pistol: 5th place

  Men, Free Pistol: 11th place

• Jari Palve

  Men, air rifle: 25th place

  Men, small caliber, three-position fight: 11th place

  Men, small caliber, lying: 26th place

• Pirjo Peltola

  Women, air rifle: 42nd place

  Women, small caliber, three-position fight: 27th place

swim

• Janne Blomqvist

  Men, 50 meters freestyle: 30th place

  Men, 100 meters freestyle: 38th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 14th place

• Vesa Hanski

  Men, 200 Emter freestyle: 28th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 14th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 12th place

  Men, 100 meters butterfly: 31st place

  Men, 200 meters butterfly: 31st place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 20th place

• Kai Johansson

  Men, 200 meters butterfly: 36th place

• Antti Kasvio

  Men, 200 meters freestyle: bronze

  Men, 400 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 12th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 20th place

• Anne Lackman

  Women, 100 meters back: 39th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 15th place

• Petteri Lehtinen

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 12th place

  Men, 200 meters chest: 27th place

  Men, 200 meter medley: 21st place

  Men, 400 meter medley: 12th place

• Marja Pärssinen-Päivinen

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 38th place

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 38th place

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 32nd place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 15th place

• Minna Salmela

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 31st place

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 24th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 15th place

• Jani Sievinen

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 14th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 12th place

  Men, 100 meters butterfly: 13th place

  Men, 200 meter medley: 4th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 20th place

• Petri Suominen

  Men, 100 meters chest: 24th place

  Men, 200 meters chest: 22nd place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 20th place

• Riikka Ukkola

  Women, 100 meters chest: 35th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 15th place

• Janne Vermasheinä

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 14th place

sailing

• Jali Mäkilä

  Men, Finn dinghy: 17th place

• Chita Smedberg

  Women, Europe: 10th place

• Mika Aarnikka & Petri Leskinen

  Men, 470s: 4th place

• Katri Läike & Anna Slunga-Tallberg

  Women, 470s: 10th place

• Kalevi Kostiainen & Markku Kuismin

  Tornado: 19th place

Synchronized swimming

• Liisa Laurila

  Women, singles: 19th place

Web links

• Finnish Olympic team from 1992 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )