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Finland at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Finland at the
1992 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Albertville
Competitors62 (49 men, 13 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearers Timo Blomqvist, ice hockey
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
7
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Finland competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Marjut Lukkarinen Cross-country skiing Women's 5 kilometre classical 13 February
 Gold Risto Laakkonen
Mika Laitinen
Toni Nieminen
Ari-Pekka Nikkola
Ski jumping Large hill team 14 February
 Gold Toni Nieminen Ski jumping Large hill individual 16 February
 Silver Marjut Lukkarinen Cross-country skiing Women's 15 kilometre classical 9 February
 Bronze Toni Nieminen Ski jumping Normal hill individual 9 February
 Bronze Harri Eloranta Biathlon Men's sprint 12 February
 Bronze Jari Isometsä
Harri Kirvesniemi
Mika Kuusisto
Jari Räsänen
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay 18 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Biathlon 5 4 9
Cross-country skiing 7 7 14
Figure skating 2 1 3
Freestyle skiing 3 1 4
Ice hockey 22 22
Nordic combined 4 4
Ski jumping 4 4
Speed skating 2 0 2
Total 49 13 62

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Jaakko Niemi 2 29:04.0 57
Kari Kataja 1 27:46.5 27
Vesa Hietalahti 2 27:25.1 17
Harri Eloranta 0 26:26.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Kari Kataja DNF DNF
Seppo Suhonen 59:21.3 8 1'07:21.3 74
Vesa Hietalahti 57:24.6 1 58:24.6 6
Harri Eloranta 57:15.7 1 58:15.7 5
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Vesa Hietalahti
Jaakko Niemi
Harri Eloranta
Kari Kataja
1 1'27:39.5 8
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km Sprint Johanna Saarinen 4 28:48.6 53
Tuija Sikiö 2 28:21.4 45
Mari Lampinen 3 27:46.1 34
Terhi Markkanen 2 27:20.7 28
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
15 km Johanna Saarinen 56:27.0 3 59:27.0 45
Terhi Markkanen 54:08.9 4 58:08.9 37
Mari Lampinen 51:44.8 6 57:44.8 31
Tuija Sikiö 53:03.0 1 54:03.0 14
Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Mari Lampinen
Tuija Sikiö
Terhi Markkanen
0 1'20:17.8 5
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C
Jari Isometsä 29:34.4 16
Jari Räsänen 29:25.2 15
Mika Myllylä 29:17.0 14
Harri Kirvesniemi 28:23.3 6
15 km
pursuit1
F
Mika Myllylä 41:33.1 20
Jari Räsänen 41:29.9 19
Jari Isometsä 40:50.0 12
Harri Kirvesniemi 40:34.4 11
30 km
C
Seppo Rantanen 1'30:25.6 38
Mika Myllylä 1'30:08.8 34
Mika Kuusisto 1'28:45.6 26
Harri Kirvesniemi 1'25:28.5 10
50 km
F
Jukka Hartonen DNF
Jari Räsänen 2'14:53.6 31
Mika Kuusisto 2'13:09.3 23
Jari Isometsä 2'12:03.5 22
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Mika Kuusisto
Harri Kirvesniemi
Jari Räsänen
Jari Isometsä
1'41:22.9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi 15:33.2 31
Tuulikki Pyykkönen 15:31.1 29
Jaana Savolainen 15:19.9 26
Marjut Lukkarinen 14:13.8 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10 km
pursuit2
F
Tuulikki Pyykkönen 30:02.5 33
Jaana Savolainen 28:43.1 18
Marjut Lukkarinen 26:52.1 4
15 km
C
Sirpa Ryhänen 46:06.9 22
Pirkko Määttä 45:40.5 17
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi 44:02.7 6
Marjut Lukkarinen 43:29.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
30 km
F
Päivi Simukka 1'34:21.7 37
Sirpa Ryhänen 1'33:55.7 36
Jaana Savolainen 1'32:49.4 28
Marjut Lukkarinen 1'27:30.9 10
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Pirkko Määttä
Jaana Savolainen
Marjut Lukkarinen
1'00:52.9 4

Figure skating

Men
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Oula Jääskeläinen 23 17 28.5 19
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD1 CD2 OD FD TFP Rank
Susanna Rahkamo
Petri Kokko
7 7 6 6 12.4 6

