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 ...

competed at the

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Medalist

Archery

The Finnish archery squad in Sydney consisted of two men and one woman. None of the archers won a match.

Athletics

;Men ;Track and road events Men's 100 m * Tommi Hartonen ** Round 1 – 10.53 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m * Tommi Hartonen ** Round 1 – 20.82 ** Round 2 – 20.47 NR ** Semifinal – 20.88 (→ did not advance) Men's 50 km Walk *

Valentin Kononen Valentin Kononen (born 7 March 1969 in Helsinki) is a Finnish former race walker. His competitive accomplishments include winning several medals in major competitions, which ranks him as one of the top Finnish performer in his sport. Kononen's m ...

** Final – DSQ ;Field events Men's Shot Put *

Arsi Harju Arsi Ilari Harju (born March 18, 1974) is a Finnish former track and field athlete who competed in the shot put. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He set his personal best of 21.39 in the qualification. In the final, Ha ...

** Qualifying – 21.39 ** Final – 21.29 (→ Gold Medal) *

Timo Aaltonen Timo Antero Aaltonen (born 11 April 1969) is a 189-cm tall Finnish shot putter who weighs 130 kg and competes for Turun Urheiluliitto, which is the same club that Paavo Nurmi ran for. He competed and won a gold medal at the 2000 European Ind ...

** Qualifying – 20.04 ** Final – 18.64 (→ 12th place) *

Ville Tiisanoja Ville Johannes Tiisanoja (born 24 December 1975 in Vantaa, Finland) is a 192-cm (6' 4") tall Finnish shot putter who weighs 119 kg (260 lbs) and competes for Kenttäurheilijat-58 in Vantaa. His personal best in the men's shot put curren ...

** Qualifying – 19.66 (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw * Aki Parviainen ** Qualifying – 83.73 ** Final – 86.62 (→ 5th place) *

Harri Haatainen Harri Juhani Haatainen (born 5 January 1978) is a Finnish javelin thrower, born in Lapua Lapua (; sv, Lappo) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located next to the Lapua River in the region of South Ostrobothnia. The town has a popula ...

** Qualifying – 79.93 (→ did not advance) *

Harri Hakkarainen Harri Tapio Hakkarainen (born 16 October 1969 in Kaavi) is a retired male javelin thrower from Finland. He set his personal best (87.82 metres) on 24 June 1995 in Kuortane Kuortane is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostroboth ...

** Qualifying – DNF (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's Hammer Throw *

Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (born 7 March 1980 in Töysä) is a Finnish former hammer thrower. The 1998 World Junior Champion, Karjalainen is the world junior record holder with 78.33 metres (7.26 kg). His personal best throw is 83.30, achieved ...

** Qualifying – 69.64 (→ did not advance) Men's High Jump * Toni Huikuri ** Qualifying – 2.20 (→ did not advance) * Mika Polku ** Qualifying – 2.24 (→ did not advance) ;Combined –

Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...

Eduard Hämäläinen Eduard Hämäläinen (born 21 January 1969 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired decathlete from Finland and Belarus. He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus after the Soviet dissolution, but changed national ...

** 100 m – 11.01 ** Long Jump – 7.19 ** Shot Put – 14.06 ** High Jump – 1.85 ** 400 m – 48.14 ** 100 m Hurdles – 14.37 ** Discus Throw – 35.98 ** Pole Vault – 4.80 ** Javelin Throw – 47.11 ** 1,500 m – 04:54.18 ** Points – 7520.00 (→ 24th place) * Aki Heikkinen ** 100 m – 11.15 ** Long Jump – NM ** Shot Put – 13.37 ** High Jump – DNS ;Women ;Track Women's 100 m * Heidi Hannula ** Round 1 – 11.68 (→ did not advance) Women's 200 m *

Johanna Manninen Johanna Katriina Manninen (born 4 April 1980) is a Finnish former athlete specializing in sprinting events. She won two gold medals at the 2007 Summer Universiade, in addition to several medals in younger age categories. Biography She competed ...

** Round 1 – 23.40 ** Round 2 – 23.41 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Hurdles *

Manuela Bosco Manuela Bosco (born 11 June 1982) is a Finnish actress and former hurdler. Biography Manuela Bosco, despite having dual citizenship (Italian and Finnish), chose to compete for Finland, She is the niece of the Finnish cross-country skier Harri ...

** Round 1 – 13.51 (→ did not advance) Women's 4 × 100 m *

, Heidi Hannula,

Sanna Kyllönen Sanna Kyllönen, née Hernesniemi (born 9 March 1971, in Kokkola) is a retired Finnish woman sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre race ...

** Round 1 – 43.66 ** Semifinal – 43.50 (→ did not advance) ;Field events Women's Javelin Throw *

Mikaela Ingberg Mikaela Johanna Emilia Ingberg (born 29 July 1974 in Vaasa) is a female javelin thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 64.03 metres, achieved in September 2000 in Berlin. She was nicknamed "Mikke" during her career. Her achievements in ...

