Finland at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Finland at the 1994 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (Finnish) (Swedish)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	61 (47 men, 14 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 5 6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Myllylä, MikaMika Myllylä	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km (classical)
Bronze	Myllylä, MikaMika Myllylä	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km (freestyle)
Bronze	Isometsä, JariJari Isometsä Kirvesniemi, HarriHarri Kirvesniemi Myllylä, MikaMika Myllylä Räsänen, JariJari Räsänen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze	Kirvesniemi, Marja-LiisaMarja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km
Bronze	Kirvesniemi, Marja-LiisaMarja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Cross-country skiing	Women's 30 km
Bronze	Finland men's national ice hockey team Mika Alatalo   Saku Koivu   Mikko Mäkelä Raimo Helminen   Pasi Kuivalainen   Janne Ojanen Erik Hämäläinen   Janne Laukkanen   Marko Palo Timo Jutila   Tero Lehterä   Ville Peltonen Sami Kapanen   Jere Lehtinen   Pasi Sormunen Esa Keskinen   Jarmo Myllys   Mika Strömberg Marko Kiprusoff   Mika Nieminen   Jukka Tammi Petri Varis   Hannu Virta	Ice hockey	Men's competition

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Janne Leskinen	Downhill				1:47.87	30
	Super-G				1:34.09	13
	Giant Slalom	1:34.65	DNS		DNF
	Combined	1:38.88	54.47	52.18	3:25.53	22
Mika Marila	Super-G				1:38.14	40
	Giant Slalom	DNF			DNF
	Slalom	1:02.54	1:02.45		2:04.99	12
	Combined	1:45.01	50.42	50.09	3:25.52	21

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Pen.	Rank
Harri Eloranta	10 km Sprint	30:02.1	4	15
	20 km Individual	1:01:40.9	6	30
Vesa Hietalahti	10 km Sprint	32:06.0	5	52
	20 km Individual	1:08:49.1	10	68
Erkki Latvala	10 km Sprint	32:08.4	3	54
Timo Seppälä	20 km Individual	1:02:07.0	3	41
Erkki Latvala Harri Eloranta Timo Seppälä Vesa Hietalahti	4 × 7.5 km Relay	1:33:11.9	1	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Pen.	Rank
Pirjo Aalto	7.5 km Sprint	29:59.2	3	61
Katja Holanti	15 km Individual	1:00:13.6	7	56
Mari Lampinen	7.5 km Sprint	27:14.5	2	16
	15 km Individual	59:16.9	6	48
Tuija Sikiö	7.5 km Sprint	27:39.1	0	24
	15 km Individual	58:13.1	5	38
Tuija Vuoksiala	7.5 km Sprint	28:23.2	3	36
	15 km Individual	1:00:09.3	6	55
Katja Holanti Tuija Sikiö Mari Lampinen Tuija Vuoksiala	4 × 7.5 km Relay	1:58:55.7	4	10

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Start	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Jukka Hartonen	30 km Free					1:16:18.7	13
Karri Hietamäki	50 km Classical					2:20:50.9	40
Jari Isometsä	10 km Classical					26:06.5	23
	15 km Free Pursuit					DNS
	30 km Free					1:15:12.5	6
Harri Kirvesniemi	10 km Classical					25:13.2	9
	15 km Free Pursuit					DNS
	50 km Classical					2:11:19.3	12
Mika Myllylä	10 km Classical					25:05.3	6
	15 km Free Pursuit	+0:45	6	36:50.9	7	+1:47.1	4
	30 km Free					1:14.14.5
	50 km Classical					2:08:41.9
Jari Räsänen	10 km Classical					25:31.5	12
	15 km Free Pursuit	+01:11	12	36:32.7	3	+1:54.9	6
	30 km Free					1:16:10.7	11
Sami Repo	50 km Classical					2:20:32.8	37
Mika Myllylä Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä	4 × 10 km relay					1:42:15.6

