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Finland at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Finland competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. 86 competitors, 73 men and 13 women, took part in 76 events in 15 sports.

Medalists

Archery

Defending gold medallist Tomi Poikolainen bettered his performance of four years earlier by one point, but with the return of the United States and Japan, Poikolainen's score was no longer sufficient to earn a medal and he fell to fifth place. Much the same fate befell Päivi Meriluoto, who fell two places even though she shot 60 points better than she had in 1980.

Kyösti Laasonen, in his fourth Olympic archery competition, took 28th place.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Antti Loikkanen
  • Qualifying Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Martti Vainio
  • Heat — 13:45.16
  • Semifinals — 13:30.48 (→ did not advance)
  • Antti Loikkanen
  • Heat — 13:51.47
  • Semifinals — 13:58.74 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Martti Vainio
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:19.25
  • Final — finished in second place (27:51.10), but was later disqualified for the use of several performance-enhancing drugs

Men's Marathon

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

Men's High Jump

  • Erkki Niemi
  • Qualification — 2.24m
  • Final — 2.24m (→ 9th place)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Kimmo Pallonen
  • Qualifying Round — 5.40m
  • Final — 5.45m (→ 5th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Arto Härkönen
  • Qualification — 83.06m
  • Final — 86.76m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Raimo Manninen
  • Qualification — 79.26m (→ did not advance, 13th place)
  • Tero Saviniemi
  • Qualification — 76.46m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's Shot Put

  • Aulis Akonniemi
  • Qualifying Round — 19.38 m
  • Final — 18.98 m (→ 9th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Juha Tiainen
  • Qualification — 72.68m
  • Final — 78.08m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Harri Huhtala
  • Qualification — 73.78m
  • Final — 75.28m (→ 6th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

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

Men's 50 km Walk

<br> Women's 100 metres

Women's 200 metres

Women's Marathon

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Tuija Helander
  • Heat &mdash; 57.22
  • Semifinal &mdash; 56.59
  • Final &mdash; 56.55 (→ 7th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Ulla Lundholm
  • Qualification &mdash; 56.44m
  • Final &mdash; 62.84m (→ 4th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Tiina Lillak
  • Qualification &mdash; 63.30m
  • Final &mdash; 69.00m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Tuula Laaksalo
  • Qualification &mdash; 60.42m
  • Final &mdash; 66.40m (→ 4th place)
  • Helena Laine
  • Qualification &mdash; 61.80m
  • Final &mdash; 58.18m (→ 11th place)

Boxing

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

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Finland in 1984.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Individual pursuit

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Juha Ovaskainen
  • Preliminary Round &mdash; 532.17
  • Final &mdash; 548.55 (→ 11th place)

Equestrian

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1984.

Individual
Team
  • Pasi Hulkkonen
  • Jorma Korpela
  • Jussi Pelli

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References