Finland at the 1980 Winter Olympics (original) (raw)

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Sporting event delegation

Finland at the1980 Winter Olympics
IOC code FIN
NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
Website sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Lake Placid
Competitors 52 (44 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Heikki Ikola (biathlon)
MedalsRanked 7th Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 3 Total 9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Finland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States.

Medal Name Sport Event
Gold Jouko Törmänen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
Silver Juha Mieto Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
Silver Juha Mieto Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
Silver Hilkka Riihivuori Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km
Silver Hilkka Riihivuori Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
Silver Jouko Karjalainen Nordic combined Men's individual
Bronze Harri Kirvesniemi Juha Mieto Matti Pitkänen Pertti Teurajärvi Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze Helena Takalo Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
Bronze Jari Puikkonen Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)

Men

Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Keijo Kuntola 5 37:15.28 35
Arto Sutinen 3 36:01.06 24
Erkki Antila 2 34:32.97 12
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Raimo Seppänen 1'13:15.67 6 1'19:15.67 32
Heikki Ikola 1'10:02.16 5 1'15:02.16 18
Erkki Antila 1'07:32.32 4 1'11:32.32 5

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Keijo KuntolaErkki AntilaKari SaarelaRaimo Seppänen 6 1'38:50.84 7

1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Cross-country skiing

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Men

Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Pertti Teurajärvi 43:59.08 20
Kari Härkönen 43:50.31 19
Harri Kirvesniemi 43:02.01 8
Juha Mieto 41:57.64 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
30 km Jorma Aalto 1'32:48.10 26
Harri Kirvesniemi 1'31:35.13 18
Juha Mieto 1'29:45.08 7
Matti Pitkänen 1'29:35.03 6
50 km Pertti Teurajärvi 2'36:44.08 18
Matti Pitkänen 2'34:09.04 11
Asko Autio 2'32:25.57 9
Juha Mieto 2'30:30.52 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes Race
Time Rank
Harri KirvesniemiPertti TeurajärviMatti PitkänenJuha Mieto 2'00:00.18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women

Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Marja Auroma 16:18.44 25
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 15:58.27 19
Helena Takalo 15:32.12 8
Hilkka Riihivuori 15:11.96 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
10 km Ulla Maaskola 33:22.19 32
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 32:22.88 18
Helena Takalo 30:45.25 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hilkka Riihivuori 30:35.05 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes Race
Time Rank
Marja AuromaMarja-Liisa HämäläinenHelena TakaloHilkka Riihivuori 1'04:41.28 5

Women

Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Susan Broman 14 17 17 157.54 152 17
Kristiina Wegelius 7 11 12 172.04 87 10

First Round - Red Division

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| | Team advanced to the Final Round | | ------------------------------------- | | | Team advanced to consolation round |

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 51 11 10
Finland 5 3 2 0 26 18 6
Canada 5 3 2 0 28 12 6
Poland 5 2 3 0 15 23 4
Netherlands 5 1 3 1 16 43 3
Japan 5 0 4 1 7 36 1

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 198020:00 Poland 5 – 4(1–0, 4–3, 0–1) Finland Olympic Arena, Lake Placid
_Referee:_Haley
Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak) (PP) - 14:481 – 01 – 121:16 - Levo (Litma, Hakulinen) (PP)Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak) - 27:132 – 1Kokoszka (Chowaniec) - 29:523 – 13 – 230:27 - Porvari (Leinonen, Suoraniemi)Jobczyk (Małysiak, Zabawa) - 33:084 – 2Kokoszka (Dziubiński, Marcinczak) - 34:405 – 25 – 336:57 - Leinonen (Kiimalainen, Porvari)5 – 446:05 - Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen)
10 min Penalties 4 min
25 Shots 49
14 February 198020:00 Japan 3 – 6(0–2, 2–2, 1–2) Finland Olympic Arena, Lake Placid
_Referee:_Haley
0 – 102:02 - Hakulinen (Peltonen) (PP)0 – 205:43 - Leinonen (Kiimalainen)0 – 322:47 - Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo)0 – 433:36 - Leinonen (Leinonen, Porvari)S. Misawa (Hori, Hanzawa) - 37:571 – 4Honma (Hori, S. Misawa) (PP) - 39:592 – 42 – 543:34 - KiimalainenAzuma (Matsuda) - 47:383 – 53 – 651:11 - Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen)
6 min Penalties 8 min
29 Shots 51
16 February 198020:30 Canada 3 – 4(1–2, 0–1, 2–1) Finland Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
_Referee:_Lindgren
0 – 104:03 - Peltonen (Suoraniemi)MacLean (Berry, O'Malley) - 14:221 – 11 – 219:51 - Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo)1 – 337:07 - KoskilahtiG. Anderson (Nill, Davidson) - 46:472 – 32 – 456:55 - Suoraniemi (Leppänen) (SH)Primeau (Hindmarch, Devaney) - 57:093 – 4
16 min Penalties 10 min
33 Shots 26
18 February 198017:00 Finland 2 – 4(1–0, 0–1, 1–3) Soviet Union Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
_Referee:_Haley
Porvari (Suoraniemi) - 17:441 – 01 – 136:01 - Fetisov (Makarov, A. Golikov)Porvari (SH) - 42:382 – 12 – 254:59 - Krutov (Lebedev)2 – 356:07 - Maltsev (Krutov, Lebedev)2 – 456:18 - Mikhailov (Kasatonov)
14 min Penalties 8 min
13 Shots 48
20 February 198020:00 Finland 10 – 3(2–1, 2–1, 6–1) Netherlands Olympic Arena, Lake Placid
_Referee:_Kompalla
Porvari - 10:411 – 01 – 118:13 - van Wieren (de Heer)Leppänen (Litma, Eloranta) - 18:282 – 12 – 230:25 - Klooster (deGraauw)Villa (Koskinen, Saarinen) - 33:073 – 2Porvari (Leinonen) - 34:124 – 2Kurri (Litma, Leppänen) (PP2) - 42:355 – 2Peltonen (Leppänen, Kurri) (PP) - 43:446 – 2Koskinen (Eloranta) (PP) - 44:347 – 2Hakulinen (Peltonen, Leppänen) - 46:108 – 2Kurri (Eloranta, Hakulinen) (PP2) - 48:169 – 2Haapalainen (Leinonen, Kiimalainen) - 51:0310 – 210 – 353:04 - Peternousek (de Heer, van Wieren)
4 min Penalties 22 min
42 Shots 16

The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over, excluding teams who failed to make the medal round.

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
United States 3 2 0 1 10 7 5
Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 16 8 4
Sweden 3 0 1 2 7 14 2
Finland 4th 3 0 2 1 7 11 1
22 February 198020:42 Finland 3 – 3(1–0, 1–1, 1–2) Sweden Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
_Referee:_Neagles
Leinonen (Porvari, Kiimalainen) - 03:001 – 0Porvari (Eloranta) - 27:062 – 02 – 130:25 - Weinstock2 – 245:24 - Jonsson (Åhlberg, Holmgren)2 – 346:14 - Waltin (Norberg)Leinonen (Porvari) - 47:593 – 3
6 min Penalties 6 min
25 Shots 30
24 February 198011:00 United States 4 – 2(0–1, 1–1, 3–0) Finland Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:Czechoslovakia Vladimir Šubrt
0 – 109:20 - Porvari (Leinonen, Litma)Christoff - 24:391 – 11 – 226:30 - Leinonen (Haapalainen, Kiimalainen) (PP)Verchota (Christian) - 42:252 – 2McClanahan (Johnson, Christian) - 46:053 – 2Johnson (Christoff) (SH) - 56:254 – 2
10 min Penalties 4 min
29 Shots 23

Carried over group match:

Rank Player GP G A Pts
5th Jukka Porvari 7 7 4 11

Events:

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Rauno Miettinen Individual 67.0 72.5 171.9 24 50:26.9 195.640 18 367.540 23
Jorma Etelälahti 72.0 79.5 192.6 14 50:02.4 199.315 15 391.915 13
Jouko Karjalainen 79.0 81.0 209.5 7 47:44.5 220.000 1 429.500 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jukka Kuvaja 68.5 68.5 155.0 31 48:32.2 212.845 7 367.845 22
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Kari Ylianttila Normal hill 76.0 105.8 72.0 97.4 203.2 32
Jari Puikkonen 81.0 115.8 80.0 111.7 227.5 16
Jouko Törmänen 83.0 119.0 85.5 124.5 243.5 8
Pentti Kokkonen 86.0 126.8 83.5 120.8 247.6 5
Kari Ylianttila Large hill 102.0 111.0 106.0 118.1 229.1 13
Pentti Kokkonen 105.0 115.2 105.0 115.7 230.9 12
Jari Puikkonen 110.5 126.4 108.5 122.1 248.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jouko Törmänen 114.5 133.5 117.0 137.5 271.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men

Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Esa Puolakka 39.76 25
Pertti Niittylä 39.54 22
Jukka Salmela 39.32 18
1000 m Esa Puolakka 1:23.54 35
Jukka Salmela 1:21.78 30
Pertti Niittylä 1:18.85 14
1500 m Pertti Niittylä 2:00.01 14
5000 m Pertti Niittylä 7:21.51 17
10,000 m Pertti Niittylä 15:29.98 19

Women

Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Anneli Repola 44.33 20
1000 m Anneli Repola 1:31.76 28
1500 m Anneli Repola 2:17.81 21
3000 m Anneli Repola 4:50.51 15