Finland at the 1992 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	FIN
Nocname:	Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1992
Website:
Location:	Barcelona
Competitors:	88 (60 men and 28 women)
Sports:	16
Flagbearer:	Harri Koskela (wrestling)
Rank:	29
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1908
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 88 competitors, 60 men and 28 women, took part in 85 events in 16 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				7 August
				4 August
				8 August
				26 July
				7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	13	13	26
Badminton	2	0	2
Boxing	1	–	1
Canoeing	2	0	2
Cycling	1	1	2
Equestrian	0	1	1
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	4	3	7
Rowing	3	0	3
Sailing	5	3	8
Shooting	7	1	8
Swimming	8	4	12
Synchronized swimming	–	1	1
Weightlifting	4	–	4
Wrestling	7	–	7
Total	60	28	88

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

The Finnish team sent only men to the 1992 archery tournament. Individually, only Jari Lipponen had much success, taking eighth place after losing in the quarterfinal. As a team, however, the Finnish men were very successful, losing the final match to Spain by only two points to finish with a silver medal.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ismo Falck	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	1231	57	Did not advance
Jari Lipponen	1312	6 Q	W 110–101	W 102–99	L 103–109	Did not advance
Tomi Poikolainen	1290	21 Q	L 100–106	Did not advance
Ismo Falck Jari Lipponen Tomi Poikolainen	Team	3833	5 Q		W 237–236	W 239–237	W 237–230	L 236–238

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Risto Ulmala	5000 metres	13:52.52	30	Did not advance
10,000 metres			Did not advance
Harri Hänninen	Marathon	2:15:19	11
Arto Bryggare	align=left rowspan=2	110 metres hurdles	13.92	26	Did not advance
Antti Haapakoski	13.84	21 Q	14.00	21	Did not advance
Ville Hautala	3000 metres steeplechase	8:34.10	23 q	8:33.69	16	Did not advance
Valentin Kononen	50 kilometres walk	3:57:21	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jani Lehtonen	align=left rowspan=2	Pole vault	5.50	14	Did not advance
Asko Peltoniemi	5.55	9 q	5.60	6
Antero Paljakka	Shot put	18.42	20	Did not advance
Kimmo Kinnunen	align=left rowspan=3	Javelin throw	80.22	7 Q	82.62	4
Juha Laukkanen	79.78	9 q	79.20	6
Seppo Räty	80.24	6 Q	86.60

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event											Final	Rank
Petri Keskitalo	Result	11.23	7.33	15.41
Points	808	893	815

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Sisko Hanhijoki	100 metres	11.44	12 Q	11.50	15 Q	11.65	15	Did not advance
200 metres	23.27	16 Q	23.09	16 Q	23.26	15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Päivi Tikkanen	3000 metres	8:59.60	21	Did not advance
10,000 metres			Did not advance
Ritva Lemettinen	Marathon	2:41:48	14
Minna Painilainen-Soon Sisko Hanhijoki Sanna Hernesniemi Marja Tennivaara	4 × 100 metres relay	43.60	9	Did not advance
Sari Essayah	10 kilometres walk	45:08	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ringa Ropo-Junnila	Long jump	6.52	14	Did not advance
Päivi Alafrantti	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw			Did not advance
Heli Rantanen	63.98	5 Q	62.34	6

Combined event – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Helle Aro	Result	13.87	1.70	13.11	25.44	6.23	45.42	2:14.31	6030	18
Points	997	855	735	847	921	772	903
align=left rowspan=2	Tina Rättyä	Result	13.96	1.70	12.97	25.09	5.90	49.02	2:15.18	5993	20
Points	984	855	725	879	819	841	890
align=left rowspan=2	Satu Ruotsalainen	Result	13.35
Points	1072	0

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pontus Jäntti	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W 15–6, 15–1	L 13–15, 7–15	Did not advance
Robert Liljequist	W 15–3, 15–11	L 11–15, 3–15	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mikko Kolehmainen	K-1 500 metres	1:41.13	1 SF	1:41.52	1 F	1:40.34
Mikko Kolehmainen Olli Kolehmainen	K-2 500 metres	1:35.75	2 SF	1:32.57	8	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Two cyclists, one man and one woman, represented Finland in 1992.

