Finland at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Appearance
Finland at the 1992 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | FIN |
NOC | Finnish Olympic Committee |
Website | sport |
in Albertville | |
Competitors | 62 (49 men, 13 women) in 8 sports |
Flag bearers | Timo Blomqvist, ice hockey |
Medals Ranked 8th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Finland competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
Medalists
[edit]Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Marjut Lukkarinen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 kilometre classical | 13 February |
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Risto Laakkonen Mika Laitinen Toni Nieminen Ari-Pekka Nikkola |
Ski jumping | Large hill team | 14 February |
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Toni Nieminen | Ski jumping | Large hill individual | 16 February |
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Marjut Lukkarinen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 15 kilometre classical | 9 February |
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Toni Nieminen | Ski jumping | Normal hill individual | 9 February |
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Harri Eloranta | Biathlon | Men's sprint | 12 February |
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Jari Isometsä Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Kuusisto Jari Räsänen |
Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay | 18 February |
Competitors
[edit]The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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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
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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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 |
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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
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Vesa Hietalahti Jaakko Niemi Harri Eloranta Kari Kataja |
1 | 1'27:39.5 | 8 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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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 |
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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
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Mari Lampinen Tuija Sikiö Terhi Markkanen |
0 | 1'20:17.8 | 5 |
- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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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
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Mika Kuusisto Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä |
1'41:22.9 | ![]() |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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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
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Pirkko Määttä Jaana Savolainen Marjut Lukkarinen |
1'00:52.9 | 4 |
Figure skating
[edit]- Men
Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Oula Jääskeläinen | 23 | 17 | 28.5 | 19 |
- Ice Dancing
Athletes | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
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Susanna Rahkamo Petri Kokko |
7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12.4 | 6 |
Freestyle skiing
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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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
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Minna Karhu | Moguls | 42.34 | 14.75 | 19 | did not advance |
Ice hockey
[edit]Team roster
[edit]- Head Coach:
Pentti Matikainen
Pos. | No. | Name | 1991-92 team |
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G | 1 | Jukka Tammi | ![]() |
G | 30 | Markus Ketterer | ![]() |
D | 3 | Timo Blomqvist | ![]() |
D | 4 | Kari Eloranta | ![]() |
D | 5 | Timo Jutila | ![]() |
D | 6 | Arto Ruotanen | ![]() |
D | 7 | Simo Saarinen | ![]() |
D | 9 | Ville Sirén | ![]() |
D | 12 | Janne Laukkanen | ![]() |
D | 44 | Harri Laurila | ![]() |
F | 8 | Teemu Selänne | ![]() |
F | 11 | Jari Lindroos | ![]() |
F | 14 | Petri Skriko | ![]() |
F | 15 | Hannu Järvenpää | ![]() |
F | 16 | Keijo Säilynoja | ![]() |
F | 18 | Pekka Tuomisto | ![]() |
F | 22 | Timo Saarikoski | ![]() |
F | 25 | Raimo Summanen | ![]() |
F | 27 | Timo Peltomaa | ![]() |
F | 28 | Raimo Helminen | ![]() |
F | 40 | Mika Nieminen | ![]() |
F | 42 | Mikko Mäkelä | ![]() |
Group A
[edit]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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 8 | |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 7 | |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 4 | |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 2 | consolation round |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 0 |
Source: Olympedia
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5:1 | ![]() |
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9:1 | ![]() |
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4:1 | ![]() |
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2:2 | ![]() |
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5:3 | ![]() |
Final round
[edit]Quarter-finals
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6:1 | ![]() |
Consolation round 5th-8th places
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3:2 | ![]() |
7th-place match
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1:4 | ![]() |
Leading scorers
[edit]Rk | Player | GP | G | A | Pts |
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4th | Teemu Selänne | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
4th | Hannu Järvenpää | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
8th | Mika Nieminen | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Nordic combined
[edit]Men's individual
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | |||
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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 (Best two out of three jumps per team member were counted.)
- 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank | |
Pasi Saapunki Jari Mantila Teemu Summanen |
561.2 | 7 | +6:59.0 | 1'32:43.3 | 7 |
Ski jumping
[edit]Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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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
Athletes | Result | |
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Points 1 | Rank | |
Toni Nieminen Ari-Pekka Nikkola Risto Laakkonen Mika Laitinen |
644.4 | ![]() |
- 1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
Speed skating
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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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
[edit]- ^ "Olympedia – Finland at the 1992 Winter Olympics". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ "Finland at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.