In this article, we will explore the topic of Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in depth, analyzing its impact on different aspects of everyday life. From its origin and evolution to its relevance today, through its implications in society, the economy and culture. In order to provide a comprehensive and detailed view, we will address their various points of view and perspectives, as well as the opinions of experts and relevant studies. Through this comprehensive analysis, we aim to provide a complete understanding of Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics and its influence on our contemporary world.
Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | FIN |
NOC | Finnish Olympic Committee |
Website | sport |
in Beijing | |
Competitors | 58 in 13 sports |
Flag bearers | Juha Hirvi (opening) Tero Pitkämäki (closing) |
Medals Ranked 44th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Finland competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The athletes were named in four selections: first took place on December 19, 2007, 2nd on April 16, 3rd on May 20 and 4th on July 21, 2008.
The goal of the Finnish Olympic team in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was three medals with at least one gold medal.
Shooter Juha Hirvi and dressage rider Kyra Kyrklund made Finnish olympic history by participating in their sixth Olympic Games. They shared the record with three winter Olympians: cross-country skiers Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi and Harri Kirvesniemi and ice hockey player Raimo Helminen.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Satu Mäkelä-Nummela | Shooting | Women's trap | August 11 |
Silver | Minna Nieminen Sanna Stén |
Rowing | Women's lightweight double sculls | August 17 |
Bronze | Henri Häkkinen | Shooting | Men's 10 m air rifle | August 11 |
Bronze | Tero Pitkämäki | Athletics | Men's javelin throw | August 23 |
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
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Matti Hatava | Men's individual | 619 | 58 | Terry (GBR) W 105–104 |
Cheng C S (MAS) L 103–110 |
Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Janne Holmén | Marathon | — | 2:14:44 | 19 | |||||
Visa Hongisto | 200 m | 20.62 | 4 q | 20.76 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
Antti Kempas | 50 km walk | — | 3:55:19 | 20 | |||||
Jarkko Kinnunen | — | 3:52:25 | 15 | ||||||
Francis Kirwa | Marathon | — | 2:14:22 | 17 | |||||
Mikko Lahtio | 800 m | 1:47.20 | 8 | — | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Tommi Evilä | Long jump | 7.88 | =17 | Did not advance | |
Robert Häggblom | Shot put | NM | — | Did not advance | |
Tero Järvenpää | Javelin throw | 82.34 | 4 q | 83.95 | 4 |
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Hammer throw | 77.07 | 8 q | 79.59 | 6 |
Frantz Kruger | Discus throw | 62.48 | 12 q | 61.98 | 11 |
Mikko Latvala | Pole vault | 5.45 | =22 | Did not advance | |
Tero Pitkämäki | Javelin throw | 82.61 | 3 Q | 86.16 | |
Teemu Wirkkala | 79.79 | 10 q | 83.46 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
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Mikko Halvari | Result | 11.18 | 6.88 | 13.72 | 1.93 | 50.60 | 16.25 | 47.71 | NM | 55.11 | 5:20.26 | 6486 | 25 |
Points | 821 | 785 | 711 | 740 | 787 | 705 | 823 | 0 | 665 | 449 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Mikaela Ingberg | Javelin throw | 58.82 | 17 | Did not advance | |
Merja Korpela | Hammer throw | 66.29 | 30 | Did not advance | |
Vanessa Vandy | Pole vault | 4.00 | =32 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
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Niina Kelo | Result | 13.95 | 1.65 | 14.82 | 25.90 | 5.76 | 51.48 | 2:20.97 | 5911 | 23* |
Points | 985 | 795 | 849 | 806 | 777 | 889 | 810 |
* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Kelo moved up a position.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Rank | ||
Ville Lång | Men's singles | Druzchenko (UKR) W 21–12, 21–19 |
Rai (USA) W 21–9, 21–16 |
Kuncoro (INA) L 13–21, 18–21 |
Did not advance | |||
Anu Nieminen | Women's singles | Bye | Xu Hw (GER) L 17–21, 8–21 |
Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Mika Hokajärvi Kalle Mikkonen |
