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Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | FIN |
NOC | Finnish Olympic Committee |
Website | sport |
in Nagano | |
Competitors | 85 (51 men, 34 women) in 10 sports |
Flag bearer | Janne Ahonen (ski jumping) |
Medals Ranked 11th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Finland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Mika Myllylä | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km (classical) | 9 February |
Gold | Jani Soininen | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill (K90 70 m) | 11 February |
Silver | Janne Lahtela | Freestyle skiing | Men's moguls | 11 February |
Silver | Samppa Lajunen | Nordic combined | Men's individual | 14 February |
Silver | Samppa Lajunen Hannu Manninen Jari Mantila Tapio Nurmela |
Nordic combined | Men's team | 20 February |
Silver | Jani Soininen | Ski jumping | Men's large hill (K120 90 m) | 15 February |
Bronze | Ville Räikkönen | Biathlon | Men's 10 km sprint | 18 February |
Bronze | Mika Myllylä | Cross-country skiing | Men's 10 km (classical) | 12 February |
Bronze | Jari Isometsä Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo |
Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay | 18 February |
Bronze | Sami Mustonen | Freestyle skiing | Men's moguls | 11 February |
Bronze | Finland men's national ice hockey team |
Ice hockey | Men's competition | 21 February |
Bronze | Finland women's national ice hockey team |
Ice hockey | Women's competition | 17 February |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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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
Athlete | Slalom | Downhill | Total | ||
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Time 1 | Time 2 | Time | Total time | Rank | |
Kalle Palander | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Henna Raita | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Tanja Poutiainen | 1:24.90 | 1:36.76 | 3:01.66 | 26 | |
Tanja Poutiainen | Slalom | 48.06 | 49.45 | 1:37.51 | 18 |
Henna Raita | 47.18 | DNF | DNF | – |
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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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 |
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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 |
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Ville Räikkönen Paavo Puurunen Harri Eloranta Olli-Pekka Peltola |
2 | 1'25:01.4 | 8 |
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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7.5 km Sprint | Katja Holanti | 2 | 25:46.2 | 46 |
Mari Lampinen | 0 | 23:55.2 | 8 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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15 km | Katja Holanti | 58:50.9 | 3 | 1'01:50.9 | 45 |
Mari Lampinen | 55:55.2 | 5 | 1'00:55.2 | 32 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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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 |
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo Jari Isometsä |
1'42:15.5 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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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 |
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Tuulikki Pyykkönen Milla Jauho Satu Salonen Anita Nyman |
57:34.3 | 7 |
Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Alisa Drei | 20 | 19 | 29.0 | 21 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Minna Karhu | Moguls | 35.40 | 22.39 | 10 Q | 33.65 | 23.83 | 6 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC-7).
13 February 1998 | Czech Republic | 3 – 0 (0-0, 0-1, 0-2) | Finland | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,050 |
15 February 1998 | Russia | 4 – 3 (2-1, 1-2, 0-1) | Finland | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,894 |
16 February 1998 | Finland | 8 – 2 (1-3, 0-1, 1-4) | Kazakhstan | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,544 |
All times are local (UTC-7).
18 February 1998 | Finland | 2 – 1 (0-0, 0-0, 2-1) | Sweden | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,044 |
All times are local (UTC-7).
20 February 1998 | Finland | 4 – 7 (0-2, 3-2, 1-3) | Russia | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: N/A |
All times are local (UTC-7).
21 February 1998 | Finland | 3 – 2 (2-1, 0-1, 1-0) | Canada | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,875 |
Rank | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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1st | Teemu Selänne | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
2nd | Saku Koivu | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
8th | Jere Lehtinen | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Pos. | No. | Name | 1997-98 team |
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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 |
The First 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 | +26 | 10 | Gold medal game |
2 | Canada | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 8 | |
3 | Finland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 6 | Bronze medal game |
4 | China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 4 | |
5 | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 2 | |
6 | Japan (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 45 | −43 | 0 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Sweden | 0–6 | Finland |
Finland | 11–1 | Japan |
United States | 4–2 | Finland |
Finland | 2–4 | Canada |
Finland | 6–1 | China |
17 February | |||||
Finland | 4 – 1 | China | Big Hat (7,412) | ||
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: | Finland |
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Men's individual
Events:
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country time |
Total rank | |
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Points | 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:
Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country time |
Total rank | |
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Points | Rank | |||
Samppa Lajunen Jari Mantila Tapio Nurmela Hannu Manninen |
906.0 | 1 | 55:30.4 |
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | ||||
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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 |
Athletes | Result | |
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Points 1 | Rank | |
Ari-Pekka Nikkola Mika Laitinen Janne Ahonen Jani Soininen |
833.9 | 5 |
Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | |||
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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 |
Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | |||
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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 |
Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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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 |