| Noc: | FIN |
| Nocname: | Finnish Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Lake Placid |
| Competitors: | 52 (44 men, 8 women) |
| Sports: | 7 |
| Flagbearer: | Heikki Ikola (biathlon) |
| Rank: | 7 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 5 |
| Bronze: | 3 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games |
Finland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m) | ||||
| Men's 15 km | ||||
| Men's 50 km | ||||
| Women's 5 km | ||||
| Women's 10 km | ||||
| Men's individual | ||||
| | Men's 4 × 10 km relay | |||
| Women's 10 km | ||||
| Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m) |
See main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km Sprint | Keijo Kuntola | 5 | 37:15.28 | 35 |
| Arto Sutinen | 3 | 36:01.06 | 24 | |
| Erkki Antila | 2 | 34:32.97 | 12 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Raimo Seppänen | 1'13:15.67 | 6 | 1'19:15.67 | 32 |
| Heikki Ikola | 1'10:02.16 | 5 | 1'15:02.16 | 18 | |
| Erkki Antila | 1'07:32.32 | 4 | 1'11:32.32 | 5 |
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Pertti Teurajärvi | 43:59.08 | 20 |
| Kari Härkönen | 43:50.31 | 19 | |
| Harri Kirvesniemi | 43:02.01 | 8 | |
| Juha Mieto | 41:57.64 | ||
| 30 km | Jorma Aalto | 1'32:48.10 | 26 |
| Harri Kirvesniemi | 1'31:35.13 | 18 | |
| Juha Mieto | 1'29:45.08 | 7 | |
| Matti Pitkänen | 1'29:35.03 | 6 | |
| 50 km | Pertti Teurajärvi | 2'36:44.08 | 18 |
| Matti Pitkänen | 2'34:09.04 | 11 | |
| Asko Autio | 2'32:25.57 | 9 | |
| Juha Mieto | 2'30:30.52 | ||
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 5 km | Marja Auroma | 16:18.44 | 25 |
| Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 15:58.27 | 19 | |
| Helena Takalo | 15:32.12 | 8 | |
| Hilkka Riihivuori | 15:11.96 | ||
| 10 km | Ulla Maaskola | 33:22.19 | 32 |
| Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 32:22.88 | 18 | |
| Helena Takalo | 30:45.25 | ||
| Hilkka Riihivuori | 30:35.05 | ||
See main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Broman | 14 | 17 | 17 | 157.54 | 152 | 17 | |
| Kristiina Wegelius | 7 | 11 | 12 | 172.04 | 87 | 10 |
See main article: Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
| Team advanced to the Final Round | ||
| Team advanced to consolation round |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 6 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 1 |
The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over, excluding teams who failed to make the medal round.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
Carried over group match:
Finland 2–4 USSRSee main article: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Events:
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Rauno Miettinen | Individual | 67.0 | 72.5 | 171.9 | 24 | 50:26.9 | 195.640 | 18 | 367.540 | 23 |
| Jorma Etelälahti | 72.0 | 79.5 | 192.6 | 14 | 50:02.4 | 199.315 | 15 | 391.915 | 13 | |
| Jouko Karjalainen | 79.0 | 81.0 | 209.5 | 7 | 47:44.5 | 220.000 | 1 | 429.500 | ||
| Jukka Kuvaja | 68.5 | 68.5 | 155.0 | 31 | 48:32.2 | 212.845 | 7 | 367.845 | 22 | |
See main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Kari Ylianttila | Normal hill | 76.0 | 105.8 | 72.0 | 97.4 | 203.2 | 32 |
| Jari Puikkonen | 81.0 | 115.8 | 80.0 | 111.7 | 227.5 | 16 | |
| Jouko Törmänen | 83.0 | 119.0 | 85.5 | 124.5 | 243.5 | 8 | |
| Pentti Kokkonen | 86.0 | 126.8 | 83.5 | 120.8 | 247.6 | 5 | |
| Kari Ylianttila | Large hill | 102.0 | 111.0 | 106.0 | 118.1 | 229.1 | 13 |
| Pentti Kokkonen | 105.0 | 115.2 | 105.0 | 115.7 | 230.9 | 12 | |
| Jari Puikkonen | 110.5 | 126.4 | 108.5 | 122.1 | 248.5 | ||
| Jouko Törmänen | 114.5 | 133.5 | 117.0 | 137.5 | 271.0 | ||
See main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
| Event | Athlete | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |||
| 500 m | Esa Puolakka | 39.76 | 25 | |
| Pertti Niittylä | 39.54 | 22 | ||
| Jukka Salmela | 39.32 | 18 | ||
| 1000 m | Esa Puolakka | 1:23.54 | 35 | |
| Jukka Salmela | 1:21.78 | 30 | ||
| Pertti Niittylä | 1:18.85 | 14 | ||
| 1500 m | Pertti Niittylä | 2:00.01 | 14 | |
| 5000 m | Pertti Niittylä | 7:21.51 | 17 | |
| 10,000 m | Pertti Niittylä | 15:29.98 | 19 | |
| Event | Athlete | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |||
| 500 m | Anneli Repola | 44.33 | 20 | |
| 1000 m | Anneli Repola | 1:31.76 | 28 | |
| 1500 m | Anneli Repola | 2:17.81 | 21 | |
| 3000 m | Anneli Repola | 4:50.51 | 15 | |