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Finland at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The nation won all Nordic combined events, most notably Samppa Lajunen, in the individual events.

Finland at the
2002 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors98 (62 men, 36 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer Toni Nieminen (ski jumping)
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
4
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
7
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Janne Lahtela Freestyle skiing Men's moguls 12 February
  Gold Samppa Lajunen Nordic combined Men's sprint 22 February
  Gold Samppa Lajunen Nordic combined Men's individual 10 February
  Gold Jari Mantila
Hannu Manninen
Jaakko Tallus
Samppa Lajunen		 Nordic combined Men's team 17 February
  Silver Jaakko Tallus Nordic combined Men's individual 10 February
  Silver Janne Ahonen
Matti Hautamäki
Risto Jussilainen
Veli-Matti Lindström		 Ski jumping Men's team large hill (K120) 18 February
  Bronze Matti Hautamäki Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120) 13 February

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Sami Uotila Giant Slalom DNF – DNF –
Kalle Palander 1:14.57 DNF DNF –
Kalle Palander Slalom DNF – DNF –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Henna Raita Giant Slalom DNF – DNF –
Tanja Poutiainen 1:17.31 1:15.66 2:32.97 11
Henna Raita Slalom 54.75 53.65 1:48.40 8
Tanja Poutiainen 52.46 DNF DNF –

Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km sprint Olli-Pekka Peltola 1 28:58.5 73
Vesa Hietalahti 0 26:43.2 25
Timo Antila 1 26:33.4 19
Paavo Puurunen 1 26:24.7 16
12.5 km
pursuit 2 		Timo Antila 5 36:16.7 32
Paavo Puurunen 3 36:03.5 28
Vesa Hietalahti 1 35:10.0 22
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 3 Rank
20 km Ville Räikkönen 55:34.2 4 59:34.2 67
Timo Antila 53:33.5 3 56:33.5 41
Vesa Hietalahti 52:47.0 2 54:47.0 19
Paavo Puurunen 51:15.7 3 54:15.7 15
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Ville Räikkönen
Timo Antila
Paavo Puurunen
Vesa Hietalahti 		1 1'28:52.7 12
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km sprint Anita Nyman 4 24:17.0 54
Katja Holanti 4 24:07.2 52
Outi Kettunen 1 23:11.3 37
Sanna-Leena Perunka 1 22:39.9 24
10 km
pursuit 4 		Anita Nyman DNF DNF –
Katja Holanti 6 37:41.7 46
Outi Kettunen 4 35:48.6 37
Sanna-Leena Perunka 1 33:44.5 20
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 3 Rank
15 km Outi Kettunen 49:18.1 4 53:48.1 48
Sanna-Leena Perunka 49:48.8 3 52:48.8 40
Katja Holanti 47:52.3 2 49:52.3 13
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Katja Holanti
Sanna-Leena Perunka
Anita Nyman
Outi Kettunen 		0 1'34:18.7 12
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.
3 One minute added per missed target.
4 Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men

Sprint

Athlete Qualifying round Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Keijo Kurttila 2:56.91 26 did not advance
Sami Repo 2:55.47 22 did not advance
Ari Palolahti 2:55.28 21 did not advance
Hannu Manninen 2:53.87 16 Q 3:02.4 2 Q 3:14.1 4 QB 2:59.5 8

Pursuit

Athlete 10 km C 10 km F pursuit1
Time Rank Time Final rank
Sami Pietilä 28:20.1 47 Q 26:38.8 46
Sami Repo 28:09.2 44 Q 25:29.7 31
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km
C 		Ari Palolahti 42:10.7 53
Karri Hietamäki 41:13.6 43
Kuisma Taipale 39:50.3 30
30 km
F 		Sami Pietilä DNF –
Sami Repo 1'16:48.2 40
Teemu Kattilakoski 1'16:20.9 35
50 km
C 		Kuisma Taipale 2'24:40.5 47
Karri Hietamäki 2'19:32.0 31
Sami Pietilä 2'19:10.7 30
1 Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 × 10 km relay

