Finland at the
1980 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitesport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Lake Placid
Competitors52 (44 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearerHeikki Ikola (biathlon)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
1
Silver
5
Bronze
3
Total
9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldJouko TörmänenSki jumpingMen's large hill (K120 individual 90m)
 SilverJuha MietoCross-country skiingMen's 15 km
 SilverJuha MietoCross-country skiingMen's 50 km
 SilverHilkka RiihivuoriCross-country skiingWomen's 5 km
 SilverHilkka RiihivuoriCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km
 SilverJouko KarjalainenNordic combinedMen's individual
 BronzeHarri Kirvesniemi
Juha Mieto
Matti Pitkänen
Pertti Teurajärvi
Cross-country skiingMen's 4 × 10 km relay
 BronzeHelena TakaloCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km
 BronzeJari PuikkonenSki jumpingMen's large hill (K120 individual 90m)

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
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
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
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

Men
Event Athlete Race
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Harri Kirvesniemi
Pertti Teurajärvi
Matti Pitkänen
Juha Mieto
2'00:00.18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
10 km Ulla Maaskola 33:22.19 32
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 32:22.88 18
Helena Takalo 30:45.25 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hilkka Riihivuori 30:35.05 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Marja Auroma
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
Helena Takalo
Hilkka Riihivuori
1'04:41.28 5

Figure skating

Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Susan Broman 14 17 17 157.54 152 17
Kristiina Wegelius 7 11 12 172.04 87 10

Ice hockey

First Round - Red Division

     Team advanced to the Final Round
     Team advanced to consolation round
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 5500511110
 Finland 532026186
 Canada 532028126
 Poland 523015234
 Netherlands 513116433
 Japan 50417361

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980
20:00
Poland 5 – 4
(1–0, 4–3, 0–1)
 FinlandOlympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Haley
Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak) (PP) - 14:481 – 0
1 – 121:16 - Levo (Litma, Hakulinen) (PP)
Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak) - 27:132 – 1
Kokoszka (Chowaniec) - 29:523 – 1
3 – 230:27 - Porvari (Leinonen, Suoraniemi)
Jobczyk (Małysiak, Zabawa) - 33:084 – 2
Kokoszka (Dziubiński, Marcinczak) - 34:405 – 2
5 – 336:57 - Leinonen (Kiimalainen, Porvari)
5 – 446:05 - Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen)
10 minPenalties4 min
25Shots49
14 February 1980
20:00
Japan 3 – 6
(0–2, 2–2, 1–2)
 FinlandOlympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Haley
0 – 102:02 - Hakulinen (Peltonen) (PP)
0 – 205:43 - Leinonen (Kiimalainen)
0 – 322:47 - Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo)
0 – 433:36 - Leinonen (Leinonen, Porvari)
S. Misawa (Hori, Hanzawa) - 37:571 – 4
Honma (Hori, S. Misawa) (PP) - 39:592 – 4
2 – 543:34 - Kiimalainen
Azuma (Matsuda) - 47:383 – 5
3 – 651:11 - Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen)
6 minPenalties8 min
29Shots51
16 February 1980
20:30
Canada 3 – 4
(1–2, 0–1, 2–1)
 FinlandOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Lindgren
0 – 104:03 - Peltonen (Suoraniemi)
MacLean (Berry, O'Malley) - 14:221 – 1
1 – 219:51 - Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo)
1 – 337:07 - Koskilahti
G. Anderson (Nill, Davidson) - 46:472 – 3
2 – 456:55 - Suoraniemi (Leppänen) (SH)
Primeau (Hindmarch, Devaney) - 57:093 – 4
16 minPenalties10 min
33Shots26
18 February 1980
17:00
Finland 2 – 4
(1–0, 0–1, 1–3)
 Soviet UnionOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Haley
Porvari (Suoraniemi) - 17:441 – 0
1 – 136:01 - Fetisov (Makarov, A. Golikov)
Porvari (SH) - 42:382 – 1
2 – 254:59 - Krutov (Lebedev)
2 – 356:07 - Maltsev (Krutov, Lebedev)
2 – 456:18 - Mikhailov (Kasatonov)
14 minPenalties8 min
13Shots48
20 February 1980
20:00
Finland 10 – 3
(2–1, 2–1, 6–1)
 NetherlandsOlympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Kompalla
Porvari - 10:411 – 0
1 – 118:13 - van Wieren (de Heer)
Leppänen (Litma, Eloranta) - 18:282 – 1
2 – 230:25 - Klooster (deGraauw)
Villa (Koskinen, Saarinen) - 33:073 – 2
Porvari (Leinonen) - 34:124 – 2
Kurri (Litma, Leppänen) (PP2) - 42:355 – 2
Peltonen (Leppänen, Kurri) (PP) - 43:446 – 2
Koskinen (Eloranta) (PP) - 44:347 – 2
Hakulinen (Peltonen, Leppänen) - 46:108 – 2
Kurri (Eloranta, Hakulinen) (PP2) - 48:169 – 2
Haapalainen (Leinonen, Kiimalainen) - 51:0310 – 2
10 – 353:04 - Peternousek (de Heer, van Wieren)
4 minPenalties22 min
42Shots16

Final round

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
 United States 32011075
 Soviet Union 32101684
 Sweden 30127142
 Finland 4th 30217111
22 February 1980
20:42
Finland 3 – 3
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2)
 SwedenOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Neagles
Leinonen (Porvari, Kiimalainen) - 03:001 – 0
Porvari (Eloranta) - 27:062 – 0
2 – 130:25 - Weinstock
2 – 245:24 - Jonsson (Åhlberg, Holmgren)
2 – 346:14 - Waltin (Norberg)
Leinonen (Porvari) - 47:593 – 3
6 minPenalties6 min
25Shots30
24 February 1980
11:00
United States 4 – 2
(0–1, 1–1, 3–0)
 FinlandOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Czechoslovakia Vladimir Šubrt
0 – 109:20 - Porvari (Leinonen, Litma)
Christoff - 24:391 – 1
1 – 226:30 - Leinonen (Haapalainen, Kiimalainen) (PP)
Verchota (Christian) - 42:252 – 2
McClanahan (Johnson, Christian) - 46:053 – 2
Johnson (Christoff) (SH) - 56:254 – 2
10 minPenalties4 min
29Shots23

Carried over group match:

  • Finland Finland 2–4 USSR Soviet Union

Leading scorers

Rank Player GP G A Pts
5th Jukka Porvari 77411

Nordic combined

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
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jukka Kuvaja 68.5 68.5 155.0 31 48:32.2 212.845 7 367.845 22

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jouko Törmänen 114.5 133.5 117.0 137.5 271.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
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
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

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