1992 Winter Olympics / Participant (Finland)
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Finland took part in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, with 62 athletes (49 men and 13 women) in eight sports. The Finnish team took eighth place in the medal table with seven medals. The flag bearer was the ice hockey player Timo Blomqvist .
The youngest but also most successful Finnish athlete was the 16-year-old ski jumper Toni Nieminen , who won two gold and one bronze medals.
Medalist
gold
Surname | sport | competition |
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Marjut Rolig | Cross-country skiing | 5 km classic |
Toni Nieminen | Ski jumping | Large hill |
Toni Nieminen , Risto Laakkonen , Mika Laitinen , Ari-Pekka Nikkola | Ski jumping | Team jumping |
silver
Surname | sport | competition |
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Marjut Rolig | Cross-country skiing | 15 km classic |
bronze
Surname | sport | competition |
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Harri Eloranta | biathlon | 10 km sprint |
Toni Nieminen | Ski jumping | Normal hill |
Jari Isometsä , Harri Kirvesniemi , Mika Kuusisto , Jari Räsänen | Cross-country skiing | Season |
Participants by sport
biathlon
Men:
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Women:
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ice Hockey
The Finnish team lost in the quarter-finals to the later Olympic champion, the CIS team. After the placement round, Finland ultimately took seventh place. The best scorer was Teemu Selänne with seven goals and four assists .
Player:
figure skating
Men's
- Oula Jääskeläinen → 19th place
Ice dancing
- Susanna Rahkamo and Petri Kokko → 6th place
Speed skating
Men:
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Harri Ilkka
- 500 m: 26th place - 38.48 sec
- 1000 m: 34th place - 1: 17.96 min
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Timo Järvinen
- 5000 m: 32nd place - 7: 30.88 min
- 10,000 m: 21st place - 14: 50.75 min
Freestyle skiing
Mogul slope men:
- Janne Lahtela → 18th place
- Tero Turunen → 20th place
- Petri Penttinen → 41st place
Moguls women:
- Minna Karhu → 19th place
Nordic skiing
Cross-country skiing
Men:
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Women:
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Nordic combination
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Jari Mantila
- Single → DNF
- Team → 7th (+ 9: 06.8)
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Sami Kallunki
- Single → 28. (+ 6: 01.6)
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Pasi Saapunki
- Single → 20. (+ 4: 35.3)
- Team → 7th (+ 9: 06.8)
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Teemu Summanen
- Single → 24. (+ 5: 31.3)
- Team → 7th (+ 9: 06.8)
Ski jumping
Web links
- Olympic team of Finland 1992 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )