Finland competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026.
Hockey player Mikko Lehtonen and cross-country skier Krista Pärmäkoski were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, figure skater Iida Karhunen was the country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.
After having rebounded from the 2024 Olympics appearance, Finland won its medals for the first time in four years, securing 1 silver and 5 bronze medals. It also marked the first time since 2010 that the country failed to win a single gold medal at the Winter Games.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing336Biathlon5510Cross-country skiing8816Figure skating123Freestyle skiing718Ice hockey252348Nordic combined33Ski jumping347Snowboarding112 Total5647103
Medalists
The following Finnish competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Eero HirvonenIlkka Herola Nordic combined Team large hill/2 x 7.5 km Eero Hirvonen Nordic combined Individual normal hill/10 km Johanna MatintaloKerttu NiskanenVilma RyyttyJasmi Joensuu Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 7.5 kilometre relay Suvi Minkkinen Biathlon Women's pursuit Ilkka Herola Nordic combined Individual large hill/10 km Ice hockey Men's tournament
Medals by dateDayDate Total511 February0011814 February0011915 February00111117 February00111319 February01011521 February0011Total015 6
Medals by sportSportTotalNordic combined0123Biathlon0011Cross-country skiing0011Ice hockey0011Total0156
Medals by genderGenderTotalMale0134Female0022Mixed0000Total0156
Multiple medalistsNameSportTotal Ilkka Herola Nordic combined011 2 Eero Hirvonen Nordic combined011 2
Alpine skiing
Finland qualified one female and one male alpine skier through the basic quota.
Men AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEduard HallbergGiant slalomSlalomElian LehtoDownhillcolspan="4" 1:53.8320Super-Gcolspan="4" 1:27.8525Jesper PohjolainenGiant slalom1:18.77301:12.10272:30.8727SlalomElian LehtoEduard HallbergTeam combined1:53.511352.1452:45.659
Women AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSilja KoskinenSlalom50.813754.49271:45.3029Rosa PohjolainenDownhillcolspan=4 1:44.0828Slalom50.2533 Super-Gcolspan="4" 1:29.1823
Biathlon
Finland qualified five female and five male biathletes through the 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup score.
Men AthleteEventTimeMissesRankTuomas HarjulaIndividual55:15.01 (0+1+0+0)15Mass start42:16.03 (0+0+2+1)15Pursuit34:16.53 (0+0+3+0)21Sprint24:36.41 (0+1)21Olli HiidensaloIndividual53:01.20 (0+0+0+0)4Mass start42:09.04 (0+1+2+1)14Pursuit34:00.34 (1+0+2+1)17Sprint24:02.40 (0+0)11Otto InveniusIndividual54:39.51 (1+0+0+0)11Mass start41:41.85 (0+0+3+2)9Pursuit34:18.92 (1+0+1+0)22Sprint25:20.14 (1+3)40Tero SeppäläIndividual58:22.56 (2+1+2+1)51Mass start43:10.17 (0+3+2+2)22Pursuit33:48.54 (1+0+2+1)15Sprint24:34.12 (1+1)18Olli HiidensaloTero SeppäläJimi KlemettinenOtto InveniusTeam relay1:22:29.312 (2+10)7
Women AthleteEventTimeMissesRankInka HämäläinenIndividual46:49.53 (1+0+2+0)56Sprint24:21.44 (3+1)77Venla LehtonenIndividual49:45.55 (2+1+1+1)79Sprint23:36.12 (1+1)63Sonja LeinamoIndividual44:44.83 (1+2+0+0)29Sprint23:52.25 (3+2)70Suvi MinkkinenIndividual44:16.42 (1+1+0+0)20Mass start39:05.11 (0+0+1+0)19Pursuit30:46.10 (0+0+0+0)Sprint21:30.40 (0+0)6Inka HämäläinenSonja LeinamoVenla LehtonenSuvi MinkkinenTeam relay1:12.51.49 (0+9)7
Mixed AthleteEventTimeMissesRankOlli HiidensaloTero SeppäläInka HämäläinenSuvi MinkkinenRelay1:06:12.07 (0+7)6
Cross-country skiing
Finland qualified one female and one male cross-country skier through the basic quota. Following the completion of the 2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Finland qualified a further seven female and six male athletes. After reallocation of declined quotas, Finland qualified one more male athlete.
