Finland At The 1992 Summer Olympics

Finland competed at the ''' 1992 Summer Olympics ''' in Barcelona under the IOC Country Code FIN. It was the nineteenth time that the European nation participated.

MEDALS

Finland finished in 29th position in the final medal rankings

Gold

Mikko Kolehmainen — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles

Silver

Seppo Räty — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw Men

Jari Lipponen , Tomi Poikolainen , and Ismo Falck — Archery, Men's Team Competition

Bronze

Jyri Kjäll — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

Antti Kasvio — Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle

RESULTS BY EVENT

Archery

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's Individual Competition:

Jari Lipponen — Quarterfinal, 8th place (2-1)

Tomi Poikolainen — Round of 32, 24th place (0-1)

Ismo Falck — Ranking round, 57th place (0-0)

Men's Team Competition:

Lipponen, Poikolainen, and Falck — Final, Silver Medal

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Harri Hänninen → 11th place (2:15.19)

Women's Marathon

Ritva Lemettinen → 14th place (2:41.48)

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