Finland at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Finland at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Finland at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	56 (23 men and 33 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Eetu Kallioinen & Sinem Kurtbay
Flag bearer (closing)	Saga Vanninen
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It signified the nation's participation in every single edition of the Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1908.

The best placement by a Finnish athlete in the 2024 Games was fifth, attained by three athletes: Pihla Kaivo-oja in women's 50 kg boxing, Silja Kosonen in women's hammer throw, and Heili Sirviö in women's park in skateboarding. The 2024 Games marked the first time in Finnish Olympic history that it failed to win a medal, ending the streak of medalling in 50 consecutive Olympic Games (Summer and Winter).^[1]^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	7	18	25
Badminton	1	0	1
Boxing	0	1	1
Cycling	1	1	2
Equestrian	1	4	5
Golf	2	2	4
Judo	2	0	2
Sailing	3	4	7
Shooting	2	1	3
Skateboarding	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	23	33	56

Archery

Finland qualified one male archer to compete in the individual recurve event, through the final release of the Olympic ranking for Paris 2024.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Antti Tekoniemi	Men's individual	656	41	Tai Y-h (TPE) L 0–6	Did not advance					33

Athletics

Finnish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[3]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying _target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elmo Lakka	Men's 110 m hurdles	—		13.84	7 Re	13.75	7	Did not advance
Topi Raitanen	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	—		8:33.12	11	—				Did not advance
Aku Partanen	Men's 20 km walk	—								1:22:56	32
Lotta Kemppinen	Women's 100 m	Bye		11.56	7	—		Did not advance
Eveliina Määttänen	Women's 800 m	—		2:00.02	4 Re	2:00.38	4	Did not advance
Sara Lappalainen	Women's 1500 m	—		4:08.66	12 Re	DNS	–	Did not advance
Nathalie Blomqvist	Women's 5000 metres	—		15:02.75	7 Q	—				14:53.10	13
Lotta Harala	Women's 100 m hurdles	—		12.97	5 Re	12.86	1 Q	13.05	8	Did not advance
Reetta Hurske	Women's 100 m hurdles	—		12.96	6 Re	12.83	3	Did not advance
Viivi Lehikoinen	Women's 400 m hurdles	—		56.67	7 Re	58.04	6	Did not advance
Ilona Mononen	Women's 3000 m steeplechase	—		9:22.77 NR	6	—				Did not advance
Camilla Richardsson	Women's marathon	—								2:38:02	65

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Position	Result	Position
Urho Kujanpää	Men's pole vault	5.40	29	Did not advance
Oliver Helander	Men's javelin throw	83.81	10 q	82.68	9
Lassi Etelätalo		82.91	12 q	84.58	8
Toni Keränen		85.27	8 Q	80.92	10
Ella Junnila	Women's high jump	1.83	28	Did not advance
Wilma Murto	Women's pole vault	4.55	9 q	4.70	6
Elina Lampela	Women's pole vault	4.55	7 q	4.40	14
Senni Salminen	Women's triple jump	DNS	–	Did not advance
Silja Kosonen	Women's hammer throw	72.11	9 q	74.04	5
Krista Tervo		74.79 NR	1 Q	73.83	6
Suvi Koskinen		67.90	21	Did not advance
Anni-Linnea Alanen	Women's javelin throw	55.30	30	Did not advance

Combined events - Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Saga Vanninen	Result	13.61	1.74	14.19	24.74	5.85	47.00	2:14.36	6163	15
Saga Vanninen	Points	1034	903	807	911	804	802	902	6163	15

Badminton

Finland entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kalle Koljonen	Men's singles	Paul (MRI) W (21–9, 21–10)	Vitidsarn (THA) L (4–21, 0–8) RET	RET	Did not advance				38

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pihla Kaivo-oja	Women's 50 kg	Tembo (ZAM) W 5–0	Lozano (USA) W 5–0	Çakıroğlu (TUR) L 0–5	Did not advance		5

Cycling

Road

Finland entered one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment UCI Nation Ranking.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anniina Ahtosalo	Women's road race	4:07:04	37
Anniina Ahtosalo	Women's time trial	45:05.18	30

Mountain biking

Finland entered one male rider to compete in the mountain biking event at the Olympic, through the re-allocation of unused quota places.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Joni Savaste	Men's cross-country	DNF	–

Equestrian

Finland entered a squad of five equestrianists. Finnish equestrians qualified for the team dressage events and individual eventing events, through the establishments of final olympics ranking.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Emma Kanerva	Greek Air	Individual	73.680	17 q	—		75.929	87.286	81.607	12
Joanna Robinson	Glamouraline		65.637	54			Did not advance
Henri Ruoste	Tiffanys Diamond		70.621	30			Did not advance
Emma Kanerva Joanna Robinson Henri Ruoste	See above	Team	209.938	9 Q	212.036	8	—		212.036	8

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Veera Manninen	Sir Greg	Individual	36.80	50	18.40	55.20	39	1.20	56.40	36	Did not advance			56.40	36
Sanna Siltakorpi	Bofey Click	Individual	35.40	=43	21.80	57.20	40	Withdrawn

Golf

Finland entered three golfers into the Olympic tournament. Sami Välimäki qualified directly for the games in the men's individual competitions, and Ursula Wikström and Noora Komulainen qualified directly for the games in the women's individual competitions based on their world ranking performances, as the top 60 ranked players, on the IGF World Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Sami Välimäki	Men's	67	71	72	75	285	+1	T45
Tapio Pulkkanen	Men's	69	72	71	70	282	−2	T35
Ursula Wikström	Women's	82	72	81	72	307	+19	57
Noora Komulainen	Women's	84	82	78	Withdrawn

Judo

Finland entered two judokas into the Olympic tournament subsequent to the conclusion of the qualification window (23 June 2024) of the world ranking list prepared by the International Judo Federation (IJF).

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Luukas Saha	−66 kg	Demirel (TUR) W 01–00	Vieru (MDA) L 00–01	Did not advance				9
Martti Puumalainen	+100 kg	Bye	Kokauri (AZE) L 00–10	Did not advance				9

Sailing

Finnish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.^[6]^[7]

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Opening rounds																	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Net points	Rank	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Final rank
Jakob Eklund	Men's IQFoil	14	17	18	19	18	20	10	16	16	19	18	10	16	Cancelled		172	20	Did not advance			20

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Kaarle Tapper	Men's ILCA 7	23	18	9	32	~~44 DNC~~	44 DNC	44 DNC	44 DNC	Cancelled		—		EL	214	37
Monika Mikkola	Women's ILCA 6	18	2	5	13	30	29	~~44 BFD~~	18	12	Cancelled	—		EL	127	16
Ronja Grönblom Veera Hokka	Women's 49erFX	8	14	18	13	10	1	8	4	21 DSQ	11	16	13	EL	116	15
Sinem Kurtbay Akseli Keskinen	Mixed Nacra 17	3	7	4	4	11	5	7	11	11	12	15	4	18	97	7

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Finnish shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aleksi Leppä	Men's 10 m air rifle	627.8	22	Did not advance
Aleksi Leppä	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	586-31x	24	Did not advance
Eetu Kallioinen	Men's skeet	117	20	Did not advance
Noora Antikainen	Women's trap	107	30	Did not advance

Skateboarding

Finland entered one skateboarder into the Olympic tournament. Heili Sirviö qualified to compete in the women's park event after being ranked in the top 20 within the Olympic World Skateboarding ranking.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Heili Sirviö	Women's park	83.42	5 Q	88.89	5

Swimming

Finnish swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[9]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matti Mattsson	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:11.18	18	Did not advance
Ida Hulkko	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:08.73	26	Did not advance

Wrestling

Finland qualified two wrestlers for the following classes into the Olympic competition. Jonni Sarkkinen qualified for the games by winning the semifinal round at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan; meanwhile Arvi Savolainen qualified for the games through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

Key:

VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jonni Sarkkinen	Men's −77 kg	Amoyan (ARM) L 0–4 ^ST	Did not advance				13
Arvi Savolainen	Men's −97 kg	Rouabah (ALG) W 3–0 ^PO	Rosillo (CUB) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance			8

References

^ "Urheiluvaikuttajat vaativat rajuja muutoksia Pariisin mahalaskun jälkeen – "Mitalittomuuden pitää aiheuttaa hälytystila"". 11 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
^ "Pääkirjoitus: Pariisista tuli Suomen olympiakatastrofi – Jan Vapaavuori ulkoisti itsensä vastuusta". 11 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "Athletes' quotas for Mountain Bike men's event" (PDF). www.uci.org/. Union Cycliste Internationale. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ "Suomalaiskaksikko lunasti purjehduksen olympiapaikan, mutta pettyi MM-kisojen menestykseen". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ "Suomelle historiallinen olympiapaikka miesten purjelautailussa". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 25 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[1] "Urheiluvaikuttajat vaativat rajuja muutoksia Pariisin mahalaskun jälkeen – "Mitalittomuuden pitää aiheuttaa hälytystila"". 11 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

[2] "Pääkirjoitus: Pariisista tuli Suomen olympiakatastrofi – Jan Vapaavuori ulkoisti itsensä vastuusta". 11 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

[3] "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[4] "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[5] "Athletes' quotas for Mountain Bike men's event" (PDF). www.uci.org/. Union Cycliste Internationale. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[6] "Suomalaiskaksikko lunasti purjehduksen olympiapaikan, mutta pettyi MM-kisojen menestykseen". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

[7] "Suomelle historiallinen olympiapaikka miesten purjelautailussa". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 25 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

[8] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[9] "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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