Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Sydney
Competitors	70 (40 men and 30 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
Medals Ranked 31st	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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

Medalist

Further information: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Arsi Harju	Athletics	Men's Shot Put	September 22
Gold	Jyrki Järvi Thomas Johanson	Sailing	Open 49er	September 25
Silver	Juha Hirvi	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	September 23
Bronze	Marko Yli-Hannuksela	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 76 kg	September 26

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics and Archery

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

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jari Lipponen	Men's Individual	622	36	van Zutphen (NED) L 155–161	Did not advance
Miika Aulio		603	53	van Alten (NED) L 160–163	Did not advance
Katri Suutari	Women's Individual	608	58	Choe (PRK) L 149–161	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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 (→ 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

Main article: Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

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

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Flatwater

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

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

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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 (→ Gold Medal)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Karoliina Lundahl	Women's 75 kg	102.5	102.5	102.5	—	—	—	Did not finish

References

• sports-reference
• 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 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