Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Finland at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Finland at the; 1998 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Nagano
Competitors	85 (51 men, 34 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Janne Ahonen (ski jumping)
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 6 Total 12
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Finland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Mika Myllylä	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km (classical)
Gold	Jani Soininen	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill (K90 70 m)
Silver	Janne Lahtela	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls
Silver	Samppa Lajunen	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Silver	Samppa Lajunen Hannu Manninen Jari Mantila Tapio Nurmela	Nordic combined	Men's team
Silver	Jani Soininen	Ski jumping	Men's large hill (K120 90 m)
Bronze	Ville Räikkönen	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint
Bronze	Mika Myllylä	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 km (classical)
Bronze	Jari Isometsä Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze	Sami Mustonen	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls
Bronze	Finland men's national ice hockey team Aki-Petteri Berg Tuomas Grönman Raimo Helminen Sami Kapanen Saku Koivu Jari Kurri Janne Laukkanen Antti Törmänen Jere Lehtinen Juha Lind Jyrki Lumme Jarmo Myllys Mika Nieminen Janne Niinimaa Teppo Numminen Juha Ylönen Ville Peltonen Kimmo Rintanen Teemu Selänne Ari Sulander Jukka Tammi Esa Tikkanen Kimmo Timonen	Ice hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	Finland women's national ice hockey team Sari Fisk Kirsi Hänninen Satu Huotari Marianne Ihalainen Johanna Ikonen Sari Krooks Emma Laaksonen Sanna Lankosaari Katja Lehto Marika Lehtimäki Marja-Helena Pälvilä Tuula Puputti Karoliina Rantamäki Katja Riipi Päivi Salo Liisa-Maria Sneck Petra Vaarakallio Riikka Nieminen Tiia Reima	Ice hockey	Women's competition

Alpine skiing[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Mika Marila	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Kalle Palander		1:24.02	DNF	DNF	–
Sami Uotila		1:23.43	1:20.02	2:43.45	19
Sami Uotila	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Mika Marila		DNF	–	DNF	–
Kalle Palander		56.37	55.44	1:51.81	9

Men's combined

Athlete	Slalom		Downhill	Total
Athlete	Time 1	Time 2	Time	Total time	Rank
Kalle Palander	DNF	–	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Henna Raita	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Tanja Poutiainen	Giant Slalom	1:24.90	1:36.76	3:01.66	26
Tanja Poutiainen	Slalom	48.06	49.45	1:37.51	18
Henna Raita	Slalom	47.18	DNF	DNF	–

Biathlon[]

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Harri Eloranta	2	29:21.8	20
	Paavo Puurunen	0	28:44.0	9
	Ville Räikkönen	1	28:21.7

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Vesa Hietalahti	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Ville Räikkönen	57:25.3	3	1'00:25.3	27
	Paavo Puurunen	57:11.7	3	1'00:11.7	23

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Ville Räikkönen Paavo Puurunen Harri Eloranta Olli-Pekka Peltola	2	1'25:01.4	8

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Katja Holanti	2	25:46.2	46
7.5 km Sprint	Mari Lampinen	0	23:55.2	8

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Katja Holanti	58:50.9	3	1'01:50.9	45
15 km	Mari Lampinen	55:55.2	5	1'00:55.2	32

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
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Sami Repo	28:51.3	18
	Jari Isometsä	28:36.7	15
	Harri Kirvesniemi	28:22.5	13
	Mika Myllylä	27:40.1
15 km pursuit¹ F	Sami Repo	42:38.9	20
	Jari Isometsä	40:55.4	8
	Mika Myllylä	40:26.6	6
30 km C	Sami Repo	1'42:16.8	34
	Harri Kirvesniemi	1'37:45.9	6
	Jari Isometsä	1'36:51.4	4
	Mika Myllylä	1;33:55.8
50 km F	Juha Alm	2'25:00.2	54

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo Jari Isometsä	1'42:15.5

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Kati Pulkkinen	19:48.0	57
	Anita Nyman	19:45.0	56
	Satu Salonen	18:43.4	18
	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	18:42.8	17
10 km pursuit² F	Kati Pulkkinen	33:43.5	51
	Anita Nyman	32:53.7	44
	Satu Salonen	30:32.0	16
15 km C	Kati Sundqvist-Venäläinen	52:14.1	41
	Milla Jauho	51:38.6	31
	Satu Salonen	49:27.6	18
	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	49:13.5	12
30 km F	Milla Jauho	1'35:39.2	50

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Tuulikki Pyykkönen Milla Jauho Satu Salonen Anita Nyman	57:34.3	7

Figure skating[]

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Alisa Drei	20	19	29.0	21

Freestyle skiing[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Lauri Lassila	Moguls	29.03	24.53	9 Q	26.17	25.43	5
Sami Mustonen		27.47	25.16	3 Q	26.77	25.76
Janne Lahtela		27.58	25.43	2 Q	25.30	26.00

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Minna Karhu	Moguls	35.40	22.39	10 Q	33.65	23.83	6

Ice hockey[]

Men's Tournament[]

First Round - Group D[]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	15	6	+9	6
Czech Republic	3	2	1	12	4	+8	4
Finland	3	1	2	11	9	+2	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	6	25	-19	0

All times are local (UTC-7).

13 February 1998

Czech Republic

3 – 0
(0-0, 0-1, 0-2)

Finland

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,050

15 February 1998

Russia

4 – 3
(2-1, 1-2, 0-1)

Finland

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,894

16 February 1998

Finland

8 – 2
(1-3, 0-1, 1-4)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,544

Quarter-final[]

All times are local (UTC-7).

