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Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Finland at the
1998 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Nagano
Competitors85 (51 men, 34 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer Janne Ahonen (ski jumping)
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
2
Silver
4
Bronze
6
Total
12
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Finland was represented at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan by the Finnish Olympic Committee.

In total, 85 athletes including 51 men and 34 women represented Finland in 10 different sports including alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping, snowboarding and speed skating.

Finland won a total of 12 medals at the games including two gold, four silver and six bronze. Three of the medals came in cross-country skiing, two each in freestyle skiing, ice hockey, Nordic combined and Ski jumping and one in biathlon. Cross-country skier Mika Myllylä was the most successful Finnish athlete at the games, winning one gold and two bronze medals.

Competitors

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In total, 85 athletes represented Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan across 10 different sports.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 3 2 5
Biathlon 5 2 7
Cross-country skiing 5 6 11
Figure skating 0 1 1
Freestyle skiing 3 1 4
Ice hockey 22 20 42
Nordic combined 4 – 4
Ski jumping 4 – 4
Snowboarding 4 2 6
Speed skating 1 0 1
Total 51 34 85

Medalists

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Finland won a total of 12 medals at the games including two gold, four silver and six bronze.[1]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Mika Myllylä Cross-country skiing Men's 30 kilometre classical 9 February
 Gold Jani Soininen Ski jumping Normal hill individual 11 February
 Silver Janne Lahtela Freestyle skiing Men's moguls 11 February
 Silver Samppa Lajunen Nordic combined Individual 14 February
 Silver Jani Soininen Ski jumping Large hill individual 15 February
 Silver Samppa Lajunen
Hannu Manninen
Jari Mantila
Tapio Nurmela		 Nordic combined Team 20 February
 Bronze Sami Mustonen Freestyle skiing Men's moguls 11 February
 Bronze Mika Myllylä Cross-country skiing Men's 10 kilometre classical 12 February
 Bronze Finland women's national ice hockey team
 Ice hockey Women's tournament 17 February
 Bronze Jari Isometsä
Harri Kirvesniemi
Mika Myllylä
Sami Repo		 Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay 18 February
 Bronze Ville Räikkönen Biathlon Men's sprint 18 February
 Bronze Finland men's national ice hockey team
 Ice hockey Men's tournament 21 February

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

In total, five Finnish athletes participated in the alpine skiing events – Mika Marila, Kalle Palander, Tanja Poutiainen, Henna Raita and Sami Uotila.[1]

Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Mika Marila Men's giant slalom DNF – DNF –
Kalle Palander 1:24.02 DNF DNF –
Sami Uotila 1:23.43 1:20.02 2:43.45 19
Sami Uotila Men's slalom DNF – DNF –
Mika Marila DNF – DNF –
Kalle Palander 56.37 55.44 1:51.81 9
Henna Raita Women's giant Slalom DNF – DNF –
Tanja Poutiainen 1:24.90 1:36.76 3:01.66 26
Tanja Poutiainen Women's slalom 48.06 49.45 1:37.51 18
Henna Raita 47.18 DNF DNF –

Source:[2]

Athlete Slalom Downhill Total
Time 1 Time 2 Time Total time Rank
Kalle Palander DNF – – DNF –

Source:[2]

Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

In total, seven Finnish athletes participated in the biathlon events – Harri Eloranta, Vesa Hietalahti, Katja Holanti, Mari Lampinen, Olli-Pekka Peltola, Paavo Puurunen and Ville Räikkönen.[1]

Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Harri Eloranta 2 29:21.8 20
Paavo Puurunen 0 28:44.0 9
Ville Räikkönen 1 28:21.7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Source:[2]

Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Vesa Hietalahti DNF – DNF –
Ville Räikkönen 57:25.3 3 1'00:25.3 27
Paavo Puurunen 57:11.7 3 1'00:11.7 23

Source:[2]

Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Ville Räikkönen
Paavo Puurunen
Harri Eloranta
Olli-Pekka Peltola 		2 1'25:01.4 8

Source:[2]

Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km Sprint Katja Holanti 2 25:46.2 46
Mari Lampinen 0 23:55.2 8

