Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports.^[3]

Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Turin
Competitors	102 in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Janne Lahtela (opening)[1] Markku Uusipaavalniemi (closing)[2]
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 0 Silver 6 Bronze 3 Total 9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Janne Lahtela, a moguls freestyle skier and a defending Olympic champion, was the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Tanja Poutiainen	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	24 February
Silver	Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Kalle Kiiskinen Teemu Salo Jani Sullanmaa	Curling	Men's	24 February
Silver	Mikko Ronkainen	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls	15 February
Silver	Finland men's national ice hockey team Aki Berg Lasse Kukkonen Toni Lydman Antti-Jussi Niemi Petteri Nummelin Teppo Numminen Sami Salo Kimmo Timonen Niklas Hagman Jukka Hentunen Olli Jokinen Jussi Jokinen Niko Kapanen Saku Koivu Mikko Koivu Antti Laaksonen Jere Lehtinen Ville Nieminen Ville Peltonen Jarkko Ruutu Teemu Selänne Niklas Bäckström Antero Niittymäki Fredrik Norrena	Ice hockey	Men's competition	26 February
Silver	Matti Hautamäki	Ski jumping	Normal hill	12 February
Silver	Janne Ahonen Janne Happonen Matti Hautamäki Tami Kiuru	Ski jumping	Men's team	20 February
Bronze	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen	Cross-country skiing	Women's team sprint	14 February
Bronze	Antti Kuisma Anssi Koivuranta Jaakko Tallus Hannu Manninen	Nordic combined	Team	16 February
Bronze	Markku Koski	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe	12 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Kalle Palander	Men's giant slalom	1:18.22	1:18.60	n/a	2:36.82	9
	Men's slalom	53.38	disqualified
Tanja Poutiainen	Women's giant slalom	1:01.21	1:08.65	n/a	2:09.86
	Women's slalom	43.05	47.74	n/a	1:30.79	6
Henna Raita	Women's slalom	44.29	48.04	n/a	1:32.33	20
Jukka Rajala	Men's giant slalom	1:20.17	1:21.23	n/a	2:41.40	22
	Men's slalom	did not finish

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Paavo Puurunen was the only Finnish biathlete who competed in Torino.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Paavo Puurunen	Men's sprint	28:57.3	2	46
	Men's pursuit	38:01.28	3	22
	Men's mass start	47:43.7	0	4
	Men's individual	56:38.9	1	12

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Six men and six women participated in the cross-country skiing events,^[5] making the cross-country skiing squad the largest squad for any individual sport.

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Sami Jauhojärvi	15 km classical	39:15.3	9
	30 km pursuit	1:17:58.1	20
Teemu Kattilakoski	50 km freestyle	2:09:26.2	43
Ville Nousiainen	50 km freestyle	Did not finish
Olli Ohtonen	15 km classical	41:47.4	48
	30 kilometre pursuit	Did not start
	50 km freestyle	2:11:54.7	52
Lauri Pyykönen	15 km classical	42:10.4	55
Tero Similä	15 km classical	40:44.5	32
	30 km pursuit	1:20:04.5	34
Sami Jauhojärvi Tero Similä Olli Ohtonen Teemu Kattilakoski	4 x 10 km relay	40:44.5	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Elina Hietamäki	15 km pursuit	46:20.5	33
Virpi Kuitunen	10 km classical	28:51.4	9
	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Riitta-Liisa Lassila	10 km classical	30:28.4	35
	15 km pursuit	44:06.1	13
	30 km freestyle	1:26:55.4	23
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	10 km classical	28:29.6	7
	30 km freestyle	1:25:41.8	17
Kirsi Välimaa	15 km pursuit	46:25.6	34
Kati Venäläinen	10 km classical	31:04.9	43
	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Lassila Kati Venäläinen	4 x 5 km relay	55:55.8	7

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Elina Hietamäki	Women's sprint	2:20.49	42	Did not advance					42
Sami Jauhojärvi	Men's sprint	2:28.42	61	Did not advance					61
Virpi Kuitunen	Women's sprint	2:14.83	7 Q	2:16.2	2 Q	2:16.3	3	Final B 2:18.1	5
Keijo Kurttila	Men's sprint	2:19.94	22 Q	2:25.1	5	Did not advance			23
Lauri Pyykönen	Men's sprint	2:20.21	26 Q	2:28.6	6	Did not advance			27
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Women's sprint	2:15.75	11 Q	2:20.7	6	Did not advance			26
Kati Venäläinen	Women's sprint	2:17.29	24 Q	2:18.1	6	Did not advance			29
Keijo Kurttila Lauri Pyykönen	Men's team sprint	n/a				17:21.5	4 Q	17:39.2	5
Virpi Kuitunen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Women's team sprint	n/a				17:16.8	1 Q	16:39.2

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics § Men's

: Markku Uusipaavalniemi (skip), Wille Mäkelä, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Jani Sullanmaa (alternate)

Finland sent a men's curling team to the Olympics,^[6] the same team which finished fifth at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.

