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Finland at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Finland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 105 competitors, 99 men and 6 women, took part in 71 events in 16 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

For the first time, Finland entered women in the Olympic archery competition. They were quite successful, with Päivi Meriluoto winning a bronze medal. The Finnish men, competing for the third time, both placed in the top eight as Tomi Poikolainen won Finland's first gold medal in archery. Kyösti Laasonen, who had competed in every Olympics since the reinstatement of archery, took seventh.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Antti Loikkanen
  • Heat — 3:40.5
  • Semifinals — 3:43.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Kaarlo Maaninka
  • Heat — 13:45.8
  • Semi Final — 13:40.2
  • Final — 13:22.0 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Martti Vainio
  • Heat — 13:45.2
  • Semi Final — 13:30.4
  • Final — 13:32.1 (→ 11th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Kaarlo Maaninka
  • Heat — 28:31.0
  • Final — 27:44.3 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Lasse Virén
  • Heat — 28:45.8
  • Final — 27:50.5 (→ 5th place)
  • Martti Vainio
  • Heat — 28:59.9
  • Final — 28:46.3 (→ 13th place)

Men's Marathon

Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Arto Bryggare
  • Heat — 13.77
  • Semifinals — 13.78
  • Final — 13.76 (→ 6th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Tommy Ekblom
  • Heat — 8:27.8
  • Semifinals — 8:24.3
  • Final — 8:40.9 (→ 12th place)
  • Vesa Laukkanen
  • Heat — 8:38.4
  • Semifinals — 8:33.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Reima Salonen
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Long Jump

  • Oli Pousi
  • Qualification — did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Olli Pousi
  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

Men's Discus Throw

  • Markku Tuokko
  • Qualification — 62.14 m
  • Final — 61.84 m (→ 9th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Harri Huhtala
  • Qualification — 72.46 m
  • Final Round — 71.96 m (→ 9th place)
  • Juha Tiainen
  • Qualification — 70.82 m
  • Final Round — 71.38 m (→ 10th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Antero Puranen
  • Qualification — 84.02 m
  • Final — 86.15 m (→ 5th place)
  • Pentti Sinersaari
  • Qualification — 80.30 m
  • Final — 84.34 m (→ 6th place)
  • Aimo Aho
  • Qualification — 82.12 m
  • Final — 80.58 m (→ 9th place)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Tapani Haapakoski
  • Qualification — 5.40 m
  • Final — 5.45 m (→ 9th place)
  • Rauli Pudas
  • Qualification — 5.35 m
  • Final — 5.25 m (→ 12th place)
  • Antti Kalliomäki
  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • Esa Jokinen
  • Final — 7826 points (→ 9th place)
  • Johannes Lahti
  • Final — 7765 points (→ 11th place)

<br> Women's 100 metres

Women's Discus Throw

  • Ulla Lundholm
  • Qualification &mdash; DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Tiina Lillak
  • Qualification &mdash; 56.26 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (&ndash; 48&nbsp;kg)

Men's Bantamweight (&ndash; 54&nbsp;kg)

Men's Featherweight (&ndash; 57&nbsp;kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 67&nbsp;kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75&nbsp;kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Finland in 1980.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Individual pursuit
Men's sprint

Equestrian

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Finland in 1980.

Men's épée
Men's team épée

Football

Men's Team Competition

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1980.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Hulkkonen, Pelli, and Santanen &mdash; 15.087 pts, 7th place

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References