Finland at the 1992 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	FIN
Nocname:	Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1992
Website:
Location:	Albertville
Competitors:	62 (49 men, 13 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Timo Blomqvist, ice hockey
Rank:	8
Gold:	3
Silver:	1
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				13 February
				14 February
				16 February
				9 February
				9 February
				12 February
				18 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Biathlon	5	4	9
Cross-country skiing	7	7	14
Figure skating	2	1	3
Freestyle skiing	3	1	4
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Speed skating	2	0	2
Total	49	13	62

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Jaakko Niemi	2	29:04.0	57
	Kari Kataja	1	27:46.5	27
	Vesa Hietalahti	2	27:25.1	17
	Harri Eloranta	0	26:26.6

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Kari Kataja	DNF	-	DNF	-
	Seppo Suhonen	59:21.3	8	1'07:21.3	74
	Vesa Hietalahti	57:24.6	1	58:24.6	6
	Harri Eloranta	57:15.7	1	58:15.7	5

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Johanna Saarinen	4	28:48.6	53
	Tuija Sikiö	2	28:21.4	45
	Mari Lampinen	3	27:46.1	34
	Terhi Markkanen	2	27:20.7	28

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Johanna Saarinen	56:27.0	3	59:27.0	45
	Terhi Markkanen	54:08.9	4	58:08.9	37
	Mari Lampinen	51:44.8	6	57:44.8	31
	Tuija Sikiö	53:03.0	1	54:03.0	14

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

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

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Jari Isometsä	29:34.4	16
	Jari Räsänen	29:25.2	15
	Mika Myllylä	29:17.0	14
	Harri Kirvesniemi	28:23.3	6
15 km pursuit¹ F	Mika Myllylä	41:33.1	20
	Jari Räsänen	41:29.9	19
	Jari Isometsä	40:50.0	12
	Harri Kirvesniemi	40:34.4	11
30 km C	Seppo Rantanen	1'30:25.6	38
	Mika Myllylä	1'30:08.8	34
	Mika Kuusisto	1'28:45.6	26
	Harri Kirvesniemi	1'25:28.5	10
50 km F	Jukka Hartonen	DNF	-
	Jari Räsänen	2'14:53.6	31
	Mika Kuusisto	2'13:09.3	23
	Jari Isometsä	2'12:03.5	22

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	15:33.2	31
	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	15:31.1	29
	Jaana Savolainen	15:19.9	26
	Marjut Lukkarinen	14:13.8
10 km pursuit² F	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	30:02.5	33
	Jaana Savolainen	28:43.1	18
	Marjut Lukkarinen	26:52.1	4
15 km C	Sirpa Ryhänen	46:06.9	22
	Pirkko Määttä	45:40.5	17
	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	44:02.7	6
	Marjut Lukkarinen	43:29.9
30 km F	Päivi Simukka	1'34:21.7	37
	Sirpa Ryhänen	1'33:55.7	36
	Jaana Savolainen	1'32:49.4	28
	Marjut Lukkarinen	1'27:30.9	10

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Ice Dancing

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Petri Penttinen	Moguls	40.40	13.71	41	did not advance
Tero Turunen		35.69	21.40	20	did not advance
Janne Lahtela		32.64	21.76	18	did not advance

Women

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Team roster

Head Coach: Pentti Matikainen

width=40	Pos.	width=40	No.	width=220	Name	width=220	1991-92 team
G	1	Jukka Tammi	Ilves Tampere
G	30	Markus Ketterer	Jokerit Helsinki
D	3	Timo Blomqvist	Malmö IF
D	4	Kari Eloranta	Rögle BK
D	5	Timo Jutila	Luleå HF
D	6	Arto Ruotanen	HV71
D	7	Simo Saarinen	HIFK Helsinki
D	9	Ville Sirén	Tampere Ilves
D	12	Janne Laukkanen	HPK Hämeenlinna
D	44	Harri Laurila	JyP HT
F	8	Teemu Selänne	Jokerit Helsinki
F	11	Jari Lindroos	JyP HT
F	14	Petri Skriko	Winnipeg Jets
F	15	Hannu Järvenpää	Leksands IF
F	16	Keijo Säilynoja	Jokerit Helsinki
F	18	Pekka Tuomisto	HIFK
F	22	Timo Saarikoski	Rauman Lukko
F	25	Raimo Summanen	Tampere Ilves
F	27	Timo Peltomaa	Tampere Ilves
F	28	Raimo Helminen	Malmö IF
F	40	Mika Nieminen	Lukko Rauma
F	42	Mikko Mäkelä	TPS

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Group A

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

	5:1
	9:1
	4:1
	2:2
	5:3

Final round

Quarter-finals

6:1

Consolation round 5th-8th places

3:2

7th-place match

1:4

7th

Leading scorers

Rk	Player	GP	G	A	Pts
4th	Teemu Selänne	8	7	4	11
4th	Hannu Järvenpää	8	5	6	11
8th	Mika Nieminen	8	4	6	10

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Sami Kallunki	Individual	177.5	42	+5:40.0	50:29.7	28
Pasi Saapunki		191.1	34	+4:09.4	49:03.4	20
Teemu Summanen		208.3	12	+2:14.7	49:59.4	24
Jari Mantila		216.7	5	+1:18.7	DNF	-

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
10 km cross-country skiing

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Ari-Pekka Nikkola	Normal hill	76.0	82.6	74.5	80.2	162.8	53
Mika Laitinen		85.5	106.3	85.5	107.3	213.6	5
Risto Laakkonen		85.5	106.8	79.0	93.9	200.7	16
Toni Nieminen		88.0	112.3	84.5	104.7	217.0
Ari-Pekka Nikkola	Large hill	99.0	79.1	94.5	70.3	149.4	30
Risto Laakkonen		102.0	83.8	98.5	80.4	164.2	21
Mika Laitinen		109.5	97.8	85.5	68.2	166.0	19
Toni Nieminen		122.0	118.8	123.0	120.7	239.5

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Harri Ilkka	38.48	26
1000 m	Harri Ilkka	1:17.96	34
5000 m	Timo Järvinen	7:30.88	32
10,000 m	Timo Järvinen	14:50.75	21

References

Notes and References

Web site: Olympedia – Finland at the 1992 Winter Olympics. www.olympedia.org.
Web site: Finland at eliteprospects.com. www.eliteprospects.com.