Finland at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Finland at the
1980 Winter Olympics

IOC code| FIN
NOC| Finnish Olympic Committee
Website| sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Lake Placid
Competitors| 52 (44 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer| Heikki Ikola (biathlon)
Medals
Ranked 7th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Finland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Jouko Törmänen | Ski jumping | Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
Silver | Juha Mieto | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km
Silver | Juha Mieto | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km
Silver | Hilkka Riihivuori | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 km
Silver | Hilkka Riihivuori | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km
Silver | Jouko Karjalainen | Nordic combined | Men's individual
Bronze | Harri Kirvesniemi
Juha Mieto
Matti Pitkänen
Pertti Teurajärvi | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze | Helena Takalo | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km
Bronze | Jari Puikkonen | Ski jumping | Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m)

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Misses 1 | Time  | Rank

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10 km Sprint  | Keijo Kuntola | 5  | 37:15.28  | 35
Arto Sutinen | 3  | 36:01.06  | 24
Erkki Antila | 2  | 34:32.97  | 12
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Penalties  | Adjusted time 2 | Rank

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20 km  | Raimo Seppänen | 1'13:15.67  | 6  | 1'19:15.67  | 32
Heikki Ikola | 1'10:02.16  | 5  | 1'15:02.16  | 18
Erkki Antila | 1'07:32.32  | 4  | 1'11:32.32  | 5

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Misses 1 | Time  | Rank
Keijo Kuntola
Erkki Antila
Kari Saarela
Raimo Seppänen | 6  | 1'38:50.84  | 7

1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
15 km  | Pertti Teurajärvi | 43:59.08  | 20
Kari Härkönen | 43:50.31  | 19
Harri Kirvesniemi | 43:02.01  | 8
Juha Mieto | 41:57.64  |
30 km  | Jorma Aalto | 1'32:48.10  | 26
Harri Kirvesniemi | 1'31:35.13  | 18
Juha Mieto | 1'29:45.08  | 7
Matti Pitkänen | 1'29:35.03  | 6
50 km  | Pertti Teurajärvi | 2'36:44.08  | 18
Matti Pitkänen | 2'34:09.04  | 11
Asko Autio | 2'32:25.57  | 9
Juha Mieto | 2'30:30.52  |

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Harri Kirvesniemi
Pertti Teurajärvi
Matti Pitkänen
Juha Mieto | 2'00:00.18  |

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
5 km  | Marja Auroma | 16:18.44  | 25
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 15:58.27  | 19
Helena Takalo | 15:32.12  | 8
Hilkka Riihivuori | 15:11.96  |
10 km  | Ulla Maaskola | 33:22.19  | 32
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 32:22.88  | 18
Helena Takalo | 30:45.25  |
Hilkka Riihivuori | 30:35.05  |

Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Marja Auroma
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
Helena Takalo
Hilkka Riihivuori | 1'04:41.28  | 5

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Women
Athlete  | CF  | SP  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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Susan Broman | 14  | 17  | 17  | 157.54  | 152  | 17
Kristiina Wegelius | 7  | 11  | 12  | 172.04  | 87  | 10

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics

### First Round - Red Division

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| Team advanced to the Final Round

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| Team advanced to consolation round
Team  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 10
Finland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 6
Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 6
Poland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 4
Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 3
Japan | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 1

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980
20:00| Poland | 5 – 4
(1–0, 4–3, 0–1)|  Finland| Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

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| | | | Referee:
Haley
| Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak) (PP) - 14:48| 1 – 0|

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| 1 – 1| 21:16 - Levo (Litma, Hakulinen) (PP)
Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak) - 27:13| 2 – 1|
Kokoszka (Chowaniec) - 29:52| 3 – 1|
| 3 – 2| 30:27 - Porvari (Leinonen, Suoraniemi)
Jobczyk (Małysiak, Zabawa) - 33:08| 4 – 2|
Kokoszka (Dziubiński, Marcinczak) - 34:40| 5 – 2|
| 5 – 3| 36:57 - Leinonen (Kiimalainen, Porvari)
| 5 – 4| 46:05 - Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen)
10 min| Penalties| 4 min
25| Shots| 49
14 February 1980
20:00| Japan | 3 – 6
(0–2, 2–2, 1–2)|  Finland| Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

