Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Finland at the Olympic Games
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At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary
Competitors	53 (46 men, 7 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Pertti Niittylä (speed skating)
Medals Rank: 4	Gold 4	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 7
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Finland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Marjo Matikainen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km classical
Gold	Matti Nykänen	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
Gold	Matti Nykänen	Ski jumping	Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
Gold	Ari-Pekka Nikkola Matti Nykänen Jari Puikkonen Tuomo Ylipulli	Ski jumping	Men's team large hill (K120 individual 90m)
Silver	Finland men's national ice hockey team Timo Blomqvist   Erkki Lehtonen   Reijo Ruotsalainen Kari Eloranta   Jyrki Lumme   Simo Saarinen Raimo Helminen   Reijo Mikkolainen   Kai Suikkanen Iiro Järvi   Jarmo Myllys   Timo Susi Esa Keskinen   Teppo Numminen   Jukka Tammi Erkki Laine   Janne Ojanen   Jari Torkki Kari Laitinen   Arto Ruotanen   Pekka Tuomisto Jukka Virtanen	Ice hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	Marjo Matikainen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km classical
Bronze	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Pirkko Määttä Jaana Savolainen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Nina Ehrnrooth	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Nina Ehrnrooth	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Antero Lähde	3	27:59.9	42
	Juha Tella	3	27:58.3	41
	Harri Eloranta	3	27:15.2	25
	Tapio Piipponen	1	26:02.2	7

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Arto Jääskeläinen	58:29.5	11	1'09:29.5	58
	Harri Eloranta	58:10.6	7	1'05:10.6	50
	Juha Tella	57:39.0	6	1'03:39.0	38
	Tapio Piipponen	55:18.3	3	58:18.3	8

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Juha Tella Antero Lähde Arto Jääskeläinen Tapio Piipponen	5	1'30:54.4	12

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km C	Jari Räsänen	45:04.5	30
	Jari Laukkanen	44:22.0	25
	Aki Karvonen	43:54.5	20
	Harri Kirvesniemi	42:42.8	8
30 km C	Jari Laukkanen	1'35:51.6	52
	Kari Ristanen	1'31:05.2	27
	Aki Karvonen	1'29:49.5	19
	Harri Kirvesniemi	1'26:59.6	9
50 km F	Antti Ticklén	2'18:41.8	45
	Heikki Kivikko	2'12:27.1	29
	Harri Kirvesniemi	2'11:41.8	22
	Kari Ristanen	2'08:08.1	7

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Jari Laukkanen Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Kari Ristanen	1'48:24.0	8

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Pirkko Määttä	15:51.8	16
	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	15:38.1	12
	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen	15:16.7	5
	Marjo Matikainen	15:04.0
10 km C	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	32:37.7	29
	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen	30:57.0	9
	Pirkko Määttä	30:52.4	7
	Marjo Matikainen	30:20.5
20 km F	Eija Hyytiäinen	1'02:06.9	32
	Jaana Savolainen	1'01:26.8	28
	Marjo Matikainen	58:50.7	12
	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen	58:45.6	11

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen Marjo Matikainen Jaana Savolainen	1'01:53.8

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Group A

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

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	5	3	1	1	22	8	7
Sweden	5	2	0	3	23	10	7
Canada	5	3	1	1	17	12	7
Switzerland	5	3	2	0	19	10	6
Poland	5	1	3	1	9	13	3
France	5	0	5	0	10	47	0

• 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.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	4	1	0	25	7	8
Finland	5	3	1	1	18	10	7
Sweden	5	2	1	2	15	16	6
Canada	5	2	2	1	17	14	5
West Germany	5	1	4	0	8	26	2
Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	0	12	22	2

• Finland 8-0 West Germany
• Czechoslovakia 5-2 Finland
• Finland 2-1 Soviet Union

Leading scorers

Rk		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
7th	Erkki Lehtonen	8	4	6	10	2

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

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
		Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Points	Rank
Pasi Saapunki	Individual	193.3	28	3:54.7	42:44.1	402.740	15
Jukka Ylipulli		196.7	24	3:32.0	42:55.6	401.010	16
Jouko Parviainen		198.9	20	3:17.4	44:59.6	382.420	33
Sami Leinonen		202.4	18	2:54.0	42:58.4	400.590	17

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.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Total
	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Pasi Saapunki Jouko Parviainen Jukka Ylipulli	561.3	7	5:42.5	1'25:38.3	7

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Risto Laakkonen	Normal hill	81.0	97.2	76.5	86.0	183.2	23
Ari-Pekka Nikkola		83.5	100.2	79.0	90.5	190.7	15
Jari Puikkonen		84.0	105.5	80.0	93.6	199.1	7
Matti Nykänen		89.5	114.8	89.5	114.3	229.1
Pekka Suorsa	Large hill	99.5	83.7	97.0	79.7	163.4	38
Ari-Pekka Nikkola		106.0	97.3	102.0	91.7	189.0	16
Jari Puikkonen		106.0	99.3	103.5	95.3	194.6	11
Matti Nykänen		118.5	120.8	107.0	103.2	224.0

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
	Points 1	Rank
Matti Nykänen Ari-Pekka Nikkola Tuomo Ylipulli Jari Puikkonen	634.4

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
1500 m	Pertti Niittylä	1:56.48	25
5000 m	Timo Järvinen	6:56.68	18
	Pertti Niittylä	6:55.18	16
10,000 m	Timo Järvinen	14:27.69	17
	Pertti Niittylä	14:26.57	15

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com