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Start	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Mari Hietala	15 km Free					44:56.8	24
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	5 km Classical					14:30.6
	10 km Free Pursuit	+00:28	3	29:21.6	21	+2:19.5	13
	30 km Classical					1:26:13.6
Merja Lahtinen	15 km Free					43:50.7	16
	30 km Classical					1:29:55.1	15
Pirkko Määttä	5 km Classical					14:51.5	9
	10 km Free Pursuit	+00:43	9	29:10.1	18	+2:23.0	15
	30 km Classical					1:29:27.0	14
Tuulikki Pyykkönen	5 km Classical					15:13.6	18
	10 km Free Pursuit					DNS
Marjut Rolig	5 km Classical					15:05.1	14
	10 km Free Pursuit	+00:57	14	29:43.2	23	+3:10.1	21
	30 km Classical					1:27:51.4	8
Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Merja Lahtinen Marjut Rolig	4 × 5 km relay					59:15.9	4

Figure skating

Women

Athlete	Final
	Short Program	Rank	Free Skating	Total	Rank
Mila Kajas	8.0	16	10.0	18.0	12

Ice Dancing

Athlete	Final
	Compulsory Dance 1	Rank	Compulsory Dance 2	Rank	Original Dance	Rank	Free Dance	Total	Rank
Susanna Rahkamo Petri Kokko	0.8	4	0.8	4	2.4	4	4.0	8.0	4

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juha Holopainen	Moguls	23.39	20	Did not advance
Janne Lahtela	Moguls	24.60	12	24.78	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Minna Karhu	Moguls	23.08	11	23.00	13

Ice hockey

Men's Team Competition

• Head Coach: Curt Lindström

Pos.	No.	Name	1993-94 team
G	1	Pasi Kuivalainen	KalPa
G	30	Jukka Tammi	Tampereen Ilves
G	35	Jarmo Myllys	Rauman Lukko
D	2	Marko Kiprusoff	TPS
D	4	Erik Hämäläinen	Jokerit
D	5	Timo Jutila	Tampereen Tappara
D	6	Pasi Sormunen	HIFK
D	12	Janne Laukkanen	HPK
D	23	Hannu Virta	TPS
D	26	Mika Strömberg	Jokerit
F	8	Janne Ojanen	Tampereen Tappara
F	9	Esa Keskinen	TPS
F	11	Saku Koivu	TPS
F	13	Marko Palo	HPK
F	14	Raimo Helminen	Malmö IF
F	15	Mika Alatalo	Rauman Lukko
F	16	Ville Peltonen	HIFK
F	20	Jere Lehtinen	TPS
F	24	Sami Kapanen	KalPa
F	27	Tero Lehterä	Kiekko-Espoo
F	28	Petri Varis	Jokerit
F	40	Mika Nieminen	Luleå HF
F	42	Mika Nieminen	Malmö IF

Results

Stage	Opponent	Result	Points	Rank
Group Stage	Czech Republic	03-01
Group Stage	Russia	05-00
Group Stage	Norway	04-00
Group Stage	Austria	06-02
Group Stage	Germany	07-01
Group Stage		25-04	10	1
Quarterfinal	United States	06-01
Semifinal	Canada	03-05
Bronze Medal Match	Russia	04-00

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	First Round		Second Round			Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank	Start	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Hannu Manninen	Individual event	95.5	32	101.5	197.0	23	+05:33	43:08.9	46	48:41.9	38
Jari Mantila	Individual event	104.5	13	109.0	213.5	10	+03:43	41:13.6	31	44:56.6	14
Tapio Nurmela	Individual event	95.5	32	91.5	187.0	34	+06:40	40:19.8	21	46:59.8	25
Topi Sarparanta	Individual event	95.0	35	97.0	192.0	28	+06:06	39:49.7	16	45:55.7	20
Jari Mantila Tapio Nurmela Topi Sarparanta	Team event	311.0	6	281.0	592.0	9	+11:47	1:24:32.4	7	1:36:19.4	8

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	First Round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Janne Ahonen	Normal hill	112.5	24	73.5	186.0	37
	Large hill	90.3	23	73.1	163.4	25
Ari-Pekka Nikkola	Normal hill	116.0	19	115.0	231.0	16
	Large hill	92.1	22	78.6	170.7	22
Jani Soininen	Normal hill	126.0	8	132.5	258.5	6
	Large hill	109.6	11	121.5	231.1	5
Janne Väätäinen	Normal hill	113.0	23	93.0	206.0	30
Raimo Ylipulli	Large hill	103.3	14	79.3	182.6	18
Raimo Ylipulli Janne Väätäinen Janne Ahonen Jani Soininen	Team	443.8	5	445.7	889.5	5

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database