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Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. The athletes were named in four selections: first took place on December 19, 2007, 2nd on April 16, 3rd on May 20 and 4th on July 21, 2008.

The goal of the Finnish Olympic team in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was three medals with at least one gold medal.

Shooter Juha Hirvi

Juha Hirvi

Juha Hirvi is a Finnish sport shooter. He won the silver medal in men's 50 metre rifle three positions at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He has also won two silver medals in ISSF World Shooting Championships...

and dressage rider Kyra Kyrklund

Kyra Kyrklund

Kyra Marie Christine Kyrklund is a Finnish dressage rider and trainer who currently lives in West Sussex. In 1991 she and "Matador II" won the World Cup Finals in Paris...

made Finnish olympic history by participating in their sixth Olympic Games. They shared the record with three winter Olympians: cross-country skiers Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi

Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi

Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi is a former Finnish cross country skier. She was the big figure at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, winning all three individual cross country skiing events , and a bronze medal for Finland in the relay...

and Harri Kirvesniemi

Harri Kirvesniemi

Harri Tapani Kirvesniemi is a Finnish former cross country skier who competed from 1980 to 2001. During his career he won six Olympic medals , and also the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2000...

and ice hockey player Raimo Helminen

Raimo Helminen

Raimo Ilmari Helminen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He is often called "Raipe" or "Maestro" by his fans...

Medalists

Name	Sport	Event
	Shooting Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...	Women's trap
Sanna Stén Sanna Stén Sanna Stén is a Finnish rower. She won a silver medal in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...	Rowing Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.- Events :14 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:Single sculls menPairs men...	Lightweight double sculls
	Shooting Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...	Men's 10 m air rifle
	Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...	Men's javelin throw Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 21 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium. The qualification mark was set at 82.50 metres....

Notes

Satu Mäkelä-Nummela
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela is a female Finnish sports shooter. She won the gold medal in the Women's Trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has also won bronze medals in Women's Trap event in 1995 and 2009 at ISSF World Shotgun Championships. Her club is OSU .-Records:-References:...

's victory in women's trap was Finland's first ever gold medal in shotgun events in the olympic games. She became the third Finnish female athlete to win gold in summer olympics.
Minna Nieminen
Minna Nieminen
Minna Nieminen is a Finnish rower. She won a silver medal in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...

's and Sanna Stén
Sanna Stén
Sanna Stén is a Finnish rower. She won a silver medal in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...

's silver medal in lightweight double sculls is Finland's first Olympic medal in rowing since 1984, when Pertti Karppinen
Pertti Karppinen
Pertti Johannes Karppinen is a Finnish rower who is legendary for his three consecutive Olympic Gold medals in Single Sculls in 1976, 1980, and 1984. He also won World Championships in 1979 and 1985. He once held the world record in indoor rowing. Karppinen's style was to row a steady race and...

won the last of his three consecutive Olympic gold medals.

Archery

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Matti Hatava Matti Hatava Matti Hatava is a Finnish archer who lives in Tampere and represents archery club Tampereen Jousiampujat.Hatava came 8th in the 1998 World Junior Championships, and represented Finland in the European Championships in 2000 and 2002.In 2002 Hatava took a break from active sport to pursue his...	Individual Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's individual The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Ranking Round:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Details:- External links :* *...	619	58.	W 105-104	L 103-110	Did not advance				30.

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ville Lång Ville Lång Ville Lång is a male badminton player from Finland. He won Finland's championship in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In 2003 he won bronze in European Junior Badminton Championships.-References:***...	Singles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles These are the results of the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...	W 2-0 (21-12, 21-19)	W 2-0 (21-9, 21-16)	L 2-0 (13-21, 18-21)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anu Nieminen Anu Nieminen Anu Nieminen is a female badminton player from Finland.Weckström played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Kaori Mori of Japan in the round of 32....	Singles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles These are the results of the women's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...		L 0-2 (17-21, 8-21)	Did not advance

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mika Hokajärvi Mika Hokajärvi Mika Hokajärvi is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m events. Mika's manager is Finnish Sport Management Agency, SportElite.-References:* *... Kalle Mikkonen Kalle Mikkonen Kalle Mikkonen is a Finnish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he competed in the K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m events, but was eliminated in the semifinals of both events....	K-2 1000 m	3:23.475	6th	3:27.018	6th	Did not advance
	K-2 500 m	1:33.785	7th	1:34.994	8th	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anne Rikala Anne Rikala Anne Rikala is a Finnish sprint canoer who has competed since 2005. She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers and two bronzes .Rikala also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing seventh in the K-2 500 m event... Jenni Mikkonen	K-2 500 m	1:45.735	4th	1:44.624	2nd	1:44.176	7th
Anne Rikala Anne Rikala Anne Rikala is a Finnish sprint canoer who has competed since 2005. She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers and two bronzes .Rikala also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing seventh in the K-2 500 m event...	K-1 500 m	1:54.294	7th	1:54.025	4th	Did not advance

Diving

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Joona Puhakka Joona Puhakka Joona Tapio Puhakka is a diver from Finland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country - Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing in 2008. He won the bronze medal in the men's 1-meter springboard at the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain...	3 m Individual Springboard	469.45	5th	451.95	13.	921.4	13.	Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2				Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank
Kyra Kyrklund Kyra Kyrklund Kyra Marie Christine Kyrklund is a Finnish dressage rider and trainer who currently lives in West Sussex. In 1991 she and "Matador II" won the World Cup Finals in Paris...	Max	Individual	70.583	6th	69.720	10.	74.250	6th	71.985	8th

Judo

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nina Koivumäki	−57 kg			L 0000/0020	Did not advance		W 0001/0000	L 0000/1011	Did not advance
Johanna Ylinen	−63 kg		L 0000-1011	Did not advance

Rowing

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Minna Nieminen Minna Nieminen Minna Nieminen is a Finnish rower. She won a silver medal in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:... Sanna Stén Sanna Stén Sanna Stén is a Finnish rower. She won a silver medal in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:...	Lightweight double sculls	6:56.61	4th	7:23.80	2nd	7:03.91	2nd	6:56.03

Ilona Hiltunen was named as the reserve.

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Pierre Collura	Laser	25	10	18	(41)	23	25	20	33	44 (DNE)	-	Did not advance	198	30.
Heikki Elomaa Niklas Lindgren	470	28	22	27	(DSQ)	25	19	14	23	17	21	Did not advance	196	27.

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Tuuli Petäjä	Sailboard	14	11	7	(16)	16	16	12	16	11	14	Did not advance	117	16.
Tuula Tenkanen	Laser Radial	10	16	(25)	21	17	20	20	9	15	-	Did not advance	128	22.
Silja Lehtinen Maria Klemetz Livia Väresmaa	Yngling	6	6	3	8	10	(OCS)	15	12	-	-	Did not advance	60	11.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Tapio Nirkko	Finn	18	9	9	9	19	(22)	16	22	-	-	Did not advance	102	18.

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Rank
Henri Häkkinen Henri Häkkinen Henri Häkkinen is a Finnish sport shooter. He won the bronze medal in Men's 10m air rifle at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was leading with Abhinav Bindra of India until the final shot. Bindra won gold with a last shot of 10.8, whereas Häkkinen could score only 9.7, thereby settling for a bronze...	10 m air rifle	598	1st	101.4	3rd
	50 m rifle Prone	586	47.	Did not advance		47.
	50 m rifle Three Positions	1161	28.	Did not advance		28.
Juha Hirvi Juha Hirvi Juha Hirvi is a Finnish sport shooter. He won the silver medal in men's 50 metre rifle three positions at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He has also won two silver medals in ISSF World Shooting Championships...	50 m rifle Prone	595	5th	103.5	7th	7th
	50 m rifle Three Positions	1168	12.	Did not advance		12.
Kai Jahnsson	10 m air pistol	574	30.	Did not advance		30.
Kai Jahnsson	50 m pistol	553	22.	Did not advance		22.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Rank
Hanna Etula	50 m rifle three positions	577	24.	Did not advance		24.
Hanna Etula	10 m air rifle	394	21.	Did not advance		21.
Marjo Yli-Kiikka	50 m rifle three positions	579	14.	Did not advance		14.
Marjo Yli-Kiikka	10 m air rifle	389	38.	Did not advance		38.
Mira Nevansuu	10 m air pistol	384	8th	480.5	7th	7th
Marjut Heinonen	skeet	61	17.	Did not advance		17.
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela Satu Mäkelä-Nummela Satu Mäkelä-Nummela is a female Finnish sports shooter. She won the gold medal in the Women's Trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has also won bronze medals in Women's Trap event in 1995 and 2009 at ISSF World Shotgun Championships. Her club is OSU .-Records:-References:...	trap	70	2nd	91 OR	1st

Swimming

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hanna-Maria Seppälä	Women's 50 m freestyle	25.06	15	25.19	16	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m freestyle	53.60 NR	1	53.84	3	53.97	4
	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:02.39	30	Did not advance
Noora Laukkanen	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:38.97	39	Did not advance
Eva Lehtonen	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:20.07	35			Did not advance
Eva Lehtonen	Women's 800 m freestyle	8:53.50	33			Did not advance
Emilia Pikkarainen Emilia Pikkarainen Emilia Pikkarainen is a Finnish swimmer who was a member of the Finland 2008 Olympics Team. She reached the 100 m butterfly and swam 1:02.31 where she finished 46th. Her personal record is 1:01.43 from 2008.-References:...	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:02.31	46	Did not advance
Matti Rajakylä Matti Rajakylä Matti Rajakylä is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Finland. He has hold several Finnish national records in both long course and short course...	Men's 50 m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle The following Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Heat 8:-Heat 9:-Heat 10:-Heat 11:-Heat 12:-Heat 13:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...	22.48 NR	29	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	49.91	41	Did not advance

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Jarkko Nieminen Jarkko Nieminen Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen is a professional tennis player from Finland.His highest ranking is 13th, which was achieved on July 10, 2006. He has won one ATP singles title and two doubles titles in his career so far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarter-finals...	Singles		L 6-4, 4-6, 4-6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Antti Everi	+105 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's +105 kg The Men's +105 kg weightlifting event was the heaviest men's event at the 2008 Summer Olympics weightlifting competition, allowing competitors of over 105 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 19, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group...	171	10th	195	11.	366	11.

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jarkko Ala-Huikku	−60 kg		L 0-2 (1-3, 0-4)	Did not advance

External links

Finnish Team for Beijing 2008

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