Round-robin

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Switzerland (Stöckli)	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	X	7

;Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
United States (Fenson)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3

;Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6
New Zealand (Becker)	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5

;Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	5
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2

;Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	3	0	2	0	0	1	3	2	X	X	11

;Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	8
Canada (Gushue)	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	7

;Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	7
Norway (Trulsen)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3

;Draw 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	7

;Draw 11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	5

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	7	2
2	Canada	Brad Gushue	6	3
3	United States	Pete Fenson	6	3
4	Great Britain	David Murdoch	6	3
5	Norway	Pål Trulsen	5	4
6	Switzerland	Ralph Stockli	5	4
7	Italy	Joel Retornaz	4	5
8	Sweden	Peter Lindholm	3	6
9	Germany	Andy Kapp	3	6
10	New Zealand	Sean Becker	0	9

Playoffs

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3

;Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Finland (Uusipavaalniemi)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	x	x	-	5
Canada (Gushue)	0	2	1	1	0	6	0	0	x	x	-	11

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Susanna Pöykiö and Kiira Korpi were selected for the women's competition. Pöykiö has won a silver at the 2005 European Figure Skating Championships (held in Torino), while Korpi's best European placing prior to the Olympics was sixth.^[7]

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kiira Korpi	Ladies'	n/a		44.84	20 Q	92.36	14	137.20	16
Susanna Pöykiö	Ladies'	n/a		53.74	12 Q	89.48	15	143.22	13

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Five Finnish men were entered in the freestyle competition, all in the moguls^[8] Since only four entrants were allowed, Tapio Luusua ended up as an alternate.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Janne Lahtela	Men's moguls	23.77	10 Q	22.65	16
Juuso Lahtela	Men's moguls	22.31	19 Q	24.42	8
Sami Mustonen	Men's moguls	21.57	22	did not advance
Mikko Ronkainen	Men's moguls	23.38	13 Q	26.62

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's

The Finnish men's team finished atop its Round-robin group, which including beating both previous Olympic gold medalists, the Czech Republic and Canada, and beat the United States and Russia to make the final, where it lost to Sweden to finish in the silver medal position.

Roster

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's team rosters § Finland

The following is the Finnish roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics.^[9]

Head coach: Erkka Westerlund

Assistant coaches: Risto Dufva, Hannu Virta

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
3	D	Petteri Nummelin	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	194 lb (88 kg)	(1972-11-25)November 25, 1972 (aged 33)	HC Lugano
4	D	Kimmo Timonen (A)	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	194 lb (88 kg)	(1975-03-18)March 18, 1975 (aged 30)	Nashville Predators
5	D	Lasse Kukkonen	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	187 lb (85 kg)	(1981-10-18)October 18, 1981 (aged 24)	Kärpät
6	D	Sami Salo	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	216 lb (98 kg)	(1974-03-22)March 22, 1974 (aged 31)	Vancouver Canucks
7	D	Aki Berg	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)	214 lb (97 kg)	(1977-07-28)July 28, 1977 (aged 28)	Toronto Maple Leafs
8	F	Teemu Selänne	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	201 lb (91 kg)	(1970-07-03)July 3, 1970 (aged 35)	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
10	F	Ville Nieminen	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	207 lb (94 kg)	(1977-04-06)April 6, 1977 (aged 28)	New York Rangers
11	F	Saku Koivu (C)	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1974-11-23)November 23, 1974 (aged 31)	Montreal Canadiens
12	F	Olli Jokinen	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	209 lb (95 kg)	(1978-12-05)December 5, 1978 (aged 27)	Florida Panthers
14	F	Niklas Hagman	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1979-12-05)December 5, 1979 (aged 26)	Dallas Stars
16	F	Ville Peltonen	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	187 lb (85 kg)	(1973-03-24)March 24, 1973 (aged 32)	HC Lugano
21	F	Mikko Koivu	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	214 lb (97 kg)	(1983-03-12)March 12, 1983 (aged 22)	Minnesota Wild
24	F	Antti Laaksonen	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1973-10-03)October 3, 1973 (aged 32)	Colorado Avalanche
25	F	Jukka Hentunen	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	198 lb (90 kg)	(1974-05-03)May 3, 1974 (aged 31)	HC Lugano
26	F	Jere Lehtinen	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	194 lb (88 kg)	(1973-06-24)June 24, 1973 (aged 32)	Dallas Stars
27	D	Teppo Numminen (A)	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	198 lb (90 kg)	(1968-07-03)July 3, 1968 (aged 37)	Buffalo Sabres
30	G	Fredrik Norrena	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1973-11-29)November 29, 1973 (aged 32)	Linköping HC
31	G	Antero Niittymäki	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1980-06-18)June 18, 1980 (aged 25)	Philadelphia Flyers
32	D	Toni Lydman	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	201 lb (91 kg)	(1975-09-25)September 25, 1975 (aged 30)	Buffalo Sabres
33	G	Niklas Bäckström	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	192 lb (87 kg)	(1978-02-13)February 13, 1978 (aged 28)	Kärpät
36	F	Jussi Jokinen	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	192 lb (87 kg)	(1983-04-01)April 1, 1983 (aged 22)	Dallas Stars
37	F	Jarkko Ruutu	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	203 lb (92 kg)	(1975-08-23)August 23, 1975 (aged 30)	Vancouver Canucks
39	F	Niko Kapanen	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	176 lb (80 kg)	(1978-04-29)April 29, 1978 (aged 27)	Dallas Stars
77	D	Antti-Jussi Niemi	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	187 lb (85 kg)	(1977-09-29)September 29, 1977 (aged 28)	Frölunda HC

