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competed at the

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, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports.

Janne Lahtela Janne Lahtela (born 28 February 1974) is a Finnish former athlete, who established himself as one of the most dominant persons in the history of moguls skiing. He is currently the head coach of Japan's freestyle skiing team. He also i ...

, a moguls freestyle skier and a defending Olympic champion, was the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies.

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Paavo Puurunen was the only Finnish biathlete who competed in Torino.

Cross-country skiing

Six men and six women participated in the cross-country skiing events, making the cross-country skiing squad the largest squad for any individual sport. ;Distance ;Men ;Women ;Sprint

Curling

Men's

Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi (born 23 November 1966 in Karkkila) is a Finnish curler and former politician. Curling career Uusipaavalniemi was the skip of Team Finland for the first time in the mid-1990s. Most (but not all) of Finland's curling med ...

(skip),

Wille Mäkelä Wille Mäkelä (born 2 March 1974 in Hyvinkää) is a Finnish curler and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.

, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Jani Sullanmaa (alternate) Finland sent a men's curling team to the Olympics, the same team which finished fifth at the

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. ;Round-robin ;Draw 1 ;Draw 2 ;Draw 4 ;Draw 5 ;Draw 7 ;Draw 8 ;Draw 9 ;Draw 10 ;Draw 11 ;Standings ;Playoffs ;Semifinal ;Final

Figure skating

Susanna Pöykiö and

Kiira Korpi Kiira Linda Katriina Korpi (; born 26 September 1988) is a Finnish figure skater. She is a three-time European medalist (bronze in 2007 and 2011, silver in 2012), the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard champion, the 2012 Rostelecom Cup champion, a two-ti ...

were selected for the women's competition. Pöykiö has won a silver at the

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(held in Torino), while Korpi's best European placing prior to the Olympics was sixth. Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Five Finnish men were entered in the freestyle competition, all in the moguls
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, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006. Since only four entrants were allowed, Tapio Luusua ended up as an alternate.

Ice hockey

Men's

The Finnish men's team finished atop its Round-robin group, which including beating both previous Olympic gold medalists, the

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, and beat the

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and

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to make the final, where it lost to Sweden to finish in the silver medal position. ;Roster ;Results ;Round-robin ;Standings ;Medal round ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Final

Women's

The Finnish women's team finished second to the

in the round-robin section of the competition, but lost to both North American teams in the medal round to end up in fourth place. ;Players Key: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PIM = Penalty minutes, GA = Goals against, GAA =

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Sv% =

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;Results ;Round-robin ;Standings ;Medal round ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal game

Nordic combined

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Ski jumping

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

;Halfpipe Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted. ;Parallel GS

Speed skating

Notes and references

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