Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics


Finland was represented at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan by the Finnish Olympic Committee.
In total, 85 athletes including 51 men and 34 women represented Finland in 10 different sports including alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping, snowboarding and speed skating.
Finland won a total of 12 medals at the games including two gold, four silver and six bronze. Three of the medals came in cross-country skiing, two each in freestyle skiing, ice hockey, Nordic combined and Ski jumping and one in biathlon. Cross-country skier Mika Myllylä was the most successful Finnish athlete at the games, winning one gold and two bronze medals.

Competitors

In total, 85 athletes represented Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan across 10 different sports.
SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing325
Biathlon527
Cross-country skiing5611
Figure skating011
Freestyle skiing314
Ice hockey222042
Nordic combined44
Ski jumping44
Snowboarding426
Speed skating101
Total513485

Medalists

Finland won a total of 12 medals at the games including two gold, four silver and six bronze.
MedalNameSportEventDate
Cross-country skiingMen's 30 kilometre classical9 February
Ski jumpingNormal hill individual11 February
Freestyle skiingMen's moguls11 February
Nordic combinedIndividual14 February
Ski jumpingLarge hill individual15 February



Nordic combinedTeam20 February
Freestyle skiingMen's moguls11 February
Cross-country skiingMen's 10 kilometre classical12 February
Finland women's national ice hockey team
Ice hockeyWomen's tournament17 February



Cross-country skiingMen's 4 × 10 kilometre relay18 February
BiathlonMen's sprint18 February
Finland men's national ice hockey team
Ice hockeyMen's tournament21 February

Alpine skiing

In total, five Finnish athletes participated in the alpine skiing events – Mika Marila, Kalle Palander, Tanja Poutiainen, Henna Raita and Sami Uotila.
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Biathlon

In total, seven Finnish athletes participated in the biathlon events – Harri Eloranta, Vesa Hietalahti, Katja Holanti, Mari Lampinen, Olli-Pekka Peltola, Paavo Puurunen and Ville Räikkönen.
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km SprintHarri Eloranta229:21.820
10 km SprintPaavo Puurunen028:44.09
10 km SprintVille Räikkönen128:21.7

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EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 kmVesa HietalahtiDNFDNF
20 kmVille Räikkönen57:25.331'00:25.327
20 kmPaavo Puurunen57:11.731'00:11.723

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EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
7.5 km SprintKatja Holanti225:46.246
7.5 km SprintMari Lampinen023:55.28

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EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
15 kmKatja Holanti58:50.931'01:50.945
15 kmMari Lampinen55:55.251'00:55.232

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Cross-country skiing

In total, 11 Finnish athletes participated in the cross-country skiing events – Juha Alm, Jari Isometsä, Milla Jauho, Harri Kirvesniemi, Mika Myllylä, Anita Nyman, Kati Pulkkinen, Tuulikki Pyykkönen, Sami Repo, Satu Salonen and Kati Sundqvist-Venäläinen.
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Figure skating

In total, one Finnish athlete participated in the figure skating events – Alisa Drei in the women's singles.
AthleteSPFSTFPRank
Alisa Drei201929.021

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Freestyle skiing

In total, four Finnish athletes participated in the freestyle skiing events – Janne Lahtela, Lauri Lassila and Sami Mustonen in the men's moguls and Minna Karhu in the women's moguls.
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Ice hockey

In total, 42 Finnish athletes participated in the ice hockey events – Aki-Petteri Berg, Tuomas Grönman, Raimo Helminen, Sami Kapanen, Saku Koivu, Jari Kurri, Janne Laukkanen, Jere Lehtinen, Juha Lind, Jyrki Lumme, Jarmo Myllys, Mika Nieminen, Janne Niinimaa, Teppo Numminen, Ville Peltonen, Kimmo Rintanen, Teemu Selänne, Ari Sulander, Jukka Tammi, Esa Tikkanen, Kimmo Timonen, Antti Törmänen and Juha Ylönen in the men's competition and 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 and Petra Vaarakallio in the women's competition.
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Nordic combined

In total, four Finnish athletes participated in the Nordic combined eventsSamppa Lajunen, Hannu Manninen, Jari Mantila and Tapio Nurmela in the individual competition and the team competition.
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Ski jumping

In total, four Finnish athletes participated in the ski jumping eventsJanne Ahonen, Mika Laitinen, Ari-Pekka Nikkola and Jani Soininen in the normal hill individual, large hill individual and the large hill team.
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Snowboarding

In total, six Finnish athletes participated in the snowboarding events – Markus Hurme, Sebu Kuhlberg, Aleksi Litovaara and Jussi Oksanen in the men's halfpipe and Minna Hesso and Satu Järvelä in the women's halfpipe.
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Speed skating

In total, one Finnish athletes participated in the speed skating events – Janne Hänninen in the men's 500 m and the men's 1000 m.
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