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 code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors	98 (62 men, 36 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Toni Nieminen (ski jumping)
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 4 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 7
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Medalists

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

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

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

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

Main article: Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

Group stage

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

Main article: Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Points	SP	FS	Rank
Elina Kettunen	18.0	18	9	11

Freestyle skiing

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

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

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

First round - Group D

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:

15 February 2002 20:45

Finland

0 – 6 (0–0, 0–3, 0–3)

United States

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,597

	Jani Hurme	Goalies	Mike Dunham	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Derek Nansen Tim Nowak
	0-1 29:45 − Scott Young 0-2 36:16 − John LeClair 0-3 37:45 − Keith Tkachuk 0-4 46:46 − John LeClair 0-5 51:23 − John LeClair 0-6 54:14 − Bill Guerin
	10 min	Penalties	10 min

16 February 2002 16:45

Finland

8 – 1 (3–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Belarus

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

	Pasi Nurminen	Goalies	Sergei Shabanov Andrei Mezin	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Mike Cvik Rudolf Lauff
	Olli Jokinen − 01:30 1-0 Teemu Selänne − 14:53 2-0 Olli Jokinen − 16:24 3-0 Teemu Selänne − 24:55 4-0 Sami Kapanen − 25:43 5-0 Tomi Kallio − 29:26 6-0 6-1 43:54 − Dmitry Pankov Aki Berg − 49:21 7-1 Mikko Eloranta − 54:39 8-1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min

18 February 2002 13:30

Russia

1 – 3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Finland

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,360

	Nikolai Khabibulin	Goalies	Jani Hurme	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Petr Blumel Jean Morin
	Pavel Bure - 07:49 1-0 1-1 30:57 - Teemu Selänne 1-2 36:15 - Mikko Eloranta 1-3 40:33 - Jere Lehtinen
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	29

Quarter final

20 February 2002 20:15

Finland

1 – 2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Canada

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

	Jani Hurme	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesman: Mike Cvik
	0-1 03:00 - Joe Sakic 0-2 35:49 - Steve Yzerman Niklas Hagman - 36:09 1-2
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	19	Shots	34

Team roster

• Head Coach: Hannu Aravirta

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

Women's tournament

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

First round - Group B

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)

China

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 4,977

14 February 2002 11:00

Finland

3 – 1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Germany

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 4,769

16 February 2002 11:00

United States

5 – 0 (3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Finland

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,507

Medal round

Semi-final

19 February 2002 11:05

Canada

7 – 3 (2–1, 0–2, 5–0)

Finland

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,289

Bronze medal game

21 February 2002 12:10

Finland 4th

1 – 2 (0–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Sweden

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,298

Team roster

• Head Coach: Jouko Lukkarila

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

Nordic combined

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

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

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

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

• Olympic Winter Games 2002, full results by sports-reference.com