2004 Summer Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Greek capital Athens with 53 athletes, 17 women and 36 men.

Since 1908 it was Finland's 22nd participation in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

The sailor Thomas Johanson carried the flag of Finland during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

With two silver medals won the Finnish team was ranked 61 in the medal count .

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Marko Kemppainen	shoot	Skeet
Marko Yli-Hannuksela	Wrestling	Greco-Roman style, welterweight

Participants by sport

badminton

• Kasperi Salo

  Individual: 17th place

• Antti Viitikko

  Individual: 17th plat

• Anu Nieminen

  Women, singles: 17th place

Archery

• Mari Piuva

  Women, singles: 25th place

Judo

• Timo Peltola

  Light heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

canoe

• Kimmo Latvamäki

  Canoe race, single kayak 500 meters: semi-finals

• Jenni Honkanen

  Women, canoe races, single kayak 500 meters: 8th place

athletics

• Oskari Frösén

  High jump: 25th place in qualification

• Janne Holmén

  Marathon: 22nd place

• Olli-Pekka Karjalainen

  Hammer throw: 15th place in qualification

• Jani Lehtinen

  50 kilometers of walking: 28th place

• Esko Mikkola

  Javelin throw: 11th place

• Matti Mononen

  Pole vault: 17th place in qualification

• Matti Narhi

  Javelin throw: 10th place

• Jaakko Ojaniemi

  Decathlon: 16th place

• Tero Pitkämäki

  Javelin throw: 8th place

• Vesa Rantanen

  Pole vault: 22nd place in qualification

• Tepa Reinikainen

  Shot put: 22nd place in qualification

• David Soderberg

  Hammer throw: 22nd place in qualification

• Ville Tiisanoja

  Shot put: 19th place in qualification

• Jussi Utriainen

  Marathon: DNF

• Tiia Hautala

  Women, heptathlon: DNF

• Paula Huhtaniemi

  Women, javelin: 28th place in qualification

• Mikaela Ingberg

  Women, javelin: 13th place in qualification

• Heli Koivula Kruger

  Women, long jump: 15th place in qualification

  Women, triple jump: 23rd place in qualification

• Taina Kolkkala

  Women, javelin: 10th place

• Johanna Manninen

  Women, 100 meters: heats

  Women, 200 meters: heats

• Kirsi Mykkänen

  Women, 400 meters: heats

• Sini Pöyry

  Women, hammer throw: 22nd place in qualification

• Kirsi Valasti

  Women, 5000 meters: heats

Wrestling

• Juha Ahokas

  Greco-Roman style, super heavyweight: 17th place

• Marko Yli-Hannuksela

  Greco-Roman style, welterweight: silver

shoot

• Juha Hirvi

  Air rifle 10 meters: 45th place

  Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters: 15th place

  Small bore, lying 50 meters: 9th place

• Marko Kemppainen

  Skeet: silver

• Petri Nummela

  Trap: 14th place

• Joonas Olkkonen

  Double trap: 25th place

• Maarit Lepomäki

  Women, Skeet: 9th place

• Marjo Yli-Kiikka

  Women, air rifle 10 meters: 22nd place

  Women, small caliber three-position fight 50 meters: 20th place

swim

• Jere Hård

  50 meter freestyle: 41st place

  100 meter butterfly: 28th place

  4 × 100 meters: 11th place

• Matti Mäki

  100 meters back: 36th place

  200 meters back: 33rd place

• Jarno Pihlava

  100 meters chest: 13th place

  4 × 100 meters: 11th place

• Matti Rajakylä

  100 meters freestyle: 33rd place

  4 × 100 meters: 11th place

• Jani Sievinen

  200 meter medley: 20th place

  4 × 100 meters: 11th place

• Eeva Saarinen

  Women, 100 meters chest: 23rd place

  Women, 200 meters chest: 22nd place

• Hanna-Maria Seppälä

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 24th place

  Women, 100 meter butterfly: 12th place

  Women, 100 meters back: 36th place

sailing

• Thomas Johanson

  49er: 8th place

• Jukka Piirainen

  49er: 8th place

• Roope Suomalainen

  Laser: 19th place

• Sari multala

  Women, Europe: 5th place

Taekwondo

• Teemu Heino

  Class over 80 kilograms: 11th place

tennis

• Jarkko Nieminen

  Individual: 17th place

Diving

• Jukka Piekkanen

  Skydiving, 3 meters: 29th place

• Joona Puhakka

  Skydiving, 3 meters: 14th place

Web links

• Finnish Olympic team from 2004 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )