Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Finland at the
1988 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Calgary
Competitors53 (46 men, 7 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Pertti Niittylä (speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
4
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
7
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Finland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Matti Nykänen Ski jumping Normal hill individual 14 February
 Gold Marjo Matikainen Cross-country skiing Women's 5 kilometre classical 17 February
 Gold Matti Nykänen Ski jumping Large hill individual 23 February
 Gold Ari-Pekka Nikkola
Matti Nykänen
Jari Puikkonen
Tuomo Ylipulli		 Ski jumping Large hill team 24 February
 Silver Finland men's national ice hockey team
 Ice hockey Men's competition 28 February
 Bronze Marjo Matikainen Cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre classical 14 February
 Bronze Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Marjo Matikainen
Pirkko Määttä
Jaana Savolainen		 Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay 21 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 0 1 1
Biathlon 5 – 5
Cross-country skiing 7 6 13
Ice hockey 22 – 22
Nordic combined 4 – 4
Ski jumping 6 – 6
Speed skating 2 0 2
Total 46 7 53


Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Nina Ehrnrooth Giant Slalom DNF – DNF –
Nina Ehrnrooth Slalom DNF – DNF –

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Antero Lähde 3 27:59.9 42
Juha Tella 3 27:58.3 41
Harri Eloranta 3 27:15.2 25
Tapio Piipponen 1 26:02.2 7
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Arto Jääskeläinen 58:29.5 11 1'09:29.5 58
Harri Eloranta 58:10.6 7 1'05:10.6 50
Juha Tella 57:39.0 6 1'03:39.0 38
Tapio Piipponen 55:18.3 3 58:18.3 8
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Juha Tella
Antero Lähde
Arto Jääskeläinen
Tapio Piipponen 		5 1'30:54.4 12
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km
C 		Jari Räsänen 45:04.5 30
Jari Laukkanen 44:22.0 25
Aki Karvonen 43:54.5 20
Harri Kirvesniemi 42:42.8 8
30 km
C 		Jari Laukkanen 1'35:51.6 52
Kari Ristanen 1'31:05.2 27
Aki Karvonen 1'29:49.5 19
Harri Kirvesniemi 1'26:59.6 9
50 km
F 		Antti Ticklén 2'18:41.8 45
Heikki Kivikko 2'12:27.1 29
Harri Kirvesniemi 2'11:41.8 22
Kari Ristanen 2'08:08.1 7
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Jari Laukkanen
Harri Kirvesniemi
Jari Räsänen
Kari Ristanen 		1'48:24.0 8
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C 		Pirkko Määttä 15:51.8 16
Tuulikki Pyykkönen 15:38.1 12
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi 15:16.7 5
Marjo Matikainen 15:04.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10 km
C 		Tuulikki Pyykkönen 32:37.7 29
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi 30:57.0 9
Pirkko Määttä 30:52.4 7
Marjo Matikainen 30:20.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
20 km
F 		Eija Hyytiäinen 1'02:06.9 32
Jaana Savolainen 1'01:26.8 28
Marjo Matikainen 58:50.7 12
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi 58:45.6 11
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Pirkko Määttä
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Marjo Matikainen
Jaana Savolainen 		1'01:53.8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Team roster

Pos. No. Name 1987–88 team
G 1 Sakari Lindfors Finland HIFK
G 19 Jarmo Myllys Finland Rauman Lukko
G 30 Jukka Tammi Finland Tampereen Ilves
D 2 Teppo Numminen Finland Tampereen Tappara
D 3 Timo Blomqvist Sweden MODO Hockey
D 4 Jyrki Lumme Finland Tampereen Ilves
D 6 Arto Ruotanen Sweden HV71
D 7 Simo Saarinen Finland HIFK
D 9 Kari Eloranta Switzerland HC Lugano
D 16 Jukka Virtanen Finland TPS
D 29 Reijo Ruotsalainen Sweden HV71
F 10 Timo Susi Finland Tampereen Tappara
F 11 Kai Suikkanen Finland Oulun Kärpät
F 13 Jari Torkki Finland Rauman Lukko
F 14 Raimo Helminen Finland Tampereen Ilves
F 15 Iiro Järvi Finland HIFK
F 17 Erkki Laine Sweden Färjestad BK
F 18 Pekka Tuomisto Finland HIFK
F 20 Janne Ojanen Finland Tampereen Tappara
F 21 Erkki Lehtonen Finland Tampereen Tappara
F 24 Reijo Mikkolainen Finland Tampereen Tappara
F 26 Esa Keskinen Finland TPS
F 27 Kari Laitinen Finland HIFK

[2]

Group A

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

Team
 Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Finland 5 3 1 1 22 8 +14 7
 Sweden 5 2 0 3 23 10 +13 7
 Canada 5 3 1 1 17 12 +5 7
  Switzerland 5 3 2 0 19 10 +9 6
 Poland 5 0 4 1 9 13 −4 1
 France 5 1 4 0 10 47 −37 2
Source: HockeyCanada.ca
  • Switzerland 2-1 Finland
  • Finland 10-1 France
  • Finland 3-1 Canada
  • Finland 3-3 Sweden
  • Finland 5-1 Poland

Medal round

The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.

Team
 Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 5 4 1 0 25 7 +18 8
 Finland 5 3 1 1 18 10 +8 7
 Sweden 5 2 1 2 15 16 −1 6
 Canada 5 2 2 1 17 14 +3 5
 West Germany 5 1 4 0 8 26 −18 2
 Czechoslovakia 5 1 4 0 12 22 −10 2
Source: HockeyCanada.ca
  • Finland 8-0 West Germany
  • Czechoslovakia 5-2 Finland
  • Finland 2-1 Soviet Union

Leading scorers

Rk GP G A Pts PIM
7th Erkki Lehtonen 8 4 6 10 2

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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
Points Rank Start at Time Points Rank
Pasi Saapunki Individual 193.3 28 3:54.7 42:44.1 402.740 15
Jukka Ylipulli 196.7 24 3:32.0 42:55.6 401.010 16
Jouko Parviainen 198.9 20 3:17.4 44:59.6 382.420 33
Sami Leinonen 202.4 18 2:54.0 42:58.4 400.590 17

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
  • 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Rank
Pasi Saapunki
Jouko Parviainen
Jukka Ylipulli 		561.3 7 5:42.5 1'25:38.3 7

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Risto Laakkonen Normal hill 81.0 97.2 76.5 86.0 183.2 23
Ari-Pekka Nikkola 83.5 100.2 79.0 90.5 190.7 15
Jari Puikkonen 84.0 105.5 80.0 93.6 199.1 7
Matti Nykänen 89.5 114.8 89.5 114.3 229.1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pekka Suorsa Large hill 99.5 83.7 97.0 79.7 163.4 38
Ari-Pekka Nikkola 106.0 97.3 102.0 91.7 189.0 16
Jari Puikkonen 106.0 99.3 103.5 95.3 194.6 11
Matti Nykänen 118.5 120.8 107.0 103.2 224.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Matti Nykänen
Ari-Pekka Nikkola
Tuomo Ylipulli
Jari Puikkonen 		634.4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
1500 m Pertti Niittylä 1:56.48 25
5000 m Timo Järvinen 6:56.68 18
Pertti Niittylä 6:55.18 16
10,000 m Timo Järvinen 14:27.69 17
Pertti Niittylä 14:26.57 15

References

  1. ^ "Olympedia – Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics". www.olympedia.org.
  2. ^ "Finland at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.