Finland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Finland at the
2008 Summer Paralympics

IPC code| FIN
NPC| Finnish Paralympic Committee
Website| www.paralympia.fi/en
in Beijing
Competitors| 30 in 13 sports
Medals
Ranked 40th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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Finland competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Athletes were selected by the Finnish Paralympic Committee on July 2, 2008.[1]

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Markku Niinimäki | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F53/54
Gold | Leo-Pekka Tähti | Athletics | Men's 100 metres T54
Silver | Markku Niinimäki | Athletics | Men's shot put F53–54
Silver | Jarmo Ollanketo | Cycling | Men's road race B&VI 1–3
Bronze | Jani Kallunki | Judo | Men's 66kgX1
Bronze | Leo-Pekka Tähti | Athletics | Men's 200 metres T54

## Sports

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### Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Ranking round  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Score  | Seed  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Rank
Keijo Kallunki | Men's individual compound | 675  | 11  | Bye  |  Bailey (USA)
L 110-115  | did not advance
Jean-Pierre Antonios | Men's individual compound standing | 606  | 8  | —  |  Lehner (SUI)
L 89-94  | did not advance
Osmo Kinnunen | 627  | 4  | —  | Bye  |  Murphy (CAN)
W 111-97  |  Drahoninsky (CZE)
L 97-99  |  Fabry (USA)
L 101-111  | 4

### Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Men's track

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Leo-Pekka Tähti | T54  | 100m | 13.76 WR | 1 Q | 13.81  |
200m | 24.92  | 2 Q | 25.17  |

#### Men's field

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Points  | Rank
Markku Niinimaki | F53-54  | Javelin throw | 29.33 WR | 1112  |
Shot put | 9.92 WR | 1021  |

#### Women's field

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Points  | Rank
Tiina Ala-Aho | F33-34/52-53  | Javelin throw | 11.51  | 849  | 15
Marjaana Väre | F42-46  | Javelin throw | 26.63  | 906  | 9

### Boccia

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Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opponent  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Leena Sarela | Mixed individual BC1 |  Fernandes (POR) | L 3-4  | 5  | did not advance
Vaquerizo (ESP) | L 2-3
Zhang Q (CHN) | L 2-3
Leung M Y (HKG) | L 2-3
Vesa Koivuniemi | Mixed individual BC2 |  Cordero (ESP) | L 0-15  | 4  | did not advance
Yan Z (CHN) | L 1-8
McLeod (CAN) | L 2-9
Timo Ollikka |  Uchida (JPN) | L 0-6  | 3  | did not advance
Dukovich (CAN) | L 1-4
Robinson (GBR) | W 5-2
Vesa Koivuniemi
Timo Ollikka
Leena Sarela | Mixed team BC1-2 |  Spain (ESP) | L 1-16  | 3  | did not advance
Ireland (IRL) | L 3-7

### Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Men's road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Jarmo Ollanketo
Marko Törmänen (pilot) | Men's road race B&VI 1-3 | 2:14:45  |
Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3 | 33:36.96  | 9

### Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Total

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Score  | Rank
Katja Karjalainen | Callan | Mixed individual championship test grade Ib | 65.714  | 4
Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib | 64.999  | 7

### Goalball

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Main article: Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The men's team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 12 teams.

#### Players

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* Veli-Matti Aittola
* Toni Alenius
* Jorma Kivinen
* Jarno Mattila
* Erkki Miinala
* Petri Posio

#### Tournament

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7 September 2008

Finland | 2 - 7|  Slovenia

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Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

8 September 2008

Lithuania | 15 - 5|  Finland

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Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

9 September 2008

Finland | 4 - 11|  Denmark

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Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

10 September 2008

Belgium | 5 - 8|  Finland

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Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

11 September 2008

Finland | 7 - 3|  Spain

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Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Quarterfinals

12 September 2008

China | 7 - 6|  Finland

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Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

5-8th classification

13 September 2008

Finland | 5 - 6|  Canada

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Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

7/8th classification

14 September 2008

Slovenia | 5 - 6|  Finland

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Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

### Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | First Round  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage
round 1  | Repechage
round 2  | Final/
Bronze medal contest

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Jani Kallunki | Men's 66kg |  Villemont (FRA)
W 1010–0000  |  Fujimoto (JPN)
L 0000-0101  | —  | Bye  |  Falcon (VEN)
W 1000-0000  |  Golmohammadi (IRI)
W 1000-0000
Rauno Peltoniemi | Men's 73kg |  Pourabbas (IRI)
L 0000-1011  | did not advance

### Powerlifting

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Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Result  | Rank

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Juhani Kokko | 52kg | 135.0  | 11
Janne Piipponen | 82.5kg | 172.5  | 8

### Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Finland received one national entry to the 2008 Summer Paralympics sailing events:[2]

Men

* Juhani Mattila (Single-Person Keelboat - 2.4mR)

### Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Total  | Rank
Tapani Merilainen | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 592  | 37  | did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 566  | 39  | did not advance
Veikko Palsamaki | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 596  | 25  | did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 579  | 30  | did not advance
Erkki Pekkala | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 595  | 29  | did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 584  | 12  | did not advance

#### Women

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Total  | Rank
Minna Leinonen | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 | 598  | 11  | did not advance

### Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Antti Latikka | S13  | 100m backstroke | 1:08.43  | 8 Q | 1:08.07  | 7

### Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Esa Miettinen | Men's singles C9-10 |  Leibovitz (USA)
W 3–1  |  Heijnen (NED)
W 3–0  | 1 Q |  Ma L (CHN)
L 0–3  | did not advance

### Wheelchair tennis

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Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result
Taneli Tenhunen | Men's singles |  Okur (TUR)
W 7–5, 6–3  |  Olsson (SWE)
L 1-6, 1-6  | did not advance

## See also

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* 2008 Summer Paralympics
* Finland at the Paralympics
* Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Peking 2008 paralympialaiset - Suomen joukkue" Archived 13 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Finnish), Finnish Paralympic Committee, August 19, 2008
2. ^ "National Line Up For 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition" Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, International Association for Disabled Sailing, 16 July 2008

## External links

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* International Paralympic Committee

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Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Egypt
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
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* Libya
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* Mali
* Mauritius
* Namibia
* Morocco
* Nigeria
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* Rwanda
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* South Africa
* Tanzania
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

America|

* Argentina
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* Bermuda
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
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* Cuba
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* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Haiti
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* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Panama
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Suriname
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Bahrain
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* Cambodia
* China
* East Timor
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
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* Japan
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* Kazakhstan
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* Malaysia
* Mongolia
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* Palestine
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Chinese Taipei
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Armenia
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Oceania|

* Australia
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* Samoa
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

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