1998 Winter Olympics / Participant (Finland)

FIN

2	4th	6th

Finland took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Japanese Nagano with a delegation of 86 athletes in ten disciplines in part, of which 52 men and 34 women. With two gold, four silver and six bronze medals, Finland placed eleventh in the medal table.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was ski jumper Janne Ahonen .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Harri Eloranta

  10 km sprint: 20th place (29: 21.8 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place (1: 25: 01.4 h)

• Vesa Hietalahti

  20 km individual: race not finished

• Olli-Pekka Peltola

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place (1: 25: 01.4 h)

• Paavo Puurunen

  10 km sprint: 9th place (28: 44.0 min)

  20 km individual: 23rd place (1: 00: 11.7 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place (1: 25: 01.4 h)

• Ville Raikkonen

  10 km sprint: bronze (28: 21.7 min)

  20 km individual: 27th place (1: 00: 25.3 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place (1: 25: 01.4 h)

Women

• Katja Holanti

  7.5 km sprint: 46th place (25: 46.2 min)

  15 km individual: 45th place (1: 01: 50.9 h)

• Mari Lampinen

  7.5 km sprint: 8th place (23: 55.2 min)

  15 km individual: 32nd place (1: 00: 55.2 h)

ice Hockey

Men

Ari Sulander Jarmo Myllys Jukka Tammi Janne Laukkanen Teppo numbers Janne Niinimaa Jyrki Lumme Aki-Petteri Mountain Kimmo Timonen Tuomas Grönman Saku Koivu Jere Lehtinen

Jari Kurri Teemu Selänne Raimo Helminen Esa Tikkanen Juha Ylönen Ville Peltonen Sami Kapanen Juha Lind Kimmo Rintanen Mika Nieminen Antti Törmänen

• bronze

Women

Sari fisk Kirsi Hänninen Satu Huotari Marianne Ihalainen Johanna icons Sari Krooks Emma Laaksonen Sanna Lankosaari Katja Lehto Marika Lehtimäki

Riikka Nieminen Marja-Helena Pälvilä Tuula Puputti Karoliina Rantamäki Tiia-Riitta Reima Katja Riipi Päivi Salo Maria Selin Liisa-Maria Sneck Petra Vaarakallio

• bronze

figure skating

Women

• Alisa Three

  21st place (29.0)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Janne Hänninen

  500 m: 18th place (73.04 s)

  1000 m: 21st place (1: 12.55 min)

Freestyle skiing

Men

• Lauri Lassila

  Mogul slope: 5th place (25.43)

• Janne Lahtela

  Mogul slope: Silver (26.00)

• Sami Mustons

  Moguls: bronze (25.76)

Women

• Minna Karhu

  Mogul slope: 6th place (23.83)

Nordic combination

• Samppa Lajunen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): Silver (41: 48.6 min)

  Team (normal hill / 5 km): Silver (55: 30.4 min)

• Hannu Manninen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 11th place (43: 51.0 min)

  Team (normal hill / 5 km): Silver (55: 30.4 min)

• Jari Mantila

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 27th place (46: 10.6 min)

  Team (normal hill / 5 km): Silver (55: 30.4 min)

• Tapio Nurmela

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 15th place (44: 31.6 min)

  Team (normal hill / 5 km): Silver (55: 30.4 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Mika Marila

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: race not finished

• Kalle Palander

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: 9th place (1: 51.81 min)

  Combination: slalom race not finished

• Sami Uotila

  Giant Slalom: 19th place (2: 43.45 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

Women

• Tanja Poutiainen

  Giant Slalom: 26th place (3: 01.66 min)

  Slalom: 18th place (1: 37.51 min)

• Henna Raita

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: race not finished

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Juha Alm

  50 km freestyle: 54th place (2: 25: 00.2 h)

• Jari Isometsä

  10 km classic: 15th place (28: 36.7 min)

  15 km pursuit: 8th place (40: 55.4 min)

  30 km classic: 4th place (1: 36: 51.4 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: bronze (1: 42: 15.5 h)

• Harri Kirvesniemi

  10 km classic: 13th place (28: 22.5 min)

  30 km classic: 6th place (1: 37: 45.9 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: bronze (1: 42: 15.5 h)

• Mika Myllyl

  10 km classic: bronze (27: 40.1 min)

  15 km pursuit: 6th place (40: 26.6 min)

  30 km classic: Gold (1; 33: 55.8 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: bronze (1: 42: 15.5 h)

• Sami Repo

  10 km classic: 18th place (28: 51.3 min)

  15 km pursuit: 20th place (42: 38.9 min)

  30 km classic: 34th place (1: 42: 16.8 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: bronze (1: 42: 15.5 h)

Women

• Milla Jauho

  15 km classic: 31st place (51: 38.6 min)

  30 km freestyle: 50th place (1: 35: 39.2 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 7th place (57: 34.3 min)

• Anita Nyman

  5 km classic: 56th place (19: 45.0 min)

  10 km pursuit: 44th place (32: 53.7 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: 7th place (57: 34.3 min)

• Kati Pulkkinen

  5 km classic: 57th place (19: 48.0 min)

  10 km pursuit: 51st place (33: 43.5 min)

• Tuulikki Pyykkönen

  5 km classic: 17th place (18: 42.8 min)

  15 km classic: 12th place (49: 13.5 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: 7th place (57: 34.3 min)

• Satu salons

  5 km classic: 18th place (18: 43.4 min)

  10 km pursuit: 16th place (30: 32.0 min)

  15 km classic: 18th place (49: 27.6 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: 7th place (57: 34.3 min)

• Kati Venäläinen

  15 km classic: 41st place (52: 14.1 min)

Ski jumping

• Janne Ahonen

  Normal hill: 4th place (231.5)

  Large hill: 37th place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

  Team: 5th place (833.9)

• Mika Laitinen

  Normal hill: 20th place (199.0)

  Large hill: 18th place (222.5)

  Team: 5th place (833.9)

• Ari-Pekka Nikkola

  Normal hill: 15th place (205.5)

  Large hill: 31st place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

  Team: 5th place (833.9)

• Jani Soininen

  Normal hill: Gold (234.5)

  Large hill: Silver (260.8)

  Team: 5th place (833.9)

Snowboard

Men

• Markus Hurme

  Halfpipe: 13th place (73.0)

• Sebu Kuhlberg

  Halfpipe: 7th place (76.6)

• Aleksi Litovaara

  Halfpipe: 14th place (71.9)

• Jussi Oksanen

  Halfpipe: 11th place (73.6)

Women

• Minna Hesso

  Halfpipe: 6th place (70.8)

• Satu Järvelä

  Halfpipe: 13th place (not qualified for the final)

Web links

• Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )