Finland at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Finland
games=1992 Summer
competitors=88 (60 men and 28 women)
sports=16
flagbearer=Harri Koskela
gold=1
silver=2
bronze=2
total=5
rank=29

Finland competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Medalists

Gold

* Mikko Kolehmainen — Canoeing, Men's K1 500 m Kayak Singles

Silver

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

* Jari Lipponen, Tomi Poikolainen, and Ismo Falck — Archery, Men's Team Competition

Bronze

* Jyri Kjäll — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

* Antti Kasvio — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle----

Results by event

=Archery=

The Finnish team sent only men to the 1992 archery tournament. Individually, only Jari Lipponen had much success, taking eighth place after losing in the quarterfinal. As a team, however, the Finnish men were very successful, losing the final match to Spain by only two points to finish with a silver medal.

Men's Individual Competition:
* Jari Lipponen — Quarterfinal, 8th place (2-1)
* Tomi Poikolainen — Round of 32, 24th place (0-1)
* Ismo Falck — Ranking round, 57th place (0-0)

Men's Team Competition:
* Lipponen, Poikolainen, and Falck — Final (→ Silver Medal)

=Athletics=

Men's 5,000 metres
*Risto Ulmala:* Heat — 13:52.52 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres
*Risto Ulmala:* Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Marathon
* Harri Hänninen — 2:15.19 (→ 11th place)

Men's 110m Hurdles
* Arto Bryggare :* Heats — 13.92 (→ did not advance)

Men's 50 km Walk
*Valentin Kononen — 3:57:21 (→ 7th place)

Men's Javelin Throw
*Seppo Räty :* Qualification — 80.24 m:* Final — 86.60 m (→ Silver Medal)

*Kimmo Kinnunen :* Qualification — 80.22 m:* Final — 82.62 m (→ 4th place)

*Juha Laukkanen :* Qualification — 79.78 m:* Final — 79.20 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Shot Put
*Antero Paljakka :* Qualification — 18.42 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000 metres
*Päivi Tikkanen:* Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Women's 10 km Walk
*Sari Essayah — 45:08 (→ 4th place)

Women's Marathon
* Ritva Lemettinen — 2:41.48 (→ 14th place)

Women's Heptathlon
* Tina Rättyä :* Final Result — 5993 points (→ 20th place)

* Satu Marianne Ruotsalainen :* Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)

=Cycling=

Women's Individual Road Race
*Tea Vikstedt-Nyman:*Final — 2:05:03 (→ 25th place)

=Sailing=

Men's 470 Class
*Petri Leskinen and Mika Aarnikka:* Final Ranking — 69.7 points (→ 4th place)

Women's 470 Class
*Katri Laike and Anna-Marita Slunga:* Final Ranking — 89.7 points (→ 10th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 50 m Freestyle
* Janne Blomqvist:* Heat – 23.63 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle
* Janne Blomqvist:* Heat – 51.86 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle
* Antti Kasvio:* Heat – 1:48.31 :* Final – 1:47.63 (→ Bronze Medal)

* Vesa Hanski:* Heat – 1:53.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle
* Antti Kasvio:* Heat – 3:51.74 :* B-Final – 3:50.06 (→ 9th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke
* Petri Suominen:* Heat – 1:03.75 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke
* Petri Suominen:* Heat – 2:18.01 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

* Petteri Lehtinen:* Heat – 2:20.27 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly
* Jani Sievinen:* Heat – 54.57:* B-Final – 54.93 (→ 13th place)

* Vesa Hanski:* Heat – 55.81 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly
* Vesa Hanski:* Heat – 2:02.75 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

* Kristian Johansson:* Heat – 2:05.71 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* Jani Sievinen:* Heat – 2:01.18:* Final – 2:01.28 (→ 4th place)

* Petteri Lehtinen:* Heat – 2:05.65 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley
* Petteri Lehtinen:* Heat – 4:22.10:* B-Final – 4:22.10 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
* Jani Sievinen, Janne Vermasheina, Janne Blomqvist, and Vesa Hanski:* Heat – 3:25.47 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
* Minna Salmela:* Heat – 27.00 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

* Marja Pärssinen:* Heat – 27.49 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle
* Minna Salmela:* Heat – 58.04 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

* Marja Pärssinen:* Heat – 59.46 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke
* Anne Lackman:* Heat – 1:06.48 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke
* Riikka Ukkola:* Heat – 1:15.56 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly
* Marja Pärssinen:* Heat – 1:03.94 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

=Synchronized Swimming=

Women's Solo
*Liisa Laurila

=Weightlifting=

Men's Lightweight
*Jouni Grönman

Men's Middle-Heavyweight
*Keijo Tahvanainen
*Janne Kanerva

Men's Heavyweight
*Arto Savonen

=Wrestling=

Men's Flyweight (Greco-Roman)
*Ismo Kamesaki

Men's Bantamweight (Greco-Roman)
*Keijo Pehkonen

Men's Welterweight (Greco-Roman)
*Tuomo Karila

Men's Middleweight (Greco-Roman)
*Timo Niemi

Men's Light-Heavyweight (Greco-Roman)
*Harri Koskela

Men's Super-Heavyweight (Greco-Roman)
*Juha Ahokas

Men's Middleweight (Freestyle)
*Pekka Rauhala

References

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/summer/1992/ sports-reference]