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{{infobox country at games
| NOC = FIN
| NOCname = [[Finnish Olympic Committee]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1980
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|sport.fi/olympiakomitea }}&nbsp;{{in lang|fi|sv}}
| location = [[Moscow]]
| competitors = 105 (99 men and 6 women)
| sports = 16
| flagbearer = [[Peter Tallberg]]
| rank = 12
| gold = 3
| silver = 1
| bronze = 4
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1908
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = [[Finland at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1906]] Intercalated Games
}}
[[Finland]] competed at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]]. 105 competitors, 99 men and 6 women, took part in 71 events in 16 sports.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/summer/1980/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040759/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/summer/1980/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Finland at the 1980 Summer Games |access-date=2011-04-20 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>
==Medalists==
=== Gold===
*[[Tomi Poikolainen]] — Archery, Men's Competition
*[[Pertti Karppinen]] — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
*[[Esko Rechardt]] — Sailing, Men's Finn Competition
===Silver===
*[[Kaarlo Maaninka]] — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres
===Bronze===
*[[Päivi Meriluoto]] — Archery, Women's Competition
*[[Kaarlo Maaninka]] — Athletics, Men's 5.000 metres
*[[Mikko Huhtala]] — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
*[[Jouko Lindgrén]] and [[Georg Tallberg]] — Sailing, Men's 470 Competition
==Archery==
{{main|Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
For the first time, Finland entered women in the Olympic archery competition. They were quite successful, with [[Päivi Meriluoto]] winning a [[bronze medal]]. The Finnish men, competing for the third time, both placed in the top eight as [[Tomi Poikolainen]] won Finland's first [[gold medal]] in archery. [[Kyösti Laasonen]], who had competed in every Olympics since the reinstatement of archery, took seventh.
'''Women's Individual Competition:'''
*[[Päivi Meriluoto]] — 2.449 points (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] '''Bronze Medal''')
*[[Capita Jussila]] — 2.298 points (→ 14th place)
'''Men's Individual Competition:'''
*[[Tomi Poikolainen]] — 2.455 points (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] '''Gold Medal''')
*[[Kyösti Laasonen]] — 2.419 points (→ 7th place)
==Athletics==
[[File:RIAN archive 585168 5,000m race.jpg|thumb|"5,000 m race" [[Kaarlo Maaninka]]]]
[[File:Moscova 1980 - 10000m.jpg|thumb|"10,000 m race" [[Lasse Virén]]]]
{{main|Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
'''Men's 1,500 metres'''
*[[Antti Loikkanen]]
** Heat &mdash; 3:40.5
** Semifinals &mdash; 3:43.6 (→ did not advance)
'''Men's 5,000 metres'''
* [[Kaarlo Maaninka]]
** Heat &mdash; 13:45.8
** Semi Final &mdash; 13:40.2
** Final &mdash; 13:22.0 (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] '''Bronze Medal''')
* [[Martti Vainio]]
** Heat &mdash; 13:45.2
** Semi Final &mdash; 13:30.4
** Final &mdash; 13:32.1 (→ 11th place)
'''Men's 10,000 metres'''
* [[Kaarlo Maaninka]]
** Heat &mdash; 28:31.0
** Final &mdash; 27:44.3 (→ [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] '''Silver Medal''')
* [[Lasse Virén]]
** Heat &mdash; 28:45.8
** Final &mdash; 27:50.5 (→ 5th place)
* [[Martti Vainio]]
** Heat &mdash; 28:59.9
** Final &mdash; 28:46.3 (→ 13th place)
'''Men's Marathon'''
* [[Håkan Spik]]
** Final &mdash; 2:22:24 (→ 32nd place)
* [[Lasse Virén]]
** Final &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
* [[Jouni Kortelainen]]
** Final &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
'''Men's 110 m Hurdles'''
* [[Arto Bryggare]]
** Heat &mdash; 13.77
** Semifinals &mdash; 13.78
** Final &mdash; 13.76 (→ 6th place)
'''Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase'''
* [[Tommy Ekblom]]
** Heat &mdash; 8:27.8
** Semifinals &mdash; 8:24.3
** Final &mdash; 8:40.9 (→ 12th place)
* [[Vesa Laukkanen]]
** Heat &mdash; 8:38.4
** Semifinals &mdash; 8:33.3 (→ did not advance)
'''Men's 20&nbsp;km Walk'''
* [[Reima Salonen]]
** Final &mdash; 1:31:32.0 (→ 9th place)
'''Men's 50&nbsp;km Walk'''
* [[Reima Salonen]]
** Final &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
'''Men's Long Jump'''
* [[Oli Pousi]]
** Qualification &mdash; did not start (→ no ranking)
'''Men's Triple Jump'''
*[[Olli Pousi]]
** Qualification &mdash; no mark (→ did not advance)
'''Men's Shot Put'''
*[[Reijo Ståhlberg]]
** Qualification &mdash; 20.53 m
** Final &mdash; 20.82 m (→ 4th place)
'''Men's Discus Throw'''
* [[Markku Tuokko]]
** Qualification &mdash; 62.14 m
** Final &mdash; 61.84 m (→ 9th place)
'''Men's Hammer Throw'''
*[[Harri Huhtala]]
** Qualification &mdash; 72.46 m
** Final Round &mdash; 71.96 m (→ 9th place)
*[[Juha Tiainen]]
** Qualification &mdash; 70.82 m
** Final Round &mdash; 71.38 m (→ 10th place)
'''Men's Javelin Throw'''
* [[Antero Puranen]]
** Qualification &mdash; 84.02 m
** Final &mdash; 86.15 m (→ 5th place)
* [[Pentti Sinersaari]]
