Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	FIN
Nocname:	Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2006
Website:
Location:	Turin
Competitors:	102
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Janne Lahtela (opening)^[1] Markku Uusipaavalniemi (closing)^[2]
Rank:	19
Gold:	0
Silver:	6
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports.^[3]

Janne Lahtela, a moguls freestyle skier and a defending Olympic champion, was the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				24 February
	Wille Mäkelä Kalle Kiiskinen Teemu Salo Jani Sullanmaa			24 February
				15 February
				26 February
				12 February
	Janne Happonen Matti Hautamäki Tami Kiuru			20 February
	Virpi Kuitunen			14 February
	Anssi Koivuranta Jaakko Tallus Hannu Manninen			16 February
				12 February

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Kalle Palander	Men's giant slalom	1:18.22	1:18.60	n/a	2:36.82	9
	Men's slalom	53.38	disqualified
Tanja Poutiainen	Women's giant slalom	1:01.21	1:08.65	n/a	2:09.86
	Women's slalom	43.05	47.74	n/a	1:30.79	6
Henna Raita	Women's slalom	44.29	48.04	n/a	1:32.33	20
Jukka Rajala	Men's giant slalom	1:20.17	1:21.23	n/a	2:41.40	22
	Men's slalom	did not finish

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Paavo Puurunen was the only Finnish biathlete who competed in Torino.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Paavo Puurunen	Men's sprint	28:57.3	2	46
	Men's pursuit	38:01.28	3	22
	Men's mass start	47:43.7	0	4
	Men's individual	56:38.9	1	12

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Six men and six women participated in the cross-country skiing events,^[5] making the cross-country skiing squad the largest squad for any individual sport.

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Sami Jauhojärvi	15 km classical	39:15.3	9
	30 km pursuit	1:17:58.1	20
Teemu Kattilakoski	50 km freestyle	2:09:26.2	43
Ville Nousiainen	50 km freestyle	Did not finish
Olli Ohtonen	15 km classical	41:47.4	48
	30 kilometre pursuit	Did not start
	50 km freestyle	2:11:54.7	52
Lauri Pyykönen	15 km classical	42:10.4	55
Tero Similä	15 km classical	40:44.5	32
	30 km pursuit	1:20:04.5	34
Sami Jauhojärvi Tero Similä Olli Ohtonen Teemu Kattilakoski	4 x 10 km relay	40:44.5	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Elina Hietamäki	15 km pursuit	46:20.5	33
Virpi Kuitunen	10 km classical	28:51.4	9
	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Riitta-Liisa Lassila	10 km classical	30:28.4	35
	15 km pursuit	44:06.1	13
	30 km freestyle	1:26:55.4	23
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	10 km classical	28:29.6	7
	30 km freestyle	1:25:41.8	17
Kirsi Välimaa	15 km pursuit	46:25.6	34
Kati Venäläinen	10 km classical	31:04.9	43
	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Lassila Kati Venäläinen	4 x 5 km relay	55:55.8	7

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Elina Hietamäki	Women's sprint	2:20.49	42	Did not advance	42
Sami Jauhojärvi	Men's sprint	2:28.42	61	Did not advance	61
Virpi Kuitunen	Women's sprint	2:14.83	7 Q	2:16.2	2 Q	2:16.3	3	Final B 2:18.1	5
Keijo Kurttila	Men's sprint	2:19.94	22 Q	2:25.1	5	Did not advance	23
Lauri Pyykönen	Men's sprint	2:20.21	26 Q	2:28.6	6	Did not advance	27
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Women's sprint	2:15.75	11 Q	2:20.7	6	Did not advance	26
Kati Venäläinen	Women's sprint	2:17.29	24 Q	2:18.1	6	Did not advance	29
Keijo Kurttila Lauri Pyykönen	Men's team sprint	n/a	17:21.5	4 Q	17:39.2	5
Virpi Kuitunen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Women's team sprint	n/a	17:16.8	1 Q	16:39.2

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Men's

Markku Uusipaavalniemi (skip), Wille Mäkelä, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Jani Sullanmaa (alternate)

Finland sent a men's curling team to the Olympics,^[6] the same team which finished fifth at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.

