Finland participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Snowboarding Men's halfpipe 17 February Pirjo Muranen Virpi KuitunenRiitta-Liisa RoponenAino-Kaisa Saarinen Cross-country skiing Women's 4 x 5 km relay 25 February Finland women's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Women's tournament 25 February Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Cross-country skiing 30 km classical 27 February Finland men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's tournament 27 February
Review The Finnish Olympic Committee had set a goal of 12 medals for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and considered the result of 5 medals far weaker than expected. By discipline, it summarized in its annual report: "The most positive results were achieved in ice hockey, snowboarding and figure skating, whereas the performances in cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined and biathlon were clearly below the expected."
The central conclusions drawn by the Olympic committee on coaching issues on which to take action towards 2014 were: The role and leadership of head coaches were weak. The competence of the coaching of national sports federations was inadequate. The ratio of decentralized and centralized exercise was distorted. Know-how in mental training was weak. The emphasis of ski maintenance has elevated in winter sports.
Alpine skiing
AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2TotalRankAndreas RomarMen's downhill n/a1:58.7142Men's super-G n/aDid not finishMen's giant slalom1:19.791:22.522:42.3130Men's slalomDid not finishMen's combined2:00.89Did not finishMarcus SandellMen's giant slalom1:18.58Did not finishSanni LeinonenWomen's giant slalom1:18.381:14.062:32.4430Women's slalomDid not finishTanja PoutiainenWomen's giant slalom1:16.161:12.012:28.1713Women's slalom51.6753.261:44.936
Biathlon
AthleteEventFinalTimeMissesRankTimo AntilaMen's sprint26:37.4140Men's pursuit38:22.1652Men's individual54:22.7556Mari LaukkanenWomen's sprint22:45.0468Women's individual45:36.4343Kaisa MäkäräinenWomen's sprint22:27.3359Women's pursuit34:50.0245Women's individual45:46.4446Paavo PuurunenMen's sprint28:04.8473Men's individual54:15.7353
Cross-country skiing
Distance
Men AthleteEventFinalTimeRankMatti Heikkinen15 km freestyle35:37.13930 km pursuitDid not finishSami Jauhojärvi30 km pursuitDid not finish50 km classical2:06:43.220Teemu Kattilakoski15 km freestyle35:06.827Juha Lallukka15 km freestyle35:28.834Lari Lehtonen30 km pursuit1:20:34.53350 km classical2:16:26.243Ville Nousiainen15 km freestyle34:45.51330 km pursuitDid not finish50 km classical2:11:38.037Sami JauhojärviMatti HeikkinenTeemu KattilakoskiVille Nousiainen4 x 10 km relay1:45:30.35
Women AthleteEventFinalTimeRankVirpi Kuitunen30 km classical1:33:36.713Krista Lähteenmäki10 km freestyle27:49.45230 km classical1:35:08.425Pirjo Muranen15 km pursuit42:50.530Riitta-Liisa Roponen10 km freestyle25:24.3615 km pursuit42:14.319Aino-Kaisa Saarinen10 km freestyle25:59.51515 km pursuit40:40.6530 km classical1:31:38.7Riikka Sarasoja10 km freestyle26:50.23115 km pursuit42:24.42130 km classical1:33:33.212Pirjo MuranenVirpi KuitunenRiitta-Liisa RoponenAino-Kaisa Saarinen4 x 5 km relay55:49.9
Sprint AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTotalRankTotalRankTotalRankTotalRankSami JauhojärviMen's sprint3:39.5721 Q3:36.92 Q3:39.66Did not advanceVirpi KuitunenWomen's sprint3:43.726 Q3:39.92 Q3:46.45Did not advanceKalle LassilaMen's sprint3:39.1219 Q3:42.22 Q3:43.75Did not advancePirjo MuranenWomen's sprint3:46.0415 Q3:41.75Did not advanceKirsi PeräläWomen's sprint3:48.0820 Q3:39.74Did not advanceAino-Kaisa SaarinenWomen's sprint3:38.822 Q3:40.73Did not advanceMatias StrandvallMen's sprint3:42.7437Did not advanceJesse VäänänenMen's sprint3:39.2120 Q3:38.75Did not advanceVille NousiainenLasse PaakkonenMen's team sprintn/a3:12.85 Q3:17.610Riitta-Liisa RoponenRiikka SarasojaWomen's team sprintn/a3:02.65 Q3:00.98
Figure skating
Finland has qualified one entrant in men's singles and two in ladies singles, for a total of three athletes.
