Finland at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Finland competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing , China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[ 1] [ 2]
Ice hockey player Valtteri Filppula was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony .[ 3] [ 4] Cross-country skier Krista Pärmäkoski was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony .[ 5]
Finland's final medal haul of two gold and eight total medals, including its first ever ice hockey gold, marked its best showing since winning four golds in 2002 and nine medals in 2006 .
Medalists
The following Finnish competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded .
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Alpine skiing
By meeting the basic qualification standards Finland qualified one male and one female alpine skier, and then added two more female quotas during reallocation.[ 6] The four athletes chosen were named on January 24.[ 7]
Biathlon
Finland has qualified four male and four female biathletes.[ 8] [ 9] The Finnish Olympic Committee named Mari Eder , Olli Hiidensalo and Tero Seppälä on December 20, 2021.[ 10] The rest of the biathletes were named on January 24.[ 7]
Men
Women
Mixed
Cross-country skiing
Finland has qualified six male and seven female cross-country skiers.[ 11] The 13 skiers chosen where fully announced on 12 January 2022.[ 10]
Distance
Men
^a Men's 50 km freestyle was shortened to 28.4 km due to weather conditions.
Women
Sprint
Men
Women
In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm , Sweden, Finland secured one quota in the ladies singles competition.[ 12] Finnish Olympic committee named Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis for the ice dance competition on December 20, 2021.[ 10] Jenni Saarinen was named as the remaining competitor on January 24.[ 7]
Freestyle skiing
Freeski
Men
Athlete
Event
Qualification
Final
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
Best
Rank
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
Best
Rank
Simo Peltola
Big air
49.75
41.75
72.00
72.00
29
did not advance
Slopestyle
35.01
29.25
—
35.01
27
did not advance
Jon Sallinen
Halfpipe
18.00
18.50
18.50
23
did not advance
Women
Athlete
Event
Qualification
Final
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
Best
Rank
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
Best
Rank
Anni Kärävä
Big air
82.50
52.50
62.00
144.50
12 Q
81.00
54.00
82.50
136.50
9
Slopestyle
55.80
61.73
—
61.73
15
did not advance
Moguls
Athlete
Event
Qualification
Final
Run 1
Run 2
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
Time
Points
Total
Rank
Time
Points
Total
Rank
Time
Points
Total
Rank
Time
Points
Total
Rank
Time
Points
Total
Rank
Olli Penttala
Men's moguls
24.53
60.30
75.95
9 Q
Bye
24.39
58.84
74.68
19
Did not advance
19
Jimi Salonen
24.30
60.43
76.39
4 Q
Bye
DNF
Did not advance
20
Severi Vierelä
26.92
57.16
69.66
25
25.58
54.89
69.16
18
Did not advance
28
Ice hockey
Summary
Finland has qualified 25 male competitors and 23 female competitors to the ice hockey tournaments.[ 13]
Men's tournament
Finland men's national ice hockey team qualified by being ranked 3rd in the 2019 IIHF World Rankings .[ 14]
Team roster
The roster was announced on 20 January 2022.[ 15]
Head coach: Jukka Jalonen
Group play
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Gold medal game
Women's tournament
Finland women's national ice hockey team qualified by being ranked 3rd in the 2020 IIHF World Rankings .[ 14]
Team roster
The roster was announced on 20 January 2022.[ 16]
Head coach: Pasi Mustonen
Group play
^ a b c Finland 3 Pts, +4 GD; ROC 3 Pts, −2 GD; Switzerland 3 Pts, −2 GD. ROC defeated Switzerland 5–2.
Game reference Ann-Renée Desbiens Goalies Meeri Räisänen Anni Keisala Referees: Chelsea Rapin Anna WiegandLinesmen: Lisa Linnek Veronica LovensnöFillier (Spooner , Thompson ) – 01:011–0 Nurse – 12:452–0 2–1 18:27 – Tuominen Fillier (Fast , Spooner) – 23:22 3–1 Nurse (Spooner, Rattray ) – 30:01 4–1 Jenner (Larocque , Poulin ) – 31:205–1 Jenner (Zandee-Hart , Poulin) – 34:27 6–1 Stacey (Maltais , Shelton ) – 36:357–1 Rattray (Jenner, Bell ) – 47:06 8–1 Nurse (Ambrose , Spooner) – 53:07 9–1 Stacey (Shelton, Bell) – 54:10 10–1 Jenner (Clark , Poulin) – 54:45 11–1
14 min Penalties 8 min 48 Shots 29
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Nordic Combined
Ski jumping
Snowboarding
Freestyle
Men
Women
See also
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