Sporting event delegation
Finland competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , California , United States . 86 competitors, 73 men and 13 women, took part in 76 events in 15 sports.[1]
Medalists
Archery
Defending gold medallist Tomi Poikolainen bettered his performance of four years earlier by one point, but with the return of the United States and Japan , Poikolainen's score was no longer sufficient to earn a medal and he fell to fifth place. Much the same fate befell Päivi Meriluoto , who fell two places even though she shot 60 points better than she had in 1980.
Kyösti Laasonen , in his fourth Olympic archery competition, took 28th place.
Women's Individual Competition:
Men's Individual Competition:
Athletics
Men's 1,500 metres
Antti Loikkanen
Qualifying Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 5,000 metres
Martti Vainio
Heat — 13:45.16
Semifinals — 13:30.48 (→ did not advance)
Antti Loikkanen
Heat — 13:51.47
Semifinals — 13:58.74 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
Martti Vainio
Qualifying Heat — 28:19.25
Final — finished in second place (27:51.10), but was later disqualified for the use of several performance-enhancing drugs
Men's Marathon
Men's 110 metres Hurdles
Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase
Men's High Jump
Erkki Niemi
Qualification — 2.24m
Final — 2.24m (→ 9th place)
Men's Pole Vault
Men's Javelin Throw
Arto Härkönen
Qualification — 83.06m
Final — 86.76m (→ Gold Medal )
Raimo Manninen
Qualification — 79.26m (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Tero Saviniemi
Qualification — 76.46m (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's Shot Put
Men's Hammer Throw
Juha Tiainen
Qualification — 72.68m
Final — 78.08m (→ Gold Medal )
Harri Huhtala
Qualification — 73.78m
Final — 75.28m (→ 6th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
Men's 50 km Walk
Women's 100 metres
Women's 200 metres
Women's Marathon
Women's 400m Hurdles
Tuija Helander
Heat — 57.22
Semifinal — 56.59
Final — 56.55 (→ 7th place)
Women's Discus Throw
Ulla Lundholm
Qualification — 56.44m
Final — 62.84m (→ 4th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
Tiina Lillak
Qualification — 63.30m
Final — 69.00m (→ Silver Medal )
Tuula Laaksalo
Qualification — 60.42m
Final — 66.40m (→ 4th place)
Helena Laine
Qualification — 61.80m
Final — 58.18m (→ 11th place)
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Canoeing
Cycling
Five cyclists represented Finland in 1984.
Individual road race
Team time trial
Individual pursuit
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
Equestrian
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1984.
Individual
Team
Pasi Hulkkonen
Jorma Korpela
Jussi Pelli
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Women's 100m Freestyle
Women's 200m Individual Medley
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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