Finland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
# Finland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Finland competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, 15–23 August 2009. A team of 20 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. The selected athletes had achieved at least one of the competition's qualifying standards. The team failed to win any medals; defending world champion javelin thrower Tero Pitkämäki managed only a fifth-place finish.

## Team selection

| Event | Athletes | Athletes |
| - | - | - |
| Event | Men | Women |
| 400 metres hurdles | Jussi Heikkilä | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Jukka Keskisalo | Sandra Eriksson |
| 50 km race walk | Jarkko Kinnunen | — |
| Event | Athletes | Athletes |
| Event | Men | Women |
| Pole vault | Eemeli Salomäki | Minna Nikkanen Vanessa Vandy (withdrawn) |
| High jump | Oskari Frösén | Hanna Grobler |
| Long jump | Tommi Evilä | |
| Discus throw | Frantz Kruger | |
| Hammer throw | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen David Söderberg | Merja Korpela |
| Javelin throw | Tero Järvenpää Tero Pitkämäki Antti Ruuskanen Teemu Wirkkala Ari Mannio (reserve) | Mikaela Ingberg |

## Results

### Men

**Track and road events**

| Event | Athletes | Heat round 1 | Heat round 1 | Heat round 2 | Heat round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 400 m hurdles | Jussi Heikkilä | 51.42 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Jukka Keskisalo | 8:22.00 | 13 | | | | | 8:14.47 | 8 |
| 50 km walk | Jarkko Kinnunen | | | | | | | 3:47:36 PB | 9 |

**Field events**

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Long jump | Tommi Evilä | 801 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| High jump | Oskari Frösén | 224 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pole vault | Eemeli Salomäki | 540 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Discus throw | Frantz Kruger | 62.29 | 12 | 59.77 | 12 |
| Javelin throw | Tero Järvenpää | 79.48 | 10 | 75.57 | 11 |
| Javelin throw | Tero Pitkämäki | 81.65 | 4 | 81.90 | 5 |
| Javelin throw | Antti Ruuskanen | 78.69 | 12 | 81.87 | 6 |
| Javelin throw | Teemu Wirkkala | 79.84 | 7 | 79.82 | 9 |
| Hammer throw | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | 74.09 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hammer throw | David Söderberg | 73.69 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

**Track and road events**

| Event | Athletes | Heat round 1 | Heat round 1 | Heat round 2 | Heat round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Sandra Eriksson | 9:46.62 PB | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

**Field and combined events**

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| High jump | Hanna Grobler | 189 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pole vault | Minna Nikkanen | 4.40 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Javelin throw | Mikaela Ingberg | 57.88 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hammer throw | Merja Korpela | 68.34 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
