Finland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
# Finland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Finland competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Athletes were selected by the Finnish Paralympic Committee on July 2, 2008.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Markku Niinimäki | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F53/54 |
| Gold | Leo-Pekka Tähti | Athletics | Men's 100 metres T54 |
| Silver | Markku Niinimäki | Athletics | Men's hot put F53–54 |
| Silver | Jarmo Ollanketo | Cycling | Men's road race B&VI 1–3 |
| Bronze | Jani Kallunki | Judo | Men's 66kgX1 |
| Bronze | Leo-Pekka Tähti | Athletics | Men's 200 metres T54 |

## Sports

### Archery

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank |
| Keijo Kallunki | Men's individual compound | 675 | 11 | Bye | Bailey (USA) L 110-115 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jean-Pierre Antonios | Men's individual compound standing | 606 | 8 | — | Lehner (SUI) L 89-94 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Osmo Kinnunen | Men's individual compound standing | 627 | 4 | — | Bye | Murphy (CAN) W 111-97 | Drahoninsky (CZE) L 97-99 | Fabry (USA) L 101-111 | 4 |

### Athletics

**Men's track**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Leo-Pekka Tähti | T54 | 100m | 13.76 WR | 1 Q | 13.81 | |
| Leo-Pekka Tähti | T54 | 200m | 24.92 | 2 Q | 25.17 | |

**Men's field**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Markku Niinimaki | F53-54 | Javelin throw | 29.33 WR | 1112 | |
| Markku Niinimaki | F53-54 | Shot put | 9.92 WR | 1021 | |

**Women's field**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Tiina Ala-Aho | F33-34/52-53 | Javelin throw | 11.51 | 849 | 15 |
| Marjaana Väre | F42-46 | Javelin throw | 26.63 | 906 | 9 |

### Boccia

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Leena Sarela | Mixed individual BC1 | Fernandes (POR) | L 3-4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leena Sarela | Mixed individual BC1 | Vaquerizo (ESP) | L 2-3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leena Sarela | Mixed individual BC1 | Zhang Q (CHN) | L 2-3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leena Sarela | Mixed individual BC1 | Leung M Y (HKG) | L 2-3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vesa Koivuniemi | Mixed individual BC2 | Cordero (ESP) | L 0-15 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vesa Koivuniemi | Mixed individual BC2 | Yan Z (CHN) | L 1-8 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vesa Koivuniemi | Mixed individual BC2 | McLeod (CAN) | L 2-9 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Timo Ollikka | Mixed individual BC2 | Uchida (JPN) | L 0-6 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Timo Ollikka | Mixed individual BC2 | Dukovich (CAN) | L 1-4 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Timo Ollikka | Mixed individual BC2 | Robinson (GBR) | W 5-2 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vesa Koivuniemi Timo Ollikka Leena Sarela | Mixed team BC1-2 | Spain (ESP) | L 1-16 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vesa Koivuniemi Timo Ollikka Leena Sarela | Mixed team BC1-2 | Ireland (IRL) | L 3-7 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Cycling

**Men's road**

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Jarmo Ollanketo Marko Törmänen (pilot) | Men's road race B&VI 1-3 | 2:14:45 | |
| Jarmo Ollanketo Marko Törmänen (pilot) | Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3 | 33:36.96 | 9 |

### Equestrian

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
| Katja Karjalainen | Callan | Mixed individual championship test grade Ib | 65.714 | 4 |
| Katja Karjalainen | Callan | Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib | 64.999 | 7 |

### Goalball

The men's team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 12 teams.

**Players**

* Veli-Matti Aittola
* Toni Alenius
* Jorma Kivinen
* Jarno Mattila
* Erkki Miinala
* Petri Posio

### Judo

| Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Jani Kallunki | Men's 66kg | Villemont (FRA) W 1010–0000 | Fujimoto (JPN) L 0000-0101 | — | Bye | Falcon (VEN) W 1000-0000 | Golmohammadi (IRI) W 1000-0000 |
| Rauno Peltoniemi | Men's 73kg | Pourabbas (IRI) L 0000-1011 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Powerlifting

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Juhani Kokko | 52kg | 135.0 | 11 |
| Janne Piipponen | 82.5kg | 172.5 | 8 |

### Sailing

Finland received one national entry to the 2008 Summer Paralympics sailing events:

Men

* Juhani Mattila (Single-Person Keelboat - 2.4mR)

### Shooting

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Tapani Merilainen | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 592 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tapani Merilainen | Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 566 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Veikko Palsamaki | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 596 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Veikko Palsamaki | Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 579 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Erkki Pekkala | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 595 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Erkki Pekkala | Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 584 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Minna Leinonen | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 | 598 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Swimming

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Antti Latikka | S13 | 100m backstroke | 1:08.43 | 8 Q | 1:08.07 | 7 |

### Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Esa Miettinen | Men's singles C9-10 | Leibovitz (USA) W 3–1 | Heijnen (NED) W 3–0 | 1 Q | Ma L (CHN) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Wheelchair tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Taneli Tenhunen | Men's singles | Okur (TUR) W 7–5, 6–3 | Olsson (SWE) L 1-6, 1-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
