Finland at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Finland competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. 86 competitors, 73 men and 13 women, took part in 76 events in 15 sports.[1]

Finland at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Los Angeles, United States
July 28, 1984 (1984-07-28) – August 12, 1984 (1984-08-12)
Competitors86 (73 men, 13 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Esko Rechardt (sailing)
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
4
Silver
2
Bronze
6
Total
12
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Jouko Salomäki Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg 3 August
  Gold Pertti Karppinen Rowing Men's single sculls 5 August
  Gold Arto Härkönen Athletics Men's javelin throw 5 August
  Gold Juha Tiainen Athletics Men's hammer throw 6 August
  Silver Tapio Sipilä Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg 3 August
  Silver Tiina Lillak Athletics Women's javelin throw 6 August
  Bronze Jouni Grönman Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 1 August
  Bronze Rauno Bies Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 2 August
  Bronze Pekka Niemi Weightlifting Men's 100 kg 6 August
  Bronze Arto Bryggare Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles 6 August
  Bronze Joni Nyman Boxing Men's welterweight 9 August
  Bronze Jukka Rauhala Wrestling Men's freestyle 68 kg 11 August

Archery

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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:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

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Men's 1,500 metres

  • Antti Loikkanen
    • Qualifying Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Martti Vainio
    • Heat — 13:45.16
    • Semifinals — 13:30.48 (→ did not advance)
  • Antti Loikkanen
    • Heat — 13:51.47
    • Semifinals — 13:58.74 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Martti Vainio
    • Qualifying Heat — 28:19.25
    • Final — finished in second place (27:51.10), but was later disqualified for the use of several performance-enhancing drugs

Men's Marathon

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

Men's High Jump

  • Erkki Niemi
    • Qualification — 2.24m
    • Final — 2.24m (→ 9th place)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Kimmo Pallonen
    • Qualifying Round — 5.40m
    • Final — 5.45m (→ 5th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Arto Härkönen
    • Qualification — 83.06m
    • Final — 86.76m (→   Gold Medal)
  • Raimo Manninen
    • Qualification — 79.26m (→ did not advance, 13th place)
  • Tero Saviniemi
    • Qualification — 76.46m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's Shot Put

  • Aulis Akonniemi
    • Qualifying Round — 19.38 m
    • Final — 18.98 m (→ 9th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Juha Tiainen
    • Qualification — 72.68m
    • Final — 78.08m (→   Gold Medal)
  • Harri Huhtala
    • Qualification — 73.78m
    • Final — 75.28m (→ 6th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk


Women's 100 metres

Women's 200 metres

Women's Marathon

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Tuija Helander
    • Heat — 57.22
    • Semifinal — 56.59
    • Final — 56.55 (→ 7th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Ulla Lundholm
    • Qualification — 56.44m
    • Final — 62.84m (→ 4th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Tiina Lillak
    • Qualification — 63.30m
    • Final — 69.00m (→   Silver Medal)
  • Tuula Laaksalo
    • Qualification — 60.42m
    • Final — 66.40m (→ 4th place)
  • Helena Laine
    • Qualification — 61.80m
    • Final — 58.18m (→ 11th place)

Boxing

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Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Canoeing

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Cycling

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Five cyclists represented Finland in 1984.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Individual pursuit

Diving

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Men's 3m Springboard

  • Juha Ovaskainen
    • Preliminary Round — 532.17
    • Final — 548.55 (→ 11th place)

Equestrian

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Judo

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Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1984.

Individual
Team
  • Pasi Hulkkonen
  • Jorma Korpela
  • Jussi Pelli

Rowing

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Sailing

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Shooting

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Swimming

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Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Finland at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-09-11.