Finland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m) Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km Nordic combined Men's individual Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km Ski jumping Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintKeijo Kuntola537:15.2835Arto Sutinen336:01.0624Erkki Antila234:32.9712
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmRaimo Seppänen1'13:15.6761'19:15.6732Heikki Ikola1'10:02.1651'15:02.1618Erkki Antila1'07:32.3241'11:32.325
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankKeijo KuntolaErkki AntilaKari SaarelaRaimo Seppänen61'38:50.847
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmPertti Teurajärvi43:59.0820Kari Härkönen43:50.3119Harri Kirvesniemi43:02.018Juha Mieto41:57.6430 kmJorma Aalto1'32:48.1026Harri Kirvesniemi1'31:35.1318Juha Mieto1'29:45.087Matti Pitkänen1'29:35.03650 kmPertti Teurajärvi2'36:44.0818Matti Pitkänen2'34:09.0411Asko Autio2'32:25.579Juha Mieto2'30:30.52
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankHarri KirvesniemiPertti TeurajärviMatti PitkänenJuha Mieto2'00:00.18
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmMarja Auroma16:18.4425Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen15:58.2719Helena Takalo15:32.128Hilkka Riihivuori15:11.9610 kmUlla Maaskola33:22.1932Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen32:22.8818Helena Takalo30:45.25Hilkka Riihivuori30:35.05
Women's 4 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankMarja AuromaMarja-Liisa HämäläinenHelena TakaloHilkka Riihivuori1'04:41.285
Figure skating
Women AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank Susan Broman141717157.5415217 Kristiina Wegelius71112172.048710
Ice hockey
First Round - Red Division Team advanced to the Final Round Team advanced to consolation round
Team 5 5 0 0 51 11 10 5 3 2 0 26 18 6 5 3 2 0 28 12 6 5 2 3 0 15 23 4 5 1 3 1 16 43 3 5 0 4 1 7 36 1
Final round The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over, excluding teams who failed to make the medal round.
Team 3 2 0 1 10 7 5 3 2 1 0 16 8 4 3 0 1 2 7 14 2 4th 3 0 2 1 7 11 1
Carried over group match: Finland 2–4 USSR
Leading scorers RankPlayer5thJukka Porvari 7 7 4 11
Team roster Antero Kivelä Jorma Valtonen Kari Eloranta Hannu Haapalainen Lasse Litma Tapio Levo Olli Saarinen Seppo Suoraniemi Markku Hakulinen Markku Kiimalainen Jukka Koskilahti Hannu Koskinen Jari Kurri Mikko Leinonen Reijo Leppänen Jarmo Mäkitalo Esa Peltonen Jukka Porvari Timo Susi Ismo Villa Head coach: Kalevi Numminen
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankRauno MiettinenIndividual67.072.5171.92450:26.9195.64018367.54023Jorma Etelälahti72.079.5192.61450:02.4199.31515391.91513Jouko Karjalainen79.081.0209.5747:44.5220.0001429.500Jukka Kuvaja68.568.5155.03148:32.2212.8457367.84522
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankKari YlianttilaNormal hill76.0105.872.097.4203.232Jari Puikkonen81.0115.880.0111.7227.516Jouko Törmänen83.0119.085.5124.5243.58Pentti Kokkonen86.0126.883.5120.8247.65Kari YlianttilaLarge hill102.0111.0106.0118.1229.113Pentti Kokkonen105.0115.2105.0115.7230.912Jari Puikkonen110.5126.4108.5122.1248.5Jouko Törmänen114.5133.5117.0137.5271.0
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mEsa Puolakka39.7625Pertti Niittylä39.5422Jukka Salmela39.32181000 mEsa Puolakka1:23.5435Jukka Salmela1:21.7830Pertti Niittylä1:18.85141500 mPertti Niittylä2:00.01145000 mPertti Niittylä7:21.511710,000 mPertti Niittylä15:29.9819
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mAnneli Repola44.33201000 mAnneli Repola1:31.76281500 mAnneli Repola2:17.81213000 mAnneli Repola4:50.5115
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com