Finland at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Finland competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 88 competitors, 60 men and 28 women, took part in 85 events in 16 sports.^[1]

Finland at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Barcelona July 25, 1992 (1992-07-25) – August 9, 1992 (1992-08-09)
Competitors	88 (60 men and 28 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Harri Koskela (wrestling)
Medals Ranked 29th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Mikko Kolehmainen	Canoeing	Men's K-1 500 metres	7 August
Silver	Ismo Falck Jari Lipponen Tomi Poikolainen	Archery	Men's team	4 August
Silver	Seppo Räty	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	8 August
Bronze	Antti Kasvio	Swimming	Men's 200 metre freestyle	26 July
Bronze	Jyri Kjäll	Boxing	Light welterweight	7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	13	13	26
Badminton	2	0	2
Boxing	1	–	1
Canoeing	2	0	2
Cycling	1	1	2
Equestrian	0	1	1
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	4	3	7
Rowing	3	0	3
Sailing	5	3	8
Shooting	7	1	8
Swimming	8	4	12
Synchronized swimming	–	1	1
Weightlifting	4	–	4
Wrestling	7	–	7
Total	60	28	88

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The Finnish team sent only men to the 1992 archery tournament. Individually, only Jari Lipponen had much success, taking eighth place after losing in the quarterfinal. As a team, however, the Finnish men were very successful, losing the final match to Spain by only two points to finish with a silver medal.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ismo Falck	Individual	1231	57	Did not advance
Jari Lipponen		1312	6 Q	Rivolta (ITA) W 110–101	Rousseau (CAN) W 102–99	Flute (FRA) L 103–109	Did not advance
Tomi Poikolainen		1290	21 Q	Barrs (USA) L 100–106	Did not advance
Ismo Falck Jari Lipponen Tomi Poikolainen	Team	3833	5 Q	—	Netherlands W 237–236	United States W 239–237	France W 237–230	Spain L 236–238

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Risto Ulmala	5000 metres	13:52.52	30	—	Did not advance
	10,000 metres	DNF		—	Did not advance
Harri Hänninen	Marathon	—	2:15:19	11
Arto Bryggare	110 metres hurdles	13.92	26	Did not advance
Antti Haapakoski		13.84	21 Q	14.00	21	Did not advance
Ville Hautala	3000 metres steeplechase	8:34.10	23 q	—	8:33.69	16	Did not advance
Valentin Kononen	50 kilometres walk	—	3:57:21	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jani Lehtonen	Pole vault	5.50	14	Did not advance
Asko Peltoniemi		5.55	9 q	5.60	6
Antero Paljakka	Shot put	18.42	20	Did not advance
Kimmo Kinnunen	Javelin throw	80.22	7 Q	82.62	4
Juha Laukkanen		79.78	9 q	79.20	6
Seppo Räty		80.24	6 Q	86.60

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Petri Keskitalo	Result	11.23	7.33	15.41	DNF
	Points	808	893	815

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sisko Hanhijoki	100 metres	11.44	12 Q	11.50	15 Q	11.65	15	Did not advance
	200 metres	23.27	16 Q	23.09	16 Q	23.26	15	Did not advance
Päivi Tikkanen	3000 metres	8:59.60	21	—	Did not advance
	10,000 metres	DNF		—	Did not advance
Ritva Lemettinen	Marathon	—	2:41:48	14
Minna Painilainen-Soon Sisko Hanhijoki Sanna Hernesniemi Marja Tennivaara	4 × 100 metres relay	43.60	9	—	Did not advance
Sari Essayah	10 kilometres walk	—	45:08	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ringa Ropo-Junnila	Long jump	6.52	14	Did not advance
Päivi Alafrantti	Javelin throw	DQ		Did not advance
Heli Rantanen		63.98	5 Q	62.34	6

