Finland at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Finland at the
1984 Winter Olympics
Finland at the; 1984 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Sarajevo
Competitors	45 (40 men, 5 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Jorma Valtonen, ice hockey
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 6 Total 13
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Finland competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km
Gold	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km
Gold	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 20 km
Gold	Matti Nykänen	Ski jumping	Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
Silver	Aki Karvonen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
Silver	Jouko Karjalainen	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Silver	Matti Nykänen	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
Bronze	Harri Kirvesniemi	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
Bronze	Juha Mieto Aki Karvonen Harri Kirvesniemi Kari Ristanen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze	Aki Karvonen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Bronze	Eija Hyytiäinen Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Marjo Matikainen Pirkko Määttä	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze	Jukka Ylipulli	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Bronze	Jari Puikkonen	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Risto Punkka	4	34:28.5	34
	Tapio Piipponen	1	32:28.7	15
	Toivo Mäkikyrö	2	32:22.5	13

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Keijo Tiitola	1'14:32.8	5	1'19:32.8	18
	Arto Jääskeläinen	1'14:23.3	5	1'19:23.3	16
	Tapio Piipponen	1'12:38.4	6	1'18:38.4	12

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Keijo Tiitola Toivo Mäkikyrö Arto Jääskeläinen Tapio Piipponen	2	1'43:16.0	7

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Kari Härkönen	42:49.3	13
	Juha Mieto	42:05.8	4
	Harri Kirvesniemi	41:45.6
	Aki Karvonen	41:34.9
30 km	Kari Ristanen	1'33:02.6	17
	Juha Mieto	1'31:48.3	8
	Harri Kirvesniemi	1'31:37.4	7
	Aki Karvonen	1'30:59.7	5
50 km	Kari Ristanen	2'23:10.6	15
	Juha Mieto	2'21:53.1	10
	Harri Kirvesniemi	2'18:34.1	4
	Aki Karvonen	2'17:04.7

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Kari Ristanen Juha Mieto Harri Kirvesniemi Aki Karvonen	1'56:31.4

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Marjo Matikainen	18:21.6	22
	Eija Hyytiäinen	18:11.6	19
	Pirkko Määttä	17:48.0	10
	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	17:04.0
10 km	Erja Kuivalainen	35:35.2	37
	Eija Hyytiäinen	34:33.8	25
	Pirkko Määttä	34:13.4	19
	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	31:44.2
20 km	Erja Kuivalainen	1'07:26.4	29
	Eija Hyytiäinen	1'05:38.8	17
	Pirkko Määttä	1'04:37.6	9
	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	1'01:45.0

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Pirkko Määttä Eija Hyytiäinen Marjo Matikainen Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	1'07:36.7

Ice hockey

Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	0	38	7	10
Canada	5	4	1	0	24	10	8
Finland	5	2	2	1	27	19	5
United States	5	1	2	2	16	17	4
Austria	5	1	4	0	13	37	2
Norway	5	0	4	1	15	43	1

Finland 4-3 Austria
Finland 16-2 Norway
Canada 4-2 Finland
Czechoslovakia 7-2 Finland
Finland 3-3 USA

Game for 5th Place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
West Germany	7–4	Finland

Leading scorers

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
4th	Raimo Summanen	6	4	7	11
6th	Petri Skriko	6	6	4	10

Team roster
Head coaches: Alpo Suhonen and Reino Ruotsalainen

Nordic combined

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rauno Miettinen	Individual	79.5	86.0	205.5	6	49:02.2	197.470	9	402.970	4
Jouko Karjalainen		83.0	83.0	196.9	15	46:32.0	220.000	1	416.900
Jukka Ylipulli		84.0	86.0	208.3	5	48:28.5	202.525	5	410.825

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Markku Pusenius	Normal hill	79.5	89.2	85.0	99.0	188.2	20
Jari Puikkonen		81.5	95.4	91.5	117.4	212.8
Pentti Kokkonen		84.0	101.4	84.0	99.9	201.3	12
Matti Nykänen		91.0	114.1	84.0	99.9	214.0
Pentti Kokkonen	Large hill	98.5	90.1	99.0	92.3	182.4	14
Markku Pusenius		100.5	93.4	97.0	87.5	180.9	16
Jari Puikkonen		103.5	100.1	102.0	96.5	196.6	5
Matti Nykänen		116.0	119.1	111.0	112.1	231.2

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Urpo Pikkupeura	39.88	27
500 m	Jouko Vesterlund	39.15	17
1000 m	Urpo Pikkupeura	1:19.13	23
1000 m	Jouko Vesterlund	1:18.12	12
1500 m	Pertti Niittylä	2:00.01	9
5000 m	Pertti Niittylä	7:17.97	6
10,000 m	Pertti Niittylä	15:15.18	18

Finland at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

Ice hockey

Group B

Game for 5th Place

Leading scorers

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Speed skating

References