1988 Winter Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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Finland took part in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, with a delegation of 53 athletes in seven disciplines, including 46 men and 7 women. With four gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals, Finland was the fourth most successful team at the Games.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the speed skater Pertti Niittylä .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Harri Eloranta

  10 km sprint: 25th place (27: 15.2 min)

  20 km individual: 50th place (1: 05: 10.6 h)

• Arto Jääskeläinen

  20 km individual: 58th place (1: 09: 29.5 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 12th place (1: 30: 54.4 h)

• Antero Lähde

  10 km sprint: 42nd place (27: 59.9 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 12th place (1: 30: 54.4 h)

• Tapio Piipponen

  10 km sprint: 7th place (26: 02.2 min)

  20 km individual: 8th place (58: 18.3 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 12th place (1: 30: 54.4 h)

• Juha Tella

  10 km sprint: 41st place (27: 58.3 min)

  20 km individual: 38th place (1: 03: 39.0 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 12th place (1: 30: 54.4 h)

ice Hockey

Men

Jarmo Myllys Jukka Tammi Timo Blomqvist Kari Eloranta Jyrki Lumme Jukka Virtanen Arto Ruotanen Reijo Ruotsalainen Simo Saarinen Kai Suikkanen Raimo Helminen

Iiro Järvi Esa Keskinen Erkki Laine Kari Laitinen Erkki Lehtonen Reijo Mikkolainen Janne Ojanen Timo Susi Pekka Tuomisto Teppo numbers Jari Torkki

• silver

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Timo Järvinen

  5000 m: 18th place (6: 56.68 min)

  10,000 m: 17th place (14: 27.69 min)

• Pertti Niittylä

  1500 m: 25th place (1: 56.48 min)

  5000 m: 16th place (6: 55.18 min)

  10,000 m: 15th place (14: 26.57 min)

Nordic combination

• Sami Leinonen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 17th place (400.590)

• Jouko Parviainen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 33rd place (382,420)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): 7th place (1: 25: 38.3 min)

• Pasi Saapunki

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 15th place (402,740)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): 7th place (1: 25: 38.3 min)

• Jukka Ylipulli

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 16th place (401.010)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): 7th place (1: 25: 38.3 min)

Alpine skiing

Women

• Nina Ehrnrooth

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: race not finished

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Aki Karvonen

  15 km classic: 20th place (43: 54.5 min)

  30 km classic: 19th place (1: 29: 49.5 h)

• Harri Kirvesniemi

  15 km classic: 8th place (42: 42.8 min)

  30 km classic: 9th place (1: 26: 59.6 h)

  50 km freestyle: 22nd place (2: 11: 41.8 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 8th place (1: 48: 24.0 h)

• Heikki Kivikko

  50 km freestyle: 29th place (2: 12: 27.1 h)

• Jari Laukkanen

  15 km classic: 25th place (44: 22.0 min)

  30 km classic: 52nd place (1: 35: 51.6 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 8th place (1: 48: 24.0 h)

• Jari Räsänen

  15 km classic: 30th place (45: 04.5 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 8th place (1: 48: 24.0 h)

• Kari Ristanen

  30 km classic: 27th place (1: 31: 05.2 h)

  50 km freestyle: 7th place (2: 08: 08.1 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 8th place (1: 48: 24.0 h)

• Antti Ticklén

  50 km freestyle: 45th place (2: 18: 41.8 h)

Women

• Eija Hyytiäinen

  20 km freestyle: 32nd place (1: 02: 06.9 h)

• Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi

  5 km classic: 5th place (15: 16.7 min)

  10 km classic: 9th place (30: 57.0 min)

  20 km freestyle: 11th place (58: 45.6 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: bronze (1: 01: 53.8 h)

• Pirkko Määttä

  5 km classic: 16th place (15: 51.8 min)

  10 km classic: 7th place (30: 52.4 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: bronze (1: 01: 53.8 h)

• Marjo Matikainen

  5 km classic: Gold (15: 04.0 min)

  10 km classic: bronze (30: 20.5 min)

  20 km freestyle: 12th place (58: 50.7 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: bronze (1: 01: 53.8 h)

• Tuulikki Pyykkönen

  5 km classic: 12th place (15: 38.1 min)

  10 km classic: 29th place (32: 37.7 min)

• Jaana Savolainen

  20 km freestyle: 28th place (1: 01: 26.8 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: bronze (1: 01: 53.8 h)

Ski jumping

• Risto Laakkonen

  Normal hill: 23rd place (183.2)

• Ari-Pekka Nikkola

  Normal hill: 15th place (190.7)

  Large hill: 16th place (189.0)

  Team: Gold (634.4)

• Matti Nykänen

  Normal hill: Gold (229.1)

  Large hill: Gold (224.0)

  Team: Gold (634.4)

• Jari Puikkonen

  Normal hill: 7th place (199.1)

  Large hill: 11th place (194.6)

  Team: Gold (634.4)

• Pekka Suorsa

  Large hill: 38th place (163.4)

• Tuomo Ylipulli

  Team: Gold (634.4)

Web links

• Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )