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Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
FIN

Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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)

MedalsRanked 4th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal4127

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

Contents

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
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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