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Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men’s individual
Jari Lipponen Miika Aulio
1/32 Eliminations Lost to Fred van Zutphen 161-155 Lost to Wietse van Alten 163-160
Netherlands Netherlands
Women’s individual
Katri Suutari
1/32 eliminations Lost to Ok Sil Choe 161-149
North Korea
Finland at the Olympic Games Medalists
Gold
• Arsi Harju — Athletics, Men’s Shot Put
• Jyrki Järvi and Thomas Johanson — Sailing, Men’s
49er Team Event
Silver
Flag of Finland – Flag bearers
• Juha Hirvi — Shooting, Men’s Small-Bore Rifle, Three
IOC code FIN Positions
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Bronze
Website www.noc.fi (Finnish)
• Marko Yli-Hannuksela — Wrestling, Men’s Greco-
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Roman Welterweight (– 76 kg
Competitors 70 (40 men and 30 women) in 16 sports
Medals Gold Silver Bronze Total
Results by event
Rank: 31 2 1 1 4
Archery
Olympic history (summary)
The Finnish archery squad in Sydney consisted of two
Summer Games men and one woman. None of the archers won a match.
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 •
1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • Athletics
1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012
Men’s Competition
Winter Games
Men’s 100 m
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • • Tommi Hartonen
1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • • Round 1 — 10.53 (→ did not advance)
2002 • 2006 • 2010
Men’s 200 m
Finland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Syd- • Tommi Hartonen
ney, Australia. • Round 1 — 20.82
• Round 2 — 20.47 NR
• Semifinal — 20.88 (→ did not advance)
Men’s Shot Put
• Arsi Harju
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• Qualifying — 21.39 Women’s Competition
• Final — 21.29 (→ Medal)
Gold Medal Women’s 100 m
• Heidi Hannula
• Timo Aaltonen • Round 1 — 11.68 (→ did not advance)
• Qualifying — 20.04
• Final — 18.64 (→ 12th place) Women’s 200 m
• Johanna Manninen
• Ville Tiisanoja • Round 1 — 23.40
• Qualifying — 19.66 (→ did not advance) • Round 2 — 23.41 (→ did not advance)
Men’s Javelin Throw Women’s 100 m Hurdles
• Aki Parviainen • Manuela Bosco
• Qualifying — 83.73 • Round 1 — 13.51 (→ did not advance)
• Final — 86.62 (→ 5th place)
Women’s 4x100 m
• Harri Haatainen • Manuela Bosco, Heidi Hannula, Sanna Kyllönen,
• Qualifying — 79.93 (→ did not advance) Johanna Manninen
• Round 1 — 43.66
• Harri Hakkarainen
• Semifinal — 43.50 (→ did not advance)
• Qualifying — DNF (→ did not advance, no
ranking) Women’s Javelin Throw
• Mikaela Ingberg
Men’s Hammer Throw
• Qualifying — 60.85
• Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
• Final — 58.56 (→ 9th place)
• Qualifying — 69.64 (→ did not advance)
• Taina Uppa
Men’s High Jump
• Qualifying — 57.39 (→ did not advance)
• Toni Huikuri
• Qualifying — 2.20 (→ did not advance) Women’s Hammer Throw
• Mia Strömmer
• Mika Polku
• Qualifying — 59.43 (→ did not advance)
• Qualifying — 2.24 (→ did not advance)
• Sini Pöyry
Men’s 50 km Walk
• Qualifying — 63.80
• Valentin Kononen
• Final — 62.49 (→ 12th place)
• Final — DSQ
Women’s Heptathlon
Men’s Decathlon
• Tiia Hautala
• Eduard Hämäläinen
• 100 m Hurdles — 13.62
• 100 m — 11.01
• High Jump — 1.78
• Long Jump — 7.19
• Shot Put — 13.31
• Shot Put — 14.06
• 200 m — 25.00
• High Jump — 1.85
• Long Jump — 6.12
• 400 m — 48.14
• Javelin Throw — 45.40
• 100 m Hurdles — 14.37
• 800 m — 02:14.90
• Discus Throw — 35.98
• Points — 6173 (→ 8th place)
• Pole Vault — 4.80
• Javelin Throw — 47.11 • Susanna Rajamäki
• 1,500 m — 04:54.18 • 100 m Hurdles — 13.60
• High Jump — 1.66
• • Points — 7520.00 (→ 24th place)
• Shot Put — 13.87
• Aki Heikkinen
• 200 m — 24.03
• 100 m — 11.15
• Long Jump — 6.36
• Long Jump — NM
• Javelin Throw — 37.00
• Shot Put — 13.37
• 800 m — 02:18.47
• High Jump — DNS
• Points — 6021 (→ 13th place)
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Badminton • Preliminary — 332.58 (→ 30th place, did not
advance)
Men’s Singles
• Jyri Aalto
• Round of 64: Bye
Sailing
• Round of 32: Lost to Wong Choong Hann of Eight men and two woman competed for Finland in the
Malaysia Sailing competition. They won one gold medal.
