1984 Winter Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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4th	3	6th

Finland took part in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, with a delegation of 45 athletes, 40 men and 5 women.

It was Finland's fourteenth participation in the Winter Olympics since 1924 .

Flag bearer

Ice hockey player Jorma Valtonen carried the flag of Finland during the opening ceremony at the Asim Ferhatović Hase stadium .

Medals

With four won gold, three silver and six bronze medals, the Finnish team took 4th place in the medal table .

gold

• Nordic skiing , women, cross-country skiing
  • Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen : 5 km , 10 km and 20 km
• Nordic skiing , ski jumping
  • Matti Nykänen : Men, large hill

silver

• Nordic skiing, cross-country skiing
  • Aki Karvonen : Men, 15 km
• Nordic skiing , Nordic combined
  • Jouko Karjalainen : men, singles, normal hill
• Nordic skiing , ski jumping
  • Matti Nykänen : Men, normal hill

bronze

• Nordic skiing, cross-country skiing
  • Harri Kirvesniemi : Men, 15 km
  • Aki Karvonen : Men, 50 km
  • Eija Hyytiäinen , Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi , Marjo Matikainen and Pirkko Määttä : women, 4 × 5 km relay
  • Juha Mieto , Aki Karvonen , Harri Kirvesniemi and Juha Mieto: men, 4 × 10 km relay
• Nordic skiing , Nordic combined
  • Jukka Ylipulli : men, singles, normal hill
• Nordic skiing , ski jumping
  • Jari Puikkonen : Men, normal hill

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Arto Jääskeläinen

  20 km: 16th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 7th place

• Toivo Mäkikyrö

  10 km: 12th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 7th place

• Tapio Piipponen

  10 km: 15th place

  20 km: 12th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 7th place

• Risto Punkka

  10 km: 34th place

• Keijo Tiitola

  20 km: 18th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 7th place

ice Hockey

Men 4th place

Raimo Helminen Risto Jalo Arto Javanainen Timo Jutila Erkki Laine Markus Lehto Petteri Lehto Pertti Lehtonen Anssi Melametsä Jarmo Mäkitalo

Hannu Oksanen Arto Ruotanen Simo Saarinen Arto Sirviö Ville Sirén Petri Skriko Raimo Summanen Kari Takko Harri Tuohimaa Jorma Valtonen

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Pertti Niittylä

  1500 m: 9th place

  5000 m: 6th place

  10,000 m: 18th place

• Urpo Pikkupeura

  500 m: 27th place

  1000 m: 23rd place

• Jouko Vesterlund

  500 m: 17th place

  1000 m: 12th place

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women

• Eija Hyytiäinen

  5 km: 19th place

  10 km: 25th place

  20 km: 17th place

  4 × 5 & km:

• Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi -Hämäläinen

  5 km:

  10 km:

  20 km:

  4 × 5 km:

• Erja Kuivalainen

  10 km: 37th place

  20 km: 29th place

• Marjo Matikainen

  5 km: 22nd place

  4 × 5 km:

• Pirkko Määttä

  5 km: 10th place

  10 km: 19th place

  20 km: 9th place

  4 × 5 km:

Men

• Kari Härkönen

  15 km: 13th place

• Aki Karvonen

  15 km:

  30 km: 5th place

  50 km:

  4 × 10 km:

• Harri Kirvesniemi

  15 km:

  30 km: 7th place

  50 km: 4th place

  4 × 10 km:

• Juha Mieto

  15 km: 4th place

  30 km: 8th place

  50 km: 10th place

  4 × 10 km:

• Kari Ristanen

  30 km: 17th place

  50 km: 15th place

  4 × 10 km:

Ski jumping

• Pentti Kokkonen

  Normal hill: 12th place

  Large hill: 14th place

• Matti Nykänen

  Normal hill:

  Large hill:

• Jari Puikkonen

  Normal hill:

  Large hill: 5th place

• Markku Pusenius

  Normal hill: 20th place

  Large hill: 16th place

Nordic combination

• Jouko Karjalainen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km):

• Rauno Miettinen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 4th place

• Jukka Ylipulli

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km):

Web links

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