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Finland at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
FIN

Finland at the 1988 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Finnish Olympic Committee

Website
  
sport.fi/olympiakomitea (Finnish) (Swedish)

Competitors
  
78 (59 men, 19 women) in 15 sports

Flag bearer
  
Jouko Salomäki (wrestling)

Medals Ranked 25th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 1 2 4

Finland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 78 competitors, 59 men and 19 women, took part in 66 events in 15 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • Tapio Korjus — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw Men

    • Silver

  • Harri Koskela — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

    • Bronze

  • Seppo Räty — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw Men
  • Tapio Sipilä — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

    • Archery

    The Finnish team did not fare as well at the 1988 Olympic archery competition as they had previously, though the men's team was almost able to capture a medal. Only one archer placed in the top eight in individual competition.

    Women's Individual Competition:

  • Päivi Aaltonen — 1/8 Final (→ 20th place)
  • Jutta Poikolainen — Preliminary Round (→ 55th place)
  • Minna Heinonen — Preliminary Round (→ 56th place)

    • Men's Individual Competition:

  • Pentti Vikström — Final (→ 7th place)
  • Tomi Poikolainen — Semifinal (→ 11th place)
  • Ismo Falck — Preliminary Round (→ 27th place)

    • Women's Team Competition:

  • Aaltonen, Poikolainen, and Heinonen — Preliminary Round (→ 13th place)

    • Men's Team Competition:

  • Vikstrom, Poikolainen, and Falck — Final (→ 4th place)

    • Athletics

    Men's Long Jump

  • Jarmo Kärnä
  • Qualification — 7.90m
  • Final — 7.82m (→ 10th place)

    • Men's Hammer Throw

  • Harri Huhtala
  • Qualification — 77.34m
  • Final — 75.38m (→ 9th place)
  • Juha Tiainen
  • Qualification — 73.24m (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Javelin Throw

  • Tapio Korjus
  • Qualification — 81.42m
  • Final — 84.28m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Seppo Räty
  • Qualification — 81.62m
  • Final — 83.26m (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Kimmo Kinnunen
  • Qualification — 80.24m
  • Final — 78.04m (→ 10th place)

    • Men's 50 km Walk

  • Reima Salonen
  • Final — 3'51:36 (→ 18th place)

    • Men's Decathlon

  • Petri Keskitalo — 8143 points (→ 11th place)
    1. 100 metres — 10.94s
    2. Long Jump — 7.56m
    3. Shot Put — 15.34m
    4. High Jump — 1.97m
    5. 400 metres — 49.94s
    6. 110m Hurdles — 14.25s
    7. Discus Throw — 41.86m
    8. Pole Vault — 4.80m
    9. Javelin Throw — 66.64m
    10. 1.500 metres — 4:55.89s


    Women's Marathon

  • Tuija Jousimaa
  • Final – 2:43:00 (→ 41st place)
  • Sinikka Keskitalo
  • Final – 2:43:00 (→ 42nd place)

    • Women's Javelin Throw

  • Päivi Alafrantti
  • Qualification – 62.82m
  • Final – 58.20m (→ 10th place)
  • Tiina Lillak
  • Qualification – 60.06m (→ did not advance)
  • Tuula Laaksalo
  • Qualification – 60.64m (→ did not advance)

    • Women's Heptathlon

  • Satu Ruotsalainen
  • Final Result — 6101 points (→ 15th place)
  • Ragne Kytölä
  • Final Result — 5686 points (→ 21st place)

    • Cycling

    Four cyclists, three men and one woman, represented Finland in 1988.

    Men's road race
  • Jari Lähde
    • Men's 1 km time trial
  • Mika Hämäläinen
    • Men's individual pursuit
  • Jyrki Tujunen
    • Women's road race
  • Tea Vikstedt-Nyman — 2:00:52 (→ 43rd place)

    • Fencing

    One male fencer represented Finland in 1988.

    Men's épée
  • Lars Winter

    • Swimming

    Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Petri Suominen
    1. Heat – 1:03.58
    2. B-Final – 1:04.04 (→ 14th place)

    • Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Petri Suominen
    1. Heat – 2:22.01 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

    • References

    Finland at the 1988 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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