Distance Men AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRankNiko Anttola10 km freestylecolspan=4 22:02.31:26.12520 km skiathlon24:06.41623:16.91947:56.01:45.018Ristomatti Hakola20 km skiathlon25:27.34526:11.25752:11.66:00.75250 km classicalcolspan=4 Emil Liekari10 km freestylecolspan=4 22:49.42:13.247Joni Mäki10 km freestylecolspan=4 22:55.12:18.948Iivo Niskanen20 km skiathlon23:49.7923:32.52547:52.61:41.61750 km classicalcolspan=4 Arsi Ruuskanen10 km freestylecolspan=4 21:50.61:14.41820 km skiathlon24:05.71422:24.1547:00.949.91150 km classicalcolspan=4 2:10:51.04:06.27Lauri Vuorinen50 km classicalcolspan=4 2:20:30.113:45.327Lauri VuorinenIivo NiskanenArsi RuuskanenNiko Anttola4 × 7.5 km relay 32:57.4 2 32:24.2 4 1:05:21.6 57.1 4
Women AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRankJohanna Matintalo50 km classicalcolspan=4 Kerttu Niskanen10 km freestyle colspan=4 25:09.0 2:19.8 2920 km skiathlon 28:04.2 6 27:04.0 7 55:39.2 1:54.0 550 km classicalcolspan=4 2:23:27.26:59.07Vilma Nissinen10 km freestyle colspan=4 25:10.6 2:21.4 3020 km skiathlon 29:54.8 34 30:09.8 43 1:00:37.7 6:52.5 40Krista Pärmäkoski10 km freestyle colspan=4 24:56.4 2:07.2 2520 km skiathlon 29:38.6 28 27:40.5 12 57:46.7 4:01.5 2050 km classicalcolspan=4 2:33:38.517:10.321Vilma Ryytty10 km freestyle colspan=4 24:40.0 1:50.8 1820 km skiathlon 28:42.8 12 28:21.7 24 57:37.3 3:52.1 15Johanna MatintaloKerttu NiskanenVilma RyyttyJasmi Joensuu4 × 7.5 km relay 39:11.0 2 37:48.5 3 1:16:59.5 1:14.7
Sprint Men AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEmil LiekariSprint3:15.019 Q3:29.285Did not advanceJoni Mäki3:16.1516 Q3:31.423Did not advanceNiilo Moilanen3:19.6934Did not advanceLauri Vuorinen3:18.2827 Q3:28.994 Q3:40.282 Q3:51.394Lauri VuorinenJoni MäkiMen's team sprint5:53.628 Qcolspan=4 18:46.6711
Women AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJasmi JoensuuSprint3:39.644 Q3:56.593Did not advanceJasmin Kähärä3:45.1213 Q4:00.495Did not advanceJohanna Matintalo3:42.8010 Q3:55.171 Q4:16.746Did not advanceAmanda Saari3:45.3415 Q4:03.865Did not advanceJasmi JoensuuJasmin KähäräWomen's team sprint6:44.862 Qcolspan=4 21:13.379
Figure skating
In the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States, Finland secured one quota in the women's singles, and one quota in the ice dance.