** Qualification &mdash; 80.30 m
** Final &mdash; 84.34 m (→ 6th place)
* [[Aimo Aho]]
** Qualification &mdash; 82.12 m
** Final &mdash; 80.58 m (→ 9th place)
'''Men's Pole Vault'''
* [[Tapani Haapakoski]]
** Qualification &mdash; 5.40 m
** Final &mdash; 5.45 m (→ 9th place)
* [[Rauli Pudas]]
** Qualification &mdash; 5.35 m
** Final &mdash; 5.25 m (→ 12th place)
* [[Antti Kalliomäki]]
** Qualification &mdash; no mark (→ did not advance)
'''Men's Decathlon'''
* [[Esa Jokinen]]
** Final &mdash; 7826 points (→ 9th place)
* [[Johannes Lahti]]
** Final &mdash; 7765 points (→ 11th place)
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'''Women's 100 metres'''
* [[Helinä Laihorinne]]
** Heat &mdash; 11.70
** Quarterfinals &mdash; did not finish (→ did not advance)
'''Women's Discus Throw'''
* [[Ulla Lundholm]]
** Qualification &mdash; DNS (→ did not advance)
'''Women's Javelin Throw'''
* [[Tiina Lillak]]
** Qualification &mdash; 56.26 m (→ did not advance)
==Boxing==
{{main|Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
'''Men's Light Flyweight (&ndash; 48&nbsp;kg)'''
*[[Antti Juntumaa]]
** First Round &mdash; Defeated [[Beruk Asfaw]] (Ethiopia) after knock-out in first round
** Second Round &mdash; Lost to [[Dumitru Şchiopu]] (Romania) on points (1-4)
'''Men's Bantamweight (&ndash; 54&nbsp;kg)'''
*[[Veli Koota]]
** First Round &mdash; Bye
** Second Round &mdash; Defeated [[Fazlija Sacirovic]] (Yugoslavia) after referee stopped contest in second round
** Third Round &mdash; Lost to [[Bernardo Piñango]] (Venezuela) after diskwalification in second round
'''Men's Featherweight (&ndash; 57&nbsp;kg)'''
*[[Hannu Kaislama]]
** First Round &mdash; Lost to [[Rudi Fink]] (East Germany) on points (0-5)
'''Men's Welterweight (– 67&nbsp;kg)'''
*[[Martti Marjamaa]]
** First Round &mdash; Defeated [[Roland Omoruyi]] (Nigeria) on points (5-0)
** Second Round &mdash; Lost to [[Ionel Budusan]] (Romania) after referee stopped contest in third round
'''Men's Middleweight (– 75&nbsp;kg)'''
*[[Tarmo Uusivirta]]
** First Round &mdash; Bye
** Second Round &mdash; Lost to [[Jerzy Rybicki]] (Poland) after referee stopped contest in second round
==Canoeing==
{{main|Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
==Cycling==
{{main|Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
Five cyclists represented Finland in 1980.
;[[Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Individual road race]]
* [[Harry Hannus]]
* [[Kari Puisto]]
* [[Mauno Uusivirta]]
* [[Sixten Wackström]]
;[[Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial|Team time trial]]
* [[Harry Hannus]]
* [[Kari Puisto]]
* [[Patrick Wackström]]
* [[Sixten Wackström]]
;[[Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]
* [[Sixten Wackström]]
;Men's sprint
* [[Paul Ahokas]]
==Equestrian==
{{main|Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
==Fencing==
{{main|Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
Five fencers, all men, represented Finland in 1980.
;[[Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's épée|Men's épée]]
* [[Heikki Hulkkonen]]
* [[Mikko Salminen]]
* [[Peder Planting]]
;[[Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée|Men's team épée]]
* [[Heikki Hulkkonen]], [[Kimmo Puranen]], [[Peter Grönholm]], [[Peder Planting]], [[Mikko Salminen]]
==Football==
{{main|Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
;Men's Team Competition
*'''Preliminary Round (Group D)'''
** Lost to Yugoslavia (0-2)
** Drew with Iraq (0-0)
** Defeated Costa Rica (3-0)
*'''Quarter Finals'''
** Did not qualify
*'''Team Roster'''
** [[Olli Isoaho]]
** [[Aki Lahtinen]]
** [[Juha Helin]]
** [[Kari Virtanen]]
** [[Hannu Turunen]]
** [[Juha Dahllund]]
** [[Vesa Pulliainen]]
** [[Juhani Himanka]]
** [[Ari Tissari]]
** [[Jouko Alila]]
** [[Jouko Kataja]]
** [[Teuvo Vilen]]
** [[Raimo Kuuluvainen]]
** [[Tomi Jalo]]
** [[Jouko Soini]]
** [[Juha Rissanen]]
==Judo==
{{main|Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
==Modern pentathlon==
{{main|Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1980.
'''Men's Individual Competition:'''
*[[Heikki Hulkkonen]] &mdash; 5227 pts, 10th place
*[[Jussi Pelli]] &mdash; 5032 pts, 24th place
*[[Pekka Santanen]] &mdash; 4828 pts, 31st place
'''Men's Team Competition:'''
*Hulkkonen, Pelli, and Santanen &mdash; 15.087 pts, 7th place
==Rowing==
{{main|Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
==Sailing==
{{main|Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
==Shooting==
{{main|Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
==Swimming==
{{main|Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
'''Men's 100m Breaststroke'''
*[[Martti Järventaus]]
'''Men's 200m Breaststroke'''
*[[Martti Järventaus]]
==Weightlifting==
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
==Wrestling==
{{main|Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
==References==
{{Commons category|Finland at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
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{{Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:Finland at the Summer Olympics by year|1980 Summer Olympics]]
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