Finland at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Finland at the
1994 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Lillehammer
Competitors61 (47 men, 14 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
5
Total
6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Finland competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Mika Myllylä Cross-country skiing Men's 50 kilometre classical 27 February
 Bronze Mika Myllylä Cross-country skiing Men's 30 kilometre freestyle 14 February
 Bronze Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Cross-country skiing Women's 5 kilometre classical 15 February
 Bronze Jari Isometsä
Harri Kirvesniemi
Mika Myllylä
Jari Räsänen		 Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay 22 February
 Bronze Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Cross-country skiing Women's 30 kilometre classical 24 February
 Bronze Finland men's national ice hockey team
 Ice hockey Men's tournament 26 February

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 2 0 2
Biathlon 4 5 9
Cross-country skiing 7 6 13
Figure skating 1 2 3
Freestyle skiing 2 1 3
Ice hockey 22 – 22
Nordic combined 4 – 4
Ski jumping 5 – 5
Total 47 14 61

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Janne Leskinen Downhill 1:47.87 30
Super-G 1:34.09 13
Giant Slalom 1:34.65 DNS DNF
Combined 1:38.88 54.47 52.18 3:25.53 22
Mika Marila Super-G 1:38.14 40
Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Slalom 1:02.54 1:02.45 2:04.99 12
Combined 1:45.01 50.42 50.09 3:25.52 21

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Pen. Rank
Harri Eloranta 10 km Sprint 30:02.1 4 15
20 km Individual 1:01:40.9 6 30
Vesa Hietalahti 10 km Sprint 32:06.0 5 52
20 km Individual 1:08:49.1 10 68
Erkki Latvala 10 km Sprint 32:08.4 3 54
Timo Seppälä 20 km Individual 1:02:07.0 3 41
Erkki Latvala
Harri Eloranta
Timo Seppälä
Vesa Hietalahti 		4 × 7.5 km Relay 1:33:11.9 1 5
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Pen. Rank
Pirjo Aalto 7.5 km Sprint 29:59.2 3 61
Katja Holanti 15 km Individual 1:00:13.6 7 56
Mari Lampinen 7.5 km Sprint 27:14.5 2 16
15 km Individual 59:16.9 6 48
Tuija Sikiö 7.5 km Sprint 27:39.1 0 24
15 km Individual 58:13.1 5 38
Tuija Vuoksiala 7.5 km Sprint 28:23.2 3 36
15 km Individual 1:00:09.3 6 55
Katja Holanti
Tuija Sikiö
Mari Lampinen
Tuija Vuoksiala 		4 × 7.5 km Relay 1:58:55.7 4 10

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Final
Start Rank Time Rank Total Rank
Jukka Hartonen 30 km Free 1:16:18.7 13
Karri Hietamäki 50 km Classical 2:20:50.9 40
Jari Isometsä 10 km Classical 26:06.5 23
15 km Free Pursuit DNS
30 km Free 1:15:12.5 6
Harri Kirvesniemi 10 km Classical 25:13.2 9
15 km Free Pursuit DNS
50 km Classical 2:11:19.3 12
Mika Myllylä 10 km Classical 25:05.3 6
15 km Free Pursuit +0:45 6 36:50.9 7 +1:47.1 4
30 km Free 1:14.14.5
50 km Classical 2:08:41.9
Jari Räsänen 10 km Classical 25:31.5 12
15 km Free Pursuit +01:11 12 36:32.7 3 +1:54.9 6
30 km Free 1:16:10.7 11
Sami Repo 50 km Classical 2:20:32.8 37
Mika Myllylä
Harri Kirvesniemi
Jari Räsänen
Jari Isometsä 		4 × 10 km relay 1:42:15.6
Women
Athlete Event Final
Start Rank Time Rank Total Rank
Mari Hietala 15 km Free 44:56.8 24
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi 5 km Classical 14:30.6
10 km Free Pursuit +00:28 3 29:21.6 21 +2:19.5 13
30 km Classical 1:26:13.6
Merja Lahtinen 15 km Free 43:50.7 16
30 km Classical 1:29:55.1 15
Pirkko Määttä 5 km Classical 14:51.5 9
10 km Free Pursuit +00:43 9 29:10.1 18 +2:23.0 15
30 km Classical 1:29:27.0 14
Tuulikki Pyykkönen 5 km Classical 15:13.6 18
10 km Free Pursuit DNS
Marjut Rolig 5 km Classical 15:05.1 14
10 km Free Pursuit +00:57 14 29:43.2 23 +3:10.1 21
30 km Classical 1:27:51.4 8
Pirkko Määttä
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Merja Lahtinen
Marjut Rolig 		4 × 5 km relay 59:15.9 4

