Finland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Finland competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Athletes were selected by the Finnish Paralympic Committee on July 2, 2008.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's javelin throw F53/54
			Men's 100 metres T54
			Men's shot put F53–54
			Men's road race B&VI 1–3
			Men's 66kgX1
			Men's 200 metres T54

Sports

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. |-|align=left|Keijo Kallunki|align=left|Men's individual compound|675|11|Bye|
L 110-115|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Jean-Pierre Antonios|rowspan=2 align=left|Men's individual compound standing|606|8||
L 89-94|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Osmo Kinnunen|627|4||Bye|
W 111-97|
L 97-99|
L 101-111|4|}

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leo-Pekka Tähti	T54	100m	13.76 WR	1 Q	13.81
		200m	24.92	2 Q	25.17

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Markku Niinimaki	F53-54	Javelin throw	29.33 WR	1112
		Shot put	9.92 WR	1021

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Tiina Ala-Aho	F33-34/52-53	Javelin throw	11.51	849	15
Marjaana Väre	F42-46	Javelin throw	26.63	906	9

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Leena Sarela	Mixed individual BC1		L 3-4	5	did not advance
			L 2-3
			L 2-3
			L 2-3
Vesa Koivuniemi	Mixed individual BC2		L 0-15	4	did not advance
			L 1-8
			L 2-9
Timo Ollikka			L 0-6	3	did not advance
			L 1-4
			W 5-2
Vesa Koivuniemi Timo Ollikka Leena Sarela	Mixed team BC1-2		L 1-16	3	did not advance
			L 3-7

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jarmo Ollanketo Marko Törmänen (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI 1-3	2:14:45
	Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3	33:36.96	9

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Katja Karjalainen	Callan	Mixed individual championship test grade Ib	65.714	4
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib	64.999	7

Goalball

See main article: Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. The men's team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 12 teams.

Players

• Veli-Matti Aittola
• Toni Alenius
• Jorma Kivinen
• Jarno Mattila
• Erkki Miinala
• Petri Posio

Tournament

Quarterfinals

5-8th classification

7/8th classification

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jani Kallunki	Men's 66kg	W 1010–0000	L 0000-0101	Bye	W 1000-0000	W 1000-0000
Rauno Peltoniemi	Men's 73kg	L 0000-1011	did not advance

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Juhani Kokko	52kg	135.0	11
Janne Piipponen	82.5kg	172.5	8

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Finland received one national entry to the 2008 Summer Paralympics sailing events:^[2]

Men

• Juhani Mattila (Single-Person Keelboat - 2.4mR)

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Tapani Merilainen	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	592	37	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	566	39	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Veikko Palsamaki	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	596	25	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	579	30	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Erkki Pekkala	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	595	29	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	584	12	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance

Women

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

See also

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Finland at the Paralympics
• Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• International Paralympic Committee

Notes and References

1. http://www.paralympialaiset.fi/index.php?id=8 "Peking 2008 paralympialaiset - Suomen joukkue"
2. http://www.sailing.org/24411.php "National Line Up For 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition"