Finland at the 2017 Summer Universiade


Finland participated at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, from 19 to 30 August 2017. The team won one gold medal – by Ari-Pekka Liukkonen in the men's 50 metre freestyle swimming event – and three other medals in athletics events.

Medals

MedalNameSportEventDate
Ari-Pekka LiukkonenSwimmingMen's 50 metre freestyle26 August
Juuso HassiAthleticsMen's decathlon25 August
Jenni KangasAthleticsWomen's javelin throw25 August
Elisa NeuvonenAthleticsWomen's 20 kilometres walk26 August

Team

Athletes were selected by the High Performance Unit of the Finnish Olympic Committee. Criterium was the potential to place in the top 16 in an individual event or the top 8 in a team event.
The first 41 nominations were published on 19 June 2017. The complete team, except the men's basketball team, was published on 27 July 2017. The basketball team was published on 13 August 2017.
SportMenWomenTotal
Archery303
Athletics8917
Basketball12012
Fencing437
Gymnastics549
Judo224
Swimming6410
Taekwondo336
Volleyball01212
Weightlifting213
Total453883

Chef de Mission: Jukka Tirri

Athletics

Track and road

Legend: PB = personal best, SB = season best, Q = qualified by place, q = qualified by time

Field

Legend: q = qualified by performance, PB = personal best

Combined

AthleteEventFinalRank
Juuso HassiMen's decathlonResult11.177.1413.881.9550.8015.1741.844.7054.564:47.677566
Juuso HassiMen's decathlonPoints8238477217587788297028196566337566

AthleteEventFinalRank
Jutta HeikkinenWomen's heptathlonResult14.201.6812.2325.625.7644.912:23.2256064
Jutta HeikkinenWomen's heptathlonPoints95083067683177776278056064

Basketball

Legend: = captain, G = guard, C = centre, F = forward, W = win, L = loss

Fencing

Men

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

Women

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

Gymnastics

Artistic

In both genders, the individual qualification will also act as the team all-around event final.

Men

Individual events
Legend: FX = score and rank in floor exercise, PH = score and rank in pommel horse, RG = score and rank in rings, VT = score and rank in vault, PB = score and rank in parallel bars, HB = score and rank in horizontal bar, Q = qualified, R = reserve
Team all-around">Gymnastics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's artistic team all-around">Team all-around
Legend: FX = score in floor exercise, PH = score in pommel horse, RG = score in rings, VT = score in vault, PB = score in parallel bars, HB = score in horizontal bar, parentheses indicate a non-counting score

Women

Individual events
Legend: VT = score and rank in vault, UB = score and rank in uneven bars, BB = score and rank in balance beam, FX = score and rank in floor exercise, R = reserve, Q = qualified
Team all-around">Gymnastics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Women's artistic team all-around">Team all-around
Legend: VT = score in vault, UB = score in uneven bars, BB = score in balance beam, FX = score in floor exercise

Judo

Legend: W = win, L = loss

Swimming

Men

Legend: Q = classified for the next round

Taekwondo

Kyorugi

Legend: L = loss

Volleyball

Legend: C = team captain, S = setter player, OH = outside hitter, MB = middle blocker, OP = opposite player, LI = libero, W = win, L = loss

Weightlifting

LifterEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
Saara LeskinenWomen's 63 kg86 kg105 kg191 kg10
Sami RaappanaMen's 85 kg123 kg168 kg291 kg13
Eero RetulainenMen's 94 kg151 kg190 kg341 kg12