Athlete(s) Event / / Total Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari Men44.6230Did not qualify44.6230 Kiira Korpi Ladies'52.9617108.6111161.5711 Laura Lepistö Ladies'61.3610126.614187.976
Freestyle skiing
AthleteEventQualifyingFinalPointsRankPointsRankArttu KiramoMen's moguls23.7812 Q22.7616Tapio LuusuaMen's moguls22.8321Did not advanceMikko RonkainenMen's moguls23.0020 Q23.5014
Ski cross AthleteEventQualifying1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRankJuha HaukkalaMen's ski cross1:14.6622 Q3Did not advance
Ice hockey
Men's tournament
Roster
Group play Finland played in Group C. Round-robin All times are local (UTC-8).
Standings
Final rounds Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal game
Women's tournament
Roster
Group play Finland played in Group B.
Round-robin All times are local (UTC-8).
Final rounds Semifinal
Bronze medal game
Nordic combined
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-CountryPointsRankDeficitTimeRankAnssi KoivurantaIndividual normal hill/10 km122.080:5425:22.98Individual large hill/10 km66.3444:03Did not finishHannu ManninenIndividual normal hill/10 km116.0221:1825:12.413Individual large hill/10 km107.7161:1724:49.04Janne RyynänenIndividual normal hill/10 km135.51 -27:21.626Individual large hill/10 km117.030:4026:00.912Jaakko TallusIndividual normal hill/10 km119.5191:0427:21.138Individual large hill/10 km95.8252:0526:51.132Anssi KoivurantaHannu ManninenJanne RyynänenJaakko TallusTeam507.0132.0120.5134.2120.31 -51:53.113:12.913:20.812:32.612:46.87
Ski jumping
AthleteEventQualifyingFirst roundFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsTotalRankJanne AhonenNormal hillPrequalified129.55 Q133.5263.04Large hillPrequalified111.016 Q111.0DNS31Janne HapponenNormal hill133.08 Q117.525 Q124.0241.519Large hill128.413 QDisqualifiedMatti HautamäkiLarge hillPrequalified121.57 Q134.0202.426Kalle KeituriNormal hill130.011 Q116.027 Q122.0238.022Harri OlliNormal hill133.56 QDisqualifiedLarge hill135.69 Q95.630 Q122.2217.818Matti HautamäkiJanne HapponenKalle KeituriHarri OlliTeamn/a490.2129.8109.5108.4131.74 Q524.4123.5112.2126.6132.11014.64
Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.
Snowboarding
Halfpipe AthleteEventQualifyingSemifinalFinalRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankJanne KorpiMen's halfpipe26.515.611Did not advance24Markku KoskiMen's halfpipe36.941.34 QFAdvanced to final36.425.06Markus MalinMen's halfpipe32.836.78 QS42.921.91 Q16.718.611Peetu PiiroinenMen's halfpipe44.045.11 QAdvanced to final40.845.0
Parallel GS AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankIlona RuotsalainenWomen's parallel giant slalom1:26.6623Did not advance23
Speed skating
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPekka KoskelaMen's 500 m35.9432836.5353672.47833Tuomas NieminenMen's 500 m35.9402736.0472771.98727Men's 1000 mn/a1:12.2634Mika PoutalaMen's 500 m34.863135.1811170.0445Men's 1000 mn/a1:09.858Markus PuolakkaMen's 500 m36.1523236.2043172.35630
See also
Finland at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
References