| Noc: | FIN |
| Nocname: | Finnish Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 45 |
| Sports: | 11 |
| Flagbearer Close: | Mira Potkonen |
| Rank: | 85 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 2 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1908 |
| See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games |
Finland competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Finnish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since the nation's official debut in 1908. Finland left the 2020 Summer Olympics with only two bronze medals, having yet to earn a single Gold medal since the 2008 Summer Olympics.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke | ||||
| Mira Potkonen | Boxing | Women's lightweight |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Athletics | 9 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Boxing | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Golf | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Sailing | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Shooting | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Skateboarding | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Wrestling | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 23 | 45 |
See main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. One Finnish archer directly qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Games by reaching the quarterfinal stage and obtaining one of seven available spots at the 2021 Final Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Finnish athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2] [3]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Elmo Lakka | 110 m hurdles | 13.48 | 5 q | 13.67 | 7 | Did not advance | |
| Topi Raitanen | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:19.17 SB | 2 Q | 8:17.44 SB | 8 | ||
| Jarkko Kinnunen | align=left rowspan=3 | 50 km walk | 4:04:28 | 26 | |||
| Aleksi Ojala | 4:14:02 | 38 | |||||
| Aku Partanen | 3:52:39 SB | 9 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Sara Kuivisto | 800 m | 2:00.15 NR | 4 q | 1:59.41 NR | 6 | Did not advance | ||
| 1500 m | 4:04.10 NR | 4 Q | 4:02.35 NR | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| Reetta Hurske | 100 m hurdles | 13.10 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Annimari Korte | 13.06 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| Viivi Lehikoinen | 400 m hurdles | 55.67 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Kristian Pulli | Long jump | 7.96 | 12 q | 7.92 | 9 |
| Lassi Etelätalo | Javelin throw | 84.50 | 5 Q | 83.28 | 8 |
| Oliver Helander | 78.81 | 17 | Did not advance | ||
| Toni Kuusela | 76.96 | 26 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
| Kristiina Mäkelä | align=left rowspan=2 | Triple jump | 14.21 | 12 q | 14.17 | 11 |
| Senni Salminen | 14.20 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
| Ella Junnila | High jump | 1.86 | =22 | Did not advance | ||
| Elina Lampela | align=left rowspan=2 | Pole vault | – | Did not advance | ||
| Wilma Murto | 4.55 | =8 q | 4.50 | =5 | ||
| Silja Kosonen | align=left rowspan=2 | Hammer throw | 70.49 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| Krista Tervo | — | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | 200 m | 800 m | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left rowspan=2 | Maria Huntington | Result | 13.20 | 1.80 | 12.49 | 24.50 | 6.10 | 42.91 | 2:19.28 | 6135 | 17 |
| Points | 1094 | 978 | 694 | 933 | 880 | 723 | 833 | ||||
See main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Finland entered one male badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Kalle Koljonen, the 2021 European Championships bronze medalists, secured a spot at the Games after finished 28th in the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings.[4] Airi Mikkelä who qualified to compete at the Games in the women's singles declined the invitation after she has decided to retire in July 2020.[5] [6]
See main article: article, Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Finland entered one female boxer into the Olympic tournament. Mira Potkonen in the women's lightweight)qualified by topping the list of eligible boxers from Europe in her weight division of the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.
See main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification. Finland entered one dressage rider into the Olympic equestrian competition, by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group A (North Western Europe).[7]
See main article: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Finland entered two male and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Par | Rank | |||
| Kalle Samooja | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's | 75 | 68 | 70 | 67 | 280 | −4 | =45 |
| Sami Välimäki | 70 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 275 | −9 | =27 | ||
| Matilda Castren | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's | 68 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 276 | −8 | =18 |
| Sanna Nuutinen | 70 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 277 | −7 | =20 | ||
See main article: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Finnish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.[8]
On 12 December 2019, windsurfer and London 2012 silver medalist Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén and Rio 2016 Laser sailor Kaarle Tapper were officially nominated to the Finnish roster for the Games, with two-time Olympian Tuula Tenkanen (women's Laser Radial) joining the squad more than a year later.[9] [10] Nacra 17 sailors Sinem Kurtbay and Akseli Keskinen completed the lineup on April 21, 2021, as the former's original partner Janne Järvinen handed a prison sentence for money laundering and drug offenses.[11]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | |||||
| Kaarle Tapper | Men's Laser | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 109 | 9 | ||||
| Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén | Women's RS:X | 11 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | EL | 130 | 14 | ||
| Tuula Tenkanen | Women's Laser Radial | 9 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 95 | 5 | ||||
| Akseli Keskinen Sinem Kurtbay | Mixed Nacra 17 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 12 | EL | 131 | 13 | ||
See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Finnish shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, if they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by June 6, 2021.[12]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| Eetu Kallioinen | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's skeet | 123 | 3 Q | 36 | 4 |
| Lari Pesonen | 114 | 28 | Did not advance | |||
| Satu Mäkelä-Nummela | Women's trap | 113 | 24 | Did not advance | ||
See main article: Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Finland entered one skateboarder into the Olympic tournament. Lizzie Armanto was automatically selected among the top 16 eligible skateboarders in the women's park based on the World Skate Olympic Rankings of June 30, 2021.
See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Finnish swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[13] [14]
On 12 December 2019, breaststroke swimmer and 2013 world bronze medalist Matti Mattsson was officially nominated to the Finnish roster for his third consecutive Games, with rookie Ida Hulkko (women's 100 m breaststroke) and eventual European champion Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (men's 50 m freestyle) achieving the A-standard to join Mattsson in the pool for the rescheduled Games.[9] [10]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Men's 50 m freestyle | 22.25 | =26 | Did not advance | |||
| Men's 100 m freestyle | 50.48 | 46 | Did not advance | |||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Matti Mattsson | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.02 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
| Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:08.44 | 3 Q | 2:08.22 | 5 Q | 2:07.13 | |||
| Ida Hulkko | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:06.19 | 7 Q | 1:07.02 | 12 | Did not advance | ||
| Mimosa Jallow | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:00.06 | 17 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Women's 50 m freestyle | 24.77 | 17 Q | 24.91 | 15 | Did not advance | |
| Women's 100 m freestyle | 54.69 | 23 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Finland qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them granted an Olympic license by advancing to the top two finals of the men's Greco-Roman 97 kg at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary, while another Finnish wrestler claimed one of the remaining slots in the men's Greco-Roman 130 kg at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[15] [16]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Arvi Savolainen | Men's −97 kg | W 3–1 PP | L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | W 3–1 PP | L 1–3 PP | 5 | |
| Elias Kuosmanen | Men's −130 kg | L 0–5 VT | Did not advance | L 0–4 ST | Did not advance | 16 | ||