Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics
# Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Matti Nykänen | Ski jumping | Normal hill individual | 14 February |
| Gold | Marjo Matikainen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 kilometre classical | 17 February |
| Gold | Matti Nykänen | Ski jumping | Large hill individual | 23 February |
| Gold | Ari-Pekka Nikkola Matti Nykänen Jari Puikkonen Tuomo Ylipulli | Ski jumping | Large hill team | 24 February |
| Silver | Finland men's national ice hockey team Timo BlomqvistKari ElorantaRaimo HelminenIiro JärviEsa KeskinenErkki LaineKari LaitinenJukka VirtanenErkki LehtonenJyrki LummeReijo MikkolainenJarmo MyllysTeppo NumminenJanne OjanenArto RuotanenReijo RuotsalainenSimo SaarinenKai SuikkanenTimo SusiJukka TammiJari TorkkiPekka Tuomisto | Ice hockey | Men's competition | 28 February |
| Bronze | Marjo Matikainen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 kilometre classical | 14 February |
| Bronze | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Pirkko Määttä Jaana Savolainen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay | 21 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Alpine skiing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Biathlon | 5 | – | 5 |
| Cross-country skiing | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Ice hockey | 22 | – | 22 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
| Ski jumping | 6 | – | 6 |
| Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 46 | 7 | 53 |

## Alpine skiing

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Nina Ehrnrooth | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Nina Ehrnrooth | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 km Sprint | Antero Lähde | 3 | 27:59.9 | 42 |
| 10 km Sprint | Juha Tella | 3 | 27:58.3 | 41 |
| 10 km Sprint | Harri Eloranta | 3 | 27:15.2 | 25 |
| 10 km Sprint | Tapio Piipponen | 1 | 26:02.2 | 7 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Arto Jääskeläinen | 58:29.5 | 11 | 1'09:29.5 | 58 |
| 20 km | Harri Eloranta | 58:10.6 | 7 | 1'05:10.6 | 50 |
| 20 km | Juha Tella | 57:39.0 | 6 | 1'03:39.0 | 38 |
| 20 km | Tapio Piipponen | 55:18.3 | 3 | 58:18.3 | 8 |

### Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Juha Tella Antero Lähde Arto Jääskeläinen Tapio Piipponen | 5 | 1'30:54.4 | 12 |

    $^1$ 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 C | Jari Räsänen | 45:04.5 | 30 |
| 15 km C | Jari Laukkanen | 44:22.0 | 25 |
| 15 km C | Aki Karvonen | 43:54.5 | 20 |
| 15 km C | Harri Kirvesniemi | 42:42.8 | 8 |
| 30 km C | Jari Laukkanen | 1'35:51.6 | 52 |
| 30 km C | Kari Ristanen | 1'31:05.2 | 27 |
| 30 km C | Aki Karvonen | 1'29:49.5 | 19 |
| 30 km C | Harri Kirvesniemi | 1'26:59.6 | 9 |
| 50 km F | Antti Ticklén | 2'18:41.8 | 45 |
| 50 km F | Heikki Kivikko | 2'12:27.1 | 29 |
| 50 km F | Harri Kirvesniemi | 2'11:41.8 | 22 |
| 50 km F | Kari Ristanen | 2'08:08.1 | 7 |

    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Jari Laukkanen Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Kari Ristanen | 1'48:24.0 | 8 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Pirkko Määttä | 15:51.8 | 16 |
| 5 km C | Tuulikki Pyykkönen | 15:38.1 | 12 |
| 5 km C | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | 15:16.7 | 5 |
| 5 km C | Marjo Matikainen | 15:04.0 | |
| 10 km C | Tuulikki Pyykkönen | 32:37.7 | 29 |
| 10 km C | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | 30:57.0 | 9 |
| 10 km C | Pirkko Määttä | 30:52.4 | 7 |
| 10 km C | Marjo Matikainen | 30:20.5 | |
| 20 km F | Eija Hyytiäinen | 1'02:06.9 | 32 |
| 20 km F | Jaana Savolainen | 1'01:26.8 | 28 |
| 20 km F | Marjo Matikainen | 58:50.7 | 12 |
| 20 km F | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | 58:45.6 | 11 |

    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Jaana Savolainen | 1'01:53.8 | |

## Ice hockey

### Team roster

* Head Coach: Pentti Matikainen
* Assistant Coach: Hannu Jortikka

### Group A

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 7 |
| Sweden | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 7 |
| Canada | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 7 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 6 |
| Poland | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 1 |
| France | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 47 | −37 | 2 |

* Switzerland 2-1 Finland
* Finland 10-1 France
* Finland 3-1 Canada
* Finland 3-3 Sweden
* Finland 5-1 Poland

### Medal round

The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.

| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 8 |
| Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 7 |
| Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 6 |
| Canada | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 5 |
| West Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 26 | −18 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 2 |

* Finland 8-0 West Germany
* Czechoslovakia 5-2 Finland
* Finland 2-1 Soviet Union

### Leading scorers

| Rk | | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7th | Erkki Lehtonen | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 |

## Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank |
| Pasi Saapunki | Individual | 193.3 | 28 | 3:54.7 | 42:44.1 | 402.740 | 15 |
| Jukka Ylipulli | Individual | 196.7 | 24 | 3:32.0 | 42:55.6 | 401.010 | 16 |
| Jouko Parviainen | Individual | 198.9 | 20 | 3:17.4 | 44:59.6 | 382.420 | 33 |
| Sami Leinonen | Individual | 202.4 | 18 | 2:54.0 | 42:58.4 | 400.590 | 17 |

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
* 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

| Athletes | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank |
| Pasi Saapunki Jouko Parviainen Jukka Ylipulli | 561.3 | 7 | 5:42.5 | 1'25:38.3 | 7 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Risto Laakkonen | Normal hill | 81.0 | 97.2 | 76.5 | 86.0 | 183.2 | 23 |
| Ari-Pekka Nikkola | Normal hill | 83.5 | 100.2 | 79.0 | 90.5 | 190.7 | 15 |
| Jari Puikkonen | Normal hill | 84.0 | 105.5 | 80.0 | 93.6 | 199.1 | 7 |
| Matti Nykänen | Normal hill | 89.5 | 114.8 | 89.5 | 114.3 | 229.1 | |
| Pekka Suorsa | Large hill | 99.5 | 83.7 | 97.0 | 79.7 | 163.4 | 38 |
| Ari-Pekka Nikkola | Large hill | 106.0 | 97.3 | 102.0 | 91.7 | 189.0 | 16 |
| Jari Puikkonen | Large hill | 106.0 | 99.3 | 103.5 | 95.3 | 194.6 | 11 |
| Matti Nykänen | Large hill | 118.5 | 120.8 | 107.0 | 103.2 | 224.0 | |

### Men's team large hill

| Athletes | Result | Result |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Points $^1$ | Rank |
| Matti Nykänen Ari-Pekka Nikkola Tuomo Ylipulli Jari Puikkonen | 634.4 | |

    $^1$ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 1500 m | Pertti Niittylä | 1:56.48 | 25 |
| 5000 m | Timo Järvinen | 6:56.68 | 18 |
| 5000 m | Pertti Niittylä | 6:55.18 | 16 |
| 10,000 m | Timo Järvinen | 14:27.69 | 17 |
| 10,000 m | Pertti Niittylä | 14:26.57 | 15 |
