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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

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]

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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Main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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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Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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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Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Five cyclists represented Finland in 1984.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Individual pursuit

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

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

Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1984.

Individual
Team
  • Pasi Hulkkonen
  • Jorma Korpela
  • Jussi Pelli

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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.
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