Finland at the 2015 European Games explained

Games:	European Games
Games Link:	2015 European Games
Year:	2015
Noc:	FIN
Nocname:	Finnish Olympic Committee
Competitors:	100
Sports:	17
Flagbearer:	Tomi Tuuha
Location:	Baku, Azerbaijan
Start Date:	12
End Date:	28 June 2015
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Rank:	40
Appearances:	auto

Finland participated at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.

Team

Competitors from Finland per sport
Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	width=16%	1	width=16%	1	width=16%	2
Badminton	1	3	4
Beach volley	2	4	6
Boxing	2	2	4
Canoe sprint	3	1	4
Cycling mountain bike	1	1	2
Cycling road	1	1	2
Diving	1	3	4
Fencing	1	1	2
Gymnastics aerobic	0	5	5
Gymnastics artistic	3	0	3
Gymnastics rhythmic	0	6	6
Judo	3	1	4
Karate	1	1	2
Shooting	5	3	8
Swimming	4	12	16
Table tennis	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Triathlon	0	1	1
Volleyball	12	0	12
Wrestling	9	2	11
Total	51	49	100

Chef de Mission

Leena Paavolainen.^[2]

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2015 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		1/32 Eliminations	1/16 Eliminations	1/8 Eliminations	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Taru Kuoppa	Women's individual	630	26	6–2 L	33
Antti Tekoniemi	Men's individual	664	16	1–7 W	6–2 L	17
Antti Tekoniemi Taru Kuoppa	Mixed team	1294	13	0–6 L	9

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2015 European Games.

Athletes	Event	Group play stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eetu Heino	Men's singles	2–0 W	2–1 W	2–0 L	2	2–0 L	9
Airi Mikkelä	Women's singles	2–0 L	0–2 W	0–2 W	2	2–0 L	9
Nyström Lindholm	Women's doubles	0–2 W	2–0 L	0–2 L	3		9

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2015 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Matti Koota	Men's 56 kg		1–2 L	colspan=4
Marjut Lausti	Women's 54 kg		0–3 L	colspan=4
Mira Potkonen	Women's 60 kg		3–0 L	colspan=4
Dmitri Tretyak	Men's 75 kg	3–0 W	2–1 L

Canoe sprint

See main article: Canoe sprint at the 2015 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Miika Dietrich	Men's K1 1000 m	3:40.061	5	3:28.064	5	3:37.298	13
Men's K1 5000 m	21:36.697	10
align=left rowspan=2	Oona Vasko	Women's K1 500 m	1:56.503	8	colspan=4
Women's K1 5000 m	Did not finish
Miika Nykänen Jeremy Hakala	Men's K2 1000 m	3:18.144	5	3:13.568	5

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2015 European Games.

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sonja Kallio	Women's cross-country	−2 laps	22^[3]
Jukka Vastaranta	Men's cross-country	−3 laps	31^[4]

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Samuel Pokala	Men's individual time trial	1:06:16.97	28^[5]
Men's road race	Did not finish
align=left rowspan=2	Sari Saarelainen	Women's individual time trial	35:21.73	13
Women's road race	3:34:09	45

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2015 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Juho Junttila	Men's 1 metre springboard	409.25	13	colspan=2
Men's 3 metre springboard	454.30	15	colspan=2
Roosa Kanerva	Women's 1 metre springboard	356.10	11	381.15	7
Saija Paavola	Women's platform	340.70	8	323.25	10
Ellen Sirkka	Women's platform	320.50	12	302.00	12

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2015 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Pool Round		Table of 32	Table of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=6	Catharina Kock	align=left rowspan=6	Women's individual épée	1–4 L	20	12–15 W	15–14 W	15–4 L	8
3–5 L
4–5 W
5–3 L
5–0 W
4–5 W
align=left rowspan=6	Niko Vuorinen	align=left rowspan=6	Men's individual épée	5–4 W	4	15–14 W	10–15 L	5
5–2 W
5–2 W
5–4 W
4–5 L
5–2 W

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2015 European Games.

