Finland at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Finland at the Olympic Games

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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 25		 Gold
1		 Silver
1		 Bronze
2		 Total
4
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Finland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Harri Koskela — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Tapio Sipilä — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight


[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

The Finnish team did not fare as well at the 1988 Olympic archery competition as they had previously, though the men's team was almost able to capture a medal. Only one archer placed in the top eight in individual competition.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Päivi Aaltonen — 1/8 Final (→ 20th place)
  • Jutta Poikolainen — Preliminary Round (→ 55th place)
  • Minna Heinonen — Preliminary Round (→ 56th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Pentti Vikström — Final (→ 7th place)
  • Tomi Poikolainen — Semifinal (→ 11th place)
  • Ismo Falck — Preliminary Round (→ 27th place)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Aaltonen, Poikolainen, and Heinonen — Preliminary Round (→ 13th place)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Vikstrom, Poikolainen, and Falck — Final (→ 4th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.90m
  • Final — 7.82m (→ 10th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Harri Huhtala
  • Qualification — 77.34m
  • Final — 75.38m (→ 9th place)
  • Qualification — 73.24m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 81.42m
  • Final — 84.28m (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Qualification — 81.62m
  • Final — 83.26m (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Qualification — 80.24m
  • Final — 78.04m (→ 10th place)

Men's 50km Walk

  • Final — 3'51:36 (→ 18th place)

Men's Decathlon

  1. 100 metres — 10.94s
  2. Long Jump — 7.56m
  3. Shot Put — 15.34m
  4. High Jump — 1.97m
  5. 400 metres — 49.94s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.25s
  7. Discus Throw — 41.86m
  8. Pole Vault — 4.80m
  9. Javelin Throw — 66.64m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:55.89s


Women's Marathon

  • Tuija Jousimaa
  • Final – 2"43:00 (→ 41st place)
  • Sinikka Keskitalo
  • Final – 2"43:00 (→ 42nd place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification – 62.82m
  • Final – 58.20m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualification – 60.06m (→ did not advance)
  • Tuula Laaksalo
  • Qualification – 60.64m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6101 points (→ 15th place)
  • Final Result — 5686 points (→ 21st place)

[edit] Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Tea Vikstedt-Nyman — 2:00:52 (→ 43rd place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Petri Suominen
    1. Heat – 1:03.58
    2. B-Final – 1:04.04 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Petri Suominen
    1. Heat – 2:22.01 (→ did not advance, 29th place)