Finland At The 2000 Summer Olympics

Finland competed at the ''' 2000 Summer Olympics ''' in Sydney under the IOC Country Code FIN. It was the 21st appearance of the Europe an nation, which made its debut in 1908 .

MEDALS

Finland finished in 31st position in the final medal rankings

Gold

Arsi Harju — Athletics, Men's Shot Put

Jyrki Järvi and Thomas Johanson — Sailing, Men's 49er Team Competition

Silver

Juha Hirvi — Shooting, Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

Bronze

Marko Yli-Hannuksela — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight (76 kg)

RESULTS BY EVENT

Archery

The Finnish archery squad in Sydney consisted of two men and one woman. None of the archers won a match.

Women's Individual Competition:

Katri Suutari — round of 64, 50th place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

Miika Aulio — round of 64, 39th place (0-1)

Jari Lipponen — round of 64, 50th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 100 m

Tommi Hartonen

# Round 1 — 10.53 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m

Tommi Hartonen

# Round 1 — 20.82

# Round 2 — 20.47

# Semifinal — 20.88 (did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

Arsi Harju

# Qualifying — 21.39

# Final — 21.29 (Gold medal)

Timo Aaltonen

# Qualifying — 20.04

# Final — 18.64 (12th place)

Ville Tiisanoja

# Qualifying — 19.66 (did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

Aki Parviainen

# Qualifying — 83.73

# Final — 86.62 (5th place)

Harri Haatainen

# Qualifying — 79.93 (did not advance)

Harri Hakkarainen

# Qualifying — DNF (did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

Olli-Pekka Karjalainen

# Qualifying — 69.64 (did not advance)

Men's High Jump

Toni Huikuri

# Qualifying — 2.20 (did not advance)

Mika Polku

# Qualifying — 2.24 (did not advance)

Men's 50 km Walk

Valentin Kononen

# Final — DQ

Men's Decathlon

Eduard Hämäläinen

# 100 m — 11.01

# Long Jump — 7.19

# Shot Put — 14.06

# High Jump — 1.85

# 400 m — 48.14

# 100 m Hurdles — 14.37

# Discus Throw — 35.98

# Pole Vault — 4.80

# Javelin Throw — 47.11

# 1,500 m — 04:54.18

--- Points — 7520.00 (24th place)

Aki Heikkinen

# 100 m — 11.15

# Long Jump — NM

# Shot Put — 13.37

# High Jump — DNS

Women's competition

Women's 100 m

Heidi Hannula

# Round 1 — 11.68 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m

Johanna Manninen

# Round 1 — 23.40

# Round 2 — 23.41 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

Manuela Bosco

# Round 1 — 13.51 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m

Manuela Bosco , Heidi Hannula , Sanna Kyllonen , Johanna Manninen

# Round 1 — 43.66 (did not advance)

# Semifinal — 43.50 (did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

Mikaela Ingberg

# Qualifying — 60.85

# Final — 58.56 (9th place)

Taina Uppa

# Qualifying — 57.39 (did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw

Mia Strommer

# Qualifying — 59.43 (did not advance)

Sini Poyry

# Qualifying — 63.80

# Final — 62.49 (12th place)

Women's Heptathlon

Tiia Hautala

# 100 m Hurdles — 13.62

# High Jump — 1.78

# Shot Put — 13.31

# 200 m — 25.00

# Long Jump — 6.12

# Javelin Throw — 45.40

# 800 m — 02:14.90

# Points — 6173 (8th place)

Susanna Rajamaki

# 100 m Hurdles — 13.60

# High Jump — 1.66

# Shot Put — 13.87

# 200 m — 24.03

# Long Jump — 6.36

# Javelin Throw — 37.00

# 800 m — 02:18.47

# Points — 6021 (13th place)

Badminton

Men's Singles

Jyri Aalto

# Round of 64: Bye

# Round of 32: Lost to Choong Hann Wong of Malaysia

Women's Singles

Anu Weckstrom

# Round of 64: Bye

# Round of 32: Lost to Kanako Yonekura of Japan

Boxing

Men's 57kg
Joni Turunen

---Round 1 — Lost to Falk Huste of Germany (did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

=Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

Kimmo Latvamaki

# Qualifying Heat — 01:42.535

# Semifinal — 01:41.640 (did not advance)

Cycling

Road Cycling

Women's Road Race

Pia Sundstedt

# Final — 3:06:31 (21st place)

Women's Sprint

Mira Kasslin

---Qualifying — 12.194

---1/8 Finals — Lost to Felicia Ballanger of France (did not advance)

---1/8 Finals Repechage — Heat 1; 3rd place

---Final 9-12 — (11th place)

Women's 500 m Time Trial

Mira Kasslin

---Final — 37.145 (17th place)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

Jukka Piekkanen

# Preliminary — 373.41 (20th place, did not advance)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

Joona Puhakka

# Preliminary — 332.58 (30th place, did not advance)

Sailing

Eight men and two woman competed for Finland in the Sailing competition. They won one gold medal.

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

Petri Leskinen and Kristian Heinila

# Race 1 — (25)

# Race 2 — 23

# Race 3 — 10

# Race 4 — 3

# Race 5 — 17

# Race 6 — 4

# Race 7 — 23

# Race 8 — 20

# Race 9 — (28)

# Race 10 — 3

# Race 11 — 24

# Final — 127 (16th place)

Men's Laser

Roope Suomalainen

# Race 1 — (44) DSQ

# Race 2 — 13

# Race 3 — 5

# Race 4 — 16

# Race 5 — 18

# Race 6 — 3

# Race 7 — 14

# Race 8 — 23

# Race 9 — (25)

# Race 10 — 19

# Race 11 — 16

# Final — 127 (17th place)

Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)

Erikki Heinonen , Jali Makila and Sami Tamminen

# Did not advance to round robin.

Women's Mistral

Minna Aalton

# Race 1 — 9

# Race 2 — 18

# Race 3 — 20

# Race 4 — 12

# Race 5 — (21)

# Race 6 — 7

# Race 7 — 15

# Race 8 — 12

# Race 9 — 17

# Race 10 — 11

# Race 11 — (30) DSQ

# Final — 121 (15th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

Sari Multala

# Race 1 — 2

# Race 2 — 7

# Race 3 — (16)

# Race 4 — 12

# Race 5 — (20)

# Race 6 — 12

# Race 7 — 9

# Race 8 — 4

# Race 9 — 7

# Race 10 — 2

# Race 11 — 6

# Final — 61 (5th place)

Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

Thomas Johanson and Jyrki Jarvi

# Race 1 — 2

# Race 2 — 7

# Race 3 — 2

# Race 4 — (12)

# Race 5 — 3

# Race 6 — 4

# Race 7 — 10

# Race 8 — 6

# Race 9 — 2

# Race 10 — 4

# Race 11 — 7

# Race 12 — 2

# Race 13 — 3

# Race 14 — 1

# Race 15 — 2

# Race 16 — (13)

# Final — 55 (gold medal)

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Jere Hard

# Preliminary Heat — 51.11 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Jere Hard

# Preliminary Heat — 53.67

# Semi-final — 53.65 (did not advance)

Tero Valimaa

# Preliminary Heat — 54.24 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Tero Valimaa

# Preliminary Heat — 02:02.46 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Jarno Pihlava

# Preliminary Heat — 01:02.21 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Jarno Pihlava

# Preliminary Heat — 02:19.76 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Jani Sievinen

# Preliminary Heat — 02:02.00

# Semi-final — 02:01.46

# Final — 02:02.49 (8th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

Jani Sievinen

# Preliminary Heat — 04:25.16 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Medley

Jani Sievinen , Jarno Pihlava , Tero Valimaa , Jere Hard

# Preliminary Heat — DQ (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Hanna-Maria Seppala

# Preliminary Heat — 26.21 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Hanna-Maria Seppala

# Preliminary Heat — 56.68 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Marja Paivinen

# Preliminary Heat — 01:01.94 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Anu Koivisto

# Preliminary Heat — 01:03.44 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Anu Koivisto

# Preliminary Heat — 02:16.23 (did not advance)

REFERENCES

Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.

International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results . Retrieved 11/12/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games . Retrieved 11/20/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games . Retrieved 11/20/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results . Retrieved 11/20/05.

International Olympic Committee Web Site

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