Artistic

Men

Individual events

Athlete	Stage	Apparatus						All-Around
Athlete	Stage	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	All-Around
align=left rowspan=2	Karl Oskar Kirmes	Qualification	14.100 27	13.433 27	13.333 34^[6]	13.100 59	12.733 66	80.465 36^[7]
Final
align=left rowspan=2	Heikki Niva	Qualification	11.333 68	13.300 51	13.966 24	rowspan=2
Final
align=left rowspan=2	Tomi Tuuha	Qualification	14.200 23	0.000 79	13.700 23	14.650 4	13.500 43	rowspan=2
Final				14.916 4

Team all-around event

Athlete	Apparatus
Athlete
Karl Oskar Kirmes	14.100	13.433	13.333	13.766	(13.100)	12.733
Heikki Niva		11.333			13.300	13.966
Tomi Tuuha	14.200	(0.000)	13.700	14.800	13.500
Total score	28.300	24.766	27.033	28.566	26.800	26.699
All-around total Rank	162.164 19

Parentheses indicate a score discarded for the total.

Rhythmic

Group

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2015 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze / Gold	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eetu Laamanen	Men's 73 kg	W by ippon	L by yuko	colspan=6
Juho Reinvall	Men's 60 kg		L by penalty	colspan=6
Jaana Sundberg	Women's 52 kg		L by penalty	colspan=6
Antti Virta	Men's 81 kg		L by ippon

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2015 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Elimination round				Semifinals Round	Medals Round	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pasi Hirvonen	Men's kata	5–0 L^[8]	5–0 L^[9]	5–0 L^[10]	4	colspan=3
Helena Kuusisto	Women's +68 kg	0–0 D^[11]	0–2 L^[12]	1–0 L^[13]	4

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2015 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Qualifications		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Marjut Heinonen	Women's skeet	69	9	colspan=4
Marko Kemppainen	Men's skeet	123	3	14	4	15
align=left rowspan=3	Juho Kurki	Men's 10 metre air rifle	625.0	11	colspan=2
Men's 50 metre rifle prone	617.0	6	101.4	7
Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	1134	28	colspan=2
Simo Köylinen	Men's double trap	138	10	colspan=4
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela	Women's trap	71	3	12	5	colspan=2
Sami Ritsilä	Men's double trap	139	9	colspan=4
Tommi Takanen	Men's skeet	120	14	colspan=4
Mopsi Veromaa	Women's trap	68	15	colspan="4"
Tommi Takanen Marjut Heinonen	Mixed Skeet	88	10

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2015 European Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Christoffer Fredrikson	Men's 100 metre backstroke	57.41	24	colspan=4
Men's 200 metre backstroke	2:04.19	15	2:03.27	12	colspan=2
align=left rowspan=3	Juho Grönblom	Men's 50 metre butterfly	26.03	53	colspan=4
Men's 800 metre freestyle	8:36.50	25	colspan=4
Men's 1500 metre freestyle	16:25.13	22	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=4	Niko Mäkelä	Men's 50 metre butterfly	24.61	12	24.43	10	colspan=2
Men's 50 metre freestyle	23.92	38	colspan=4
Men's 100 metre butterfly	56.07	25	colspan=4
Men's 200 metre individual medley	2:10.12	35	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=4	Nikita Saunonen	Men's 50 metre butterfly	25.29	33	colspan=4
Men's 50 metre freestyle	23.65	26	colspan=4
Men's 100 metre butterfly	57.57	45	colspan=4
Men's 100 metre freestyle	52.50	49

