Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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NOC Finnish Olympic Committee Website sport.fi/olympiakomitea (Finnish) (Swedish) Competitors 53 (46 men, 7 women) in 7 sports Flag bearer Pertti Niittylä (speed skating) Medals Ranked 4th Gold Silver Bronze Total 4 1 2 7

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

Alpine skiing

Women

Biathlon

Men

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Cross-country skiing

Men

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Group A

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

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.

Finland 8-0 West Germany

Czechoslovakia 5-2 Finland

Finland 2-1 Soviet Union

Leading scorers

Team Roster

Jarmo Myllys

Jukka Tammi

Timo Blomqvist

Kari Eloranta

Jyrki Lumme

Teppo Numminen

Arto Ruotanen

Reijo Ruotsalainen

Simo Saarinen

Jukka Virtanen

Raimo Helminen

Iiro Järvi

Esa Keskinen

Erkki Laine

Kari Laitinen

Erkki Lehtonen

Reijo Mikkolainen

Janne Ojanen

Kai Suikkanen

Timo Susi

Jari Torkki

Pekka Tuomisto

Head Coaches: Pentti Matikainen and Hannu Jortikka

Nordic combined

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.)

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.)

Ski jumping

Men's team large hill

Speed skating

Men

References

Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics Wikipedia

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