Men’s Double Handed Dinghy (470)
Women’s Singles • Petri Leskinen and Kristian Heinilä
• Anu Weckström • Race 1 — (25)
• Round of 64: Bye • Race 2 — 23
• Round of 32: Lost to Kanako Yonekura of Japan • Race 3 — 10
• Race 4 — 3
Boxing • Race 5 — 17
Men’s Featherweight (– 57kg) • Race 6 — 4
• Joni Turunen • Race 7 — 23
• Round 1 — Lost to Falk Huste of Germany (→ did • Race 8 — 20
not advance) • Race 9 — (28)
• Race 10 — 3
Canoe / Kayak • Race 11 — 24
• Final — 127 (→ 16th place)
Flatwater
Men’s Laser
Men’s competition • Roope Suomalainen
Men’s Kayak Singles 500 m • Race 1 — (44) DSQ
• Kimmo Latvamäki • Race 2 — 13
• Qualifying Heat — 01:42.535 • Race 3 — 5
• Semifinal — 01:41.640 (→ did not advance) • Race 4 — 16
• Race 5 — 18
Cycling • Race 6 — 3
• Race 7 — 14
Road Cycling • Race 8 — 23
Women’s Road Race • Race 9 — (25)
• Pia Sundstedt • Race 10 — 19
• Final — 3:06:31 (→ 21st place) • Race 11 — 16
• Final — 127 (→ 17th place)
Women’s Sprint
• Mira Kasslin Men’s Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)
• Qualifying — 12.194 • Erkki Heinonen, Jali Makilä and Sami Tamminen
• 1/8 Finals — Lost to Félicia Ballanger of France • Did not advance to round robin.
(→ did not advance)
• 1/8 Finals Repechage — Heat 1; 3rd place Women’s Mistral
• Final 9-12 — (→ 11th place) • Minna Aalto
• Race 1 — 9
Women’s 500 m Time Trial • Race 2 — 18
• Mira Kasslin • Race 3 — 20
• Final — 37.145 (→ 17th place) • Race 4 — 12
• Race 5 — (21)
Diving • Race 6 — 7
Men’s 3 Metre Springboard • Race 7 — 15
• Jukka Piekkanen • Race 8 — 12
• Preliminary — 373.41 (→ 20th place, did not • Race 9 — 17
advance) • Race 10 — 11
• Race 11 — (30) DSQ
Men’s 3 Metre Springboard • Final — 121 (→ 15th place)
• Joona Puhakka
Women’s Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
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Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Karoliina Lundahl – 75 kg 102.5 102.5 102.5 — — — DNF —
• Sari Multala Men’s 100 m Breaststroke
• Race 1 — 2 • Jarno Pihlava
• Race 2 — 7 • Preliminary Heat — 01:02.21 (→ did not
• Race 3 — (16) advance)
• Race 4 — 12
• Race 5 — (20) Men’s 200 m Breaststroke
• Race 6 — 12 • Jarno Pihlava
• Race 7 — 9 • Preliminary Heat — 02:19.76 (→ did not
• Race 8 — 4 advance)
• Race 9 — 7
Men’s 200 m Individual Medley
• Race 10 — 2
• Jani Sievinen
• Race 11 — 6
• Preliminary Heat — 02:02.00
• Final — 61 (→ 5th place)
• Semi-final — 02:01.46
Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er) • Final — 02:02.49 (→ 8th place)
• Thomas Johanson and Jyrki Järvi
Men’s 400 m Individual Medley
• Race 1 — 2
• Jani Sievinen
• Race 2 — 7
• Preliminary Heat — 04:25.16 (→ did not
• Race 3 — 2
advance)
• Race 4 — (12)
• Race 5 — 3 Men’s 4x100 m Medley
• Race 6 — 4 • Jani Sievinen, Jarno Pihlava, Tero Välimaa, and Jere
• Race 7 — 10 Hård
• Race 8 — 6 • Preliminary Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)
• Race 9 — 2
• Race 10 — 4 Women’s 50 m Freestyle
• Race 11 — 7 • Hanna-Maria Seppälä
• Race 12 — 2 • Preliminary Heat — 26.21 (→ did not advance)
• Race 13 — 3
• Race 14 — 1 Women’s 100 m Freestyle
• Race 15 — 2 • Hanna-Maria Seppälä
• Race 16 — (13) • Preliminary Heat — 56.68 (→ did not advance)
• Final — 55 (→ Medal)
Gold Medal
Women’s 100 m Butterfly
• Marja Pärssinen
Swimming • Preliminary Heat — 01:01.94 (→ did not
Men’s 100 m Freestyle advance)
• Jere Hård
• Preliminary Heat — 51.11 (→ did not advance) Women’s 100 m Backstroke
• Anu Koivisto
Men’s 100 m Butterfly • Preliminary Heat — 01:03.44 (→ did not
• Jere Hård advance)
• Preliminary Heat — 53.67
• Semi-final — 53.65 (→ did not advance) Women’s 200 m Backstroke
• Anu Koivisto
• Tero Välimaa • Preliminary Heat — 02:16.23 (→ did not
• Preliminary Heat — 54.24 (→ did not advance) advance)
Men’s 200 m Butterfly
• Tero Välimaa Weightlifting
• Preliminary Heat — 02:02.46 (→ did not
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advance)
Women
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