** Qualifying – 60.85 ** Final – 58.56 (→ 9th place) *

Taina Uppa Taina Maria Ojaniemi, formerly Kolkkala, née Uppa (born 24 October 1976 in Pori) is a retired female javelin thrower from Finland. Her personal best is 64.06 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Pihtipudas Pihtipudas is a municipalities of Finland, ...

** Qualifying – 57.39 (→ did not advance) Women's Hammer Throw *

Mia Strömmer Mia Marianne Strömmer (born February 26, 1974, in Tampere) is a retired female hammer thrower from Finland. She set her personal best throw (69.63 metres) on March 24, 2001, in Potchefstroom. That mark was the Finnish records in athletics, natio ...

** Qualifying – 59.43 (→ did not advance) *

Sini Pöyry Sini Tuuli Susanne Latvala (née Pöyry, born 3 February 1980 in Kankaanpää) is a retired female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.16 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Kaustinen Kaustinen ( sv, Kaustby) is a municipaliti ...

** Qualifying – 63.80 ** Final – 62.49 (→ 12th place) ;Combined –

Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

Women's Heptathlon *

Tiia Hautala Tiia Erika Hautala (born 3 April 1972 in Pori) is a Finnish former heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος ( ...

** 100 m Hurdles – 13.62 ** High Jump – 1.78 ** Shot Put – 13.31 ** 200 m – 25.00 ** Long Jump – 6.12 ** Javelin Throw – 45.40 ** 800 m – 02:14.90 ** Points – 6173 (→ 8th place) *

Susanna Rajamäki Susanna Rajamäki (born 19 September 1979) is a Finnish athlete. She competed in the women's heptathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug ...

** 100 m Hurdles – 13.60 ** High Jump – 1.66 ** Shot Put – 13.87 ** 200 m – 24.03 ** Long Jump – 6.36 ** Javelin Throw – 37.00 ** 800 m – 02:18.47 ** Points – 6021 (→ 13th place)

Badminton

Men's Singles *

Jyri Aalto Jyri Tapani Aalto (born 11 July 1969) is a Finnish badminton player. He competed in the singles event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ' ...

** Round of 64: Bye ** Round of 32: Lost to

Wong Choong Hann Wong Choong Hann (; born 17 February 1977) is a former badminton player from Malaysia. He is the first Malaysian to win a medal in the men's singles event at the BWF World Championships. Currently he is the coaching director for the Malaysia n ...

of Malaysia Women's Singles * Anu Weckström ** Round of 64: Bye ** Round of 32: Lost to Kanako Yonekura of Japan

Boxing

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) *

Joni Turunen Joni Turunen (born 9 April 1976) is a Finnish boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''G ...

**Round 1 – Lost to

Falk Huste Falk Huste (born November 6, 1971 in Greiz, Thüringen) is a boxer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland. He is the ...

of Germany (→ did not advance)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m * Kimmo Latvamäki ** Qualifying Heat – 01:42.535 ** Semifinal – 01:41.640 (→ did not advance)

Cycling

Road

Women's Road Race *

Pia Sundstedt Pia Ann-Katrine Sundstedt (born 2 May 1975, in Kokkola) is a professional former cyclist, who competes in road bicycle racing and mountain bike racing, as well as cross-country skiing events. Sundstedt competed in the Summer Olympics for Finlan ...

** Final – 3:06:31 (→ 21st place)

Track

Women's Sprint *

Mira Kasslin Mira Kasslin (born 26 January 1978) is a Finnish cyclist. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial ...

**Qualifying – 12.194 **1/8 Finals – Lost to Félicia Ballanger of France (→ did not advance) **1/8 Finals Repechage – Heat 1; 3rd place **Final 9-12 – (→ 11th place) Women's 500 m Time Trial *

**Final – 37.145 (→ 17th place)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard * Jukka Piekkanen ** Preliminary – 373.41 (→ 20th place, did not advance) Men's 3 Metre Springboard *

Joona Puhakka Joona Tapio Puhakka (born June 23, 1982 in Kerava) is a diver from Finland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country - Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing in 2008. He won the bronze medal in the m ...

** Preliminary – 332.58 (→ 30th place, did not advance)

Sailing

Eight men and two woman competed for Finland in the Sailing competition. They won one gold medal. Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470) * Petri Leskinen and Kristian Heinilä ** Race 1 – (25) ** Race 2 – 23 ** Race 3 – 10 ** Race 4 – 3 ** Race 5 – 17 ** Race 6 – 4 ** Race 7 – 23 ** Race 8 – 20 ** Race 9 – (28) ** Race 10 – 3 ** Race 11 – 24 ** Final – 127 (→ 16th place) Men's Laser *

Roope Suomalainen Roope Samuel Suomalainen (born 6 September 1973 in Kotka) is a retired Finnish sailor, who specialized in the Laser class. He represented his nation Finland in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and has also been training throug ...