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Melek Ayarci	Women's 50 metre backstroke	30.60	27	colspan=4
Women's 100 metre backstroke	1:06.40	28	colspan=4
Women's 200 metre backstroke	2:24.28	26	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=4	Julia Bruneau	Women's 50 metre freestyle	27.27	35	colspan=4
Women's 100 metre freestyle	59.41	46	colspan=4
Women's 200 metre freestyle	2:09.77	47	colspan=4
Women's 200 metre individual medley	2:28.73	34	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=5	Nea-Amanda Heinola	Women's 50 metre backstroke	31.46	42	colspan=4
Women's 50 metre butterfly	29.72	44	colspan=4
Women's 100 metre butterfly	1:05.45	34	colspan=4
Women's 200 metre individual medley	2:25.07	26	colspan=4
Women's 400 metre individual medley	5:05.45	14	colspan=2
align=left rowspan=3	Eveliina Kallio	Women's 50 metre backstroke	31.19	40	colspan=4
Women's 100 metre freestyle	59.02	38	colspan=4
Women's 100 metre backstroke	1:07.08	32	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=3	Reetta Kanervo	Women's 50 metre freestyle	26.22	5	26.16	6	26.11	6
Women's 50 metre butterfly	27.84	8	27.55	6	27.64	7
Women's 100 metre freestyle	58.64	28	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=4	Sini Koivu	Women's 50 metre breaststroke	33.51	17	colspan=4
Women's 50 metre freestyle	26.64	12	26.53	12	colspan=2
Women's 100 metre breaststroke	1:12.55	18	colspan=4
Women's 200 metre breaststroke	2:39.66	26	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=3	Moona Koski	Women's 50 metre breaststroke	33.77	22	colspan=4
Women's 100 metre breaststroke	1:14.21	27	colspan=4
Women's 200 metre breaststroke	2:43.23	31	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=4	Essi-Maria Lillman	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	2:37.53	18	2:35.86	13	colspan=2
Women's 200 metre individual medley	2:24.95	24	colspan=4
Women's 400 metre individual medley	5:06.10	16	colspan=2
Women's 1500 metre freestyle	17:49.58	18	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=2	Alma Lumio	Women's 50 metre butterfly	28.04	12	colspan=4
Women's 100 metre butterfly	1:04.47	31	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=3	Roosa Mört	Women's 50 metre backstroke	30.81	33	colspan=4
Women's 50 metre freestyle	26.77	19	colspan=4
Women's 100 metre freestyle	57.63	18	57.53	14	colspan=2
align=left rowspan=3	Sohvi Nenonen	Women's 50 metre butterfly	27.91	10	27.87	11	colspan=2
Women's 100 metre butterfly	1:02.12	10	1:02.44	14	colspan=2
Women's 200 metre individual medley	2:22.50	16	2:21.48	14	colspan=2
align=left rowspan=3	Aino Otava	Women's 200 metre freestyle	2:08.31	36	colspan=4
Women's 400 metre freestyle	4:25.83	20	colspan=2
Women's 800 metre freestyle	9:13.40	17	colspan=4
Roosa Mört Eveliina Kallio Sohvi Nenonen Reetta Kanervo	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:51.69	5	3:50.72	6
Eveliina Kallio Sini Koivu Sohvi Nenonen Roosa Mört	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:20.73	10	colspan=2
Nea-Amanda Heinola Essi-Maria Lillman Julia Bruneau Melek Ayarci	Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	8:40.60	9

Mixed

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2015 European Games.

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2015 European Games.

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2015 European Games.

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2015 European Games.

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round				Elimination round	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Riikka Lehtonen Taru Lahti	Women's	2–0 W	2–0 W	2–0 L	1		0–2 L	9
Jyrki Nurminen Pekka Piippo	Men's	2–1 L	2–1 L	2–1 L	4	25
Emilia Nyström Erika Nyström	Women's	0–2 W	2–0 L	2–0 W	2	0–2 L	17

Indoor

Men's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2015 European Games – Men's tournament.

Roster

Head coach: Lauri Hakala

Name	Height	Spike	Block	Club
	1.930NaN0	330cm (130inches)	315cm (124inches)	Kuortaneen Lentopallo
	1.850NaN0	325cm (128inches)	315cm (124inches)	LEKA Volley
	1.970NaN0	346cm (136inches)	324cm (128inches)	Hurrikaani Loimaa
	1.820NaN0	315cm (124inches)	300cm (100inches)	Tampereen Isku-Volley
(C)	1.940NaN0	342cm (135inches)	318cm (125inches)	Korson Veto
	1.940NaN0	348cm (137inches)	325cm (128inches)	Kokkolan Tiikerit
	1.880NaN0	337cm (133inches)	315cm (124inches)	Raision Loimu
	1.950NaN0	344cm (135inches)	320cm (130inches)	Kokkolan Tiikerit
	2.060NaN0	354cm (139inches)	328cm (129inches)	Korson Veto
	1.950NaN0	345cm (136inches)	322cm (127inches)	Perungan Pojat
	1.910NaN0	345cm (136inches)	325cm (128inches)	Pohjois-Karjalan Liiga-Riento
	1.970NaN0	345cm (136inches)	320cm (130inches)	Korson Veto

