Finland at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Finland
games=1988 Summer
competitors=78
sports=15
flagbearer=Jouko Salomäki
gold=1
silver=1
bronze=2
total=4
rank=25

Finland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Medalists

Gold

* Tapio Korjus — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw Men

Silver

* Harri Koskela — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Bronze

* Seppo Räty — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw Men

* Tapio Sipilä — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Results by event

=Archery=

The Finnish team did not fare as well at the 1988 Olympic archery competition as they had previously, though the men's team was almost able to capture a medal. Only one archer placed in the top eight in individual competition.

Women's Individual Competition:
* Päivi Aaltonen — 1/8 Final (→ 20th place)
* Jutta Poikolainen — Preliminary Round (→ 55th place)
* Minna Heinonen — Preliminary Round (→ 56th place)

Men's Individual Competition:
* Pentti Vikström — Final (→ 7th place)
* Tomi Poikolainen — Semifinal (→ 11th place)
* Ismo Falck — Preliminary Round (→ 27th place)

Women's Team Competition:
* Aaltonen, Poikolainen, and Heinonen — Preliminary Round (→ 13th place)

Men's Team Competition:
* Vikstrom, Poikolainen, and Falck — Final (→ 4th place)

=Athletics=

Men's Long Jump
* Jarmo Kärnä :* Qualification — 7.90m:* Final — 7.82m (→ 10th place)

Men's Hammer Throw
* Harri Huhtala:* Qualification — 77.34m:* Final — 75.38m (→ 9th place)

* Juha Tiainen:* Qualification — 73.24m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw
* Tapio Korjus :* Qualification — 81.42m:* Final — 84.28m (→ Gold Medal)

* Seppo Räty :* Qualification — 81.62m:* Final — 83.26m (→ Bronze Medal)

* Kimmo Kinnunen :* Qualification — 80.24m:* Final — 78.04m (→ 10th place)

Men's 50km Walk
* Reima Salonen:* Final — 3'51:36 (→ 18th place)

Men's Decathlon
* Petri Keskitalo — 8143 points (→ 11th place) :# 100 metres — 10.94s:# Long Jump — 7.56m:# Shot Put — 15.34m:# High Jump — 1.97m:# 400 metres — 49.94s:# 110m Hurdles — 14.25s:# Discus Throw — 41.86m:# Pole Vault — 4.80m:# Javelin Throw — 66.64m:# 1.500 metres — 4:55.89s
Women's Marathon
* Tuija Jousimaa:* Final – 2"43:00 (→ 41st place)

* Sinikka Keskitalo:* Final – 2"43:00 (→ 42nd place)

Women's Javelin Throw
* Päivi Alafrantti:* Qualification – 62.82m:* Final – 58.20m (→ 10th place)

* Tiina Lillak:* Qualification – 60.06m (→ did not advance)

* Tuula Laaksalo:* Qualification – 60.64m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon
* Satu Ruotsalainen:* Final Result — 6101 points (→ 15th place)

* Ragne Kytola:* Final Result — 5686 points (→ 21st place)

=Cycling=

Women's Individual Road Race
* Tea Vikstedt-Nyman — 2:00:52 (→ 43rd place)

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Breaststroke
* Petri Suominen
*# Heat – 1:03.58
*# B-Final – 1:04.04 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke
* Petri Suominen
*# Heat – 2:22.01 (→ did not advance, 29th place)