** Race 1 – (44) DSQ ** Race 2 – 13 ** Race 3 – 5 ** Race 4 – 16 ** Race 5 – 18 ** Race 6 – 3 ** Race 7 – 14 ** Race 8 – 23 ** Race 9 – (25) ** Race 10 – 19 ** Race 11 – 16 ** Final – 127 (→ 17th place) Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling) * Erkki Heinonen, Jali Makilä and

Sami Tamminen Sami Tamminen (born July 19, 1997) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward playing for Visby/Roma HK of Hockeyettan. Career Tamminen made his Liiga debut for KooKoo during the 2016–17 Liiga season, playing 29 games and scored one goal an ...

** Did not advance to round robin. Women's Mistral * Minna Aalto ** Race 1 – 9 ** Race 2 – 18 ** Race 3 – 20 ** Race 4 – 12 ** Race 5 – (21) ** Race 6 – 7 ** Race 7 – 15 ** Race 8 – 12 ** Race 9 – 17 ** Race 10 – 11 ** Race 11 – (30) DSQ ** Final – 121 (→ 15th place) Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe) *

Sari Multala Sari Multala (born 5 July 1978 in Helsinki) is a Finnish Olympic sailor, politician, member of Parliament of Finland and cabinet minister. Background Multala started sailing at the age 8 in a 24 ft keelboat however she soon switched to rac ...

** Race 1 – 2 ** Race 2 – 7 ** Race 3 – (16) ** Race 4 – 12 ** Race 5 – (20) ** Race 6 – 12 ** Race 7 – 9 ** Race 8 – 4 ** Race 9 – 7 ** Race 10 – 2 ** Race 11 – 6 ** Final – 61 (→ 5th place) Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er) *

Thomas Johanson Thomas Johanson (born 3 June 1969 in Helsinki) is a Finnish sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 49er Class with Jyrki Järvi at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Oly ...

and

Jyrki Järvi Jyrki Heikki Järvi (born 7 February 1966, in Helsinki) is a Finnish sailor and Olympic champion. Nicknamed "JJ", Järvi won a gold medal in the 49er Class with Thomas Johanson at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capit ...

** Race 1 – 2 ** Race 2 – 7 ** Race 3 – 2 ** Race 4 – (12) ** Race 5 – 3 ** Race 6 – 4 ** Race 7 – 10 ** Race 8 – 6 ** Race 9 – 2 ** Race 10 – 4 ** Race 11 – 7 ** Race 12 – 2 ** Race 13 – 3 ** Race 14 – 1 ** Race 15 – 2 ** Race 16 – (13) ** Final – 55 (→ Gold Medal)

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle *

Jere Hård Jere Hård (born 7 December 1978 in Jyväskylä, Finland)Hård's entry
on www.sports-refere ...

** Preliminary Heat – 51.11 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Butterfly *

Jere Hård Jere Hård (born 7 December 1978 in Jyväskylä, Finland)Hård's entry
on www.sports-refere ...

** Preliminary Heat – 53.67 ** Semi-final – 53.65 (→ did not advance) *

Tero Välimaa Tero Välimaa (born August 10, 1978 in Göteborg, Västra Götaland) is a retired male butterfly swimmer from Finland, who was born in Sweden. He competed for Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capita ...

** Preliminary Heat – 54.24 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Butterfly *

** Preliminary Heat – 02:02.46 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Breaststroke *

Jarno Pihlava Jarno Pihlava (born 14 May 1979 in Raisio, Finland) is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares ...

** Preliminary Heat – 01:02.21 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Breaststroke *

** Preliminary Heat – 02:19.76 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Individual Medley *

Jani Sievinen Jani Nikanor Sievinen (; born 31 March 1974) is a former medley swimmer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In winning the World Championship 200m individ ...

** Preliminary Heat – 02:02.00 ** Semi-final – 02:01.46 ** Final – 02:02.49 (→ 8th place) Men's 400 m Individual Medley *

** Preliminary Heat – 04:25.16 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley *

, and

Jere Hård Jere Hård (born 7 December 1978 in Jyväskylä, Finland)Hård's entry
on www.sports-refere ...

** Preliminary Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance) Women's 50 m Freestyle *

Hanna-Maria Seppälä Hanna-Maria Hintsa (' Seppälä born 13 December 1984) is a retired Finnish freestyle swimmer, who won the world title in the 100 m freestyle at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the co ...

** Preliminary Heat – 26.21 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Freestyle *

** Preliminary Heat – 56.68 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Butterfly *

Marja Pärssinen Marja Pärssinen (born 13 March 1971 in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a retired female butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Finland. Nicknamed ''Marde'' Pärssinen competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 ...

** Preliminary Heat – 01:01.94 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Backstroke *

Anu Koivisto Anu Elisa Koivisto (born 9 May 1980) is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Finland. She swam for Finland at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. During her swimming career, she swam to multiple Finnish championships and national records. At the 1996 Olympics ...

** Preliminary Heat – 01:03.44 (→ did not advance) Women's 200 m Backstroke *

** Preliminary Heat – 02:16.23 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

References

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*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. . *International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 12 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
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{{NOCin2000SummerOlympics Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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