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| | | | Referee:
Haley
| | 0 – 1| 02:02 - Hakulinen (Peltonen) (PP)

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| 0 – 2| 05:43 - Leinonen (Kiimalainen)
| 0 – 3| 22:47 - Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo)
| 0 – 4| 33:36 - Leinonen (Leinonen, Porvari)
S. Misawa (Hori, Hanzawa) - 37:57| 1 – 4|
Honma (Hori, S. Misawa) (PP) - 39:59| 2 – 4|
| 2 – 5| 43:34 - Kiimalainen
Azuma (Matsuda) - 47:38| 3 – 5|
| 3 – 6| 51:11 - Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen)
6 min| Penalties| 8 min
29| Shots| 51
16 February 1980
20:30| Canada | 3 – 4
(1–2, 0–1, 2–1)|  Finland| Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

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| | | | Referee:
Lindgren
| | 0 – 1| 04:03 - Peltonen (Suoraniemi)

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MacLean (Berry, O'Malley) - 14:22| 1 – 1|
| 1 – 2| 19:51 - Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo)
| 1 – 3| 37:07 - Koskilahti
G. Anderson (Nill, Davidson) - 46:47| 2 – 3|
| 2 – 4| 56:55 - Suoraniemi (Leppänen) (SH)
Primeau (Hindmarch, Devaney) - 57:09| 3 – 4|
16 min| Penalties| 10 min
33| Shots| 26
18 February 1980
17:00| Finland | 2 – 4
(1–0, 0–1, 1–3)|  Soviet Union| Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

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| | | | Referee:
Haley
| Porvari (Suoraniemi) - 17:44| 1 – 0|

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| 1 – 1| 36:01 - Fetisov (Makarov, A. Golikov)
Porvari (SH) - 42:38| 2 – 1|
| 2 – 2| 54:59 - Krutov (Lebedev)
| 2 – 3| 56:07 - Maltsev (Krutov, Lebedev)
| 2 – 4| 56:18 - Mikhailov (Kasatonov)
14 min| Penalties| 8 min
13| Shots| 48
20 February 1980
20:00| Finland | 10 – 3
(2–1, 2–1, 6–1)|  Netherlands| Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

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| | | | Referee:
Kompalla
| Porvari \- 10:41| 1 – 0|

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| 1 – 1| 18:13 - van Wieren (de Heer)
Leppänen (Litma, Eloranta) - 18:28| 2 – 1|
| 2 – 2| 30:25 - Klooster (deGraauw)
Villa (Koskinen, Saarinen) - 33:07| 3 – 2|
Porvari (Leinonen) - 34:12| 4 – 2|
Kurri (Litma, Leppänen) (PP2) - 42:35| 5 – 2|
Peltonen (Leppänen, Kurri) (PP) - 43:44| 6 – 2|
Koskinen (Eloranta) (PP) - 44:34| 7 – 2|
Hakulinen (Peltonen, Leppänen) - 46:10| 8 – 2|
Kurri (Eloranta, Hakulinen) (PP2) - 48:16| 9 – 2|
Haapalainen (Leinonen, Kiimalainen) - 51:03| 10 – 2|
| 10 – 3| 53:04 - Peternousek (de Heer, van Wieren)
4 min| Penalties| 22 min
42| Shots| 16

### Final round

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The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over, excluding teams who failed to make the medal round.