AthleteEvent//TotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankIida KarhunenWomen's singles65.0615 Q127.7317192.7916Juulia TurkkilaMatthias VersluisIce dance77.9612 Q118.0713196.0312
Freestyle skiing
Moguls AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 1Run 2TimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankAkseli AhvenainenMen's moguls24.0955.6771.252023.0058.2475.2819 Q26.0114.4927.4820 Did not advanceRasmus Karjalainen23.4055.0571.561923.2957.9974.6421 Did not advanceOlli Penttala23.8855.8871.741823.1948.4975.2820 Q22.2160.0378.1411 Did not advanceSeveri Vierelä23.0554.1071.082122.9956.5973.6524 Did not advance
Dual moguls AthleteEvent1/16 Final1/8 FinalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAkseli AhvenainenMen's dual mogulsL 9-26 Did not advance29Rasmus KarjalainenL 13-22 Did not advance23Olli PenttalaL 15-20 Did not advance19Severi ViereläL 13-22 Did not advance21
Park & Pipe AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankKuura KoivistoMen's big air78.2588.2580.75169.0014 Did not advanceMen's slopestyle22.0863.9363.9314 Did not advanceElias LajunenMen's big air9.009.0029 Did not advanceMen's slopestyle25.7048.8848.8818 Did not advanceElias SyrjäMen's big air82.2578.7585.75164.5015 Did not advanceMen's slopestyle64.0361.9164.0313 Did not advanceAnni KäräväWomen's big air77.7584.00161.755 Q80.5083.75164.258Women's slopestyle62.911.1662.916 Q49.6113.8063.5163.518
Ice hockey
Summary Key: OT – Overtime GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout TeamEventGroup stageQualificationplayoffQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankFinland men'sMen's tournamentL 1–4W 4–1W 11–02 QW 3–2 OTL 2–3W 6–1Finland women'sWomen's tournamentL 0–5L 0–2W 3–1L 0–54 QL 0–1 Did not advance6
Men's tournament
Finland men's national ice hockey team qualified a team of 25 players by finishing 2nd in the 2023 IIHF World Ranking.
Roster
Group play
Quarterfinals
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
Women's tournament
Finland women's national ice hockey team qualified a team of 23 players by finishing 3rd in the 2024 IIHF World Ranking.
Roster
Group play
Quarterfinals
Nordic combined
AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotalDistancePointsRankTimeRankTimeRankIlkka HerolaIndividual normal hill/10 km98.5124.6929:49.5530:21:55Individual large hill/10 km130.5141.9724:27.8224:59.8Eero HirvonenIndividual normal hill/10 km96.0123.51029:25.9130:01.9Individual large hill/10 km132.5139.3824:48.5625:31.55Wille KarhumaaIndividual normal hill/10 km94.5112.92132:47.92234:06.921Individual large hill/10 km127.5129.51326:06.81827:28.816Ilkka HerolaEero HirvonenTeam large hill/2 × 7.5 km244.0226.3440:51.5141:18.5
Ski jumping
Men AthleteEventFirst roundSecond roundFinal roundTotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankAntti AaltoNormal hill100.5124.8=20 Qcolspan=3 102.0 125.6 23 250.4 25Large hill131.0136.19 Qcolspan=3133.0135.212271.311Niko KytösahoNormal hill101.5124.0=25 Qcolspan=3101.0126.9 18 250.9 24Large hill127.0127.618 Qcolspan=3136.5129.216256.818Vilho PalosaariNormal hill100.5124.423 Qcolspan=3103.0132.66257.014Large hill131.0124.123 Qcolspan=3130.5121.722245.823Antti AaltoNiko KytösahoSuper team large hill265.0258.98 Q258.5252.110Did not advance511.09
Women AthleteEventFirst roundFinal roundTotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankHeta HirvonenNormal hill94.5111.62594.0107.624219.225Large hill120.5104.127114.0109.321213.424Minja KorhonenNormal hill91.5107.831 Did not advanceLarge hill115.090.637 Did not advanceSofia MattilaNormal hill86.093.044 Did not advanceLarge hill109.086.240 Did not advanceJenny RautionahoNormal hill92.0105.637 Did not advanceLarge hill118.5120.410121.5119.515239.912
Mixed AthleteEventFirst roundFinalTotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankHeta HirvonenVilho PalosaariJenny RautionahoNiko KytösahoMixed team381.0458.58381.0479.56938.06
Snowboarding
Park & Pipe AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2 Run 3BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankRene RinnekangasMen's big air62.7547.50110.2526 Did not advanceMen's slopestyle46.2334.6046.2320 Did not advanceEveliina TakaWomen's big air75.7563.7579.50143.2518 Did not advanceWomen's slopestyle57.9839.0357.9815 Did not advance
See also Finland at the 2026 Winter Paralympics
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