1980 Winter Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland took part in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid with a delegation of 52 athletes (44 men, 8 women). The biathlete Heikki Ikola was chosen as the flag bearer of the Finnish team for the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men's:

• Erkki Antila

  10 km: 12th place

  20 km: 5th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 7th place

• Heikki Ikola

  20 km: 18th place

• Keijo Kuntola

  10 km: 35th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 7th place

• Kari Saarela

  4 × 7.5 km: 7th place

• Raimo Seppänen

  20 km: 32nd place

  4 × 7.5 km: 7th place

• Arto sutins

  10 km: 24th place

ice Hockey

Men: 4th place

Kari Eloranta Hannu Haapalainen Markku Hakulinen Markku Kiimalainen Antero Kivelä Jukka Koskilahti Hannu Koskinen Jari Kurri Mikko Leinonen Reijo Leppänen

Tapio Levo Leave Litma Jarmo Mäkitalo Esa Peltonen Jukka Porvari Olli Saarinen Seppo Suoraniemi Timo Susi Jorma Valtonen Ismo Villa

figure skating

Women:

• Susan Broman

  17th place

• Kristiina Wegelius

  10th place

Speed ​​skating

Women: Anneli Repola 500 m: 20th place 1000 m: 28th place 1500 m: 21st place 3000 m: 15th place

Men's: Pertti Niittylä 500 m: 22nd place 1000 m: 14th place 1500 m: 14th place 5000 m: 17th place 10,000 m: 19th place Esa Puolakka 500 m: 25th place 1000 m: 35th place Jukka Salmela 500 m: 18th place 1000 m: 30th place

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women: Marja Auroma 5 km: 25th place 4 × 5 km: 5th place Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen 5 km: 19th place 10 km: 18th place 4 × 5 km: 5th place Helena Kivioja-Takalo 5 km: 8th place 10 km: 4 × 5 km: 5th place Ulla Maaskola 10 km: 32nd place Hilkka Riihivuori-Kuntola 5 km: 10 km: 4 × 5 km: 5th place

Men's: Jorma Aalto 30 km: 26th place Asko Autio 50 km: 9th place Kari Härkönen 15 km: 19th place Harri Kirvesniemi 15 km: 8th place 30 km: 18th place 4 × 10 km: Juha Mieto 15 km: 30 km: 7th place 50 km: 4 × 10 km: Matti Pitkänen 30 km: 6th place 50 km: 11th place 4 × 10 km: Pertti Teurajärvi 15 km: 20th place 50 km: 18th place 4 × 10 km:

Ski jumping

• Pentti Kokkonen

  Normal hill: 5th place

  Large hill: 12th place

• Jari Puikkonen

  Normal hill: 16th place

  Large hill:

• Jouko Törmänen

  Normal hill: 8th place

  Large hill:

• Kari Ylianttila

  Normal hill: 32nd place

  Large hill: 13th place

Nordic combination

• Jorma Etelälahti

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 13th place

• Jouko Karjalainen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km):

• Jukka Kuvaja

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 22nd place

• Rauno Miettinen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 23rd place

Web links

• Finnish Olympic Team 1980 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )