Finland at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	FIN
Nocname:	Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2004
Website:
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	53
Sports:	12
Flagbearer:	Thomas Johanson
Rank:	62
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1908
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Finnish athletes have competed at every Olympic Games since its debut in 1908. The Finnish Olympic Committee (fi|Suomen Olympiakomitea, SOK) sent the nation's smallest ever team to the Games after the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. A total of 53 athletes, 36 men and 17 women, competed only in 12 sports; the nation's team size was roughly denser from Sydney by a quarter of the athletes.

The Finnish team featured three returning Olympic medalists from Sydney: Greco-Roman wrestler Marko Yli-Hannuksela, rifle shooter Juha Hirvi, who won a silver in the men's rifle three positions, and competed at his fifth Olympic Games, and open skiff sailor and defending Olympic champion Thomas Johanson, who was appointed by the committee to carry the Finnish flag in the opening ceremony.^[1] Other notable Finnish athletes included swimmers Hanna-Maria Seppälä and 1996 Olympic silver medalist Jani Sievinen, professional tennis player Jarkko Nieminen, javelin thrower and top medal contender Tero Pitkämäki, and hammer thrower Olli-Pekka Karjalainen.

Finland left Athens with their worst athletic performance, as the Finns failed to pick up a single gold for the first time in the entire Olympic history.^[2] Two silver medals were awarded to the Finnish team for skeet shooter Marko Kemppainen, and Greco-Roman wrestler Marko Yli-Hannuksela, who had previously won a bronze from Sydney in the men's 74 kg category.^{[3] [4]}

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics. One Finnish archer qualified for the women's individual archery.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Finnish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^{[5] [6]}

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Janne Holmén	Marathon	2:17:50	22
Jani Lehtinen	50 km walk	4:05:35	28
Jussi Utriainen	Marathon

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Oskari Frösén	High jump	2.20	25	Did not advance
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	Hammer throw	76.11	15	Did not advance
Esko Mikkola	Javelin throw	83.64	4 Q	79.43	11
Matti Mononen	Pole vault	5.65	17	Did not advance
Matti Närhi	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw	81.06	10 Q	80.28	10
Tero Pitkämäki	82.04	7 Q	83.01	8
Vesa Rantanen	Pole vault	5.50	=22	Did not advance
Tepa Reinikainen	Shot put	19.74	13	Did not advance
David Söderberg	Hammer throw	74.14	22	Did not advance
Ville Tiisanoja	Shot put	19.50	19	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jaakko Ojaniemi	Result	10.68	7.50	14.97	1.94	49.12	15.01	40.35	4.60	59.26	4:35.71	8006	16
Points	933	935	788	749	856	848	672	790	727	708

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Johanna Manninen	100 m	11.45	5	Did not advance
200 m	23.45	5	Did not advance
Kirsi Mykkanen	400 m	52.53	6	Did not advance
Kirsi Valasti	5000 m	15:33.78	10	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mikaela Ingberg	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw	60.80	13	Did not advance
Taina Kolkkala	61.16	10 Q	60.72	10
align=left rowspan=2	Heli Koivula Kruger	Long jump	6.50	16	Did not advance
Triple jump	13.98	23	Did not advance
Sini Pöyry	Hammer throw	66.05	23	Did not advance
Paula Tarvainen	Javelin throw	56.88	28	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Tiia Hautala	Result	13.99	1.70	11.56	26.10	4.39		—
Points	980	855	632	788	401	0	—

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kasperi Salo	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	L 17–14, 7–15, 11–15	Did not advance
Antti Viitikko	L 12–15, 3–15	Did not advance
Anu Weckström	Women's singles	L 5–11, 4–11	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kimmo Latvamäki	Men's K-1 500 m	1:40.645	5 q	1:40.753	6	Did not advance
Jenni Honkanen	Women's K-1 500 m	1:55.244	4 q	1:53.050	2 Q	1:53.937	8

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Finnish divers qualified for two individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jukka Piekkanen	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	359.22	29	Did not advance
Joona Puhakka	414.69	13 Q	624.60	14	Did not advance

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Finland has qualified a single judoka.

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Finnish sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Women

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Roope Suomalainen	Laser	35	5	24	12	10	12	33	32	11	13	8	160	19
Thomas Johanson Jukka Piirainen	49er	14	7	2	9	8	6	9	7	5	6	9	13	14	12	15	4	111	8

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Six Finnish shooters (four men and two women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Juha Hirvi	10 m air rifle	580	45	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	594	=9	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1160	15	Did not advance
Marko Kemppainen	Skeet	125	1 Q	149 (4)
Petri Nummela	Trap	117	=14	Did not advance
Joonas Olkkonen	Double trap	118	25	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Marjo Yli-Kiikka	10 m air rifle	392	=22	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	571	=20	Did not advance
Maarit Lepomäki	Skeet	67	=9	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Finnish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jere Hård	50 m freestyle	23.33	41	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	54.02	28	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Matti Mäki	100 m backstroke	57.57	36	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:06.29	33	Did not advance
Jarno Pihlava	100 m breaststroke	1:01.99	13 Q	1:01.86	13	Did not advance
Matti Rajakylä	100 m freestyle	50.67	33	Did not advance
Jani Sievinen	200 m individual medley	2:02.79	20	Did not advance
Jere Hård Jarno Pihlava Matti Rajakylä Jani Sievinen	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:41.64	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Eeva Saarinen	100 m breaststroke	1:11.39	23	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:34.17	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	50 m freestyle	26.01	24	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	56.01	=15 Q	55.59	12	Did not advance
100 m backstroke	1:05.55	36	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Finland has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Finland nominated one male tennis player to compete in the tournament.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marko Yli-Hannuksela	−74 kg	W 3–0	W 3–0	1 Q	W 3–1	W 3–0	L 1–3
Juha Ahokas	−120 kg	L 0–3	L 1–3	3	Did not advance			17

See also

• Finland at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Finnish Olympic Committee

Notes and References

1. News: Salo. Urho. Johanson kantaa Suomen lippua. Johanson carries the Finnish flag. fi. Turun Sanomat. 13 August 2004. 18 May 2014. 18 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140518103239/http://www.ts.fi/olympialaiset/ateena/1073985225/Johanson+kantaa+Suomen+lippua. dead.
2. News: 'Lambs' to the slaughter as Finns go home. Independent Online (South Africa). 30 August 2004. 18 May 2014.
3. News: Benelli takes gold in men's skeet. ABC News Australia. 23 August 2004. 18 May 2014.
4. News: Silver medal for Marko Yli-Hannuksela in Greco-Roman wrestling. Helsingin Sanomat. 27 August 2004. 18 May 2014.
5. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
6. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.