Road

Women

Track

Time trial

Pursuit

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Rhythmic

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marko Korhonen	65 kg	L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance
Jorma Korhonen	71 kg		W Yusei-gachi	W Waza-ari	L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance		L Ippon	Did not advance
Marko Haanpää	78 kg	L Ippon	Did not advance
Juha Salonen	+95 kg		L Ippon	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Annikka Mutanen	48 kg		L Ippon	Did not advance
Heli Syrjä	72 kg	L Ippon	Did not advance
Anne Åkerblom	+72 kg	L Yuko	Did not advance

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pertti Karppinen	Single sculls	7:25.87	4 R	7:08.82	2 SF A/B	7:12.05	4 FB	7:08.15	10
Esko Hillebrandt Reima Karppinen	Double sculls	6:36.77	3 R	6:53.42	3 SF C/D	6:27.92	1 FC	6:30.93	13

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Jali Mäkilä	Finn	17	20	25	5.7	30	31	15	112.7	17
Mika Aarnikka Petri Leskinen	470	3	18	20	3	14	20	11.7	69.7	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Chita Smedberg	Europe	10	28	13	25	3	0	30	79	10
Anna Slunga-Tallberg Kati Läike	470	5.7	23	16	22	17	8	21	89.7	10

Open

Fleet racing

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Petri Eteläniemi	25 metre rapid fire pistol	585	10	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Juha Hirvi	10 metre air rifle	584	27	Did not advance
50 metre rifle three positions	1172	1 Q	1264.8	4
50 metre rifle prone	597	4 Q	699.5	6
align=left rowspan=2	Timo Näveri	10 metre air pistol	569	39	Did not advance
50 metre pistol	548	31	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sakari Paasonen	10 metre air pistol	582	6 Q	680.1	5
50 metre pistol	558	11	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Jari Pälve	10 metre air rifle	585	27	Did not advance
50 metre rifle three positions	1162	11	Did not advance
50 metre rifle prone	592	26	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Pirjo Peltola	10 metre air rifle	380	42	Did not advance
50 metre rifle three positions	570	27	Did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jorma Korhonen	Skeet	196	16	Did not advance
Matti Nummela	Trap	136	44	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Janne Blomqvist	50 metre freestyle	23.63	30	Did not advance
100 metre freestyle	51.86	38	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Vesa Hanski	200 metre freestyle	1:53.17	28	Did not advance
100 metre butterfly	55.81	31	Did not advance
200 metre butterfly	2:02.75	31	Did not advance
Kai Johansson	200 metre butterfly	2:05.71	36	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Antti Kasvio	200 metre freestyle	1:48.31	5 FA	1:47.63
400 metre freestyle	3:51.74	9 FB	3:50.06	9
align=left rowspan=3	Petteri Lehtinen	200 metre breaststroke	2:20.27	27	Did not advance
200 metre individual medley	2:05.65	21	Did not advance
400 metre individual medley	4:22.10	11 FB	4:22.10	12
align=left rowspan=2	Jani Sievinen	100 metre butterfly	54.57	12 FB	54.93	13
200 metre individual medley	2:01.18	1 FA	2:01.28	4
align=left rowspan=2	Petri Suominen	100 metre breaststroke	1:03.75	24	Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke	2:18.01	22	Did not advance
Jani Sievinen Janne Vermasheinä Janne Blomqvist Vesa Hanski	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:25.47	12	Did not advance
Jani Sievinen Vesa Hanski Petteri Lehtinen Antti Kasvio	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	7:28.71	12	Did not advance
Jani Sievinen Petri Suominen Vesa Hanski Antti Kasvio	4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:06.18	20	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anne Lackman	100 metre backstroke	1:06.48	39	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Marja Päivinen	50 metre freestyle	27.49	38	Did not advance
100 metre freestyle	59.46	38	Did not advance
100 metre butterfly	1:03.94	32	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Minna Salmela	50 metre freestyle	27.00	31	Did not advance
100 metre freestyle	58.04	24	Did not advance
Riikka Ukkola	100 metre breaststroke	1:15.56	35	Did not advance
Anne Lackman Riikka Ukkola Marja Päivinen Minna Salmela	4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:23.07	15	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics. One synchronized swimmer represented Finland in 1992.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jouni Grönman	67.5 kg	135.0	6	170.0	5	305.0	5
Janne Kanerva	align=left rowspan=2	90 kg	147.5	17	180.0	16	327.5	17
Keijo Tahvanainen	147.5	17	187.5	11	335.0	15
Arto Savonen	110 kg	162.5	15	195.0	14	357.5	13

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage							Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Ismo Kamesaki	52 kg	W 2–1	W 6–0	W 4–2	L 0–7	L 2–10		4	W 2–1	7
Keijo Pehkonen	57 kg	W 4–0	L 4–5		L 0–8	Did not advance		4	W 6–4	7
Tuomo Karila	74 kg	W 1–0	L 1–2	L 1–2	Did not advance			7	Did not advance
Timo Niemi	82 kg	W 1–0	W 4–2	W 3–0	L 0–1	L 0–3		3	W 3–1	5
Harri Koskela	90 kg	L 1–2	L 1–2	Did not advance				9	Did not advance
Juha Ahokas	130 kg	L 2–4	W 2–0	L 1–8	Did not advance			4	W 1–0	7

Freestyle

Notes and References

1. Web site: Finland at the 1992 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040800/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/summer/1992/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 29 July 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/FIN/editions/23 Finland at the 1992 Summer Olympics