Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Vancouver
Competitors	95 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Ville Peltonen (opening) Tanja Poutiainen (closing)
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies

Finland participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Peetu Piiroinen	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe	17 February
Bronze	Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 x 5 km relay	25 February
Bronze	Finland women's national ice hockey team Anne Helin Jenni Hiirikoski Venla Hovi Michelle Karvinen Mira Kuisma Emma Laaksonen Rosa Lindstedt Terhi Mertanen Heidi Pelttari Mariia Posa Annina Rajahuhta Karoliina Rantamäki Noora Räty Mari Saarinen Saija Sirviö Nina Tikkinen Minnamari Tuominen Saara Tuominen Linda Välimäki Anna Vanhatalo Marjo Voutilainen	Ice hockey	Women's tournament	25 February
Bronze	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Cross-country skiing	30 km classical	27 February
Bronze	Finland men's national ice hockey team Niklas Bäckström Valtteri Filppula Niklas Hagman Jarkko Immonen Olli Jokinen Niko Kapanen Miikka Kiprusoff Mikko Koivu Saku Koivu Lasse Kukkonen Jere Lehtinen Sami Lepistö Toni Lydman Antti Miettinen Antero Niittymäki Janne Niskala Ville Peltonen Joni Pitkänen Jarkko Ruutu Tuomo Ruutu Sami Salo Teemu Selänne Kimmo Timonen	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	27 February

Review

The Finnish Olympic Committee had set a goal of 12 medals for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and considered the result of 5 medals far weaker than expected. By discipline, it summarized in its annual report: "The most positive results were achieved in ice hockey, snowboarding and figure skating, whereas the performances in cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined and biathlon were clearly below the expected."^[1]

The central conclusions drawn by the Olympic committee on coaching issues on which to take action towards 2014 were:^[2]

• The role and leadership of head coaches were weak.
• The competence of the coaching of national sports federations was inadequate.
• The ratio of decentralized and centralized exercise was distorted.
• Know-how in mental training was weak.
• The emphasis of ski maintenance has elevated in winter sports.

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

Distance

Men

Women

Athlete[3]	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Virpi Kuitunen	30 km classical	1:33:36.7	13
Krista Lähteenmäki	10 km freestyle	27:49.4	52
	30 km classical	1:35:08.4	25
Pirjo Muranen	15 km pursuit	42:50.5	30
Riitta-Liisa Roponen	10 km freestyle	25:24.3	6
	15 km pursuit	42:14.3	19
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	10 km freestyle	25:59.5	15
	15 km pursuit	40:40.6	5
	30 km classical	1:31:38.7
Riikka Sarasoja	10 km freestyle	26:50.2	31
	15 km pursuit	42:24.4	21
	30 km classical	1:33:33.2	12
Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	4 x 5 km relay	55:49.9

Sprint

Figure skating

Finland has qualified one entrant in men's singles and two in ladies singles, for a total of three athletes.^[4]

Freestyle skiing

Ski cross

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Finnish roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009–10 team
33	G	Niklas Bäckström	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	13 February 1978	Helsinki	Minnesota Wild (NHL)
34	G	Miikka Kiprusoff	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	26 October 1976	Turku	Calgary Flames (NHL)
30	G	Antero Niittymäki	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	18 June 1980	Turku	Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)
5	D	Lasse Kukkonen	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	18 September 1981	Oulu	Avangard Omsk (KHL)
18	D	Sami Lepistö	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	17 October 1984	Espoo	Phoenix Coyotes (NHL)
32	D	Toni Lydman	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	25 September 1977	Lahti	Buffalo Sabres (NHL)
21	D	Janne Niskala	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	22 September 1981	Västerås, Sweden	Frölunda Indians (SEL)
25	D	Joni Pitkänen	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	19 September 1983	Oulu	Carolina Hurricanes (NHL)
6	D	Sami Salo	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	2 September 1974	Turku	Vancouver Canucks (NHL)
44	D	Kimmo Timonen – A	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	18 March 1975	Kuopio	Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
51	F	Valtteri Filppula	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	20 March 1984	Vantaa	Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
10	F	Niklas Hagman	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	5 December 1979	Helsinki	Calgary Flames (NHL)
62	F	Jarkko Immonen	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	19 April 1982	Rantasalmi	Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)
12	F	Olli Jokinen	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	5 December 1978	Kuopio	New York Rangers (NHL)
39	F	Niko Kapanen	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	29 April 1978	Hattula	Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)
9	F	Mikko Koivu	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	12 March 1983	Turku	Minnesota Wild (NHL)
11	F	Saku Koivu – C	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	23 November 1974	Turku	Anaheim Ducks (NHL)
26	F	Jere Lehtinen	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	24 June 1973	Espoo	Dallas Stars (NHL)
20	F	Antti Miettinen	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	3 July 1980	Hämeenlinna	Minnesota Wild (NHL)
16	F	Ville Peltonen	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	24 May 1973	Vantaa	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
37	F	Jarkko Ruutu	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	23 August 1975	Vantaa	Ottawa Senators (NHL)
15	F	Tuomo Ruutu	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	16 February 1983	Vantaa	Carolina Hurricanes (NHL)
8	F	Teemu Selänne – A	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	3 July 1970	Helsinki	Anaheim Ducks (NHL)