Athletes Race
Time Rank
Kuisma Taipale
Karri Hietamäki
Teemu Kattilakoski
Sami Repo 		1'37:41.8 11
Women

Sprint

Athlete Qualifying round Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Riitta-Liisa Lassila-Roponen 3:27.16 36 did not advance
Kaisa Varis 3:20.52 23 did not advance
Kati Sundqvist-Venäläinen 3:19.23 18 did not advance
Elina Pienimäki-Hietamäki 3:14.79 6 Q 4:01.5 4 did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete 5 km C 5 km F pursuit2
Time Rank Time Final rank
Elina Pienimäki-Hietamäki 14:21.3 43 Q 13:39.5 40
Kati Sundqvist-Venäläinen 13:54.4 21 Q 13:11.9 16
Satu Salonen 13:43.4 11 'Q 13:34.3 36
Kaisa Varis 13:37.9 9 Q 12:37.8 12
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C 		Annmari Viljanmaa 30:51.8 37
Kati Sundqvist-Venäläinen 30:24.0 28
Satu Salonen 29:02.3 7
15 km
F 		Annmari Viljanmaa DNF –
Riitta-Liisa Lassila-Roponen 42:14.3 19
Kaisa Varis 40:04.1 4
30 km
C 		Satu Salonen DNF –
Annmari Viljanmaa 1'40:47.9 24
2 Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 × 5 km relay

Athletes Race
Time Rank
Kati Sundqvist-Venäläinen
Satu Salonen
Riitta-Liisa Lassila-Roponen
Kaisa Varis 		50:45.5 7

Curling

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Main article: Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

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Group stage

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Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country Skip W L
  Canada Kevin Martin 8 1
  Norway Pål Trulsen 7 2
  Switzerland Andreas Schwaller 6 3
  Sweden Peja Lindholm 6 3
  Finland 5th Markku Uusipaavalniemi 5 4
  Germany Sebastian Stock 4 5
  Denmark Ulrik Schmidt 3 6
  Great Britain Hammy McMillan 3 6
  United States Tim Somerville 3 6
  France Dominique Dupont-Roc 0 9
Team 1  Score  Team 2
  Denmark 3–9   Finland
  Finland 6–7   Germany
  Finland 4–9   Canada
  Switzerland 5–6   Finland
  Finland 6–5   France
  United Kingdom 4–6   Finland
  Finland 5–6   Norway
  Finland 4–11   Sweden
  United States 4–6   Finland

Contestants

  Finland
Oulunkylä CC, Helsinki

Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Third: Wille Mäkelä
Second: Tommi Häti
Lead: Jari Laukkanen
Alternate: Pekka Saarelainen

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete Points SP FS Rank
Elina Kettunen 18.0 18 9 11

Freestyle skiing

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Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Tapio Luusua Moguls 29.81 24.56 15 Q 27.16 26.67 5
Sami Mustonen 29.83 25.42 8 Q 28.10 26.08 10
Mikko Ronkainen 29.34 26.25 3 Q 28.31 26.49 8
Janne Lahtela 27.22 26.92 2 Q 26.55 27.97  
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Minna Karhu Moguls 38.27 22.66 10 Q 37.20 23.07 12

Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

First round - Group D

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Team
 Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  United States 3 2 0 1 16 3 +13 5
  Finland 3 2 1 0 11 8 +3 4
  Russia 3 1 1 1 9 9 0 3
  Belarus 3 0 3 0 6 22 −16 0
Source: [citation needed]
15 February 2002
20:45		Finland  0 – 6
(0–0, 0–3, 0–3)		  United StatesE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,597
Jani HurmeGoaliesMike DunhamReferee:
  Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
  Derek Nansen
  Tim Nowak
0-129:45 − Scott Young
0-236:16 − John LeClair
0-337:45 − Keith Tkachuk
0-446:46 − John LeClair
0-551:23 − John LeClair
0-654:14 − Bill Guerin
10 minPenalties10 min
16 February 2002
16:45		Finland  8 – 1
(3–0, 3–0, 2–1)		  BelarusE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Pasi NurminenGoaliesSergei Shabanov
Andrei Mezin		Referee:
  Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:
  Mike Cvik
  Rudolf Lauff
Olli Jokinen − 01:301-0
Teemu Selänne − 14:532-0
Olli Jokinen − 16:243-0
Teemu Selänne − 24:554-0
Sami Kapanen − 25:435-0
Tomi Kallio − 29:266-0
6-143:54 − Dmitry Pankov
Aki Berg − 49:217-1
Mikko Eloranta − 54:398-1
10 minPenalties8 min
18 February 2002
13:30		Russia  1 – 3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)		  FinlandPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,360
Nikolai KhabibulinGoaliesJani HurmeReferee:
  Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:
  Petr Blumel
  Jean Morin
Pavel Bure - 07:491-0
1-130:57 - Teemu Selänne
1-236:15 - Mikko Eloranta
1-340:33 - Jere Lehtinen
10 minPenalties8 min
26Shots29

Quarter final

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20 February 2002
20:15		Finland  1 – 2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)		  CanadaE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Jani HurmeGoaliesMartin BrodeurReferee:
  Dennis LaRue
Linesman:
  Mike Cvik
0-103:00 - Joe Sakic
0-235:49 - Steve Yzerman
Niklas Hagman - 36:091-2
2 minPenalties2 min
19Shots34

Team roster

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Pos. No. Name 2001-02 team
G 30 Pasi Nurminen   Atlanta Thrashers
G 31 Jussi Markkanen   Edmonton Oilers
G 35 Jani Hurme   Ottawa Senators
D 4 Kimmo Timonen   Nashville Predators
D 5 Sami Salo   Ottawa Senators
D 6 Ossi Väänänen   Phoenix Coyotes
D 7 Aki Berg   Toronto Maple Leafs
D 21 Jyrki Lumme   Toronto Maple Leafs
D 27 Teppo Numminen   Phoenix Coyotes
D 44 Janne Niinimaa   Edmonton Oilers
F 8 Teemu Selänne   San Jose Sharks
F 10 Ville Nieminen   Colorado Avalanche
F 12 Olli Jokinen   Florida Panthers
F 14 Raimo Helminen   Tampereen Ilves
F 16 Niklas Hagman   Florida Panthers
F 17 Tomi Kallio   Atlanta Thrashers
F 22 Mikko Eloranta   Los Angeles Kings
F 24 Sami Kapanen   Carolina Hurricanes
F 26 Jere Lehtinen   Dallas Stars
F 36 Juha Ylönen   Tampa Bay Lightning
F 37 Jarkko Ruutu   Vancouver Canucks
F 41 Antti Aalto   Jokerit
F 42 Juha Lind   Södertälje SK

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Women's tournament

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

First round - Group B

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Top two teams (shaded) advanced to semifinals.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States (H) 3 3 0 0 27 1 +26 6 Semifinals
2   Finland 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 4
3   Germany 3 0 1 2 6 18 −12 1 5–8th place semifinals
4   China 3 0 1 2 6 21 −15 1
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC-7).

12 February 2002
14:00		Finland  4 – 0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)		  ChinaPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 4,977
14 February 2002
11:00		Finland  3 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 0–1)		  GermanyPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 4,769
16 February 2002
11:00		United States  5 – 0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0)		  FinlandE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,507

Medal round

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Semi-final

19 February 2002
11:05		Canada  7 – 3
(2–1, 0–2, 5–0)		  FinlandE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 7,289

Bronze medal game

21 February 2002
12:10		Finland   4th1 – 2
(0–2, 1–0, 0–0)		  SwedenPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,298

