Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	FIN
Nocname:	Finnish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2010
Website:
Location:	Vancouver
Competitors:	95
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Ville Peltonen (opening) Tanja Poutiainen (closing)
Rank:	24
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Finland participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				17 February
				25 February
	Finland women's national ice hockey team			25 February
				27 February
	Finland men's national ice hockey team			27 February

Review

The Finnish Olympic Committee had set a goal of 12 medals for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and considered the result of 5 medals far weaker than expected. By discipline, it summarized in its annual report: "The most positive results were achieved in ice hockey, snowboarding and figure skating, whereas the performances in cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined and biathlon were clearly below the expected."^[1]

The central conclusions drawn by the Olympic committee on coaching issues on which to take action towards 2014 were:^[2]

• The role and leadership of head coaches were weak.
• The competence of the coaching of national sports federations was inadequate.
• The ratio of decentralized and centralized exercise was distorted.
• Know-how in mental training was weak.
• The emphasis of ski maintenance has elevated in winter sports.

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete^[3]	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=5	Andreas Romar	Men's downhill	n/a		1:58.71	42
Men's super-G	n/a		Did not finish
Men's giant slalom	1:19.79	1:22.52	2:42.31	30
Men's slalom	Did not finish
Men's combined	2:00.89	Did not finish
Marcus Sandell	Men's giant slalom	1:18.58	Did not finish
Sanni Leinonen	Women's giant slalom	1:18.38	1:14.06	2:32.44	30
Women's slalom	Did not finish
Tanja Poutiainen	Women's giant slalom	1:16.16	1:12.01	2:28.17	13
Women's slalom	51.67	53.26	1:44.93	6

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Timo Antila	Men's sprint	26:37.4	1	40
Men's pursuit	38:22.1	6	52
Men's individual	54:22.7	5	56
align=left rowspan=2	Mari Laukkanen	Women's sprint	22:45.0	4	68
Women's individual	45:36.4	3	43
align=left rowspan=3	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Women's sprint	22:27.3	3	59
Women's pursuit	34:50.0	2	45
Women's individual	45:46.4	4	46
align=left rowspan=2	Paavo Puurunen	Men's sprint	28:04.8	4	73
Men's individual	54:15.7	3	53

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Matti Heikkinen	15 km freestyle	35:37.1	39
30 km pursuit	Did not finish
Sami Jauhojärvi	30 km pursuit	Did not finish
50 km classical	2:06:43.2	20
Teemu Kattilakoski	15 km freestyle	35:06.8	27
Juha Lallukka	15 km freestyle	35:28.8	34
Lari Lehtonen	30 km pursuit	1:20:34.5	33
50 km classical	2:16:26.2	43
Ville Nousiainen	15 km freestyle	34:45.5	13
30 km pursuit	Did not finish
50 km classical	2:11:38.0	37
Sami Jauhojärvi Matti Heikkinen Teemu Kattilakoski Ville Nousiainen	4 x 10 km relay	1:45:30.3	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Virpi Kuitunen	30 km classical	1:33:36.7	13
Krista Lähteenmäki	10 km freestyle	27:49.4	52
30 km classical	1:35:08.4	25
Pirjo Muranen	15 km pursuit	42:50.5	30
Riitta-Liisa Roponen	10 km freestyle	25:24.3	6
15 km pursuit	42:14.3	19
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	10 km freestyle	25:59.5	15
15 km pursuit	40:40.6	5
30 km classical	1:31:38.7
Riikka Sarasoja	10 km freestyle	26:50.2	31
15 km pursuit	42:24.4	21
30 km classical	1:33:33.2	12
Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	4 x 5 km relay	55:49.9

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Sami Jauhojärvi	Men's sprint	3:39.57	21 Q	3:36.9	2 Q	3:39.6	6	Did not advance
Virpi Kuitunen	Women's sprint	3:43.72	6 Q	3:39.9	2 Q	3:46.4	5	Did not advance
Kalle Lassila	Men's sprint	3:39.12	19 Q	3:42.2	2 Q	3:43.7	5	Did not advance
Pirjo Muranen	Women's sprint	3:46.04	15 Q	3:41.7	5	Did not advance
Kirsi Perälä	Women's sprint	3:48.08	20 Q	3:39.7	4	Did not advance
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Women's sprint	3:38.82	2 Q	3:40.7	3	Did not advance
Matias Strandvall	Men's sprint	3:42.74	37	Did not advance
Jesse Väänänen	Men's sprint	3:39.21	20 Q	3:38.7	5	Did not advance
Ville Nousiainen Lasse Paakkonen	Men's team sprint	n/a				3:12.8	5 Q	3:17.6	10
Riitta-Liisa Roponen Riikka Sarasoja	Women's team sprint	n/a				3:02.6	5 Q	3:00.9	8