=Matches

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=Pool results

Finland did not advance to quarterfinals and final rank was 9th.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2015 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Qualifications	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jani Haapamäki	Men's Greco-Roman 59 kg	3–1 W	0–4 L	11
Jere Heino	Men's freestyle 97 kg		1–3 L	15
Ville Heino	Men's freestyle 86 kg	1–3 L	1–3 L	13
Marko Kivimäki	Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg	3–1 L	13^[15]
Tuomas Lahti	Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg	1–3 W	1–3 L	10
Petteri Martikainen	Men's freestyle 65 kg		1–3 L	14
Petra Olli	Women's freestyle 63 kg		0–5 L		0–5 L		14
Henri Selenius	Men's freestyle 74 kg		0–4 L		0–4 L		21
Henri Välimäki	Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg	4–0 L	28
Tero Välimäki	Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg	3–1 L	18
Tiina Ylinen	Women's freestyle 53 kg	3–1 W	0–5 L	10

Notes and References

Web site: Shooting — Skeet Men — Medallists . 2015-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181227084708/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/SH/pdf/SHM403000_C92A_20.pdf . 2018-12-27 . usurped .
Web site: Team Finland . 2015-06-29 . 2015-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150701144123/http://www.sport.fi/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTUvMDYvMTAvMTVfMzJfMjFfNjYwXzQyNzkzMF9iYWt1X2VzaXRlX0xSLnBkZiJdXQ/427930_baku_esite_LR.pdf . dead .
Web site: Cycling Mountain Bike — Women's Cross-country . 2015-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150620154235/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/CM/pdf/CMW021101_C73A_1.pdf . 2015-06-20 . usurped .
Web site: Cycling Mountain Bike — Men's Cross-country — Final Results . 2015-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150620154240/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/CM/pdf/CMM021101_C73A_6.pdf . 2015-06-20 . usurped .
Web site: Cycling Road — Men's Individual Time Trial . 2015-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171013174811/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/CR/pdf/CRM011101_C73T_12.pdf . 2017-10-13 . usurped .
Web site: Gymnastics Artistic — Men's Rings — Qualification . 2015-06-14 . 2017-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171013113254/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/GA/pdf/GAM005900_C73I_24.pdf . usurped .
Web site: Gymnastics Artistic — Men's Individual All-Around — Qualification . 2015-06-15 . 2015-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150624234608/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/GA/pdf/GAM024900_C73G_25.pdf . usurped .
Web site: MATCH NUMBER 2 – TATAMI 1 . 2015-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621002255/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/KA/pdf/KAM001A02_C73A_167.pdf . 2015-06-21 . usurped .
Web site: MATCH NUMBER 5 – TATAMI 1 . 2015-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621002323/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/KA/pdf/KAM001A03_C73A_182.pdf . 2015-06-21 . usurped .
Web site: MATCH NUMBER 9 – TATAMI 1 . 2015-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621002203/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/KA/pdf/KAM001A05_C73A_191.pdf . 2015-06-21 . usurped .
Web site: MATCH NUMBER 16 – TATAMI 2 . 2015-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621002220/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/KA/pdf/KAW168B02_C73B_208.pdf . 2015-06-21 . usurped .
Web site: MATCH NUMBER 20 – TATAMI 2 . 2015-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621002306/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/KA/pdf/KAW168B04_C73B_217.pdf . 2015-06-21 . usurped .
Web site: MATCH NUMBER 24 – TATAMI 2 . 2015-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621002257/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/KA/pdf/KAW168B06_C73B_228.pdf . 2015-06-21 . usurped .
Web site: Triathlon — Women — Official Results . 2015-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150624152425/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/TR/pdf/TRW001101_C73B_13.pdf . 2015-06-24 . usurped .
Web site: Wrestling — Men's Greco-Roman 85kg — Competition Sheet . 2015-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150624233933/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/WR/pdf/WRM185000_C75_157.pdf . 2015-06-24 . usurped .