Team  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5
Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4
Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 2
Finland 4th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1
22 February 1980
20:42| Finland | 3 – 3
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2)|  Sweden| Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

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| | | | Referee:
Neagles
| Leinonen (Porvari, Kiimalainen) - 03:00| 1 – 0|

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Porvari (Eloranta) - 27:06| 2 – 0|
| 2 – 1| 30:25 - Weinstock
| 2 – 2| 45:24 - Jonsson (Åhlberg, Holmgren)
| 2 – 3| 46:14 - Waltin (Norberg)
Leinonen (Porvari) - 47:59| 3 – 3|
6 min| Penalties| 6 min
25| Shots| 30
24 February 1980
11:00| United States | 4 – 2
(0–1, 1–1, 3–0)|  Finland| Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

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| | | | Referee:
Vladimir Šubrt
| | 0 – 1| 09:20 - Porvari (Leinonen, Litma)

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Christoff \- 24:39| 1 – 1|
| 1 – 2| 26:30 - Leinonen (Haapalainen, Kiimalainen) (PP)
Verchota (Christian) - 42:25| 2 – 2|
McClanahan (Johnson, Christian) - 46:05| 3 – 2|
Johnson (Christoff) (SH) - 56:25| 4 – 2|
10 min| Penalties| 4 min
29| Shots| 23

Carried over group match:

* Finland 2–4 USSR

### Leading scorers

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Rank  | Player  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts

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5th  | Jukka Porvari | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11

* Team roster
* Antero Kivelä
* Jorma Valtonen
* Kari Eloranta
* Hannu Haapalainen
* Lasse Litma
* Tapio Levo
* Olli Saarinen
* Seppo Suoraniemi
* Markku Hakulinen
* Markku Kiimalainen
* Jukka Koskilahti
* Hannu Koskinen
* Jari Kurri
* Mikko Leinonen
* Reijo Leppänen
* Jarmo Mäkitalo
* Esa Peltonen
* Jukka Porvari
* Timo Susi
* Ismo Villa
* Head coach: Kalevi Numminen

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete  | Event  | Ski Jumping  | Cross-country  | Total

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Distance 1  | Distance 2  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Rauno Miettinen | Individual  | 67.0  | 72.5  | 171.9  | 24  | 50:26.9  | 195.640  | 18  | 367.540  | 23
Jorma Etelälahti | 72.0  | 79.5  | 192.6  | 14  | 50:02.4  | 199.315  | 15  | 391.915  | 13
Jouko Karjalainen | 79.0  | 81.0  | 209.5  | 7  | 47:44.5  | 220.000  | 1  | 429.500  |
Jukka Kuvaja | 68.5  | 68.5  | 155.0  | 31  | 48:32.2  | 212.845  | 7  | 367.845  | 22

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Distance  | Points  | Points  | Rank
Kari Ylianttila | Normal hill  | 76.0  | 105.8  | 72.0  | 97.4  | 203.2  | 32
Jari Puikkonen | 81.0  | 115.8  | 80.0  | 111.7  | 227.5  | 16
Jouko Törmänen | 83.0  | 119.0  | 85.5  | 124.5  | 243.5  | 8
Pentti Kokkonen | 86.0  | 126.8  | 83.5  | 120.8  | 247.6  | 5
Kari Ylianttila | Large hill  | 102.0  | 111.0  | 106.0  | 118.1  | 229.1  | 13
Pentti Kokkonen | 105.0  | 115.2  | 105.0  | 115.7  | 230.9  | 12
Jari Puikkonen | 110.5  | 126.4  | 108.5  | 122.1  | 248.5  |
Jouko Törmänen | 114.5  | 133.5  | 117.0  | 137.5  | 271.0  |

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Esa Puolakka | 39.76  | 25
Pertti Niittylä | 39.54  | 22
Jukka Salmela | 39.32  | 18
1000 m  | Esa Puolakka | 1:23.54  | 35
Jukka Salmela | 1:21.78  | 30
Pertti Niittylä | 1:18.85  | 14
1500 m  | Pertti Niittylä | 2:00.01  | 14
5000 m  | Pertti Niittylä | 7:21.51  | 17
10,000 m  | Pertti Niittylä | 15:29.98  | 19

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Anneli Repola | 44.33  | 20
1000 m  | Anneli Repola | 1:31.76  | 28
1500 m  | Anneli Repola | 2:17.81  | 21
3000 m  | Anneli Repola | 4:50.51  | 15

## References

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com

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