Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

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Tomi Poikolainen Tomi Jaakko Poikolainen (born 27 December 1961) is a retired Finnish archer who competed in five consecutive Olympics from 1980 to 1996. He won an individual gold medal in 1980 and a team silver in 1992, placing fifth individually in 1984. Betwe ...

Pertti Karppinen Pertti Johannes Karppinen (born 17 February 1953) is a retired Finnish rower noted for his three consecutive Olympic gold medals in single sculls in 1976, 1980 and 1984. Biography Karppinen won the world titles in 1979 and 1985 and once held th ...

Kaarlo Maaninka Kaarlo Hannes Maaninka (born 25 December 1953) is a Finnish former long-distance runner who won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres and a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He later admitted that he had used blood tran ...

Päivi Meriluoto Päivi Aulikki Aaltonen (; born 29 January 1955) is a retired Finnish archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus ...

Kaarlo Maaninka Kaarlo Hannes Maaninka (born 25 December 1953) is a Finnish former long-distance runner who won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres and a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He later admitted that he had used blood tran ...

Päivi Meriluoto Päivi Aulikki Aaltonen (; born 29 January 1955) is a retired Finnish archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus ...

Tomi Poikolainen Tomi Jaakko Poikolainen (born 27 December 1961) is a retired Finnish archer who competed in five consecutive Olympics from 1980 to 1996. He won an individual gold medal in 1980 and a team silver in 1992, placing fifth individually in 1984. Betwe ...

Kyösti Laasonen Kyösti Kalevi Laasonen (born 27 September 1945) is an archer from Finland, who was born in Kitee, Finland. Laasonen competed for Finland in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the individual event where he finished in ...

Päivi Meriluoto Päivi Aulikki Aaltonen (; born 29 January 1955) is a retired Finnish archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus ...

Tomi Poikolainen Tomi Jaakko Poikolainen (born 27 December 1961) is a retired Finnish archer who competed in five consecutive Olympics from 1980 to 1996. He won an individual gold medal in 1980 and a team silver in 1992, placing fifth individually in 1984. Betwe ...

Kyösti Laasonen Kyösti Kalevi Laasonen (born 27 September 1945) is an archer from Finland, who was born in Kitee, Finland. Laasonen competed for Finland in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the individual event where he finished in ...

Antti Loikkanen Antti Olavi Loikkanen (born 15 April 1955 in Enonkoski, Etelä-Savo) is a Finnish former middle-distance and endurance runner. Loikkanen was one of Finland's most successful 800 meter and 1500 meter runners in the beginning of the 1980s. ...

Kaarlo Maaninka Kaarlo Hannes Maaninka (born 25 December 1953) is a Finnish former long-distance runner who won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres and a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He later admitted that he had used blood tran ...

Arto Bryggare Arto Kalervo Bryggare (born 26 May 1958 in Kouvola) is a Finnish former hurdling athlete. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1995 to 1999 and 2003 to 2007. His p ...

Tommy Ekblom Tommy Uolevi Ekblom (born 20 September 1959 in Porvoo)Vesa Laukkanen ** Heat — 8:38.4 ** Semifinals — 8:33.3 (→ did not advance) Men's 20 km Walk * Reima Salonen ** Final — 1:31:32.0 (→ 9th place) Men's 50 km Walk * Reima Salonen ** Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's Long Jump * Oli Pousi ** Qualification — did not start (→ no ranking) Men's Triple Jump * Olli Pousi ** Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance) Men's Shot Put * Reijo Ståhlberg ** Qualification — 20.53 m ** Final — 20.82 m (→ 4th place) Men's Discus Throw * Markku Tuokko ** Qualification — 62.14 m ** Final — 61.84 m (→ 9th place) Men's Hammer Throw * Harri Huhtala ** Qualification — 72.46 m ** Final Round — 71.96 m (→ 9th place) * Juha Tiainen ** Qualification — 70.82 m ** Final Round — 71.38 m (→ 10th place) Men's Javelin Throw * Antero Puranen ** Qualification — 84.02 m ** Final — 86.15 m (→ 5th place) * Pentti Sinersaari ** Qualification — 80.30 m ** Final — 84.34 m (→ 6th place) * Aimo Aho ** Qualification — 82.12 m ** Final — 80.58 m (→ 9th place) Men's Pole Vault * Tapani Haapakoski ** Qualification — 5.40 m ** Final — 5.45 m (→ 9th place) *

Rauli Pudas Rauli Antero Pudas (September 13, 1954 Alavieska) is a retired male pole vaulter from Finland. His personal best jump was 5.60 metres, achieved in July 1980 in Raahe Raahe (; sv, Brahestad; ) is a town and municipality of Finland. Founded by Swe ...

** Qualification — 5.35 m ** Final — 5.25 m (→ 12th place) *

Antti Kalliomäki Antti Kalliomäki (born 8 January 1947) is a Finnish politician and former athlete. Kalliomäki is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) and was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1983 until 2011. He retired from polit ...

** Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon *

Esa Jokinen Esa Antero Jokinen (born February 19, 1958 in Kuusankoski) is a retired male decathlete from Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land ...

