Finland at the 1984 Winter Olympics
# Finland at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 km |
| Gold | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
| Gold | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 20 km |
| Gold | Matti Nykänen | Ski jumping | Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m) |
| Silver | Aki Karvonen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km |
| Silver | Jouko Karjalainen | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
| Silver | Matti Nykänen | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m) |
| Bronze | Harri Kirvesniemi | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km |
| Bronze | Juha Mieto Aki Karvonen Harri Kirvesniemi Kari Ristanen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Bronze | Aki Karvonen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Bronze | Eija Hyytiäinen Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Marjo Matikainen Pirkko Määttä | Cross-country skiing | Women's 4 × 5 km relay |
| Bronze | Jukka Ylipulli | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
| Bronze | Jari Puikkonen | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m) |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 km Sprint | Risto Punkka | 4 | 34:28.5 | 34 |
| 10 km Sprint | Tapio Piipponen | 1 | 32:28.7 | 15 |
| 10 km Sprint | Toivo Mäkikyrö | 2 | 32:22.5 | 13 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Keijo Tiitola | 1'14:32.8 | 5 | 1'19:32.8 | 18 |
| 20 km | Arto Jääskeläinen | 1'14:23.3 | 5 | 1'19:23.3 | 16 |
| 20 km | Tapio Piipponen | 1'12:38.4 | 6 | 1'18:38.4 | 12 |

### Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Keijo Tiitola Toivo Mäkikyrö Arto Jääskeläinen Tapio Piipponen | 2 | 1'43:16.0 | 7 |

    $^1$ 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 | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Kari Härkönen | 42:49.3 | 13 |
| 15 km | Juha Mieto | 42:05.8 | 4 |
| 15 km | Harri Kirvesniemi | 41:45.6 | |
| 15 km | Aki Karvonen | 41:34.9 | |
| 30 km | Kari Ristanen | 1'33:02.6 | 17 |
| 30 km | Juha Mieto | 1'31:48.3 | 8 |
| 30 km | Harri Kirvesniemi | 1'31:37.4 | 7 |
| 30 km | Aki Karvonen | 1'30:59.7 | 5 |
| 50 km | Kari Ristanen | 2'23:10.6 | 15 |
| 50 km | Juha Mieto | 2'21:53.1 | 10 |
| 50 km | Harri Kirvesniemi | 2'18:34.1 | 4 |
| 50 km | Aki Karvonen | 2'17:04.7 | |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Kari Ristanen Juha Mieto Harri Kirvesniemi Aki Karvonen | 1'56:31.4 | |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km | Marjo Matikainen | 18:21.6 | 22 |
| 5 km | Eija Hyytiäinen | 18:11.6 | 19 |
| 5 km | Pirkko Määttä | 17:48.0 | 10 |
| 5 km | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 17:04.0 | |
| 10 km | Erja Kuivalainen | 35:35.2 | 37 |
| 10 km | Eija Hyytiäinen | 34:33.8 | 25 |
| 10 km | Pirkko Määttä | 34:13.4 | 19 |
| 10 km | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 31:44.2 | |
| 20 km | Erja Kuivalainen | 1'07:26.4 | 29 |
| 20 km | Eija Hyytiäinen | 1'05:38.8 | 17 |
| 20 km | Pirkko Määttä | 1'04:37.6 | 9 |
| 20 km | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 1'01:45.0 | |

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Pirkko Määttä Eija Hyytiäinen Marjo Matikainen Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 1'07:36.7 | |

## Ice hockey

### Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 10 |
| Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 8 |
| Finland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 19 | 5 |
| United States | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 4 |
| Austria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 37 | 2 |
| Norway | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 43 | 1 |

* Finland 4-3 Austria
* Finland 16-2 Norway
* Canada 4-2 Finland
* Czechoslovakia 7-2 Finland
* Finland 3-3 USA

### Game for 5th Place

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| West Germany | 7–4 | Finland |

### Leading scorers

| Rk | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4th | Raimo Summanen | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 6th | Petri Skriko | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 |

* Team roster
   * Kari Takko
   * Jorma Valtonen
   * Timo Jutila
   * Markus Lehto
   * Petteri Lehto
   * Pertti Lehtonen
   * Arto Ruotanen
   * Simo Saarinen
   * Ville Sirén
   * Raimo Helminen
   * Risto Jalo
   * Arto Javanainen
   * Erkki Laine
   * Anssi Melametsä
   * Jarmo Mäkitalo
   * Hannu Oksanen
   * Arto Sirviö
   * Petri Skriko
   * Raimo Summanen
   * Harri Tuohimaa
* Head coaches: Alpo Suhonen and Reino Ruotsalainen

## Nordic combined

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing

| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Rauno Miettinen | Individual | 79.5 | 86.0 | 205.5 | 6 | 49:02.2 | 197.470 | 9 | 402.970 | 4 |
| Jouko Karjalainen | Individual | 83.0 | 83.0 | 196.9 | 15 | 46:32.0 | 220.000 | 1 | 416.900 | |
| Jukka Ylipulli | Individual | 84.0 | 86.0 | 208.3 | 5 | 48:28.5 | 202.525 | 5 | 410.825 | |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Markku Pusenius | Normal hill | 79.5 | 89.2 | 85.0 | 99.0 | 188.2 | 20 |
| Jari Puikkonen | Normal hill | 81.5 | 95.4 | 91.5 | 117.4 | 212.8 | |
| Pentti Kokkonen | Normal hill | 84.0 | 101.4 | 84.0 | 99.9 | 201.3 | 12 |
| Matti Nykänen | Normal hill | 91.0 | 114.1 | 84.0 | 99.9 | 214.0 | |
| Pentti Kokkonen | Large hill | 98.5 | 90.1 | 99.0 | 92.3 | 182.4 | 14 |
| Markku Pusenius | Large hill | 100.5 | 93.4 | 97.0 | 87.5 | 180.9 | 16 |
| Jari Puikkonen | Large hill | 103.5 | 100.1 | 102.0 | 96.5 | 196.6 | 5 |
| Matti Nykänen | Large hill | 116.0 | 119.1 | 111.0 | 112.1 | 231.2 | |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Urpo Pikkupeura | 39.88 | 27 |
| 500 m | Jouko Vesterlund | 39.15 | 17 |
| 1000 m | Urpo Pikkupeura | 1:19.13 | 23 |
| 1000 m | Jouko Vesterlund | 1:18.12 | 12 |
| 1500 m | Pertti Niittylä | 2:00.01 | 9 |
| 5000 m | Pertti Niittylä | 7:17.97 | 6 |
| 10,000 m | Pertti Niittylä | 15:15.18 | 18 |
