Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Finland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalist

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!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

| || || Athletics || Men's Shot Put ||

| || Thomas Johanson || Sailing || Open 49er ||

| || || Shooting || Men's 50 metre rifle three positions ||

| || || Wrestling || Men's Greco-Roman 76 kg ||

Archery

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

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!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Ranking round

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final /

|-style=font-size:95%

!Score

!Seed

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|align=left|Jari Lipponen

|align=left rowspan=2|Men's Individual

|622

|36

| L 155–161

|colspan=6

|align=left|Miika Aulio

|603

|53

| L 160–163

|colspan=6

|align=left|Katri Suutari

|align=left rowspan=2|Women's Individual

|608

|58

| L 149–161

|colspan=6

Athletics

;Men

;Track and road events

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 NR
Semifinal – 20.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's 50 km Walk

Valentin Kononen
Final – DSQ

;Field events

Men's Shot Put

Arsi Harju
Qualifying – 21.39
Final – 21.29 (→ 16x16px 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, no ranking)

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)

;Combined – 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

;Track

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 4 × 100 m

Manuela Bosco, Heidi Hannula, Sanna Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen
Round 1 – 43.66
Semifinal – 43.50 (→ did not advance)

;Field events

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 Strömmer
Qualifying – 59.43 (→ did not advance)
Sini Pöyry
Qualifying – 63.80
Final – 62.49 (→ 12th place)

;Combined – Heptathlon

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 Rajamäki
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 Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia

Women's Singles

Anu Weckström
Round of 64: Bye
Round of 32: Lost to Kanako Yonekura of Japan

Boxing

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Joni Turunen
Round 1 – Lost to Falk Huste of Germany (→ did not advance)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

Kimmo Latvamäki
Qualifying Heat – 01:42.535
Semifinal – 01:41.640 (→ did not advance)

Cycling

Road

Women's Road Race

Pia Sundstedt
Final – 3:06:31 (→ 21st place)

Track

Women's Sprint

Mira Kasslin
Qualifying – 12.194
1/8 Finals – Lost to Félicia 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 women competed for Finland in the Sailing competition. They won one gold medal.

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

Petri Leskinen and Kristian Heinilä
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)

Erkki Heinonen, Jali Makilä and Sami Tamminen
Did not advance to round robin.

Women's Mistral

Minna Aalto
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 Järvi
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 (→ 16x16px Gold Medal)

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Jere Hård
Preliminary Heat – 51.11 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Jere Hård
Preliminary Heat – 53.67
Semi-final – 53.65 (→ did not advance)
Tero Välimaa
Preliminary Heat – 54.24 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Tero Välimaa
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 4 × 100 m Medley

Jani Sievinen, Jarno Pihlava, Tero Välimaa, and Jere Hård
Preliminary Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Hanna-Maria Seppälä
Preliminary Heat – 26.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Hanna-Maria Seppälä
Preliminary Heat – 56.68 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Marja Pärssinen
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)

Weightlifting

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="3"|Snatch

!colspan="3"|Clean & Jerk

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

|align=left|Karoliina Lundahl

|align=left|Women's 75 kg

|<s>102.5</s>

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|colspan=2| Did not finish

References

sports-reference
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site