Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Finland at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Finland at the; 2006 Winter Olympics
	File:Flag of Finland.svg
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Turin
Competitors	102 in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Janne Lahtela (opening) ; Markku Uusipaavalniemi (closing)
Medals; Ranked 19th	Gold 0 Silver 6 Bronze 3 Total 9
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Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports.^[3] Janne Lahtela, a moguls freestyle skier and a defending Olympic champion, was the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Tanja Poutiainen	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	24 February
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Kalle Kiiskinen Teemu Salo Jani Sullanmaa	Curling	Men's	24 February
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Mikko Ronkainen	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls	15 February
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Finland men's national ice hockey team Aki Berg Lasse Kukkonen Toni Lydman Antti-Jussi Niemi Petteri Nummelin Teppo Numminen Sami Salo Kimmo Timonen Niklas Hagman Jukka Hentunen Olli Jokinen Jussi Jokinen Niko Kapanen Saku Koivu Mikko Koivu Antti Laaksonen Jere Lehtinen Ville Nieminen Ville Peltonen Jarkko Ruutu Teemu Selänne Niklas Bäckström Antero Niittymäki Fredrik Norrena	Ice hockey	Men's competition	26 February
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Matti Hautamäki	Ski jumping	Normal hill	12 February
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Janne Ahonen Janne Happonen Matti Hautamäki Tami Kiuru	Ski jumping	Men's team	20 February
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen	Cross-country skiing	Women's team sprint	14 February
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Antti Kuisma Anssi Koivuranta Jaakko Tallus Hannu Manninen	Nordic combined	Team	16 February
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Markku Koski	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe	12 February

Alpine skiing

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Kalle Palander	Men's giant slalom	1:18.22	1:18.60	n/a	2:36.82	9
Kalle Palander	Men's slalom	53.38	disqualified
Tanja Poutiainen	Women's giant slalom	1:01.21	1:08.65	n/a	2:09.86	File:Silver medal icon.svg
Tanja Poutiainen	Women's slalom	43.05	47.74	n/a	1:30.79	6
Henna Raita	Women's slalom	44.29	48.04	n/a	1:32.33	20
Jukka Rajala	Men's giant slalom	1:20.17	1:21.23	n/a	2:41.40	22
Jukka Rajala	Men's slalom	did not finish

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Paavo Puurunen was the only Finnish biathlete who competed in Torino.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Paavo Puurunen	Men's sprint	28:57.3	2	46
	Men's pursuit	38:01.28	3	22
	Men's mass start	47:43.7	0	4
	Men's individual	56:38.9	1	12

Cross-country skiing

Six men and six women participated in the cross-country skiing events,^[5] making the cross-country skiing squad the largest squad for any individual sport.

Distance
Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Sami Jauhojärvi	15 km classical	39:15.3	9
Sami Jauhojärvi	30 km pursuit	1:17:58.1	20
Teemu Kattilakoski	50 km freestyle	2:09:26.2	43
Ville Nousiainen	50 km freestyle	Did not finish
Olli Ohtonen	15 km classical	41:47.4	48
	30 kilometre pursuit	Did not start
	50 km freestyle	2:11:54.7	52
Lauri Pyykönen	15 km classical	42:10.4	55
Tero Similä	15 km classical	40:44.5	32
Tero Similä	30 km pursuit	1:20:04.5	34
Sami Jauhojärvi Tero Similä Olli Ohtonen Teemu Kattilakoski	4 x 10 km relay	40:44.5	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Elina Hietamäki	15 km pursuit	46:20.5	33
Virpi Kuitunen	10 km classical	28:51.4	9
Virpi Kuitunen	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Riitta-Liisa Lassila	10 km classical	30:28.4	35
	15 km pursuit	44:06.1	13
	30 km freestyle	1:26:55.4	23
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	10 km classical	28:29.6	7
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	30 km freestyle	1:25:41.8	17
Kirsi Välimaa	15 km pursuit	46:25.6	34
Kati Venäläinen	10 km classical	31:04.9	43
Kati Venäläinen	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Lassila Kati Venäläinen	4 x 5 km relay	55:55.8	7

