Finland at the 2017 World Games

Finland at the 2017 World Games
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympiakomitea.fi/briefly-in-english/
in Wrocław, Poland 20 July 2017 (2017-07-20) – 30 July 2017 (2017-07-30)
Competitors	31 (22 men and 9 women) in 10 sports
Medals Ranked 49th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
World Games appearances
2017

Finland competed at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland, 20–30 July 2017.

Medals[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver		Muaythai	60 kg Women	30 July
Bronze		Waterskiing	Women's Jump	27 July
Bronze	Mika Kohonen	Floorball	Men's tournament	30 July

Team[]

Competitors from Finland per sport

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	1	3
Bowling	2	2	4
Finswimming	0	1	1
Floorball	14	N/A	14
Indoor rowing	0	1	1
Muaythai	0	1	1
Orienteering	2	2	4
Powerlifting	1	0	1
Squash	1	0	1
Waterskiing	0	1	1
Total	22	9	31

Archery[]

Finland won 3 national quota places at the : 1 in Recurve Men, 1 in Barebow Men and 1 in Barebow Women.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Elimination 1	Elimination 2	Elimination 3	Elimination 4	Semifinal	Final / 3rd place	Rank
		Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Men's barebow individual	330	7	Bye	(FRA) 69–64 W	(USA) 81–75 L	Did not advance
	Men's recurve individual	346	10	(HUN) 75–86 L	Did not advance
	Women's barebow individual	282	10	(FRA) 44–61 L	Did not advance

Legend: W = win, L = loss

Bowling[]

Finland received a quota of two men and two women during the European Men Championship 2016 and European Women Championship 2016.^[2]

Singles[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / 3rd place	Rank
		Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Singles Women	1256	19	Did not advance
	Singles Women	1254	20	Did not advance
Osku Palermaa	Singles Men	1397	6 Q	(CAN) 2–0 L	Did not advance
	Singles Men	1366	16 Q	Thomas Larsen (DEN) 2–1 L	Did not advance

Legend: L = loss, Q = qualified

Doubles[]

Athlete	Event	Pool stage		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / 3rd place	Rank
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
		/Brøndsted (DEN) 908–905 W	1 Q	/Marcano (VEN) 856–815 L	Did not advance
		Kulick/McEwan (USA) 802–903 W
		/ (JPN) 830–840 W
Osku Palermaa		/ (VEN) 869–833 L	4	Did not advance
		/ (NED) 876–943 L
		/ (HKG) 838–865 L

Legend: Q = qualified, W = win, L = loss

Finswimming[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Surface 400 m Women	3:23.68	7

Floorball[]

Finland qualified a floorball team as the gold medalist of the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships.^[3]

Finland's floorball team roster^[4]

Pos.	Name	Age	2016–17 team
G		29	Turun Palloseura
G		26
D		35	FC Helsingborg
D		31
D		23
D		23
D		26	Turun Palloseura
D		33
F		23
F		24
F	Mika Kohonen	40	FC Helsingborg
F		22
F		30
F		27

Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defender, F = Forward

Team	Event	Group stage			5th place	Semifinals	Final / 3rd place	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Finland Men	Indoor Team Men	Czech Republic (CZE) 4–2 W	Poland (POL) 0–5 W	1	N/A	Switzerland (SUI) 2–5 L	Czech Republic (CZE) 2–0 W

Legend: W = win, L = loss

Indoor rowing[]

Finland received a quota spot for Women's Lightweight 2000 meter and Open 500 meter events based on the Concept2 world ranking.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Open 500 m Women	1:49.6	11
	Lightweight 2000 m Women	8:10.3	7

Muaythai[]

received a wild card from the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur to the women's 60 kg event.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Bronze	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	60 kg Women	(UKR) 30–27 WP	(PER) 28–29 WP	(RUS) 30–27 LP

Legend: WP = win on points, LP = loss on points

Orienteering[]

Finland placed among the best 13 nations in the 2016 World Orienteering Championships and received a national quota of 2 man and 2 woman runners.^[7]

Runner	Event	Time	Rank
Sari Anttonen	Women's sprint distance	15:18.6	12
	Women's middle distance	36:55	6
Elias Kuukka	Men's sprint distance	16:15.8	27
	Men's middle distance	39:44	24
	Men's sprint distance	15:50.3	24
	Men's middle distance	39:56	26
Marika Teini	Women's sprint distance	15:30.7	14
	Women's middle distance	37:13	7
Sari Anttonen Elias Kuukka Marika Teini	Mixed sprint relay	1:05:33	8

Powerlifting[]

qualified as 3rd in the 66 kg class and received a reserve spot based on his Wilks Score in the 120+ kg class in the .^[8]

Lifter	Event	SQ	BP	DL	Total	Points	Rank
	Lightweight Men	270.0 kg	200.0 kg	285.0 kg	755.0 kg	595.24	6

Legend: SQ = squat, BP = bench press, DL = deadlift, Points = total kg multiplied by Wilks Coefficient

Squash[]

Player	Event	Last 32	Last 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / 3rd place	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Matias Tuomi	Single Men	Ivan Yuen (MAS) 3–0 L	Did not advance

Legend: L = loss

Waterskiing[]

International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation selected for Women's Jump event based on her world rank.^[9]

Skier	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Women's Jump	46.5 m	2 Q	47.7 m

Legend: Q = qualified

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