Finland at the 1994 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	FIN
Nocname:	Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1994
Website:
Location:	Lillehammer
Competitors:	61 (47 men, 14 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Rank:	16
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				27 February
				14 February
				15 February
				22 February
				24 February
	Finland men's national ice hockey team			26 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	2	0	2
Biathlon	4	5	9
Cross-country skiing	7	6	13
Figure skating	1	2	3
Freestyle skiing	2	1	3
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	5	–	5
Total	47	14	61

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Janne Leskinen	Downhill		1:47.87	30
	Super-G		1:34.09	13
	Giant Slalom	1:34.65	DNS		DNF
	Combined	1:38.88	54.47	52.18	3:25.53	22
Mika Marila	Super-G		1:38.14	40
	Giant Slalom	DNF		DNF
	Slalom	1:02.54	1:02.45		2:04.99	12
	Combined	1:45.01	50.42	50.09	3:25.52	21

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Pen.	Rank
Harri Eloranta	10 km Sprint	30:02.1	4	15
	20 km Individual	1:01:40.9	6	30
Vesa Hietalahti	10 km Sprint	32:06.0	5	52
	20 km Individual	1:08:49.1	10	68
Erkki Latvala	10 km Sprint	32:08.4	3	54
Timo Seppälä	20 km Individual	1:02:07.0	3	41
Erkki Latvala Harri Eloranta Timo Seppälä Vesa Hietalahti	4 × 7.5 km Relay	1:33:11.9	1	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Pen.	Rank
Pirjo Aalto	7.5 km Sprint	29:59.2	3	61
Katja Holanti	15 km Individual	1:00:13.6	7	56
Mari Lampinen	7.5 km Sprint	27:14.5	2	16
	15 km Individual	59:16.9	6	48
Tuija Sikiö	7.5 km Sprint	27:39.1	0	24
	15 km Individual	58:13.1	5	38
Tuija Vuoksiala	7.5 km Sprint	28:23.2	3	36
	15 km Individual	1:00:09.3	6	55
Katja Holanti Tuija Sikiö Mari Lampinen Tuija Vuoksiala	4 × 7.5 km Relay	1:58:55.7	4	10

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Start	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Jukka Hartonen	30 km Free		1:16:18.7	13
Karri Hietamäki	50 km Classical		2:20:50.9	40
Jari Isometsä	10 km Classical		26:06.5	23
	15 km Free Pursuit		DNS
	30 km Free		1:15:12.5	6
Harri Kirvesniemi	10 km Classical		25:13.2	9
	15 km Free Pursuit		DNS
	50 km Classical		2:11:19.3	12
Mika Myllylä	10 km Classical		25:05.3	6
	15 km Free Pursuit	+0:45	6	36:50.9	7	+1:47.1	4
	30 km Free		1:14.14.5
	50 km Classical		2:08:41.9
Jari Räsänen	10 km Classical		25:31.5	12
	15 km Free Pursuit	+01:11	12	36:32.7	3	+1:54.9	6
	30 km Free		1:16:10.7	11
Sami Repo	50 km Classical		2:20:32.8	37
Mika Myllylä Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä	4 × 10 km relay		1:42:15.6

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Start	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Mari Hietala	15 km Free		44:56.8	24
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	5 km Classical		14:30.6
	10 km Free Pursuit	+00:28	3	29:21.6	21	+2:19.5	13
	30 km Classical		1:26:13.6
Merja Lahtinen	15 km Free		43:50.7	16
	30 km Classical		1:29:55.1	15
Pirkko Määttä	5 km Classical		14:51.5	9
	10 km Free Pursuit	+00:43	9	29:10.1	18	+2:23.0	15
	30 km Classical		1:29:27.0	14
Tuulikki Pyykkönen	5 km Classical		15:13.6	18
	10 km Free Pursuit		DNS
Marjut Rolig	5 km Classical		15:05.1	14
	10 km Free Pursuit	+00:57	14	29:43.2	23	+3:10.1	21
	30 km Classical		1:27:51.4	8
Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Merja Lahtinen Marjut Rolig	4 × 5 km relay		59:15.9	4

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Women

Ice Dancing

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juha Holopainen	Moguls	23.39	20	did not advance
Janne Lahtela	Moguls	24.60	12	24.78	9

Women

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men's competition

Roster

• Head Coach: Curt Lindström

width=40	Pos.	width=40	No.	width=220	Name	width=220	1993-94 team
G	1	Pasi Kuivalainen	KalPa
G	30	Jukka Tammi	Tampereen Ilves
G	35	Jarmo Myllys	Rauman Lukko
D	2	Marko Kiprusoff	TPS
D	4	Erik Hämäläinen	Jokerit
D	5	Timo Jutila	Tampereen Tappara
D	6	Pasi Sormunen	HIFK
D	12	Janne Laukkanen	HPK
D	23	Hannu Virta	TPS
D	26	Mika Strömberg	Jokerit
F	8	Janne Ojanen	Tampereen Tappara
F	9	Esa Keskinen	TPS
F	11	Saku Koivu	TPS
F	13	Marko Palo	HPK
F	14	Raimo Helminen	Malmö IF
F	15	Mika Alatalo	Rauman Lukko
F	16	Ville Peltonen	HIFK
F	20	Jere Lehtinen	TPS
F	24	Sami Kapanen	KalPa
F	27	Tero Lehterä	Kiekko-Espoo
F	28	Petri Varis	Jokerit
F	40	Mika Nieminen	Luleå HF
F	42	Mikko Mäkelä	Malmö IF

Results

Stage	Opponent	Result	Points	Rank
Group Stage	Czech Republic	3-1
Group Stage	Russia	5-0
Group Stage	Norway	4-0
Group Stage	Austria	6-2
Group Stage	Germany	7-1
Group Stage		25-4	10	1
Quarterfinal	United States	6-1
Semifinal	Canada	3-5
Bronze Medal Match	Russia	4-0

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	First Round		Second Round			Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank	Start	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Hannu Manninen	Individual event	95.5	32	101.5	197.0	23	+05:33	43:08.9	46	48:41.9	38
Jari Mantila	Individual event	104.5	13	109.0	213.5	10	+03:43	41:13.6	31	44:56.6	14
Tapio Nurmela	Individual event	95.5	32	91.5	187.0	34	+06:40	40:19.8	21	46:59.8	25
Topi Sarparanta	Individual event	95.0	35	97.0	192.0	28	+06:06	39:49.7	16	45:55.7	20
Jari Mantila Tapio Nurmela Topi Sarparanta	Team event	311.0	6	281.0	592.0	9	+11:47	1:24:32.4	7	1:36:19.4	8

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	First Round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Janne Ahonen	Normal hill	112.5	24	73.5	186.0	37
Large hill	90.3	23	73.1	163.4	25
align=left rowspan=2	Ari-Pekka Nikkola	Normal hill	116.0	19	115.0	231.0	16
Large hill	92.1	22	78.6	170.7	22
align=left rowspan=2	Jani Soininen	Normal hill	126.0	8	132.5	258.5	6
Large hill	109.6	11	121.5	231.1	5
Janne Väätäinen	Normal hill	113.0	23	93.0	206.0	30
Raimo Ylipulli	Large hill	103.3	14	79.3	182.6	18
Raimo Ylipulli Janne Väätäinen Janne Ahonen Jani Soininen	Team	443.8	5	445.7	889.5	5

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/FIN/editions/45 Finland at the 1994 Winter Olympics