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Elina Hietamäki	Women's sprint	2:20.49	42	Did not advance					42
Sami Jauhojärvi	Men's sprint	2:28.42	61	Did not advance					61
Virpi Kuitunen	Women's sprint	2:14.83	7 Q	2:16.2	2 Q	2:16.3	3	Final B 2:18.1	5
Keijo Kurttila	Men's sprint	2:19.94	22 Q	2:25.1	5	Did not advance			23
Lauri Pyykönen	Men's sprint	2:20.21	26 Q	2:28.6	6	Did not advance			27
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Women's sprint	2:15.75	11 Q	2:20.7	6	Did not advance			26
Kati Venäläinen	Women's sprint	2:17.29	24 Q	2:18.1	6	Did not advance			29
Keijo Kurttila Lauri Pyykönen	Men's team sprint	n/a				17:21.5	4 Q	17:39.2	5
Virpi Kuitunen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Women's team sprint	n/a				17:16.8	1 Q	16:39.2	File:Bronze medal icon.svg

Curling

Men's

File:Silver medal icon.svg: Markku Uusipaavalniemi (skip), Wille Mäkelä, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Jani Sullanmaa (alternate) Finland sent a men's curling team to the Olympics,^[6] the same team which finished fifth at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.

Round-robin
Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland (Stöckli) (has hammer)	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	X	7

;Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Fenson) (has hammer)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3

;Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) (has hammer)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (Becker)	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5

;Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Kapp) (has hammer)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	5
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2

;Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	4
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	3	0	2	0	0	1	3	2	X	X	11

;Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) (has hammer)	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	8
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (Gushue)	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	7

;Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) (has hammer)	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	7
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (Trulsen)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3

;Draw 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	7

;Draw 11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (Murdoch) (has hammer)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	5

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	7	2
2	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	Brad Gushue	6	3
3	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Pete Fenson	6	3
4	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain	David Murdoch	6	3
5	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	Pål Trulsen	5	4
6	File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland	Ralph Stockli	5	4
7	File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Italy	Joel Retornaz	4	5
8	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	Peter Lindholm	3	6
9	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Andy Kapp	3	6
10	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	Sean Becker	0	9

Playoffs
Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) (has hammer)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3

;Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Uusipavaalniemi) File:Silver medal icon.svg	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	x	x	-	5
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (Gushue) (has hammer)	0	2	1	1	0	6	0	0	x	x	-	11

Figure skating

Susanna Pöykiö and Kiira Korpi were selected for the women's competition. Pöykiö has won a silver at the 2005 European Figure Skating Championships (held in Torino), while Korpi's best European placing prior to the Olympics was sixth.^[7]

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kiira Korpi	Ladies'	n/a		44.84	20 Q	92.36	14	137.20	16
Susanna Pöykiö	Ladies'	n/a		53.74	12 Q	89.48	15	143.22	13

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Five Finnish men were entered in the freestyle competition, all in the moguls^[8] Since only four entrants were allowed, Tapio Luusua ended up as an alternate.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Janne Lahtela	Men's moguls	23.77	10 Q	22.65	16
Juuso Lahtela	Men's moguls	22.31	19 Q	24.42	8
Sami Mustonen	Men's moguls	21.57	22	did not advance
Mikko Ronkainen	Men's moguls	23.38	13 Q	26.62	File:Silver medal icon.svg

Ice hockey

Men's

The Finnish men's team finished atop its Round-robin group, which including beating both previous Olympic gold medalists, the Czech Republic and Canada, and beat the United States and Russia to make the final, where it lost to Sweden to finish in the silver medal position.

Roster

{{#lst:Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's team rosters|FIN}}

Round-robin

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Medal round
Quarterfinal

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Semifinal

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Final

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Women's

The Finnish women's team finished second to the United States in the round-robin section of the competition, but lost to both North American teams in the medal round to end up in fourth place.

