Finland at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Lukkarinen, MarjutMarjut Lukkarinen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km (classical)
01 ! Gold	Nieminen, ToniToni Nieminen	Ski jumping	Men's large hill (K120 90 m)
01 ! Gold	Laakkonen, RistoRisto Laakkonen Laitinen, MikaMika Laitinen Nieminen, ToniToni Nieminen Nikkola, Ari-PekkaAri-Pekka Nikkola	Ski jumping	Men's team large hill (K120 90 m)
02 ! Silver	Lukkarinen, MarjutMarjut Lukkarinen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 15 km (classical)
03 ! Bronze	Eloranta, HarriHarri Eloranta	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint
03 ! Bronze	Isometsa, JariJari Isometsa Kirvesniemi, HarriHarri Kirvesniemi Kuusisto, MikaMika Kuusisto Räsänen, JariJari Räsänen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
03 ! Bronze	Nieminen, ToniToni Nieminen	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill (K90 70m)

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Jaakko Niemi	2	29:04.0	57
	Kari Kataja	1	27:46.5	27
	Vesa Hietalahti	2	27:25.1	17
	Harri Eloranta	0	26:26.6	03 !

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Kari Kataja	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Seppo Suhonen	59:21.3	8	1'07:21.3	74
	Vesa Hietalahti	57:24.6	1	58:24.6	6
	Harri Eloranta	57:15.7	1	58:15.7	5

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Vesa Hietalahti Jaakko Niemi Harri Eloranta Kari Kataja	1	1'27:39.5	8

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Johanna Saarinen	4	28:48.6	53
	Tuija Sikiö	2	28:21.4	45
	Mari Lampinen	3	27:46.1	34
	Terhi Markkanen	2	27:20.7	28

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Johanna Saarinen	56:27.0	3	59:27.0	45
	Terhi Markkanen	54:08.9	4	58:08.9	37
	Mari Lampinen	51:44.8	6	57:44.8	31
	Tuija Sikiö	53:03.0	1	54:03.0	14

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Mari Lampinen Tuija Sikiö Terhi Markkanen	0	1'20:17.8	5

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Jari Isometsä	29:34.4	16
	Jari Räsänen	29:25.2	15
	Mika Myllylä	29:17.0	14
	Harri Kirvesniemi	28:23.3	6
15 km pursuit¹ F	Mika Myllylä	41:33.1	20
	Jari Räsänen	41:29.9	19
	Jari Isometsä	40:50.0	12
	Harri Kirvesniemi	40:34.4	11
30 km C	Seppo Rantanen	1'30:25.6	38
	Mika Myllylä	1'30:08.8	34
	Mika Kuusisto	1'28:45.6	26
	Harri Kirvesniemi	1'25:28.5	10
50 km F	Jukka Hartonen	DNF	–
	Jari Räsänen	2'14:53.6	31
	Mika Kuusisto	2'13:09.3	23
	Jari Isometsä	2'12:03.5	22

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Mika Kuusisto Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä	1'41:22.9	03 !

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen	15:33.2	31
	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	15:31.1	29
	Jaana Savolainen	15:19.9	26
	Marjut Rolig-Lukkarinen	14:13.8	01 !
10 km pursuit² F	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	30:02.5	33
	Jaana Savolainen	28:43.1	18
	Marjut Rolig-Lukkarinen	26:52.1	4
15 km C	Sirpa Ryhänen	46:06.9	22
	Pirko Määttä	45:40.5	17
	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen	44:02.7	6
	Marjut Rolig-Lukkarinen	43:29.9	02 !
30 km F	Päivi Simukka	1'34:21.7	37
	Sirpa Ryhänen	1'33:55.7	36
	Jaana Savolainen	1'32:49.4	28
	Marjut Rolig-Lukkarinen	1'27:30.9	10

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen Pirkko Määttä Jaana Savolainen Marjut Rolig-Lukkarinen	1'00:52.9	4

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Oula Jääskeläinen	23	17	28.5	19

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Susanna Rahkamo Petri Kokko	7	7	6	6	12.4	6