** Final — 7826 points (→ 9th place) * Johannes Lahti ** Final — 7765 points (→ 11th place)
Women's 100 metres * Helinä Laihorinne ** Heat — 11.70 ** Quarterfinals — did not finish (→ did not advance) Women's Discus Throw * Ulla Lundholm ** Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance) Women's Javelin Throw * Tiina Lillak ** Qualification — 56.26 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) *

Antti Juntumaa Antti Eino Juntumaa (born 10 July 1959 in Muonio, Finnish Lapland) is a retired male boxer from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he lost in the second round of the men's light ...

** First Round — Defeated Beruk Asfaw (Ethiopia) after knock-out in first round ** Second Round — Lost to

Dumitru Şchiopu Dumitru is a Romanian surname and given name. Notable people with the surname include: *Alina Alexandra Dumitru (born 1982), Romanian judoka * Alexe Dumitru (1935–1971), Romanian sprint canoer *Ion Dumitru (born 1950), Romanian footballer *Nicola ...

(Romania) on points (1-4) Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) * Veli Koota ** First Round — Bye ** Second Round — Defeated Fazlija Sacirovic (Yugoslavia) after referee stopped contest in second round ** Third Round — Lost to

Bernardo Piñango Bernardo José Piñango Figuera (born February 9, 1960) is a Venezuelan former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1990. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBA and ''The Ring'' bantamweight titles from 1986 ...

(Venezuela) after diskwalification in second round Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) * Hannu Kaislama ** First Round — Lost to

Rudi Fink Rudi Fink (born 6 June 1958) is a retired boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division (−57 kg) for East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Biography Fink took up boxing at the age of nine. He won the national title in ...

(East Germany) on points (0-5) Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) * Martti Marjamaa ** First Round — Defeated

Roland Omoruyi Roland Omoruyi (born 5 June 1959) is a Nigerian boxer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an in ...

(Nigeria) on points (5-0) ** Second Round — Lost to Ionel Budusan (Romania) after referee stopped contest in third round Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) * Tarmo Uusivirta ** First Round — Bye ** Second Round — Lost to Jerzy Rybicki (Poland) after referee stopped contest in second round

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Finland in 1980. ; Individual road race *

Harry Hannus Harry Hannus (born 20 December 1949) is a Finnish former racing cyclist. He won the Finnish national road race title seven times between 1972 and 1984. He also competed at four consecutive Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olymp ...

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Kari Puisto Kari Bertil Puisto (born 25 August 1945) is a Finnish former racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, moun ...

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Mauno Uusivirta Mauno Uusivirta (born 27 September 1948) is a Finnish former racing cyclist. He won the Finnish national road race title in 1970. He also competed at the 1968, 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longe ...

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Sixten Wackström Sixten Wackström (born 2 August 1960) is a Finnish former cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984 ...

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Harry Hannus Harry Hannus (born 20 December 1949) is a Finnish former racing cyclist. He won the Finnish national road race title seven times between 1972 and 1984. He also competed at four consecutive Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olymp ...

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Kari Puisto Kari Bertil Puisto (born 25 August 1945) is a Finnish former racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, moun ...

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Patrick Wackström Patrick Wackström (born 6 September 1958) is a Finnish former racing cyclist. He won the Finnish national road race title in 1980 and 1981. He also competed at the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Game ...

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Sixten Wackström Sixten Wackström (born 2 August 1960) is a Finnish former cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984 ...

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Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

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Sixten Wackström Sixten Wackström (born 2 August 1960) is a Finnish former cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984 ...

;Men's sprint * Paul Ahokas

Equestrian

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Finland in 1980. ; Men's épée * Heikki Hulkkonen * Mikko Salminen * Peder Planting ; Men's team épée * Heikki Hulkkonen, Kimmo Puranen, Peter Grönholm, Peder Planting, Mikko Salminen

Football

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group D) ** Lost to Yugoslavia (0-2) ** Drew with Iraq (0-0) ** Defeated Costa Rica (3-0) *Quarter Finals ** Did not qualify *Team Roster ** Olli Isoaho ** Aki Lahtinen ** Juha Helin ** Kari Virtanen **

Hannu Turunen Hannu Turunen (born 24 June 1956) is a Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national languag ...

** Juha Dahllund ** Vesa Pulliainen ** Juhani Himanka ** Ari Tissari ** Jouko Alila ** Jouko Kataja ** Teuvo Vilen ** Raimo Kuuluvainen ** Tomi Jalo ** Jouko Soini ** Juha Rissanen

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Finland in 1980. Men's Individual Competition: * Heikki Hulkkonen — 5227 pts, 10th place *

Jussi Pelli Jussi Pelli (born 4 November 1954) is a Finnish modern pentathlete and épée fencer. He fenced at the 1976 Summer Olympics and competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officiall ...

— 5032 pts, 24th place * Pekka Santanen — 4828 pts, 31st place Men's Team Competition: *Hulkkonen, Pelli, and Santanen — 15.087 pts, 7th place

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Breaststroke * Martti Järventaus Men's 200m Breaststroke * Martti Järventaus

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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Archery

Athletics

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Canoeing

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Fencing

Football

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References