Round-robin

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	+17	10	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	5	2	2	1	10	12	−2	6
3	Canada	5	3	0	2	15	9	+6	6
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	14	12	+2	4
5	Germany	5	0	2	3	7	16	−9	2
6	Italy (H)	5	0	2	3	9	23	−14	2

Source: IIHF
(H) Hosts

15 February 2006 15:35

Switzerland

0–5 (0–1, 0–4, 0–0)

Finland

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,960

Game reference
	Martin Gerber (out 40:00) David Aebischer (in 40:00)	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Joacim Karlsson Thor Nelson
	0–1 13:07 – O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen) (PP) 0–2 23:35 – T. Numminen (T. Selänne, J. Lehtinen) (PP) 0–3 28:04 – O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen, J. Jokinen) (PP) 0–4 33:25 – T. Selänne (S. Koivu) 0–5 39:25 – T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, O. Jokinen)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	37

16 February 2006 12:05

Finland

6–0 (0–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 7,776

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Günther Hell	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Milan Mášik Kevin Redding
	J. Lehtinen (T. Numminen) (PP) – 21:49 1–0 S. Koivu (T. Numminen) (PP) – 23:51 2–0 J. Jokinen (P. Nummelin, S. Salo) (PP) – 30:11 3–0 V. Peltonen (P. Nummelin) (PP) – 38:25 4–0 T. Selänne (S. Koivu, S. Salo) (PP2) – 52:07 5–0 T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen) – 55:08 6–0
	4 min	Penalties	22 min
	51	Shots	16

18 February 2006 21:05

Czech Republic

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,705

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Tony Sericolo Sergei Shelyanin
	M. Židlický (R. Lang, M. Hejduk) (PP) – 8:25 1–0 1–1 14:14 – O. Jokinen (S. Koivu, V. Peltonen) 1–2 35:02 – J. Lehtinen (K. Timonen) (PP) M. Židlický (R. Lang, J. Špaček) (PP2) – 38:17 2–2 2–3 40:30 – T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, S. Koivu) 2–4 48:33 – J. Lehtinen (S. Koivu, T. Selänne)
	12 min	Penalties	39 min
	39	Shots	32

19 February 2006 21:05

Finland

2–0 (2–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Canada

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 4,420

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Roberto Luongo	Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Milan Mášik Thor Nelson
	T. Selänne (S. Koivu) – 11:14 1–0 N. Kapanen (V. Nieminen, K. Timonen) – 15:02 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	24

21 February 2006 15:35

Finland

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,430

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Robert Müller	Referee: Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Miroslav Halecký Kevin Redding
	N. Kapanen (N. Hagman, S. Koivu) (PP) – 2:35 1–0 S. Koivu (J. Lehtinen, T. Selänne) – 39:39 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	18

Medal round

Quarterfinal

22 February 2006 17:35

Finland

4–3 (2–1, 2–1, 0–1)