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Petri Penttinen	Moguls	40.40	13.71	41	Did not advance
Tero Turunen		35.69	21.40	20	Did not advance
Janne Lahtela		32.64	21.76	18	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Minna Karhu	Moguls	42.34	14.75	19	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Group A

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
United States	5	4	0	1	18	7	11	9
Sweden	5	3	0	2	22	11	11	8
Finland	5	3	1	1	22	11	11	7
Germany	5	2	3	0	11	12	-1	4
Italy	5	1	4	0	18	24	-6	2
Poland	5	0	5	0	4	30	-26	0

Finland	5:1	Germany
Finland	9:1	Poland
United States	4:1	Finland
Finland	2:2	Sweden
Finland	5:3	Italy

Final round

Quarter-finals

Unified Team

6:1

Finland

Consolation Round 5th-8th Places

Sweden

3:2

Finland

7th Place Match

France

1:4

Finland 7th

Leading scorers

Rk	Contestant	GP	G	A	Pts
4th	Teemu Selänne	8	7	4	11
4th	Hannu Järvenpää	8	5	6	11
8th	Mika Nieminen	8	4	6	10

Team Roster

Head Coach: Pentti Matikainen

Pos.	No.	Name	1991-92 team
G	1	Jukka Tammi	Ilves Tampere
G	30	Markus Ketterer	Jokerit Helsinki
D	3	Timo Blomqvist	Malmö IF
D	4	Kari Eloranta	Rögle BK
D	5	Timo Jutila	Luleå HF
D	6	Arto Ruotanen	HV71
D	7	Simo Saarinen	HIFK Helsinki
D	9	Ville Sirén	Tampere Ilves
D	12	Janne Laukkanen	HPK Hämeenlinna
D	44	Harri Laurila	JyP HT
F	8	Teemu Selänne	Jokerit Helsinki
F	11	Jari Lindroos	JyP HT
F	14	Petri Skriko	Winnipeg Jets
F	15	Hannu Järvenpää	Leksands IF
F	16	Keijo Säilynoja	Jokerit Helsinki
F	18	Pekka Tuomisto	HIFK
F	22	Timo Saarikoski	Rauman Lukko
F	25	Raimo Summanen	Tampere Ilves
F	27	Timo Peltomaa	Tampere Ilves
F	28	Raimo Helminen	Malmö IF
F	40	Mika Nieminen	Lukko Rauma
F	42	Mikko Mäkelä	TPS

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Sami Kallunki	Individual	177.5	42	+5:40.0	50:29.7	28
Pasi Saapunki		191.1	34	+4:09.4	49:03.4	20
Teemu Summanen		208.3	12	+2:14.7	49:59.4	24
Jari Mantila		216.7	5	+1:18.7	DNF	–

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps per team member were counted.)
10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athletes	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Pasi Saapunki Jari Mantila Teemu Summanen	561.2	7	+6:59.0	1'32:43.3	7

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Ari-Pekka Nikkola	Normal hill	76.0	82.6	74.5	80.2	162.8	53
Mika Laitinen		85.5	106.3	85.5	107.3	213.6	5
Risto Laakkonen		85.5	106.8	79.0	93.9	200.7	16
Toni Nieminen		88.0	112.3	84.5	104.7	217.0	03 !
Ari-Pekka Nikkola	Large hill	99.0	79.1	94.5	70.3	149.4	30
Risto Laakkonen		102.0	83.8	98.5	80.4	164.2	21
Mika Laitinen		109.5	97.8	85.5	68.2	166.0	19
Toni Nieminen		122.0	118.8	123.0	120.7	239.5	01 !

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Toni Nieminen Ari-Pekka Nikkola Risto Laakkonen Mika Laitinen	644.4	01 !

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Harri Ilkka	38.48	26
1000 m	Harri Ilkka	1:17.96	34
5000 m	Timo Järvinen	7:30.88	32
10,000 m	Timo Järvinen	14:50.75	21

References

Nations at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France

Africa	Algeria Morocco Senegal Swaziland

America	Argentina Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Costa Rica Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands

Asia	China Chinese Taipei India Japan North Korea South Korea Lebanon Mongolia Philippines

Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Romania San Marino Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

Other	Unified Team

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