Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Gold Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Satu Mäkelä-Nummela	Shooting	Women's Trap

Bronze Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Henri Häkkinen	Shooting	Men's 10 meter air rifle

Finland will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The athletes were named in three selections: first took place in December 2007, 2nd on May 20 and 3rd on July 21 2008.

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Korea's won the championship in both the men's and women's events. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Rank
Matti Hatava	Individual	619	58	S Terry (GBR)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men:

• Visa Hongisto (200 m)
• Mikko Lahtio (800 m)
• Jukka Keskisalo (3000 m steeplechase)
• Janne Holmén (Marathon)
• Francis Kirwa (Marathon)
• Tero Järvenpää (Javelin Throw)
• Tero Pitkämäki (Javelin Throw)
• Teemu Wirkkala (Javelin Throw)
• Frantz Kruger (Discus Throw)
• Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Hammer Throw)
• Robert Häggblom (Shot Put)
• Tommi Evilä (Long Jump)
• Mikko Latvala (Pole Vault)
• Antti Kempas (Race Walking)
• Jarkko Kinnunen (Race Walking)
• Mikko Halvari (Decathlon)

Women:

• Merja Korpela (Hammer Throw)
• Vanessa Vandy (Pole Vault)
• Niina Kelo (Heptathlon)
• Mikaela Ingberg (Javelin Throw)

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ville Lång	Singles	V Druzchenko (UKR) 2-0 (21-12, 21-19)	R Rai (USA)

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anu Nieminen	Singles		(7) H Xu (GER) 0-2 (17-21, 8-21)

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Flatwater

Women:

• Anne Rikala (K1, K2)
• Jenni Mikkonen (K2)

Men:

• Mika Hokajärvi (K2)
• Kalle Mikkonen (K2)

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semi-Final				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Joona Puhakka	3 m Individual Springboard

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2				Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank
Kyra Kyrklund	Max	Individual

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage <br\>Round	Repechage <br\>Quarterfinals	Repechage <br\>Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nina Koivumäki	−57 kg
Johanna Ylinen	−63 kg	C F Wang (TPE)

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Women:

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Minna Nieminen Sanna Stén	Lightweight<br\> double sculls	6:56.61	7.

Ilona Hiltunen was named as the reserve.

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Pierre Collura	Laser
Heikki Elomaa Niklas Lindgren	470

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Tuuli Petäjä	Sailboard
Tuula Tenkanen	Laser Radial
Maria Klemetz Silja Lehtinen Livia Väresmaa	Yngling	6	6	3	8								23	2nd

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Tapio Nirkko	Finn	18	9	9	9								45	10.

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Henri Häkkinen	10 m air rifle	598		101.4	3rd	3rd
	50 m rifle Prone
	50 m Rifle Three Positions
Juha Hirvi	50 m rifle Prone
	50 m Rifle Three Positions
Kai Jahnsson	10 m air pistol	574	30.			30.
	50 m pistol

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Hanna Etula	50 m rifle three positions
	10 m air rifle	394	21.			21.
Marjo Yli-Kiikka	50 m rifle three positions
	10 m air rifle	389	38.			38.
Mira Nevansuu	10 m air pistol	384	8th	480.5	7th	7th
	25 m pistol
Marjut Heinonen	skeet
Satu Makela-Nummela	trap	70	2nd	91	1st	1st

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semi-Final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hanna-Maria Seppälä	Women's 50 m freestyle
	Women's 100 m freestyle
	Women's 100 m backstroke	1.02,39	30.				30.
Noora Laukkanen	Women's 200 m breaststroke
Eva Lehtonen	Women's 400 m freestyle	4.20,07	35.				35.
	Women's 800 m freestyle
Emilia Pikkarainen	Women's 100 m butterfly	1.02,31	46.				46.
Matti Rajakylä	Men's 50 m freestyle
	Men's 100 m freestyle

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Jarkko Nieminen	Singles	T Johansson (SWE)

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Antti Everi	+105 kg

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jarkko Ala-Huikku	−60 kg

See also

• Finland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Finnish Team for Beijing 2008