Men's K-2 500 m | 1:33.785 | 7 QS | 1:34.994 | 8 | Did not advance | |
Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:23.475 | 6 QS | 3:27.018 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
Anne Rikala | Women's K-1 500 m | 1:54.294 | 7 QS | 1:54.025 | 4 | Did not advance | |
Jenni Mikkonen Anne Rikala |
Women's K-2 500 m | 1:45.735 | 4 QS | 1:44.624 | 2 Q | 1:44.176 | 7 |
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Athlete | Events | Preliminaries | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Joona Puhakka | 3 m springboard | 469.45 | 5 Q | 451.95 | 13 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | ||||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||
Kyra Kyrklund | Max | Individual | 70.583 | 6 Q | 69.720 | 10 Q | 74.250 | 6 | 71.985 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
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Nina Koivumäki | Women's −57 kg | Bye | Xu Y (CHN) L 0000–0020 |
Did not advance | Latrous (ALG) W 0001–0000 |
Sato (JPN) L 0000–1011 |
Did not advance | |||
Johanna Ylinen | Women's −63 kg | Wang C-F (TPE) L 0000–1011 |
Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Minna Nieminen Sanna Stén |
Lightweight double sculls | 6:56.61 | 4 R | 7:23.80 | 2 SA/B | 7:03.91 | 2 FA | 6:56.03 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Pierre Collura | Laser | 25 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 33 | DNF | CAN | EL | 198 | 30 | |
Heikki Elomaa Niklas Lindgren |
470 | 28 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 21 | EL | 196 | 27 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Tuuli Petäjä | RS:X | 14 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 14 | EL | 117 | 16 | |
Tuula Tenkanen | Laser Radial | 10 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 15 | CAN | EL | 128 | 22 | |
Silja Lehtinen Maria Klemetz Livia Väresmaa |
Yngling | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 12 | CAN | CAN | EL | 60 | 11 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Tapio Nirkko | Finn | 18 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 22 | CAN | CAN | EL | 102 | 18 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Henri Häkkinen | 10 m air rifle | 598 | 1 Q | 699.4 | |
50 m rifle prone | 586 | 47 | Did not advance | ||
50 m rifle 3 positions | 1161 | 28 | Did not advance | ||
Juha Hirvi | 50 m rifle prone | 595 | 5 Q | 698.5 | 7 |
50 m rifle 3 positions | 1168 | 12 | Did not advance | ||
Kai Jahnsson | 10 m air pistol | 574 | 30 | Did not advance | |
50 m pistol | 553 | 22 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Hanna Etula | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 577 | 24 | Did not advance | |
10 m air rifle | 394 | 21 | Did not advance | ||
Marjut Heinonen | Skeet | 61 | 17 | Did not advance | |
Mira Nevansuu | 10 m air pistol | 384 | 8 Q | 480.5 | 7 |
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela | Trap | 70 | 2 Q | 91 OR | |
Marjo Yli-Kiikka | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 579 | 14 | Did not advance | |
10 m air rifle | 389 | 38 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Matti Rajakylä | 50 m freestyle | 22.48 NR | 29 | Did not advance | |||
100 m freestyle | 49.91 | 41 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Noora Laukkanen | 200 m breaststroke | 2:38.97 | 39 | Did not advance | |||
Eva Lehtonen | 400 m freestyle | 4:20.07 | 35 | — | Did not advance | ||
800 m freestyle | 8:53.50 | 33 | — | Did not advance | |||
Emilia Pikkarainen | 100 m butterfly | 1:02.31 | 46 | Did not advance | |||
Hanna-Maria Seppälä | 50 m freestyle | 25.06 | 15 Q | 25.19 | 16 | Did not advance | |
100 m freestyle | 53.60 NR | 1 Q | 53.84 | =3 Q | 53.97 | 4 | |
100 m backstroke | 1:02.39 | 30 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
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Rank | ||
Jarkko Nieminen | Men's singles | Johansson (SWE) L 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 |
Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Antti Everi | Men's +105 kg | 171 | 10 | 195 | 11 | 366 | 11 |
Key:
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
Jarkko Ala-Huikku | −60 kg | Bye | Tyumenbayev (KGZ) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 18 |