Combined event – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Total	Rank
Helle Aro	Result	13.87	1.70	13.11	25.44	6.23	45.42	2:14.31	6030	18
	Points	997	855	735	847	921	772	903
Tina Rättyä	Result	13.96	1.70	12.97	25.09	5.90	49.02	2:15.18	5993	20
	Points	984	855	725	879	819	841	890
Satu Ruotsalainen	Result	13.35	NM	DNF
	Points	1072	0

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pontus Jäntti	Singles	Borisov (BUL) W 15–6, 15–1	Liu (CHN) L 13–15, 7–15	Did not advance
Robert Liljequist		Fernandes (POR) W 15–3, 15–11	Susanto (INA) L 11–15, 3–15	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jyri Kjäll	Light welterweight	Rey (ESP) W RSC R1	Piccirillo (ITA) W 12–5	Szűcs (HUN) W 9–1	Vinent (CUB) L 3–13	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mikko Kolehmainen	K-1 500 metres	1:41.13	1 SF	Bye	1:41.52	1 F	1:40.34
Mikko Kolehmainen Olli Kolehmainen	K-2 500 metres	1:35.75	2 SF	Bye	1:32.57	8	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Two cyclists, one man and one woman, represented Finland in 1992.

Road

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tea Vikstedt-Nyman	Road race	2:05:03	25

Track

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mika Hämäläinen	Time trial	1:06.808	15

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Tea Vikstedt-Nyman	Women's individual pursuit	3:47.516	8 Q	Watt (AUS) L 3:48.918	Did not advance

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Kyra Kyrklund	Edinburg	Individual	1571	9 Q	1428	5

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ball	Total	Rank	Qualification	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ball	Total	Rank
Hanna Laiho	Individual	9.100	9.000	8.700	9.150	35.950	25	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marko Korhonen	65 kg	Ward (IRL) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance
Jorma Korhonen	71 kg	Bye	Haimberger (AUT) W Yusei-gachi	Věnsek (TCH) W Waza-ari	Dott (GER) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance	Bye	Carabetta (FRA) L Ippon	Did not advance
Marko Haanpää	78 kg	Spinks (NZL) L Ippon	Did not advance
Juha Salonen	+95 kg	—	Raven (NED) L Ippon	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Annikka Mutanen	48 kg	Bye	Bornemann (AUT) L Ippon	Did not advance
Heli Syrjä	72 kg	Håkansson (SWE) L Ippon	Did not advance
Anne Åkerblom	+72 kg	Maksymow (POL) L Yuko	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pertti Karppinen	Single sculls	7:25.87	4 R	7:08.82	2 SF A/B	7:12.05	4 FB	7:08.15	10
Esko Hillebrandt Reima Karppinen	Double sculls	6:36.77	3 R	6:53.42	3 SF C/D	6:27.92	1 FC	6:30.93	13

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Jali Mäkilä	Finn	17	20	25	5.7	30	31	15	112.7	17
Mika Aarnikka Petri Leskinen	470	3	18	20	3	14	20	11.7	69.7	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Chita Smedberg	Europe	10	28	13	25	3	0	30	79	10
Anna Slunga-Tallberg Kati Läike	470	5.7	23	16	22	17	8	21	89.7	10

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Kalevi Kostiainen Markku Kuismin	Tornado	22	23	19	19	25	25	22	130	19

