Finland at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Finland at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 135
Medals Gold
3		 Silver
1		 Bronze
4		 Total
8
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Finland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

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[edit] Medals

Finland finished in 12th position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and eight medals overall.

[edit] Gold Gold

[edit] Gold Silver

[edit] Gold Bronze

  • Päivi Meriluoto — Archery, women's competition
  • Kaarlo Maaninka — Athletics, men's 5.000 metres
  • Mikko Huhtala — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweight
  • Jouko Lindgrén and Georg Tallberg — Sailing, men's 470 competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

For the first time, Finland entered women in the Olympic archery competition. They were quite successful, with Paivi Meriluoto winning a bronze medal. The Finnish men, competing for the third time, both placed in the top eight as Tomi Poikolainen won Finland's first gold medal in archery. Kyösti Laasonen, who had competed in every Olympics since the reinstatement of archery, took seventh.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Päivi Meriluoto — 2.449 points (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Capita Jussila — 2.298 points (→ 14th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Tomi Poikolainen — 2.455 points (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Kyösti Laasonen — 2.419 points (→ 7th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Triple Jump

  • Olli Pousi
  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Hakan Spik
  • Final — 2:22:24 (→ 32nd place)
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Jouni Kortelainen
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 62.14 m
  • Final — 61.84 m (→ 9th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Antero Puranen
  • Qualification — 84.02 m
  • Final — 86.15 m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification — 80.30 m
  • Final — 84.34 m (→ 6th place)
  • Aimo Aho
  • Qualification — 82.12 m
  • Final — 80.58 m (→ 9th place)

Men's Decathlon

  • Esa Jokinen
  • Final — 7826 points (→ 9th place)
  • Johannes Lahti
  • Final — 7765 points (→ 11th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Antti Juntumaa
    1. First Round — Defeated Beruk Asfaw (Ethiopia) after knock-out in first round
    2. Second Round — Lost to Dumitru Schiopu (Romania) on points (1-4)


Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Veli Koota
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Fazlija Sacirovic (Yugoslavia) after referee stopped contest in second round
    3. Third Round — Lost to Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) after diskwalification in second round


Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Hannu Kaislama
    1. First Round — Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) on points (0-5)


[edit] Football

[edit] Men's Team Competition

PRELIMINARY ROUND (GROUP D)

July 21, 1980
Yugoslavia - Finland 2-0 (0-0) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

July 23, 1980
Finland - Iraq 0-0 (0-0) Republican Stadium, Kiev

July 25, 1980
Finland - Costa Rica 3-0 (1-0) Republican Stadium, Kiev

FINAL STANDINGS GROUP D: 

1. Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 ( 6- 3) 5 *
2. Iraq 3 1 2 0 ( 4- 1) 4 *
3. Finland 3 1 1 1 ( 3- 2) 3
4. Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 ( 2- 9) 0

* Qualified for quarter-finals 

TEAM ROSTER

Olli Isoaho
Aki Lahtinen
Juha Helin
Kari Virtanen
Hannu Turunen
Juha Dahllund
Vesa Pulliainen
Juhani Himanka
Ari Tissari
Jouko Alila
Jouko Kataja
Teuvo Vilen
Raimo Kuuluvainen
Tomi Jalo
Jouko Soini
Juha Rissanen

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Heikki Hulkkonen — 5227 pts, 10th place
  • Jussi Pelli — 5032 pts, 24th place
  • Pekka Santanen — 4828 pts, 31st place

Men's Team Competition:

  • Hulkkonen, Pelli, and Santanen — 15.087 pts, 7th place