Finland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Medalist
MedalNameSportEventDate Athletics Men's Shot Put Thomas Johanson Sailing Open 49er Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 76 kg
Archery
The Finnish archery squad in Sydney consisted of two men and one woman. None of the archers won a match.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJari LipponenMen's Individual62236L 155–161colspan=6 Miika Aulio60353L 160–163colspan=6 Katri SuutariWomen's Individual60858L 149–161colspan=6
Athletics
Men Track and road events Men's 100 m Tommi Hartonen Round 1 – 10.53 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Tommi Hartonen Round 1 – 20.82 Round 2 – 20.47 NR Semifinal – 20.88 (→ did not advance)
Men's 50 km Walk Valentin Kononen Final – DSQ
Field events Men's Shot Put Arsi Harju Qualifying – 21.39 Final – 21.29 (→ Gold Medal) Timo Aaltonen Qualifying – 20.04 Final – 18.64 (→ 12th place) Ville Tiisanoja Qualifying – 19.66 (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw Aki Parviainen Qualifying – 83.73 Final – 86.62 (→ 5th place) Harri Haatainen Qualifying – 79.93 (→ did not advance) Harri Hakkarainen Qualifying – DNF (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's Hammer Throw Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Qualifying – 69.64 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump Toni Huikuri Qualifying – 2.20 (→ did not advance) Mika Polku Qualifying – 2.24 (→ did not advance)
Combined – Decathlon Eduard Hämäläinen 100 m – 11.01 Long Jump – 7.19 Shot Put – 14.06 High Jump – 1.85 400 m – 48.14 100 m Hurdles – 14.37 Discus Throw – 35.98 Pole Vault – 4.80 Javelin Throw – 47.11 1,500 m – 04:54.18 Points – 7520.00 (→ 24th place) Aki Heikkinen 100 m – 11.15 Long Jump – NM Shot Put – 13.37 High Jump – DNS
Women Track Women's 100 m Heidi Hannula Round 1 – 11.68 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m Johanna Manninen Round 1 – 23.40 Round 2 – 23.41 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Hurdles Manuela Bosco Round 1 – 13.51 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m Manuela Bosco, Heidi Hannula, Sanna Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen Round 1 – 43.66 Semifinal – 43.50 (→ did not advance)
Field events Women's Javelin Throw Mikaela Ingberg Qualifying – 60.85 Final – 58.56 (→ 9th place) Taina Uppa Qualifying – 57.39 (→ did not advance)
Women's Hammer Throw Mia Strömmer Qualifying – 59.43 (→ did not advance) Sini Pöyry Qualifying – 63.80 Final – 62.49 (→ 12th place)
Combined – Heptathlon Women's Heptathlon Tiia Hautala 100 m Hurdles – 13.62 High Jump – 1.78 Shot Put – 13.31 200 m – 25.00 Long Jump – 6.12 Javelin Throw – 45.40 800 m – 02:14.90 Points – 6173 (→ 8th place) Susanna Rajamäki 100 m Hurdles – 13.60 High Jump – 1.66 Shot Put – 13.87 200 m – 24.03 Long Jump – 6.36 Javelin Throw – 37.00 800 m – 02:18.47 Points – 6021 (→ 13th place)
Badminton
Men's Singles Jyri Aalto Round of 64: Bye Round of 32: Lost to Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia
Women's Singles Anu Weckström Round of 64: Bye Round of 32: Lost to Kanako Yonekura of Japan
Boxing
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Joni Turunen Round 1 – Lost to Falk Huste of Germany (→ did not advance)
Canoeing
Flatwater Men's Kayak Singles 500 m Kimmo Latvamäki Qualifying Heat – 01:42.535 Semifinal – 01:41.640 (→ did not advance)
Cycling
Road Women's Road Race Pia Sundstedt Final – 3:06:31 (→ 21st place)
Track Women's Sprint Mira Kasslin Qualifying – 12.194 1/8 Finals – Lost to Félicia Ballanger of France (→ did not advance) 1/8 Finals Repechage – Heat 1; 3rd place Final 9-12 – (→ 11th place)
Women's 500 m Time Trial Mira Kasslin Final – 37.145 (→ 17th place)
Diving
Men's 3 Metre Springboard Jukka Piekkanen Preliminary – 373.41 (→ 20th place, did not advance)
Men's 3 Metre Springboard Joona Puhakka Preliminary – 332.58 (→ 30th place, did not advance)
Sailing
Eight men and two women competed for Finland in the Sailing competition. They won one gold medal.
