Finland At The 2004 Summer Olympics

Finland competed at the ''' 2004 Summer Olympics ''' in Athens under the IOC Country Code FIN. It was the 22nd appearance of th Europe an nation, which made ist debut in 1908 .

MEDALS

Finland finished in 62nd position in the final medal rankings

Gold

None

Silver

Marko Kemppainen — Shooting, Men's Skeet

Marko Yli-Hannuksela — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (– 74 kg)

Bronze

None

RESULTS BY EVENT

Archery

Women's Individual Competition:

Mari Piuva - 25th place

Athletics

Women's 100 metres:

Johanna Manninen - Round 1, 11.45 s (did not advance)

Women's 200 metres:

Johanna Manninen - Round 1: 23.45 s

Women's 400 metres:

Kirsi Mykkänen - Round 1: 52.53 s

Women's 5000 metres:

Kirsi Valasti - Round 1: 15:33.78

Men's decathlon:

Jaakko Ojaniemi - 8006 points (16th place)

Women's heptathlon:

Tiia Hautala - DNF

Men's marathon:

Janne Holmen - 2:17:50 (22nd place)

Jussi Utriainen - DNF

Men's 50 km walk:

Jani Lehtinen - 4:05:35 (28th place)

Women's long jump:

Heli Koivula-Kruger - Round 1: 6.50 metres

Women's triple jump:

Heli Koivula-Kruger - Round 1: 13.98 metres

Men's high jump:

Oskari Frosen - Round 1, 2.20 metres (did not advance)

Men's pole vault:

Matti Mononen - Round 1, 5.65 metres (did not advance)

Vesa Rantanen - Round 1, 5.50 metres (did not advance)

Men's shot put:

Tepa Reinikainen - Round 1, 19.74 metres (did not advance)

Ville Tiisanoja - Round 1, 19.50 metres (did not advance)

Men's javelin:

Tero Pitkämäki - Final, 83.01 metres (8th place)

Matti Närhi - Final, 80.28 metres (10th place)

Esko Mikkola - Final, 79.43 metres (11th place)

Women's javelin:

Taina Kolkkala - Round 1: 61.16 metres, Final: 60.72 metres (10th place)

Mikaela Ingberg - Round 1: 60.80 metres

Paula Huhtaniemi - Round 1: 56.88 metres

Men's hammer:

Olli-Pekka Karjalainen - Round 1, 76.11 metres (did not advance)

David Söderberg - Round 1, 74.14 metres (did not advance)

Women's hammer:

Sini Pöyry - Round 1: 66.05 metres

Badminton

Men's singles:

Kasperi Salo - defeated in round of 32

Björn Joppien

Germany

Antti Viitikko - defeated in round of 32

Shon Seung-mo

South Korea

Women's singles:

Anu Weckström - defeated in round of 32

Kaori Mori

Japan

Canoeing

Men's K1 500 metres:

Kimmo Latvamaki - semifinal, 13th place

Women's K1 500 metres:

Jenni Honkanen - final, 8th place

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

Joona Puhakka - Prelim: 414.69, Semifinal: 209.91 (total of 624.60 for 14th place)

Jukka Piekkanen - Prelim: 359.22 (29th place)

Judo

Men's -100 kg:

Timo Hannu Tapani Peltola

José Eugenio Vasquez De Jesus

Dominican Republic

:# Round of 16 - Lost to Ihar Makarau of Belarus

Sailing

Women's Europe:

Sari Multala - 85.0 (5th place)

Laser:

Roope Suomalainen - 160.0 (19th place)

49er:

Thomas Johanson and Jukka Piirainen - 111.0 (8th place)

Shooting

Men's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions:

Juha Hirvi - 1160 points (15th place)

Men's 50 m Rifle Prone:

Juha Hirvi - 594 points (9th place)

Men's 10 m Air Rifle:

Juha Hirvi - 580 points (45th place)

Men's Trap:

Petri Nummela - 117 points (14th place)

Men's Double Trap:

Joonas Olkkonen - 118 points (25th)

Men's Skeet:

Marko Kemppainen - 149 points (silver medal)

Women's 10 m Air Rifle:

Marjo Yli-Kiikka - 392 points (22nd place)

Women's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions:

Marjo Yli-Kiikka - 571 points (20th place)

Women's Skeet:

Maarit Lepomaki - 67 points (9th place)

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle:

Jere Hård - Heat: 23.33 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle:

Matti Rajakylä - Heat: 50.67 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly:

Jere Hård - Heat: 54.02 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke:

Matti Mäki - Heat: 57.57 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke:

Matti Mäki - Heat: 2:06.29 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke:

Jarno Pihlava - Heat: 1:01.99, Semifinal: 1:01.86 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke:

Jarno Pihlava - Heat: DNS

Men's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay:

Jere Hård, Jarno Pihlava, Matti Rajakylä, and Jani Sievinen - Heat: 3:41.64 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle:

Hanna-Maria Seppälä - Heat: 26.01 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle:

Hanna-Maria Seppälä - Heat: 56.01, Semifinal: 55.59 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke:

Hanna-Maria Seppälä - Heat: 1:05.55 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke:

Eeva Saarinen - Heat: 1:11.39 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke:

Eeva Saarinen - Heat 1 2:34.17 (did not advance)

Taekwondo

Men's Over 80 kg:

Teemu Heino

Nguyen Van Hung

Vietnam

Tennis

Men's Singles:

Jarkko Nieminen

Yen Hsun Lu

Chinese Taipei

:# Second Round - Lost to Max Mirnyi of Belarus (3 - 6, 4 - 6)

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg:

Marko Yli-Hannuksela - silver medal

:# Semifinal - Defeated Reto Bucher of Switzerland (3 - 0)
:# Final - Lost to Alexandr Dokturishivili of Uzbekistan (1 - 3)

OFFICIALS

President: Tapani Ilkka

Secretary General: Jouko Purontakanen

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