Freestyle skiing

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Petri Penttinen Moguls 40.40 13.71 41 did not advance
Tero Turunen 35.69 21.40 20 did not advance
Janne Lahtela 32.64 21.76 18 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Minna Karhu Moguls 42.34 14.75 19 did not advance

Ice hockey

Team roster

Pos. No. Name 1991-92 team
G 1 Jukka Tammi Finland Ilves Tampere
G 30 Markus Ketterer Finland Jokerit Helsinki
D 3 Timo Blomqvist Sweden Malmö IF
D 4 Kari Eloranta Sweden Rögle BK
D 5 Timo Jutila Sweden Luleå HF
D 6 Arto Ruotanen Sweden HV71
D 7 Simo Saarinen Finland HIFK Helsinki
D 9 Ville Sirén Finland Tampere Ilves
D 12 Janne Laukkanen Finland HPK Hämeenlinna
D 44 Harri Laurila Finland JyP HT
F 8 Teemu Selänne Finland Jokerit Helsinki
F 11 Jari Lindroos Finland JyP HT
F 14 Petri Skriko Canada Winnipeg Jets
F 15 Hannu Järvenpää Sweden Leksands IF
F 16 Keijo Säilynoja Finland Jokerit Helsinki
F 18 Pekka Tuomisto Finland HIFK
F 22 Timo Saarikoski Finland Rauman Lukko
F 25 Raimo Summanen Finland Tampere Ilves
F 27 Timo Peltomaa Finland Tampere Ilves
F 28 Raimo Helminen Sweden Malmö IF
F 40 Mika Nieminen Finland Lukko Rauma
F 42 Mikko Mäkelä Finland TPS

[2]

Group A

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 4 1 0 18 7 +11 9 Quarterfinals
2  Sweden 5 3 2 0 22 11 +11 8
3  Finland 5 3 1 1 22 11 +11 7
4  Germany 5 2 0 3 11 12 −1 4
5  Italy 5 1 0 4 18 24 −6 2 consolation round
6  Poland 5 0 0 5 4 30 −26 0
Source: Olympedia
 Finland 5:1  Germany
 Finland 9:1  Poland
 United States 4:1  Finland
 Finland 2:2  Sweden
 Finland 5:3  Italy

Final round

Quarter-finals

Unified Team 6:1  Finland

Consolation round 5th-8th places

 Sweden 3:2  Finland

7th-place match

 France 1:4  Finland 7th

Leading scorers

Rk Player GP G A Pts
4th Teemu Selänne 8 7 4 11
4th Hannu Järvenpää 8 5 6 11
8th Mika Nieminen 8 4 6 10

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Rank
Sami Kallunki Individual 177.5 42 +5:40.0 50:29.7 28
Pasi Saapunki 191.1 34 +4:09.4 49:03.4 20
Teemu Summanen 208.3 12 +2:14.7 49:59.4 24
Jari Mantila 216.7 5 +1:18.7 DNF

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps per team member were counted.)
  • 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Rank
Pasi Saapunki
Jari Mantila
Teemu Summanen
561.2 7 +6:59.0 1'32:43.3 7

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Ari-Pekka Nikkola Normal hill 76.0 82.6 74.5 80.2 162.8 53
Mika Laitinen 85.5 106.3 85.5 107.3 213.6 5
Risto Laakkonen 85.5 106.8 79.0 93.9 200.7 16
Toni Nieminen 88.0 112.3 84.5 104.7 217.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ari-Pekka Nikkola Large hill 99.0 79.1 94.5 70.3 149.4 30
Risto Laakkonen 102.0 83.8 98.5 80.4 164.2 21
Mika Laitinen 109.5 97.8 85.5 68.2 166.0 19
Toni Nieminen 122.0 118.8 123.0 120.7 239.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Toni Nieminen
Ari-Pekka Nikkola
Risto Laakkonen
Mika Laitinen
644.4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Harri Ilkka 38.48 26
1000 m Harri Ilkka 1:17.96 34
5000 m Timo Järvinen 7:30.88 32
10,000 m Timo Järvinen 14:50.75 21

References

  1. ^ "Olympedia – Finland at the 1992 Winter Olympics". www.olympedia.org.
  2. ^ "Finland at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.
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