Team roster

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Pos. No. Name 2001-02 team
G 19 Tuula Puputti   University of Minnesota Duluth
G 30 Minna-Monica Halonen   Tampereen Tappara
D 3 Emma Laaksonen   Ohio State University
D 5 Pirjo Ahonen   Jyväskylän Hockey Cats
D 6 Saija Sirviö   Oulun Kärpät
D 9 Terhi Mertanen   Espoo Blues
D 20 Kirsi Hänninen   Oulun Kärpät
D 22 Päivi Salo   Oulun Kärpät
F 8 Marjo Voutilainen   Itä-Helsingin Kiekko
F 10 Sari Fisk   Tampereen Ilves
F 11 Oona Parviainen   Espoo Blues
F 13 Riikka Nieminen   Jyväskylän Hockey Cats
F 15 Satu Hoikkala   Oulun Kärpät
F 16 Tiia Reima   Itä-Helsingin Kiekko
F 21 Petra Vaarakallio   Espoo Blues
F 23 Hanne Sikiö   University of Minnesota Duluth
F 25 Marja-Helena Pälvilä   Espoo Blues
F 26 Henna Savikuja   Oulun Kärpät
F 28 Katja Riipi   Itä-Helsingin Kiekko
F 29 Karoliina Rantamäki   Espoo Blues

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Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's sprint

Events:

  • large hill ski jumping
  • 7.5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Ski Jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
Points Rank
Mikko Keskinarkaus 101.7 23 18:31.4 23
Hannu Manninen 104.7 17 17:42.7 7
Jaakko Tallus 119.0 3 17:25.9 4
Samppa Lajunen 123.8 1 16:40.1  

Men's individual

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Ski Jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
Points Rank
Mikko Keskinarkaus 209.0 34 44:38.9 28
Hannu Manninen 221.5 22 42:21.1 14
Samppa Lajunen 257.0 3 39:11.7  
Jaakko Tallus 267.5 1 39:36.4  

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
Points Rank
Jari Mantila
Jaakko Tallus
Hannu Manninen
Samppa Lajunen 		967.5 1 48:42.2  

Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Qualifying jump Final jump 1 Final jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank
Veli-Matti Lindström Normal hill 90.0 114.0 13 Q 95.0 121.5 7 Q 95.5 126.5 253.0 5
Toni Nieminen 91.5 119.0 4 Q 91.5 117.0 18 Q 91.5 118.5 235.5 16
Janne Ahonen 94.0 125.0 1 Q 95.5 128.0 4 Q 98.0 133.5 261.5 4
Matti Hautamäki Pre-qualified 93.0 121.5 7 Q 97.0 131.0 252.5 6
Janne Ahonen Large hill 117.5 111.0 7 Q 124.0 119.2 16 Q 123.5 122.3 241.5 9
Veli-Matti Lindström 121.0 114.3 3 Q 114.5 102.1 37 did not advance
Risto Jussilainen Pre-qualified 121.5 116.7 18 Q 117.5 109.5 226.2 18
Matti Hautamäki Pre-qualified 127.0 129.1 4 Q 125.5 126.9 256.0  
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Matti Hautamäki
Veli-Matti Lindström
Risto Jussilainen
Janne Ahonen 		974.0  
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

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Main article: Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Tuomo Ojala 28.2 21 23.3 24 did not advance
Risto Mattila 35.7 10 34.3 10 did not advance
Markku Koski 36.9 7 41.3 4 QF 39.0 8
Heikki Sorsa 44.2 1 QF 40.4 7
Women's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Kirsi Rautava 23.6 16 24.7 12 did not advance
Sari Grönholm 24.3 15 22.4 13 did not advance
Minna Hesso 25.4 13 32.1 6 QF 31.9 9

Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Janne Hänninen 35.18 14 35.15 18 70.33 15
1000 m Risto Rosendahl 1:10.70 33
Janne Hänninen 1:08.45 10
1500 m Risto Rosendahl 1:48.57 32
Vesa Rosendahl 1:48.02 27
Janne Hänninen 1:46.04 13

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Finland at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
  1. ^ http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/OGM/gs/pg000055.htm IIHF: Team Finland 2002
  2. ^ "Hockey | WOG Salt Lake City 2002 - Team Roster of Finland".
  3. ^ http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/OGW/gs/pg000043.htm IIHF: Team Finland 2002
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