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Finland is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will signify the nation's participation in every single edition at the Summer Olympics, since the nation's official debut in 1908.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 9 11
Badminton 1 0 1
Boxing 0 1 1
Cycling 0 1 1
Equestrian TBD TBD 5
Golf 1 0 1
Judo 2 0 2
Sailing 3 4 7
Shooting 2 1 3
Skateboarding 0 1 1
Swimming 1 0 1
Wrestling 2 0 2
Total 14 17 36

Athletics

Finnish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Aku Partanen Men's 20 km walk
Nathalie Blomqvist Women's 5000 metres
Lotta Harala Women's 100 m hurdles
Reetta Hurske
Viivi Lehikoinen Women's 400 m hurdles
Camilla Richardsson Women's marathon
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Position Result Position
Oliver Helander Men's javelin throw
Ella Junnila Women's high jump
Wilma Murto Women's pole vault
Silja Kosonen Women's hammer throw
Krista Tervo

Badminton

Finland entered one badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kalle Koljonen Men's singles

Boxing

Athlete Event
Rank
Pihla Kaivo-oja Women's 50 kg

Cycling

Road

Finland entered one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment UCI Nation Ranking.[2]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Anniina Ahtosalo Women's road race
Women's time trial

Equestrian

Finland entered a squad of five equestrianist. Finnish equestrians qualified for the team dressage events and individual eventing events, through the establishments of final olympics ranking.

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
  Individual
 
 
 
 
 
See above Team

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Veera Manninen Sir Gregg Individual
Sanna Siltakorpi Bofey Click

Golf

Finland entered one golfer into the Olympic tournament. Sami Välimäki qualified directly for the games in the men's individual competitions, based on his world ranking performances, as the top 60 ranked players, on the IGF World Rankings.

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Sami Välimäki Men's

Judo

Finland entered two judokas into the Olympic tournament subsequent to the conclusion of the qualification window (23 June 2024) of the world ranking list prepared by the International Judo Federation (IJF).

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Rank
Luukas Saha −66 kg
Martti Puumalainen +100 kg

Sailing

Finnish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.[3][4]

Elimination events
Athlete Event Race Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 QF SF1 SF2 SF3 SF4 SF5 SF6 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6
Jakob Eklund Men's IQFoil
Medal race events
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
Kaarle Tapper Men's ILCA 7
Monika Mikkola Women's ILCA 6
Ronja Grönblom
Veera Hokka
Women's 49erFX
Sinem Kurtbay
Akseli Keskinen
Mixed Nacra 17

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Finnish shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[5]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Aleksi Leppä Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions
Eetu Kallioinen Men's skeet
Noora Antikainen Women's trap

Skateboarding

Finland entered one skateboarder into the Olympic tournament. Heili Sirviö qualified to compete in the women's park event after being ranked in the top 20 within the Olympic World Skateboarding ranking list by June 23, 2024.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Heili Sirviö Women's park

Swimming

Finnish swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[6]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Matti Mattsson Men's 200 m breaststroke

Wrestling

Finland qualified two wrestlers for the following classes into the Olympic competition. Jonni Sarkkinen qualified for the games by winning the semifinal round at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan; meanwhile Arvi Savolainen qualified for the games through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jonni Sarkkinen Men's −77 kg
Arvi Savolainen Men's −97 kg

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Suomalaiskaksikko lunasti purjehduksen olympiapaikan, mutta pettyi MM-kisojen menestykseen". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Suomelle historiallinen olympiapaikka miesten purjelautailussa". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  5. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
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