Group play

Finland played in Group C.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

17 February 2010 12:00

Finland

5–1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Belarus

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,639

Game reference
	Miikka Kiprusoff	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Paul Devorski Peter Ország Linesmen: Brian Murphy Milan Novak
	O. Jokinen (S. Koivu, T. Selänne) (PP) – 3:24 1–0 N. Hagman (M. Koivu, J. Pitkänen) (PP) – 17:50 2–0 2–1 20:21 – S. Kostitsyn (S. Demagin) N. Hagman (M. Koivu) – 36:52 3–1 V. Filppula (M. Koivu) – 40:23 4–1 J. Ruutu (L. Kukkonen, N. Kapanen) – 52:59 5–1
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	12

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19 February 2010 21:00

Finland

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Germany

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,662

Game reference
	Niklas Bäckström	Goalies	Dimitri Pätzold	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Brad Watson Linesmen: Shane Heyer Sylvain Losier
	T. Ruutu (J. Niskala, N. Hagman) (PP) – 4:21 1–0 K. Timonen (S. Koivu, O. Jokinen) (PP) – 24:04 2–0 K. Timonen (S. Salo, T. Selänne) (PP) – 36:03 3–0 J. Ruutu (V. Peltonen, N. Kapanen) – 47:10 4–0 J. Pitkänen (N. Hagman) (PP) – 49:01 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	24

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21 February 2010 21:00

Sweden

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Finland

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,410

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Miikka Kiprusoff	Referees: Marc Joannette Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Tim Nowak Yuri Oskirko
	L. Eriksson (N. Bäckström, M. Johansson) (PP2) – 6:41 1–0 N. Bäckström (D. Sedin) – 24:19 2–0 L. Eriksson (J. Franzén, N. Bäckström) (PP) – 38:08 3–0
	14 min	Penalties	33 min
	32	Shots	20

Standings

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	3	3	0	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Quarterfinals
Finland	3	2	0	0	1	10	4	+6	6
Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	8	12	−4	3
Germany	3	0	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source:

Final rounds

Quarterfinal

24 February 2010 19:00

Finland

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,461

Game reference
	Miikka Kiprusoff	Goalies	Tomáš Vokoun	Referees: Dan O'Halloran Brad Watson Linesmen: Yuri Oskirko Jay Sharrers
	N. Hagman (J. Niskala) (PP) – 53:34 1–0 V. Filppula (M. Koivu) (EN) – 58:25 2–0
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	31

Semifinal

26 February 2010 12:00

United States

6–1 (6–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Finland

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,602

Game reference
	Ryan Miller (out 48:29) / Tim Thomas (in 48:29)	Goalies	Miikka Kiprusoff (out 10:08) / Niklas Bäckström (in 10:08)	Referees: Dan O'Halloran Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Petr Blümel Shane Heyer
	R. Malone – 2:04 1–0 Z. Parise (P. Stastny, B. Rafalski) (PP) – 6:22 2–0 E. Johnson (J. Pavelski, R. Malone) (PP) – 8:36 3–0 P. Kane – 10:08 4–0 P. Kane (B. Rafalski) – 12:31 5–0 P. Stastny (J. Langenbrunner, Z. Parise) – 12:46 6–0 6–1 54:46 – A. Miettinen (S. Lepistö) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	25	Shots	25

