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Finland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Finland competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Athletes were selected by the Finnish Paralympic Committee on July 2, 2008.[1]

Finland at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeFIN
NPCFinnish Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympia.fi/en
in Beijing
Competitors30 in 13 sports
Medals
Ranked 40th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Markku Niinimäki Athletics Men's javelin throw F53/54
  Gold Leo-Pekka Tähti Athletics Men's 100 metres T54
  Silver Markku Niinimäki Athletics Men's hot put F53–54
  Silver Jarmo Ollanketo Cycling Men's road race B&VI 1–3
  Bronze Jani Kallunki Judo Men's 66kgX1
  Bronze Leo-Pekka Tähti Athletics Men's 200 metres T54

Sports edit

Archery edit

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Keijo Kallunki Men's individual compound 675 11 Bye   Bailey (USA)
L 110-115 		did not advance
Jean-Pierre Antonios Men's individual compound standing 606 8 —   Lehner (SUI)
L 89-94 		did not advance
Osmo Kinnunen 627 4 — Bye   Murphy (CAN)
W 111-97 		  Drahoninsky (CZE)
L 97-99 		  Fabry (USA)
L 101-111 		4

Athletics edit

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track edit

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Leo-Pekka Tähti T54 100m 13.76 WR 1 Q 13.81  
200m 24.92 2 Q 25.17  

Men's field edit

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Markku Niinimaki F53-54 Javelin throw 29.33 WR 1112  
Shot put 9.92 WR 1021  

Women's field edit

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Tiina Ala-Aho F33-34/52-53 Javelin throw 11.51 849 15
Marjaana Väre F42-46 Javelin throw 26.63 906 9

Boccia edit

Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opponent Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Leena Sarela Mixed individual BC1   Fernandes (POR) L 3-4 5 did not advance
  Vaquerizo (ESP) L 2-3
  Zhang Q (CHN) L 2-3
  Leung M Y (HKG) L 2-3
Vesa Koivuniemi Mixed individual BC2   Cordero (ESP) L 0-15 4 did not advance
  Yan Z (CHN) L 1-8
  McLeod (CAN) L 2-9
Timo Ollikka   Uchida (JPN) L 0-6 3 did not advance
  Dukovich (CAN) L 1-4
  Robinson (GBR) W 5-2
Vesa Koivuniemi
Timo Ollikka
Leena Sarela 		Mixed team BC1-2   Spain (ESP) L 1-16 3 did not advance
  Ireland (IRL) L 3-7

Cycling edit

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's road edit

Athlete Event Time Rank
Jarmo Ollanketo
Marko Törmänen (pilot) 		Men's road race B&VI 1-3 2:14:45  
Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3 33:36.96 9

Equestrian edit

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Horse Event Total
Score Rank
Katja Karjalainen Callan Mixed individual championship test grade Ib 65.714 4
Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib 64.999 7

Goalball edit

Main article: Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The men's team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 12 teams.

Players edit

Tournament edit

Finland  2 - 7  Slovenia
Lithuania  15 - 5  Finland
Finland  4 - 11  Denmark
Belgium  5 - 8  Finland
Finland  7 - 3  Spain
Quarterfinals
China  7 - 6  Finland
5-8th classification
Finland  5 - 6  Canada
7/8th classification
Slovenia  5 - 6  Finland

Judo edit

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1 		Repechage
round 2 		Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Jani Kallunki Men's 66kg   Villemont (FRA)
W 1010–0000 		  Fujimoto (JPN)
L 0000-0101 		— Bye   Falcon (VEN)
W 1000-0000 		  Golmohammadi (IRI)
W 1000-0000  
Rauno Peltoniemi Men's 73kg   Pourabbas (IRI)
L 0000-1011 		did not advance

Powerlifting edit

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Result Rank
Juhani Kokko 52kg 135.0 11
Janne Piipponen 82.5kg 172.5 8

Sailing edit

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Finland received one national entry to the 2008 Summer Paralympics sailing events:[2]

Men

Shooting edit

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men edit

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Tapani Merilainen Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 592 37 did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 566 39 did not advance
Veikko Palsamaki Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 596 25 did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 579 30 did not advance
Erkki Pekkala Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 595 29 did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 584 12 did not advance

Women edit

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Minna Leinonen Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 598 11 did not advance

Swimming edit

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Antti Latikka S13 100m backstroke 1:08.43 8 Q 1:08.07 7

Table tennis edit

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Esa Miettinen Men's singles C9-10   Leibovitz (USA)
W 3–1 		  Heijnen (NED)
W 3–0 		1 Q   Ma L (CHN)
L 0–3 		did not advance

Wheelchair tennis edit

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Taneli Tenhunen Men's singles   Okur (TUR)
W 7–5, 6–3 		  Olsson (SWE)
L 1-6, 1-6 		did not advance

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Peking 2008 paralympialaiset - Suomen joukkue" Archived 13 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Finnish), Finnish Paralympic Committee, August 19, 2008
  2. ^ "National Line Up For 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition" Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, International Association for Disabled Sailing, 16 July 2008

External links edit

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