Players

{{#lst:Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters|FIN}}

Round-robin

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Medal round
Semifinal

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Bronze medal game

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Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Anssi Koivuranta	Sprint	121.5	3	0:17	19:17.7 +48.7	11
Anssi Koivuranta	Individual Gundersen	220.5	18	2:48	43:37.3 +3:52.7	25
Antti Kuisma	Individual Gundersen	217.5	22	3:00	42:33.8 +2:49.2	17
Hannu Manninen	Sprint	108.3	16	1:10	19:21.0 +52.0	12
Hannu Manninen	Individual Gundersen	238.0	8	1:38	41:20.2 +1:35.6	9
Janne Ryynänen	Sprint	102.5	29	1:33	20:47.6 +2:18.6	37
Jaakko Tallus	Sprint	120.9	4	0:19	18:58.1 +29.1	5
Jaakko Tallus	Individual Gundersen	257.0	3	0:22	40:01.9 +17.3	5
Anssi Koivuranta Antti Kuisma Hannu Manninen Jaakko Tallus	Team	878.6	4	0:35	50:19.4 +26.8	File:Bronze medal icon.svg

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Janne Ahonen	Normal hill	133.5	3 PQ	134.5	2 Q	127.0	261.5	6
Janne Ahonen	Large hill	136.3	2 PQ	112.3	9 Q	121.8	234.1	9
Janne Happonen	Normal hill	114.0	23 Q	116.0	26 Q	109.0	225.0	28
Matti Hautamäki	Normal hill	130.0	5 PQ	131.0	6 Q	134.5	265.5	File:Silver medal icon.svg
Matti Hautamäki	Large hill	129.6	5 PQ	117.3	7 Q	125.1	242.4	5
Risto Jussilainen	Large hill	97.2	10 Q	91.7	35	did not advance		35
Tami Kiuru	Normal hill	125.0	8 Q	113.0	31	did not advance		31
Tami Kiuru	Large hill	95.3	12 Q	108.6	13 Q	105.4	214.0	18
Tami Kiuru Janne Happonen Janne Ahonen Matti Hautamäki	Team	n/a		467.2	2 Q	509.4	976.6	File:Silver medal icon.svg

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Antti Autti	Men's halfpipe	43.5	2 Q	n/a		(28.2)	39.1	5
Janne Korpi	Men's halfpipe	9.2	42	33.5	14	did not advance		20
Markku Koski	Men's halfpipe	20.2	28	40.6	3 Q	41.5	(31.4)	File:Bronze medal icon.svg
Risto Mattila	Men's halfpipe	40.8	5 Q	n/a		(31.6)	35.8	10

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Niina Sarias	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:24.96	24	did not advance				24

Speed skating

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Janne Hänninen	Men's 500 m	35.58	35.67	1:11.25	15
Janne Hänninen	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:10.83	25
Pekka Koskela	Men's 500 m	35.58	35.51	1:11.09	10
Pekka Koskela	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:11.45	31
Mika Poutala	Men's 500 m	35.91	35.83	1:11.74	22
Mika Poutala	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:11.03	26
Risto Rosendahl	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:12.60	37
Risto Rosendahl	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:49.51	24

Notes and references

↑ "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 22 February 2009.
↑ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
↑ (in Finnish) Torino-Kisavisut - Joukkue lajeittain Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from Suomen Olympiakomitea (Finnish Olympic Committee), retrieved 26 January 2006.
↑ (in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Ampumahiihto Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
↑ (in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Maastohiihto Archived 2006-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
↑ (in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Curling Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
↑ (in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Taitoluistelu Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
↑ .(in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Freestylehiihto Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.

Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – Finland at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

[1] "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 22 February 2009.

[2] "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2009.

[3] (in Finnish) Torino-Kisavisut - Joukkue lajeittain Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from Suomen Olympiakomitea (Finnish Olympic Committee), retrieved 26 January 2006.

[4] (in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Ampumahiihto Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.

[5] (in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Maastohiihto Archived 2006-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.

[6] (in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Curling Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.

[7] (in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Taitoluistelu Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.

[8] .(in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Freestylehiihto Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.

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