Bronze medal game

27 February 2010 19:00

Finland

5–3 (1–0, 0–3, 4–0)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,322

Game reference
	Miikka Kiprusoff	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Paul Devorski Brad Watson Linesmen: Petr Blümel Yuri Oskirko
	S. Salo (PP) – 18:50 1–0 1–1 29:56 – M. Gáborík (P. Demitra, Z. Chára) (PP) 1–2 35:38 – Mari. Hossa (M. Handzuš, P. Demitra) (PP2) 1–3 38:45 – P. Demitra (Mari. Hossa) (SH) N. Hagman (K. Timonen) (PP) – 45:06 2–3 O. Jokinen (J. Ruutu) – 46:41 3–3 O. Jokinen (J. Pitkänen, M. Kiprusoff) (PP) – 48:41 4–3 V. Filppula (K. Timonen) (EN) – 59:49 5–3
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	33	Shots	22

Women's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Finnish roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[6]

Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009–10 team
G	Mira Kuisma	168	65	6 May 1987	Kuopio	Oulun Kärpät
G	Noora Räty	164	68	29 May 1989	Espoo	Minnesota Golden Gophers
G	Anna Vanhatalo	178	65	29 February 1984	Helsinki	Espoo Blues
D	Jenni Hiirikoski – A	161	60	30 March 1987	Lempäälä	Ilves Tampere
D	Emma Laaksonen – C	159	59	17 December 1981	Washington, D.C., United States	Espoo Blues
D	Rosa Lindstedt	186	78	24 January 1988	Ylöjärvi	Ilves Tampere
D	Terhi Mertanen	166	68	4 April 1981	Joensuu	Espoo Blues
D	Heidi Pelttari	166	69	2 August 1985	Tampere	Ilves Tampere
D	Mariia Posa	164	58	21 February 1988	Hyvinkää	Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs
D	Saija Sirviö	172	62	29 December 1982	Oulu	Oulun Kärpät
F	Anne Helin	170	68	28 January 1987	Helsinki	Oulun Kärpät
F	Venla Hovi	169	62	28 October 1987	Tampere	Ilves Tampere
F	Michelle Karvinen	166	70	27 March 1990	Rødovre, Denmark	HC Rødovre
F	Annina Rajahuhta	164	62	8 March 1989	Helsinki	Ilves Tampere
F	Karoliina Rantamäki	163	65	23 February 1978	Espoo	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
F	Mari Saarinen	172	67	30 July 1981	Kangasala	Ilves Tampere
F	Nina Tikkinen	170	67	6 February 1987	Salo	Minnesota State Mavericks
F	Minnamari Tuominen	165	67	26 June 1990	Helsinki	Ohio State Buckeyes
F	Saara Tuominen – A	169	65	1 January 1986	Ylöjärvi	Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs
F	Marjo Voutilainen	168	70	22 March 1981	Kuopio	Espoo Blues
F	Linda Välimäki	165	62	31 May 1990	Ylöjärvi	Ilves Tampere

Group play

Finland played in Group B.

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	3	3	0	0	0	31	1	+30	9	Semifinals
Finland	3	2	0	0	1	7	8	−1	6
Russia	3	1	0	0	2	3	19	−16	3	5–8th classification
China	3	0	0	0	3	3	16	−13	0

Source:

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

14 February 2010 16:30

Finland

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Russia

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,275

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Mary Anne Gage (Canada) Linesmen: Heather Richardson (Canada) Kerry Rumble (Canada)
	0–1 6:11 – Vafina (Burina) (PP) Sirviö (Saarinen, Välimäki) (PP2) – 9:30 1–1 Voutilainen (Rantamäki) – 23:59 2–1 Hovi (Hiirikoski) – 37:36 3–1 Tikkinen (S. Tuominen, Karvinen) – 42:25 4–1 Tikkinen (Pelttari, Karvinen) (PP) – 49:32 5–1
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	14

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16 February 2010 19:00

Finland

2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

China

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,317

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Shi Yao	Referee: Joy Tottman (Great Britain)
	0–1 18:10 – Wang L. (SH) Rantamäki (Pelttari, Lindstedt) (PP) – 29:13 1–1 Hovi – 34:02 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	43	Shots	5