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Finland has qualified one entrant in men's singles and two in ladies singles, for a total of three athletes.^[4]

Athlete(s)	Event			/		/		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari	Men			44.62	30	Did not qualify		44.62	30
Kiira Korpi	Ladies'			52.96	17	108.61	11	161.57	11
Laura Lepistö	Ladies'			61.36	10	126.61	4	187.97	6

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Arttu Kiramo	Men's moguls	23.78	12 Q	22.76	16
Tapio Luusua	Men's moguls	22.83	21	Did not advance
Mikko Ronkainen	Men's moguls	23.00	20 Q	23.50	14

Ski cross

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Finland played in Group C.

Round-robinAll times are local (UTC-8).--------

Standings

Final rounds

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Finland played in Group B.

Round-robinAll times are local (UTC-8).--------

Final rounds

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-Country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Anssi Koivuranta	Individual normal hill/10 km	122.0	8	0:54	25:22.9	8
Individual large hill/10 km	66.3	44	4:03	Did not finish
Hannu Manninen	Individual normal hill/10 km	116.0	22	1:18	25:12.4	13
Individual large hill/10 km	107.7	16	1:17	24:49.0	4
Janne Ryynänen	Individual normal hill/10 km	135.5	1	-	27:21.6	26
Individual large hill/10 km	117.0	3	0:40	26:00.9	12
Jaakko Tallus	Individual normal hill/10 km	119.5	19	1:04	27:21.1	38
Individual large hill/10 km	95.8	25	2:05	26:51.1	32
Anssi Koivuranta Hannu Manninen Janne Ryynänen Jaakko Tallus	Team	507.0 132.0 120.5 134.2 120.3	1	-	51:53.1 13:12.9 13:20.8 12:32.6 12:46.8	7

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Janne Ahonen	Normal hill	Prequalified		129.5	5 Q	133.5	263.0	4
Large hill	Prequalified		111.0	16 Q	111.0	DNS	31
Janne Happonen	Normal hill	133.0	8 Q	117.5	25 Q	124.0	241.5	19
Large hill	128.4	13 Q	Disqualified
Matti Hautamäki	Large hill	Prequalified		121.5	7 Q	134.0	202.4	26
Kalle Keituri	Normal hill	130.0	11 Q	116.0	27 Q	122.0	238.0	22
Harri Olli	Normal hill	133.5	6 Q	Disqualified
Large hill	135.6	9 Q	95.6	30 Q	122.2	217.8	18
Matti Hautamäki Janne Happonen Kalle Keituri Harri Olli	Team	n/a		490.2 129.8 109.5 108.4 131.7	4 Q	524.4 123.5 112.2 126.6 132.1	1014.6	4

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

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Janne Korpi	Men's halfpipe	26.5	15.6	11	Did not advance					24
Markku Koski	Men's halfpipe	36.9	41.3	4 QF	Advanced to final			36.4	25.0	6
Markus Malin	Men's halfpipe	32.8	36.7	8 QS	42.9	21.9	1 Q	16.7	18.6	11
Peetu Piiroinen	Men's halfpipe	44.0	45.1	1 Q	Advanced to final			40.8	45.0

Parallel GS

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pekka Koskela	Men's 500 m	35.943	28	36.535	36	72.478	33
Tuomas Nieminen	Men's 500 m	35.940	27	36.047	27	71.987	27
Men's 1000 m	n/a				1:12.26	34
Mika Poutala	Men's 500 m	34.863	1	35.181	11	70.044	5
Men's 1000 m	n/a				1:09.85	8
Markus Puolakka	Men's 500 m	36.152	32	36.204	31	72.356	30

See also

• Finland at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vuosikertomus 2010 . . 1 June 2011 . . . 6 . Annual Report 2010 . 14 December 2013 .
2. Web site: Vuosikertomus 2010 . . 1 June 2011 . . . 25 . Annual Report 2010 . fi . 14 December 2013 .
3. Web site: Vancouver 2010 Official Report - Volume 2 . Vancouver Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2010 . 11 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110823025527/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2010/2010v2.pdf . 23 August 2011.
4. Web site: International Skating Union Communication No. 1589: Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Entries/Participation Single & Pair And Ice Dance . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004213514/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1565 . dead . 4 October 2009 . PDF . . 28 September 2009 . 21 November 2009 .