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete Final
Short Program Rank Free Skating Total Rank
Mila Kajas 8.0 16 10.0 18.0 12
Ice Dancing
Athlete Final
Compulsory Dance 1 Rank Compulsory Dance 2 Rank Original Dance Rank Free Dance Total Rank
Susanna Rahkamo
Petri Kokko 		0.8 4 0.8 4 2.4 4 4.0 8.0 4

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Juha Holopainen Moguls 23.39 20 did not advance
Janne Lahtela Moguls 24.60 12 24.78 9
Women
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Minna Karhu Moguls 23.08 11 23.00 13

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men's competition

Roster
Pos. No. Name 1993-94 team
G 1 Pasi Kuivalainen KalPa
G 30 Jukka Tammi Tampereen Ilves
G 35 Jarmo Myllys Rauman Lukko
D 2 Marko Kiprusoff TPS
D 4 Erik Hämäläinen Jokerit
D 5 Timo Jutila Tampereen Tappara
D 6 Pasi Sormunen HIFK
D 12 Janne Laukkanen HPK
D 23 Hannu Virta TPS
D 26 Mika Strömberg Jokerit
F 8 Janne Ojanen Tampereen Tappara
F 9 Esa Keskinen TPS
F 11 Saku Koivu TPS
F 13 Marko Palo HPK
F 14 Raimo Helminen Malmö IF
F 15 Mika Alatalo Rauman Lukko
F 16 Ville Peltonen HIFK
F 20 Jere Lehtinen TPS
F 24 Sami Kapanen KalPa
F 27 Tero Lehterä Kiekko-Espoo
F 28 Petri Varis Jokerit
F 40 Mika Nieminen Luleå HF
F 42 Mikko Mäkelä Malmö IF
Results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 5 5 0 0 25 4 +21 10 Quarterfinals
2  Germany 5 3 0 2 11 14 −3 6[a]
3  Czech Republic 5 3 0 2 16 11 +5 6[a]
4  Russia 5 3 0 2 20 14 +6 6[a]
5  Austria 5 1 0 4 13 28 −15 2 9–12th place semifinals
6  Norway (H) 5 0 0 5 5 19 −14 0
Source: Olympedia
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Germany 2 points, +1 goal difference; Czech Republic 2 points, 0 goal difference; Russia 2 points, –1 goal difference.
Stage Opponent Result Points Rank
Group Stage Czech Republic 3-1
Group Stage Russia 5-0
Group Stage Norway 4-0
Group Stage Austria 6-2
Group Stage Germany 7-1
Group Stage 25-4 10 1
Quarterfinal United States 6-1
Semifinal Canada 3-5
Bronze Medal Match Russia 4-0

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event First Round Second Round Cross-country
Points Rank Points Total Rank Start Time Rank Total Rank
Hannu Manninen Individual event 95.5 32 101.5 197.0 23 +05:33 43:08.9 46 48:41.9 38
Jari Mantila Individual event 104.5 13 109.0 213.5 10 +03:43 41:13.6 31 44:56.6 14
Tapio Nurmela Individual event 95.5 32 91.5 187.0 34 +06:40 40:19.8 21 46:59.8 25
Topi Sarparanta Individual event 95.0 35 97.0 192.0 28 +06:06 39:49.7 16 45:55.7 20
Jari Mantila
Tapio Nurmela
Topi Sarparanta 		Team event 311.0 6 281.0 592.0 9 +11:47 1:24:32.4 7 1:36:19.4 8

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event First Round Final
Points Rank Points Total Rank
Janne Ahonen Normal hill 112.5 24 73.5 186.0 37
Large hill 90.3 23 73.1 163.4 25
Ari-Pekka Nikkola Normal hill 116.0 19 115.0 231.0 16
Large hill 92.1 22 78.6 170.7 22
Jani Soininen Normal hill 126.0 8 132.5 258.5 6
Large hill 109.6 11 121.5 231.1 5
Janne Väätäinen Normal hill 113.0 23 93.0 206.0 30
Raimo Ylipulli Large hill 103.3 14 79.3 182.6 18
Raimo Ylipulli
Janne Väätäinen
Janne Ahonen
Jani Soininen 		Team 443.8 5 445.7 889.5 5

References

  1. ^ Finland at the 1994 Winter Olympics
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