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Petri Eteläniemi	25 metre rapid fire pistol	585	10	Did not advance
Juha Hirvi	10 metre air rifle	584	27	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle three positions	1172	1 Q	1264.8	4
	50 metre rifle prone	597	4 Q	699.5	6
Timo Näveri	10 metre air pistol	569	39	Did not advance
	50 metre pistol	548	31	Did not advance
Sakari Paasonen	10 metre air pistol	582	6 Q	680.1	5
	50 metre pistol	558	11	Did not advance
Jari Pälve	10 metre air rifle	585	27	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle three positions	1162	11	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle prone	592	26	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Pirjo Peltola	10 metre air rifle	380	42	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle three positions	570	27	Did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jorma Korhonen	Skeet	196	16	Did not advance
Matti Nummela	Trap	136	44	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Janne Blomqvist	50 metre freestyle	23.63	30	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	51.86	38	Did not advance
Vesa Hanski	200 metre freestyle	1:53.17	28	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	55.81	31	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	2:02.75	31	Did not advance
Kai Johansson	200 metre butterfly	2:05.71	36	Did not advance
Antti Kasvio	200 metre freestyle	1:48.31	5 FA	1:47.63
	400 metre freestyle	3:51.74	9 FB	3:50.06	9
Petteri Lehtinen	200 metre breaststroke	2:20.27	27	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:05.65	21	Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	4:22.10	11 FB	4:22.10	12
Jani Sievinen	100 metre butterfly	54.57	12 FB	54.93	13
	200 metre individual medley	2:01.18	1 FA	2:01.28	4
Petri Suominen	100 metre breaststroke	1:03.75	24	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:18.01	22	Did not advance
Jani Sievinen Janne Vermasheinä Janne Blomqvist Vesa Hanski	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:25.47	12	Did not advance
Jani Sievinen Vesa Hanski Petteri Lehtinen Antti Kasvio	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	7:28.71	12	Did not advance
Jani Sievinen Petri Suominen Vesa Hanski Antti Kasvio	4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:06.18	20	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anne Lackman	100 metre backstroke	1:06.48	39	Did not advance
Marja Päivinen	50 metre freestyle	27.49	38	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	59.46	38	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	1:03.94	32	Did not advance
Minna Salmela	50 metre freestyle	27.00	31	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	58.04	24	Did not advance
Riikka Ukkola	100 metre breaststroke	1:15.56	35	Did not advance
Anne Lackman Riikka Ukkola Marja Päivinen Minna Salmela	4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:23.07	15	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

One synchronized swimmer represented Finland in 1992.

Athlete	Event	Figures		Qualification			Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (Figures + Qualification)	Rank	Points	Total (Figures + Final)	Rank
Liisa Laurila	Solo	81.765	45 Q	88.120	169.885	19	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jouni Grönman	67.5 kg	135.0	6	170.0	5	305.0	5
Janne Kanerva	90 kg	147.5	17	180.0	16	327.5	17
Keijo Tahvanainen		147.5	17	187.5	11	335.0	15
Arto Savonen	110 kg	162.5	15	195.0	14	357.5	13

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage							Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Ismo Kamesaki	52 kg	Robert (FRA) W 2–1	Jahandideh (IRI) W 6–0	Martínez (CUB) W 4–2	Rebegea (ROU) L 0–7	Min (KOR) L 2–10	—	4	Rizvanović (IOA) W 2–1	7
Keijo Pehkonen	57 kg	Naanaa (MAR) W 4–0	Sheng (CHN) L 4–5	Bye	An (KOR) L 0–8	Did not advance		4	Hall (USA) W 6–4	7
Tuomo Karila	74 kg	Memet (ROU) W 1–0	Tracz (POL) L 1–2	Balcı (TUR) L 1–2	Did not advance			7	Did not advance
Timo Niemi	82 kg	Khristov (BUL) W 1–0	Frinta (TCH) W 4–2	Arghira (ROU) W 3–0	Turlykhanov (EUN) L 0–1	Stępień (POL) L 0–3	—	3	Kasum (IOA) W 3–1	5
Harri Koskela	90 kg	Komáromi (HUN) L 1–2	Koguashvili (EUN) L 1–2	Did not advance				9	Did not advance
Juha Ahokas	130 kg	Grigoraș (ROU) L 2–4	Radaković (IOA) W 2–0	Karelin (EUN) L 1–8	Did not advance			4	Poikilidis (GRE) W 1–0	7

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Pekka Rauhala	82 kg	Hohl (CAN) L 2–3	Betancourt (PUR) W 8–5	Khadem (IRI) L 0–8	Did not advance		6	Did not advance