Source:[2]

Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
15 km Katja Holanti 58:50.9 3 1'01:50.9 45
Mari Lampinen 55:55.2 5 1'00:55.2 32
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Source:[2]

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

In total, 11 Finnish athletes participated in the cross-country skiing events – Juha Alm, Jari Isometsä, Milla Jauho, Harri Kirvesniemi, Mika Myllylä, Anita Nyman, Kati Pulkkinen, Tuulikki Pyykkönen, Sami Repo, Satu Salonen and Kati Sundqvist-Venäläinen.[1]

Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
Men's 10 km
C 		Sami Repo 28:51.3 18
Jari Isometsä 28:36.7 15
Harri Kirvesniemi 28:22.5 13
Mika Myllylä 27:40.1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 15 km
pursuit1
F 		Sami Repo 42:38.9 20
Jari Isometsä 40:55.4 8
Mika Myllylä 40:26.6 6
Men's 30 km
C 		Sami Repo 1'42:16.8 34
Harri Kirvesniemi 1'37:45.9 6
Jari Isometsä 1'36:51.4 4
Mika Myllylä 1;33:55.8 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 50 km
F 		Juha Alm 2'25:00.2 54
Men's 4 × 10 km relay Harri Kirvesniemi
Mika Myllylä
Sami Repo
Jari Isometsä 		1'42:15.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's 5 km
C 		Kati Pulkkinen 19:48.0 57
Anita Nyman 19:45.0 56
Satu Salonen 18:43.4 18
Tuulikki Pyykkönen 18:42.8 17
Women's 10 km
pursuit2
F 		Kati Pulkkinen 33:43.5 51
Anita Nyman 32:53.7 44
Satu Salonen 30:32.0 16
Women's 15 km
C 		Kati Sundqvist-Venäläinen 52:14.1 41
Milla Jauho 51:38.6 31
Satu Salonen 49:27.6 18
Tuulikki Pyykkönen 49:13.5 12
Women's 30 km
F 		Milla Jauho 1'35:39.2 50
Women's 4 × 5 km relay Tuulikki Pyykkönen
Milla Jauho
Satu Salonen
Anita Nyman 		57:34.3 7
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Source:[2]

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

In total, one Finnish athlete participated in the figure skating events – Alisa Drei in the women's singles.[1]

Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Alisa Drei 20 19 29.0 21

Source:[2]

Freestyle skiing

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Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

In total, four Finnish athletes participated in the freestyle skiing events – Janne Lahtela, Lauri Lassila and Sami Mustonen in the men's moguls and Minna Karhu in the women's moguls.[1]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Lauri Lassila Men's moguls 29.03 24.53 9 Q 26.17 25.43 5
Sami Mustonen 27.47 25.16 3 Q 26.77 25.76 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Janne Lahtela 27.58 25.43 2 Q 25.30 26.00 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Minna Karhu Women's moguls 35.40 22.39 10 Q 33.65 23.83 6

Source:[2]

Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics

In total, 42 Finnish athletes participated in the ice hockey events – Aki-Petteri Berg, Tuomas Grönman, Raimo Helminen, Sami Kapanen, Saku Koivu, Jari Kurri, Janne Laukkanen, Jere Lehtinen, Juha Lind, Jyrki Lumme, Jarmo Myllys, Mika Nieminen, Janne Niinimaa, Teppo Numminen, Ville Peltonen, Kimmo Rintanen, Teemu Selänne, Ari Sulander, Jukka Tammi, Esa Tikkanen, Kimmo Timonen, Antti Törmänen and Juha Ylönen in the men's competition and Sari Fisk, Kirsi Hänninen, Satu Huotari, Marianne Ihalainen, Johanna Ikonen, Sari Krooks, Emma Laaksonen, Sanna Lankosaari, Katja Lehto, Marika Lehtimäki, Riikka Nieminen, Marja-Helena Pälvilä, Tuula Puputti, Karoliina Rantamäki, Tiia Reima, Katja Riipi, Päivi Salo, Maria Selin, Liisa-Maria Sneck and Petra Vaarakallio in the women's competition.[1]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 3 0 0 15 6 +9 6 Quarterfinals
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 4
3  Finland 3 1 0 2 11 9 +2 2
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 6 25 −19 0
Source: Olympedia
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Czech Republic 3–0  Finland
 Russia 4–3  Finland
 Finland 8–2  Kazakhstan