United States

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,691

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Paul Devorski Linesmen: Milan Mášik Steve Miller
	V. Peltonen (J. Jokinen, S. Salo) – 9:33 1–0 S. Salo (SH) − 12:01 2–0 2–1 13:14 – M. Knuble (M. Schneider, D. Weight) 2–2 21:29 − M. Schneider (B. Rafalski, C. Conroy) (PP) O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen) (PP) – 25:06 3–2 O. Jokinen (PP2) – 37:10 4–2 4–3 55:33 – B. Gionta (C. Drury, E. Cole)
	16 min	Penalties	30 min
	25	Shots	28

Semifinal

24 February 2006 21:05

Finland

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,702

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Evgeni Nabokov	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Milan Mášik Tony Sericolo
	V. Peltonen (K. Timonen) (PP) – 6:13 1–0 T. Lydman (S. Koivu) – 29:33 2–0 S. Koivu (K. Timonen, T. Selänne) (PP) – 33:51 3–0 O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen, N. Kapanen) – 49:17 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	21

Final

26 February 2006 14:05

Finland

2–3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,274

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Paul Devorski Linesmen: Milan Mášik Thor Nelson
	K. Timonen (T. Selänne) (PP) – 14:45 1–0 1–1 24:42 – H. Zetterberg (M. Samuelsson, C. Bäckman) (PP) 1–2 33:24 – N. Kronwall (H. Zetterberg) (PP) V. Peltonen (J. Jokinen, O. Jokinen) – 35:00 2–2 2–3 40:10 – N. Lidström (M. Sundin, P. Forsberg)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	28

Women's

The Finnish women's team finished second to the United States in the round-robin section of the competition, but lost to both North American teams in the medal round to end up in fourth place.

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics § Women's competition

Players

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters § Finland

No.	Position	Name	S / C	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2004–05 team
10	F	Sari Fisk – C	L	163	65	12/17/71	Pori	Espoo Blues
30	G	Maija Hassinen	L	161	52	01/02/84	Hämeenlinna	Ilves
15	F	Satu Hoikkala	R	165	63	01/14/80	Vantaa	Kärpät
5	D	Satu Kiipeli	L	174	72	12/24/80	Raahe	IHK [fi]
24	D	Kati Kovalainen – A	L	165	64	01/24/75	Leppävirta	IHK [fi]
2	D	Hanna Kuoppala	L	179	77	09/12/75	Jakobstad	Espoo Blues
3	D	Emma Laaksonen – A	L	159	60	12/17/81	Washington, D.C.	Espoo Blues
9	D	Terhi Mertanen	L	164	64	04/04/81	Joensuu	Kärpät
27	F	Marja-Helena Pälvilä	L	176	70	03/04/70	Oulu	Kärpät
11	F	Oona Parviainen	L	170	63	09/05/77	Kuopio	Espoo Blues
25	F	Mari Pehkonen	L	170	63	02/06/85	Tampere	University of Minnesota Duluth
4	D	Heidi Pelttari	L	165	68	08/02/85	Tampere	Ilves
29	F	Karoliina Rantamäki	L	163	68	02/23/78	Vantaa	Espoo Blues
1	G	Noora Räty	L	163	56	05/29/89	Espoo	Espoo Blues
12	F	Mari Saarinen	L	172	63	07/30/81	Kangasala	Ilves
21	F	Eveliina Similä	L	164	68	04/10/78	Toijala	Ilves
20	D	Saija Sirviö	L	171	57	12/29/82	Oulu	Kärpät
18	F	Nora Tallus	R	158	67	02/09/81	Kerava	IHK [fi]
22	F	Saara Tuominen	L	169	64	01/01/86	Ylöjärvi	Ilves
8	F	Satu Tuominen	L	163	61	11/19/85	Vantaa	Espoo Blues

Round-robin

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	18	3	+15	6	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	4
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 February 2006 13:05

Finland

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 3,200

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	Maija Hassinen	Goalies	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Referee: Arina Ustinova Linesmen: Anne-Sophie Boniface Klára Quagliato
	Pehkonen (Pelttari, Tuominen) – 08:15 1–0 Pelttari (PP2) – 17:02 2–0 Pälvilä (SH) – 43:13 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	24

13 February 2006 17:35

Finland

4–0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 4,259

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	Noora Räty	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Bianca Walter Linesmen: Annica Flödén Jana Zítková
	Tuominen (Pelttari) (PP) – 14:10 1–0 Rantamäki – 45:21 2–0 Saarinen (Hoikkala, Tallus) – 51:58 3–0 Pehkonen (Rantamaki) – 52:50 4–0
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	18

