Finland at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Finland at the Olympic Games
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At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo
Competitors	45 (40 men, 5 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Jorma Valtonen, ice hockey
Medals Rank: 4	Gold 4	Silver 3	Bronze 6	Total 13
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Finland competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km
Gold	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km
Gold	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Cross-country skiing	Women's 20 km
Gold	Matti Nykänen	Ski jumping	Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
Silver	Aki Karvonen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
Silver	Jouko Karjalainen	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Silver	Matti Nykänen	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
Bronze	Harri Kirvesniemi	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
Bronze	Juha Mieto Aki Karvonen Harri Kirvesniemi Kari Ristanen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Bronze	Aki Karvonen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Bronze	Eija Hyytiainen Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Pirkko Määttä	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 x 5 km relay
Bronze	Jukka Ylipulli	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Bronze	Jari Puikkonen	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Risto Punkka	4	34:28.5	34
	Tapio Piipponen	1	32:28.7	15
	Toivo Mäkikyrö	2	32:22.5	13

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Keijo Tiitola	1'14:32.8	5	1'19:32.8	18
	Arto Jääskeläinen	1'14:23.3	5	1'19:23.3	16
	Tapio Piipponen	1'12:38.4	6	1'18:38.4	12

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Keijo Tiitola Toivo Mäkikyrö Arto Jääskeläinen Tapio Piipponen	2	1'43:16.0	7

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Kari Härkönen	42:49.3	13
	Juha Mieto	42:05.8	4
	Harri Kirvesniemi	41:45.6
	Aki Karvonen	41:34.9
30 km	Kari Ristanen	1'33:02.6	17
	Juha Mieto	1'31:48.3	8
	Harri Kirvesniemi	1'31:37.4	7
	Aki Karvonen	1'30:59.7	5
50 km	Kari Ristanen	2'23:10.6	15
	Juha Mieto	2'21:53.1	10
	Harri Kirvesniemi	2'18:34.1	4
	Aki Karvonen	2'17:04.7

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Kari Ristanen Juha Mieto Harri Kirvesniemi Aki Karvonen	1'56:31.4

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Marjo Matikainen	18:21.6	22
	Eija Hyytiäinen	18:11.6	19
	Pirkko Määttä	17:48.0	10
	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	17:04.0
10 km	Erja Kuivalainen	35:35.2	37
	Eija Hyytiäinen	34:33.8	25
	Pirkko Määttä	34:13.4	19
	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	31:44.2
20 km	Erja Kuivalainen	1'07:26.4	29
	Eija Hyytiäinen	1'05:38.8	17
	Pirkko Määttä	1'04:37.6	9
	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	1'01:45.0

Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Pirkko Määttä Eija Hyytiäinen Marjo Matikainen Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	1'07:36.7

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	0	38	7	10
Canada	5	4	1	0	24	10	8
Finland	5	2	2	1	27	19	5
United States	5	1	2	2	16	17	4
Austria	5	1	4	0	13	37	2
Norway	5	0	4	1	15	43	1

• Finland 4-3 Austria
• Finland 16-2 Norway
• Canada 4-2 Finland
• Czechoslovakia 7-2 Finland
• Finland 3-3 USA

Game for 5th Place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
West Germany	7–4	Finland

Leading scorers

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
4th	Raimo Summanen	6	4	7	11
6th	Petri Skriko	6	6	4	10

• Team Roster
  • Kari Takko
  • Jorma Valtonen
  • Timo Jutila
  • Markus Lehto
  • Petteri Lehto
  • Pertti Lehtonen
  • Arto Ruotanen
  • Simo Saarinen
  • Ville Sirén
  • Raimo Helminen
  • Risto Jalo
  • Arto Javanainen
  • Erkki Laine
  • Anssi Melametsä
  • Jarmo Mäkitalo
  • Hannu Oksanen
  • Arto Sirviö
  • Petri Skriko
  • Raimo Summanen
  • Harri Tuohimaa
• Head Coaches: Alpo Suhonen and Reino Ruotsalainen

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rauno Miettinen	Individual	79.5	86.0	205.5	6	49:02.2	197.470	9	402.970	4
Jouko Karjalainen		83.0	83.0	196.9	15	46:32.0	220.000	1	416.900
Jukka Ylipulli		84.0	86.0	208.3	5	48:28.5	202.525	5	410.825

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Markku Pusenius	Normal hill	79.5	89.2	85.0	99.0	188.2	20
Jari Puikkonen		81.5	95.4	91.5	117.4	212.8
Pentti Kokkonen		84.0	101.4	84.0	99.9	201.3	12
Matti Nykänen		91.0	114.1	84.0	99.9	214.0
Pentti Kokkonen	Large hill	98.5	90.1	99.0	92.3	182.4	14
Markku Pusenius		100.5	93.4	97.0	87.5	180.9	16
Jari Puikkonen		103.5	100.1	102.0	96.5	196.6	5
Matti Nykänen		116.0	119.1	111.0	112.1	231.2

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Urpo Pikkupeura	39.88	27
	Jouko Vesterlund	39.15	17
1000 m	Urpo Pikkupeura	1:19.13	23
	Jouko Vesterlund	1:18.12	12
1500 m	Pertti Niittylä	2:00.01	9
5000 m	Pertti Niittylä	7:17.97	6
10,000 m	Pertti Niittylä	15:15.18	18

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1984, full results by sports-reference.com