Source:[2]

Quarter-final
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Sweden 1–2  Finland

Source:[2]

Semi-final
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Russia 7–4  Finland

Source:[2]

Bronze medal match
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Canada 2–3  Finland

Source:[2]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 0 33 7 +26 10 Gold medal game
2  Canada 5 4 0 1 28 12 +16 8
3  Finland 5 3 0 2 27 10 +17 6 Bronze medal game
4  China 5 2 0 3 10 15 −5 4
5  Sweden 5 1 0 4 10 21 −11 2
6  Japan (H) 5 0 0 5 2 45 −43 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Sweden 0–6  Finland
 Finland 11–1  Japan
 United States 4–2  Finland
 Finland 2–4  Canada
 Finland 6–1  China

Source:[2]

Bronze medal match
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Finland 4–1  China

Source:[2]

Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics

In total, four Finnish athletes participated in the Nordic combined events – Samppa Lajunen, Hannu Manninen, Jari Mantila and Tapio Nurmela in the individual competition and the team competition.[1]

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
Points Rank
Hannu Manninen Individual 207.0 20 43:51.0 11
Jari Mantila 212.0 17 46:10.6 27
Tapio Nurmela 213.5 14 44:31.6 15
Samppa Lajunen 230.5 6 41:48.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Source:[2]

Athletes Event Ski jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
Points Rank
Samppa Lajunen
Jari Mantila
Tapio Nurmela
Hannu Manninen 		Team 906.0 1 55:30.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Source:[2]

Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics

In total, four Finnish athletes participated in the ski jumping events – Janne Ahonen, Mika Laitinen, Ari-Pekka Nikkola and Jani Soininen in the normal hill individual, large hill individual and the large hill team.[1]

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank
Mika Laitinen Normal hill 82.5 100.5 17 Q 81.5 98.5 199.0 20
Ari-Pekka Nikkola 83.0 101.5 15 Q 83.5 104.0 205.5 15
Janne Ahonen 86.5 110.0 8 Q 91.5 121.5 231.5 4
Jani Soininen 90.0 118.5 2 Q 89.0 116.0 234.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Janne Ahonen Large hill 106.0 91.3 37 did not advance
Ari-Pekka Nikkola 108.5 94.3 31 did not advance
Mika Laitinen 119.5 114.6 9 Q 115.5 107.9 222.5 18
Jani Soininen 129.5 130.6 3 Q 126.5 130.2 260.8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Source:[2]

Athletes Result
Points Rank
Ari-Pekka Nikkola
Mika Laitinen
Janne Ahonen
Jani Soininen 		833.9 5

Source:[2]

Snowboarding

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Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

In total, six Finnish athletes participated in the snowboarding events – Markus Hurme, Sebu Kuhlberg, Aleksi Litovaara and Jussi Oksanen in the men's halfpipe and Minna Hesso and Satu Järvelä in the women's halfpipe.[1]

Athlete Event Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Sebu Kuhlberg Men's halfpipe 33.4 23 39.7 4 QF 76.6 7
Aleksi Litovaara 39.0 5 QF 71.9 14
Jussi Oksanen 39.7 3 QF 73.6 11
Markus Hurme 41.1 1 QF 73.0 13
Satu Järvelä Women's halfpipe 31.8 11 32.0 9 did not advance
Minna Hesso 34.2 5 35.1 3 QF 70.8 6

Source:[2]

Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

In total, one Finnish athletes participated in the speed skating events – Janne Hänninen in the men's 500 m and the men's 1000 m.[1]

Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Janne Hänninen 36.58 17 36.46 19 73.04 18
1,000 m 1:12.55 21

Source:[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. 1998. Retrieved 6 July 2025 – via LA84 Foundation.
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