14 February 2006 20:35

United States

7–3 (1–2, 1–1, 5–0)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 7,697

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	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Maija Hassinen	Referee: Stephanie Normand Linesmen: Klára Quagliato Kim Robichaud
	0–1 00:13 – Pehkonen (Rantamäki) Parsons (Wendell, Potter) (PP) – 08:08 1–1 1–2 11:26 – Laaksonen (Tuominen) (PP) 1–3 32:01 – Kovalainen (Saarinen) (PP2) Parsons (Chu) – 38:54 2–3 Ka. King – 41:28 3–3 Ruggiero – 50:16 4–3 Darwitz (Wall) (PP) – 51:01 5–3 Wendell (Parsons, Ruggiero) – 52:18 6–3 Ruggiero (Darwitz, Stephens) – 55:36 7–3
	38 min	Penalties	22 min
	31	Shots	15

Medal round

Semifinal

17 February 2006 21:05

Canada

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 7,306

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	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Maija Hassinen Noora Räty	Referee: Danyel Howard Linesmen: Julie Piacentini Klára Quagliato
	Weatherston (Sostorics) (PP) – 17:33 1–0 Apps (Kingsbury, Goyette) (PP) – 19:15 2–0 Wickenheiser (Apps) (PP) – 34:59 3–0 Ouellette (Sunohara) (PP) – 36:26 4–0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) – 47:49 5–0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) (PP) – 54:47 6–0
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	17

Bronze medal game

20 February 2006 16:35

Finland

0–4 (0–3, 0–1, 0–0)

United States

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 5,150

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	Noora Räty Maija Hassinen	Goalies	Chanda Gunn	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Michaela Kiefer Kim Robichaud
	0–1 02:32 – Stephens (Chu, Darwitz) (PP) 0–2 08:09 – Ka. King (Resor) 0–3 11:06 – Ka. King (Potter) 0–4 21:44 – Ka. King (Chu, Kr. King)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	14	Shots	20

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Anssi Koivuranta	Sprint	121.5	3	0:17	19:17.7 +48.7	11
	Individual Gundersen	220.5	18	2:48	43:37.3 +3:52.7	25
Antti Kuisma	Individual Gundersen	217.5	22	3:00	42:33.8 +2:49.2	17
Hannu Manninen	Sprint	108.3	16	1:10	19:21.0 +52.0	12
	Individual Gundersen	238.0	8	1:38	41:20.2 +1:35.6	9
Janne Ryynänen	Sprint	102.5	29	1:33	20:47.6 +2:18.6	37
Jaakko Tallus	Sprint	120.9	4	0:19	18:58.1 +29.1	5
	Individual Gundersen	257.0	3	0:22	40:01.9 +17.3	5
Anssi Koivuranta Antti Kuisma Hannu Manninen Jaakko Tallus	Team	878.6	4	0:35	50:19.4 +26.8

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Janne Ahonen	Normal hill	133.5	3 PQ	134.5	2 Q	127.0	261.5	6
	Large hill	136.3	2 PQ	112.3	9 Q	121.8	234.1	9
Janne Happonen	Normal hill	114.0	23 Q	116.0	26 Q	109.0	225.0	28
Matti Hautamäki	Normal hill	130.0	5 PQ	131.0	6 Q	134.5	265.5
	Large hill	129.6	5 PQ	117.3	7 Q	125.1	242.4	5
Risto Jussilainen	Large hill	97.2	10 Q	91.7	35	did not advance		35
Tami Kiuru	Normal hill	125.0	8 Q	113.0	31	did not advance		31
	Large hill	95.3	12 Q	108.6	13 Q	105.4	214.0	18
Tami Kiuru Janne Happonen Janne Ahonen Matti Hautamäki	Team	n/a		467.2	2 Q	509.4	976.6

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Antti Autti	Men's halfpipe	43.5	2 Q	n/a		(28.2)	39.1	5
Janne Korpi	Men's halfpipe	9.2	42	33.5	14	did not advance		20
Markku Koski	Men's halfpipe	20.2	28	40.6	3 Q	41.5	(31.4)
Risto Mattila	Men's halfpipe	40.8	5 Q	n/a		(31.6)	35.8	10

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Niina Sarias	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:24.96	24	did not advance				24

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Janne Hänninen	Men's 500 m	35.58	35.67	1:11.25	15
	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:10.83	25
Pekka Koskela	Men's 500 m	35.58	35.51	1:11.09	10
	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:11.45	31
Mika Poutala	Men's 500 m	35.91	35.83	1:11.74	22
	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:11.03	26
Risto Rosendahl	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:12.60	37
	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:49.51	24