Finland at the 1984 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 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors 88
Medals Gold
4		 Silver
2		 Bronze
6		 Total
12
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Finland competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.

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[edit] Medals

Finland finished in 15th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and twelve medals overall.

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • Jouko Salomäki — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Tapio Sipilä — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Rauno Bies — Shooting, Rapid-Fire Pistol (Mixed)
  • Jouni Grönman — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (67½ kg)
  • Pekka Niemi — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (100 kg)
  • Jukka Rauhala — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Defending gold medallist Tomi Poikolainen bettered his performance of four years earlier by one point, but with the return of the United States and Japan, Poikolainen's score was no longer sufficient to earn a medal and he fell to fifth place. Much the same fate befell Päivi Meriluoto, who fell two places even though she shot 60 points better than she had in 1980.

Kyösti Laasonen, in his fourth Olympic archery competition, took 28th place.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Päivi Meriluoto — 2509 points (→ 5th place)
  • Ama Rantal — 2460 points (→ 15th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Tomi Poikolainen — 2538 points (→ 5th place)
  • Kyösti Laasonen — 2443 points (→ 28th place)
  • Markku Syrjälä — 2333 points (→ 49th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Qualifying Heat — 28:19.25
  • Final — finished in second place (27:51.10), but was later disqualified for the use of several performance enhancing drugs

Men's Marathon

  • Pertti Tiainen — 2:17:43 (→ 27th place)
  • Martti Vainio — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

  • Erkki Niemi
  • Qualification — 2.24m
  • Final — 2.24m (→ 9th place)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualifying Round — 5.40m
  • Final — 5.45m (→ 5th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 83.06m
  • Final — 86.76m (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Raimo Manninen
  • Qualification — 79.26m (→ did not advance, 13th place)
  • Tero Saviniemi
  • Qualification — 76.46m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 72.68m
  • Final — 78.08m (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Harri Huhtala
  • Qualification — 73.78m
  • Final — 75.28m (→ 6th place)

Men's 20km Walk

  • Final — did not start (→ no ranking)


Women's Marathon

  • Tujia Toivonen
  • Final — 2:32:07 (→ 10th place)
  • Sinikka Keskitalo
  • Final — 2:35:15 (→ 15th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Tuija Helander
  • Heat — 57.22
  • Semifinal — 56.59
  • Final — 56.55 (→ 7th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Ulla Lundholm
  • Qualification — 56.44m
  • Final — 62.84m (→ 4th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 63.30m
  • Final — 69.00m (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Tuula Laaksalo
  • Qualification — 60.42m
  • Final — 66.40m (→ 4th place)
  • Helena Laine
  • Qualification — 61.80m
  • Final — 58.18m (→ 11th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Martti Järventaus
  • Heat — 1:06.21 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Martti Järventaus
  • Heat — 2:26.96 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Maarit Sihvonen-Vähäsaari
  • Heat — 58.51 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Maarit Sihvonen-Vähäsaari
  • Heat — 2:21.05
  • B-Final — 2:19.27 (→ 9th place)