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470) Petri Leskinen and Kristian Heinilä Race 1 – (25) Race 2 – 23 Race 3 – 10 Race 4 – 3 Race 5 – 17 Race 6 – 4 Race 7 – 23 Race 8 – 20 Race 9 – (28) Race 10 – 3 Race 11 – 24 Final – 127 (→ 16th place)
Men's Laser Roope Suomalainen Race 1 – (44) DSQ Race 2 – 13 Race 3 – 5 Race 4 – 16 Race 5 – 18 Race 6 – 3 Race 7 – 14 Race 8 – 23 Race 9 – (25) Race 10 – 19 Race 11 – 16 Final – 127 (→ 17th place)
Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling) Erkki Heinonen, Jali Makilä and Sami Tamminen Did not advance to round robin.
Women's Mistral Minna Aalto Race 1 – 9 Race 2 – 18 Race 3 – 20 Race 4 – 12 Race 5 – (21) Race 6 – 7 Race 7 – 15 Race 8 – 12 Race 9 – 17 Race 10 – 11 Race 11 – (30) DSQ Final – 121 (→ 15th place)
Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe) Sari Multala Race 1 – 2 Race 2 – 7 Race 3 – (16) Race 4 – 12 Race 5 – (20) Race 6 – 12 Race 7 – 9 Race 8 – 4 Race 9 – 7 Race 10 – 2 Race 11 – 6 Final – 61 (→ 5th place)
Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er) Thomas Johanson and Jyrki Järvi Race 1 – 2 Race 2 – 7 Race 3 – 2 Race 4 – (12) Race 5 – 3 Race 6 – 4 Race 7 – 10 Race 8 – 6 Race 9 – 2 Race 10 – 4 Race 11 – 7 Race 12 – 2 Race 13 – 3 Race 14 – 1 Race 15 – 2 Race 16 – (13) Final – 55 (→ Gold Medal)
Swimming
Men's 100 m Freestyle Jere Hård Preliminary Heat – 51.11 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Butterfly Jere Hård Preliminary Heat – 53.67 Semi-final – 53.65 (→ did not advance) Tero Välimaa Preliminary Heat – 54.24 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Butterfly Tero Välimaa Preliminary Heat – 02:02.46 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke Jarno Pihlava Preliminary Heat – 01:02.21 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke Jarno Pihlava Preliminary Heat – 02:19.76 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley Jani Sievinen Preliminary Heat – 02:02.00 Semi-final – 02:01.46 Final – 02:02.49 (→ 8th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley Jani Sievinen Preliminary Heat – 04:25.16 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Jani Sievinen, Jarno Pihlava, Tero Välimaa, and Jere Hård Preliminary Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)
Women's 50 m Freestyle Hanna-Maria Seppälä Preliminary Heat – 26.21 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Freestyle Hanna-Maria Seppälä Preliminary Heat – 56.68 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Butterfly Marja Pärssinen Preliminary Heat – 01:01.94 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Backstroke Anu Koivisto Preliminary Heat – 01:03.44 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m Backstroke Anu Koivisto Preliminary Heat – 02:16.23 (→ did not advance)
Weightlifting
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank123123Karoliina LundahlWomen's 75 kg102.5102.5102.5——— Did not finish
References
sports-reference Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. . International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005. International Olympic Committee Web Site