Finland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Ski jumping Normal hill individual 14 February Cross-country skiing Women's 5 kilometre classical 17 February Ski jumping Large hill individual 23 February Ski jumping Large hill team 24 February Finland men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's competition 28 February Cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre classical 14 February Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay 21 February Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 0 1 1Biathlon 5 – 5Cross-country skiing 7 6 13Ice hockey 22 – 22Nordic combined 4 – 4Ski jumping 6 – 6Speed skating 2 0 2 Total 46 7 53
Alpine skiing
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankNina EhrnroothGiant SlalomDNF–DNF–Nina EhrnroothSlalomDNF–DNF–
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintAntero Lähde327:59.942Juha Tella327:58.341Harri Eloranta327:15.225Tapio Piipponen126:02.27
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmArto Jääskeläinen58:29.5111'09:29.558Harri Eloranta58:10.671'05:10.650Juha Tella57:39.061'03:39.038Tapio Piipponen55:18.3358:18.38
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankJuha TellaAntero LähdeArto JääskeläinenTapio Piipponen51'30:54.412
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 km CJari Räsänen45:04.530Jari Laukkanen44:22.025Aki Karvonen43:54.520Harri Kirvesniemi42:42.8830 km CJari Laukkanen1'35:51.652Kari Ristanen1'31:05.227Aki Karvonen1'29:49.519Harri Kirvesniemi1'26:59.6950 km FAntti Ticklén2'18:41.845Heikki Kivikko2'12:27.129Harri Kirvesniemi2'11:41.822Kari Ristanen2'08:08.17
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankJari LaukkanenHarri KirvesniemiJari RäsänenKari Ristanen1'48:24.08
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 km CPirkko Määttä15:51.816Tuulikki Pyykkönen15:38.112Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi15:16.75Marjo Matikainen15:04.010 km CTuulikki Pyykkönen32:37.729Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi30:57.09Pirkko Määttä30:52.47Marjo Matikainen30:20.520 km FEija Hyytiäinen1'02:06.932Jaana Savolainen1'01:26.828Marjo Matikainen58:50.712Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi58:45.611
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankPirkko MäättäMarja-Liisa KirvesniemiMarjo MatikainenJaana Savolainen1'01:53.8
Ice hockey
Team roster Head Coach: Pentti Matikainen Assistant Coach: Hannu Jortikka Pos.No. Name1987–88 teamG1 HIFKG19 Rauman LukkoG30 Tampereen IlvesD2 Tampereen TapparaD3 MODO HockeyD4 Tampereen IlvesD6 HV71D7 HIFKD9 HC LuganoD16 TPSD29 HV71F10 Tampereen TapparaF11 Oulun KärpätF13 Rauman LukkoF14 Tampereen IlvesF15 HIFKF17 Färjestad BKF18 HIFKF20 Tampereen TapparaF21 Tampereen TapparaF24 Tampereen TapparaF26 TPSF27 HIFK Group A Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.
Switzerland 2-1 Finland Finland 10-1 France Finland 3-1 Canada Finland 3-3 Sweden Finland 5-1 Poland
Medal round The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.
Finland 8-0 West Germany Czechoslovakia 5-2 Finland Finland 2-1 Soviet Union
Leading scorers RkGPGAPtsPIM7thErkki Lehtonen846102
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimePointsRankPasi SaapunkiIndividual193.3283:54.742:44.1402.74015Jukka Ylipulli196.7243:32.042:55.6401.01016Jouko Parviainen198.9203:17.444:59.6382.42033Sami Leinonen202.4182:54.042:58.4400.59017
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events: normal hill ski jumping 10 km cross-country skiing
AthletesSki jumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimeRankPasi SaapunkiJouko ParviainenJukka Ylipulli561.375:42.51'25:38.37
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankRisto LaakkonenNormal hill81.097.276.586.0183.223Ari-Pekka Nikkola83.5100.279.090.5190.715Jari Puikkonen84.0105.580.093.6199.17Matti Nykänen89.5114.889.5114.3229.1Pekka SuorsaLarge hill99.583.797.079.7163.438Ari-Pekka Nikkola106.097.3102.091.7189.016Jari Puikkonen106.099.3103.595.3194.611Matti Nykänen118.5120.8107.0103.2224.0
Men's team large hill AthletesResultPoints 1RankMatti NykänenAri-Pekka NikkolaTuomo YlipulliJari Puikkonen634.4
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank1500 mPertti Niittylä1:56.48255000 mTimo Järvinen6:56.6818Pertti Niittylä6:55.181610,000 mTimo Järvinen14:27.6917Pertti Niittylä14:26.5715
References
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com