Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
# Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

## Medalist

| 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

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

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miika Aulio | Men's Individual | 603 | 53 | van Alten (NED) L 160–163 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Katri Suutari | Women's Individual | 608 | 58 | Choe (PRK) L 149–161 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics

### 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

### 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 woman 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

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

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