Finland At The 1984 Summer Olympics

Finland competed at the ''' 1984 Summer Olympics ''' in Los Angeles, California under the IOC Country Code FIN. It was the seventeenth time that the European nation participated. Finland was represented by a total number of 88 athletes.

MEDALS

Finland finished in 15th position in the final medal rankings

Gold

Juha Tiainen — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw

Arto Härkönen — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw

Pertti Karppinen — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls

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

Silver

Tiina Lillak — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw

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

Bronze

Arto Bryggare — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles

Joni Nyman — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

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)

RESULTS BY EVENT

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)

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Jarmo Eskelinen

# First Round — Defeated Yao Gaitor (Togo), 5-0

# Second Round — Lost to Juan Molina (Puerto Rico), 0-5

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