Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	FIN
Nocname:	Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1998
Website:
Location:	Nagano
Competitors:	85 (51 men, 34 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Janne Ahonen (ski jumping)
Rank:	11
Gold:	2
Silver:	4
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				9 February
				11 February
				11 February
				14 February
				15 February
				20 February
				11 February
				12 February
	Finland women's national ice hockey team			17 February
				18 February
				18 February
	Finland men's national ice hockey team			21 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
Alpine skiing	3	2	5
Biathlon	5	2	7
Cross-country skiing	5	6	11
Figure skating	0	1	1
Freestyle skiing	3	1	4
Ice hockey	22	20	42
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Snowboarding	4	2	6
Speed skating	1	0	1
Total	51	34	85

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Mika Marila	Giant Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Kalle Palander		1:24.02	DNF	DNF	-
Sami Uotila		1:23.43	1:20.02	2:43.45	19
Sami Uotila	Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Mika Marila		DNF	-	DNF	-
Kalle Palander		56.37	55.44	1:51.81	9

Men's combined

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Henna Raita	Giant Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Tanja Poutiainen	Giant Slalom	1:24.90	1:36.76	3:01.66	26
Tanja Poutiainen	Slalom	48.06	49.45	1:37.51	18
Henna Raita	Slalom	47.18	DNF	DNF	-

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Harri Eloranta	2	29:21.8	20
	Paavo Puurunen	0	28:44.0	9
	Ville Räikkönen	1	28:21.7

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Vesa Hietalahti	DNF	-	DNF	-
	Ville Räikkönen	57:25.3	3	1'00:25.3	27
	Paavo Puurunen	57:11.7	3	1'00:11.7	23

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Katja Holanti	2	25:46.2	46
7.5 km Sprint	Mari Lampinen	0	23:55.2	8

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Katja Holanti	58:50.9	3	1'01:50.9	45
15 km	Mari Lampinen	55:55.2	5	1'00:55.2	32

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 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Sami Repo	28:51.3	18
	Jari Isometsä	28:36.7	15
	Harri Kirvesniemi	28:22.5	13
	Mika Myllylä	27:40.1
15 km pursuit¹ F	Sami Repo	42:38.9	20
	Jari Isometsä	40:55.4	8
	Mika Myllylä	40:26.6	6
30 km C	Sami Repo	1'42:16.8	34
	Harri Kirvesniemi	1'37:45.9	6
	Jari Isometsä	1'36:51.4	4
	Mika Myllylä	1;33:55.8
50 km F	Juha Alm	2'25:00.2	54

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	Kati Pulkkinen	19:48.0	57
	Anita Nyman	19:45.0	56
	Satu Salonen	18:43.4	18
	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	18:42.8	17
10 km pursuit² F	Kati Pulkkinen	33:43.5	51
	Anita Nyman	32:53.7	44
	Satu Salonen	30:32.0	16
15 km C	Kati Sundqvist-Venäläinen	52:14.1	41
	Milla Jauho	51:38.6	31
	Satu Salonen	49:27.6	18
	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	49:13.5	12
30 km F	Milla Jauho	1'35:39.2	50

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 1998 Winter Olympics.

Women

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Lauri Lassila	Moguls	29.03	24.53	9 Q	26.17	25.43	5
Sami Mustonen		27.47	25.16	3 Q	26.77	25.76
Janne Lahtela		27.58	25.43	2 Q	25.30	26.00

Women

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Leading scorers

Rank	Player
1st	Teemu Selänne	5	4	6	10	8
2nd	Saku Koivu	6	2	8	10	4
8th	Jere Lehtinen	6	4	2	6	2

Team roster

Head Coach: Hannu Aravirta

width=40	Pos.	width=40	No.	width=220	Name	width=220	1997-98 team
G	30	Jukka Tammi	Frankfurt Lions
G	31	Ari Sulander	Jokerit
G	35	Jarmo Myllys	Luleå HF
D	4	Kimmo Timonen	HIFK
D	5	Aki-Petteri Berg	Los Angeles Kings
D	6	Tuomas Grönman	Pittsburgh Penguins
D	12	Janne Laukkanen	Ottawa Senators
D	21	Jyrki Lumme	Vancouver Canucks
D	27	Teppo Numminen	Phoenix Coyotes
D	44	Janne Niinimaa	Philadelphia Flyers
F	8	Teemu Selänne	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
F	10	Esa Tikkanen	Florida Panthers
F	11	Saku Koivu	Montreal Canadiens
F	14	Raimo Helminen	Ilves
F	15	Antti Törmänen	Jokerit
F	16	Ville Peltonen	Västra Frölunda HC
F	17	Jari Kurri	Colorado Avalanche
F	19	Juha Lind	Dallas Stars
F	20	Jere Lehtinen	Dallas Stars
F	24	Sami Kapanen	Carolina Hurricanes
F	25	Kimmo Rintanen	TPS
F	37	Juha Ylönen	Phoenix Coyotes
F	40	Mika Nieminen	Jokerit

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Women's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Group stage

The First 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

Bronze Medal Game

17 February
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		First period		Ref: Laurie Taylor-Boulton
			Yang X. 9:27
		Second period
	S. Fisk (R. Nieminen, K. Lehto) 3:07
	J. Ikonen (P. Vaarakallio, K. Rantamäki) 7:08
	S. Lankosaari (K. Riipi, S. Krooks) 10:15
		Third period
	R. Nieminen (M. Lehtimäki) (en) 19:52
		Game stats

Bronze:

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Hannu Manninen	Individual	207.0	20	43:51.0	11
Jari Mantila		212.0	17	46:10.6	27
Tapio Nurmela		213.5	14	44:31.6	15
Samppa Lajunen		230.5	6	41:48.6

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
5 km cross-country skiing

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Mika Laitinen	Normal hill	82.5	100.5	17 Q	81.5	98.5	199.0	20
Ari-Pekka Nikkola		83.0	101.5	15 Q	83.5	104.0	205.5	15
Janne Ahonen		86.5	110.0	8 Q	91.5	121.5	231.5	4
Jani Soininen		90.0	118.5	2 Q	89.0	116.0	234.5
Janne Ahonen	Large hill	106.0	91.3	37	did not advance
Ari-Pekka Nikkola		108.5	94.3	31	did not advance
Mika Laitinen		119.5	114.6	9 Q	115.5	107.9	222.5	18
Jani Soininen		129.5	130.6	3 Q	126.5	130.2	260.8

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sebu Kuhlberg	33.4	23	39.7	4 QF	76.6	7
Aleksi Litovaara	39.0	5 QF			71.9	14
Jussi Oksanen	39.7	3 QF			73.6	11
Markus Hurme	41.1	1 QF			73.0	13

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Satu Järvelä	31.8	11	32.0	9	did not advance
Minna Hesso	34.2	5	35.1	3 QF	70.8	6

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Janne Hänninen	36.58	17	36.46	19	73.04	18
1000 m	Janne Hänninen					1:12.55	21

References

Notes and References

https://www.olympedia.org/countries/FIN/editions/46 Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Web site: Finland at eliteprospects.com. www.eliteprospects.com.
Web site: 1998 Finnish Olympic roster .