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Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
FIN

Competitors
  
58 in 13 sports

Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Finnish Olympic Committee

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

Flag bearer
  
Juha Hirvi (opening) Tero Pitkämäki (closing)

Medals Ranked 44th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 1 2 4

Finland competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The athletes were named in four selections: first took place on December 19, 2007, 2nd on April 16, 3rd on May 20 and 4th on July 21, 2008.

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The goal of the Finnish Olympic team in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was three medals with at least one gold medal.

Shooter Juha Hirvi and dressage rider Kyra Kyrklund made Finnish olympic history by participating in their sixth Olympic Games. They shared the record with three winter Olympians: cross-country skiers Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi and Harri Kirvesniemi and ice hockey player Raimo Helminen.

Medalists

Notes
  • Satu Mäkelä-Nummela's victory in women's trap was Finland's first ever gold medal in shotgun events in the olympic games. She became the third Finnish female athlete to win gold in summer olympics.
  • Minna Nieminen's and Sanna Stén's silver medal in lightweight double sculls is Finland's first Olympic medal in rowing since 1984, when Pertti Karppinen won the last of his three consecutive Olympic gold medals.

    • Athletics

    Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
    • Men
    Track & road events
    Field events
    Combined events – Decathlon
    Women
    Field events
    Combined events – Heptathlon

    * The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Kelo moved up a position.

    Sprint

    Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

    Rowing

    Women

    Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

    Sailing

    Men
    Women
    Open

    M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

    Shooting

    Men
    Women

    Swimming

    Men
    Women

    Tennis

    Men

    Wrestling

    Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
    • Men's Greco-Roman

    References

    Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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