Round-robin

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Draw 10

Draw 11

Standings

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1		Markku Uusipaavalniemi	7	2
2		Brad Gushue	6	3
3		Pete Fenson	6	3
4		David Murdoch	6	3
5		Pål Trulsen	5	4
6		Ralph Stockli	5	4
7		Joel Retornaz	4	5
8		Peter Lindholm	3	6
9		Andy Kapp	3	6
10		Sean Becker	0	9

Playoffs

Semifinal

Final

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Susanna Pöykiö and Kiira Korpi were selected for the women's competition. Pöykiö has won a silver at the 2005 European Figure Skating Championships (held in Torino), while Korpi's best European placing prior to the Olympics was sixth.^[7]

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kiira Korpi	Ladies'	n/a	44.84	20 Q	92.36	14	137.20	16
Susanna Pöykiö	Ladies'	n/a	53.74	12 Q	89.48	15	143.22	13

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Five Finnish men were entered in the freestyle competition, all in the moguls^[8] Since only four entrants were allowed, Tapio Luusua ended up as an alternate.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Janne Lahtela	Men's moguls	23.77	10 Q	22.65	16
Juuso Lahtela	Men's moguls	22.31	19 Q	24.42	8
Sami Mustonen	Men's moguls	21.57	22	did not advance
Mikko Ronkainen	Men's moguls	23.38	13 Q	26.62

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Men's

The Finnish men's team finished atop its Round-robin group, which including beating both previous Olympic gold medalists, the Czech Republic and Canada, and beat the United States and Russia to make the final, where it lost to Sweden to finish in the silver medal position.

Roster

Round-robin

Medal round

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Final

Women's

The Finnish women's team finished second to the United States in the round-robin section of the competition, but lost to both North American teams in the medal round to end up in fourth place.

Players

Round-robin

Medal round

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Anssi Koivuranta	Sprint	121.5	3	0:17	19:17.7 +48.7	11
	Individual Gundersen	220.5	18	2:48	43:37.3 +3:52.7	25
Antti Kuisma	Individual Gundersen	217.5	22	3:00	42:33.8 +2:49.2	17
Hannu Manninen	Sprint	108.3	16	1:10	19:21.0 +52.0	12
	Individual Gundersen	238.0	8	1:38	41:20.2 +1:35.6	9
Janne Ryynänen	Sprint	102.5	29	1:33	20:47.6 +2:18.6	37
Jaakko Tallus	Sprint	120.9	4	0:19	18:58.1 +29.1	5
	Individual Gundersen	257.0	3	0:22	40:01.9 +17.3	5
Anssi Koivuranta Antti Kuisma Hannu Manninen Jaakko Tallus	Team	878.6	4	0:35	50:19.4 +26.8

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Janne Ahonen	Normal hill	133.5	3 PQ	134.5	2 Q	127.0	261.5	6
	Large hill	136.3	2 PQ	112.3	9 Q	121.8	234.1	9
Janne Happonen	Normal hill	114.0	23 Q	116.0	26 Q	109.0	225.0	28
Matti Hautamäki	Normal hill	130.0	5 PQ	131.0	6 Q	134.5	265.5
	Large hill	129.6	5 PQ	117.3	7 Q	125.1	242.4	5
Risto Jussilainen	Large hill	97.2	10 Q	91.7	35	did not advance	35
Tami Kiuru	Normal hill	125.0	8 Q	113.0	31	did not advance	31
	Large hill	95.3	12 Q	108.6	13 Q	105.4	214.0	18
Tami Kiuru Janne Happonen Janne Ahonen Matti Hautamäki	Team	n/a	467.2	2 Q	509.4	976.6

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Antti Autti	Men's halfpipe	43.5	2 Q	n/a	(28.2)	39.1	5
Janne Korpi	Men's halfpipe	9.2	42	33.5	14	did not advance	20
Markku Koski	Men's halfpipe	20.2	28	40.6	3 Q	41.5	(31.4)
Risto Mattila	Men's halfpipe	40.8	5 Q	n/a	(31.6)	35.8	10

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Janne Hänninen	Men's 500 m	35.58	35.67	1:11.25	15
	Men's 1000 m	n/a	1:10.83	25
Pekka Koskela	Men's 500 m	35.58	35.51	1:11.09	10
	Men's 1000 m	n/a	1:11.45	31
Mika Poutala	Men's 500 m	35.91	35.83	1:11.74	22
	Men's 1000 m	n/a	1:11.03	26
Risto Rosendahl	Men's 1000 m	n/a	1:12.60	37
	Men's 1500 m	n/a	1:49.51	24

Notes and references

1. Web site: Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony . 22 February 2009 .
2. Web site: Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony . https://web.archive.org/web/20120115165300/http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1726 . dead . 15 January 2012 . 22 February 2009 .
3. Torino-Kisavisut - Joukkue lajeittain, from Suomen Olympiakomitea (Finnish Olympic Committee), retrieved 26 January 2006.
4. Torino-Kisasivut - Ampumahiihto, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
5. Torino-Kisasivut - Maastohiihto, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
6. Torino-Kisasivut - Curling, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
7. Torino-Kisasivut - Taitoluistelu, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
8. . Torino-Kisasivut - Freestylehiihto, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.