18 February 1998

Finland

2 – 1
(0-0, 0-0, 2-1)

Sweden

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,044

Semi-final[]

All times are local (UTC-7).

20 February 1998

Finland

4 – 7
(0-2, 3-2, 1-3)

Russia

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: N/A

Bronze Medal Game[]

All times are local (UTC-7).

21 February 1998

Finland

3 – 2
(2-1, 0-1, 1-0)

Canada

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,875

Leading scorers[]

Rank	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1st	Teemu Selänne	5	4	6	10	8
2nd	Saku Koivu	6	2	8	10	4
8th	Jere Lehtinen	6	4	2	6	2

Team Roster

Head Coach: Hannu Aravirta

Pos.	No.	Name	1997-98 team
G	30	Jukka Tammi	Frankfurt Lions
G	31	Ari Sulander	Jokerit
G	35	Jarmo Myllys	Luleå HF
D	4	Kimmo Timonen	HIFK
D	5	Aki-Petteri Berg	Los Angeles Kings
D	6	Tuomas Grönman	Pittsburgh Penguins
D	12	Janne Laukkanen	Ottawa Senators
D	21	Jyrki Lumme	Vancouver Canucks
D	27	Teppo Numminen	Phoenix Coyotes
D	44	Janne Niinimaa	Philadelphia Flyers
F	8	Teemu Selänne	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
F	10	Esa Tikkanen	Florida Panthers
F	11	Saku Koivu	Montreal Canadiens
F	14	Raimo Helminen	Ilves
F	15	Antti Törmänen	Jokerit
F	16	Ville Peltonen	Västra Frölunda HC
F	17	Jari Kurri	Colorado Avalanche
F	19	Juha Lind	Dallas Stars
F	20	Jere Lehtinen	Dallas Stars
F	24	Sami Kapanen	Carolina Hurricanes
F	25	Kimmo Rintanen	TPS
F	37	Juha Ylönen	Phoenix Coyotes
F	40	Mika Nieminen	Jokerit

Women's Tournament[]

Group Stage[]

The First 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
United States	5	5	0	33	7	10
Canada	5	4	1	28	12	8
Finland	5	3	2	27	10	6
China	5	2	3	10	15	4
Sweden	5	1	4	10	21	2
Japan	5	0	5	2	45	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sweden	0–6	Finland
Finland	11–1	Japan
United States	4–2	Finland
Finland	2–4	Canada
Finland	6–1	China

Bronze Medal Game[]


17 February
	Finland	4 – 1	China	Big Hat (7,412)
		First period		Ref:
			Yang X. 9:27
		Second period
	S. Fisk (R. Nieminen, K. Lehto) 3:07
	J. Ikonen (P. Vaarakallio, K. Rantamäki) 7:08
	S. Lankosaari (K. Riipi, S. Krooks) 10:15
		Third period
	R. Nieminen (M. Lehtimäki) (en) 19:52
		Game stats

Bronze:

Finland

Sari Fisk
Kirsi Hänninen
Satu Huotari
Marianne Ihalainen
Johanna Ikonen
Sari Krooks
Emma Laaksonen
Sanna Lankosaari
Katja Lehto
Marika Lehtimäki
Riikka Nieminen
Marja-Helena Pälvilä
Tuula Puputti
Karoliina Rantamäki
Tiia Reima
Katja Riipi
Päivi Salo
Maria Selin
Liisa-Maria Sneck
Petra Vaarakallio

Nordic combined[]

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Hannu Manninen	Individual	207.0	20	43:51.0	11
Jari Mantila		212.0	17	46:10.6	27
Tapio Nurmela		213.5	14	44:31.6	15
Samppa Lajunen		230.5	6	41:48.6

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athletes	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Samppa Lajunen Jari Mantila Tapio Nurmela Hannu Manninen	906.0	1	55:30.4

Ski jumping[]

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Mika Laitinen	Normal hill	82.5	100.5	17 Q	81.5	98.5	199.0	20
Ari-Pekka Nikkola		83.0	101.5	15 Q	83.5	104.0	205.5	15
Janne Ahonen		86.5	110.0	8 Q	91.5	121.5	231.5	4
Jani Soininen		90.0	118.5	2 Q	89.0	116.0	234.5
Janne Ahonen	Large hill	106.0	91.3	37	Did not advance
Ari-Pekka Nikkola		108.5	94.3	31	Did not advance
Mika Laitinen		119.5	114.6	9 Q	115.5	107.9	222.5	18
Jani Soininen		129.5	130.6	3 Q	126.5	130.2	260.8

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Ari-Pekka Nikkola Mika Laitinen Janne Ahonen Jani Soininen	833.9	5

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding[]

Men's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sebu Kuhlberg	33.4	23	39.7	4 QF	76.6	7
Aleksi Litovaara	39.0	5 QF			71.9	14
Jussi Oksanen	39.7	3 QF			73.6	11
Markus Hurme	41.1	1 QF			73.0	13

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Satu Järvelä	31.8	11	32.0	9	Did not advance
Minna Hesso	34.2	5	35.1	3 QF	70.8	6

Speed skating[]

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Janne Hänninen	36.58	17	36.46	19	73.04	18
1000 m	Janne Hänninen					1:12.55	21

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Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Contents

Medalists[]

Alpine skiing[]

Biathlon[]

Cross-country skiing[]

Figure skating[]

Freestyle skiing[]

Ice hockey[]

Men's Tournament[]

First Round - Group D[]

Quarter-final[]

Semi-final[]

Bronze Medal Game[]

Leading scorers[]

Women's Tournament[]

Group Stage[]

Bronze Medal Game[]

Nordic combined[]

Ski jumping[]

Snowboarding[]

Speed skating[]

References[]