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18 February 2010 14:30

United States

6–0 (4–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Finland

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,398

Game reference
	Jessie Vetter	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referee: Aina Høve (Norway)
	Chu (Ruggiero) – 8:08 1–0 Engstrom (M. Lamoureux) (PP) – 10:47 2–0 Duggan (Darwitz, Marvin) – 11:29 3–0 Darwitz (Engstrom, Chesson) – 18:03 4–0 Knight (Darwitz) – 31:48 5–0 Thatcher (J. Lamoureux, Ruggiero) – 58:22 6–0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	23

Final rounds

Semifinal

22 February 2010 17:00

Finland

0–5 (0–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,324

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Shannon Szabados	Referee: Nicole Hertrich (Canada)
	0–1 5:22 – Piper (Agosta, Hefford) 0–2 14:36 – Irwin 0–3 36:21 – Agosta (Bonhomme, Hefford) 0–4 44:23 – Irwin (Johnston, Vaillancourt) 0–5 58:57 – Ouellette (Poulin) (SH)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	11	Shots	50

Bronze medal game

25 February 2010 11:00

Sweden

2–3 (OT) (0–0, 1–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Finland

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,398

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referee: Nicole Hertrich (Germany)
	0–1 24:24 – Pelttari Rooth (Jordansson, Eliasson) (PP) – 32:24 1–1 1–2 36:02 – Karvinen (Välimäki) Rundqvist (G. Andersson, Holmlöv) (PP) – 45:09 2–2 2–3 62:33 – Rantamäki (Tuominen, Hiirikoski)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	24

Nordic combined

Jaakko Tallus in individual large hill/10 km.

Athlete[3]	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-Country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Anssi Koivuranta	Individual normal hill/10 km	122.0	8	0:54	25:22.9	8
	Individual large hill/10 km	66.3	44	4:03	Did not finish
Hannu Manninen	Individual normal hill/10 km	116.0	22	1:18	25:12.4	13
	Individual large hill/10 km	107.7	16	1:17	24:49.0	4
Janne Ryynänen	Individual normal hill/10 km	135.5	1	-	27:21.6	26
	Individual large hill/10 km	117.0	3	0:40	26:00.9	12
Jaakko Tallus	Individual normal hill/10 km	119.5	19	1:04	27:21.1	38
	Individual large hill/10 km	95.8	25	2:05	26:51.1	32
Finland Anssi Koivuranta Hannu Manninen Janne Ryynänen Jaakko Tallus	Team	507.0 132.0 120.5 134.2 120.3	1	-	51:53.1 13:12.9 13:20.8 12:32.6 12:46.8	7

Ski jumping

Athlete[3]	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Janne Ahonen	Normal hill	Prequalified		129.5	5 Q	133.5	263.0	4
	Large hill	Prequalified		111.0	16 Q	111.0	DNS	31
Janne Happonen	Normal hill	133.0	8 Q	117.5	25 Q	124.0	241.5	19
	Large hill	128.4	13 Q	Disqualified
Matti Hautamäki	Large hill	Prequalified		121.5	7 Q	134.0	202.4	26
Kalle Keituri	Normal hill	130.0	11 Q	116.0	27 Q	122.0	238.0	22
Harri Olli	Normal hill	133.5	6 Q	Disqualified
	Large hill	135.6	9 Q	95.6	30 Q	122.2	217.8	18
Finland Matti Hautamäki Janne Happonen Kalle Keituri Harri Olli	Team	n/a		490.2 129.8 109.5 108.4 131.7	4 Q	524.4 123.5 112.2 126.6 132.1	1014.6	4

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

Snowboarding

Halfpipe

Athlete[3]	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Janne Korpi	Men's halfpipe	26.5	15.6	11	Did not advance					24
Markku Koski	Men's halfpipe	36.9	41.3	4 QF	Advanced to final			36.4	25.0	6
Markus Malin	Men's halfpipe	32.8	36.7	8 QS	42.9	21.9	1 Q	16.7	18.6	11
Peetu Piiroinen	Men's halfpipe	44.0	45.1	1 Q	Advanced to final			40.8	45.0

Parallel GS

Speed skating

See also

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