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Finland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Finland at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeFIN
NPCFinnish Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympia.fi/en
in Beijing
Competitors30 in 13 sports
Medals
Ranked 40th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Finland competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Athletes were selected by the Finnish Paralympic Committee on July 2, 2008.[1]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Markku Niinimäki Athletics Men's javelin throw F53/54
 Gold Leo-Pekka Tähti Athletics Men's 100 metres T54
 Silver Markku Niinimäki Athletics Men's shot put F53–54
 Silver Jarmo Ollanketo Cycling Men's road race B&VI 1–3
 Bronze Jani Kallunki Judo Men's 66kgX1
 Bronze Leo-Pekka Tähti Athletics Men's 200 metres T54

Sports

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Archery

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Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Rank
Keijo Kallunki Men's individual compound 675 11 Bye  Bailey (USA)
L 110-115
did not advance
Jean-Pierre Antonios Men's individual compound standing 606 8  Lehner (SUI)
L 89-94
did not advance
Osmo Kinnunen 627 4 Bye  Murphy (CAN)
W 111-97
 Drahoninsky (CZE)
L 97-99
 Fabry (USA)
L 101-111
4

Athletics

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Men's track

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Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Leo-Pekka Tähti T54 100m 13.76 WR 1 Q 13.81 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200m 24.92 2 Q 25.17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Men's field

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Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Markku Niinimaki F53-54 Javelin throw 29.33 WR 1112 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shot put 9.92 WR 1021 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women's field

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Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Tiina Ala-Aho F33-34/52-53 Javelin throw 11.51 849 15
Marjaana Väre F42-46 Javelin throw 26.63 906 9

Boccia

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Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opponent Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Leena Sarela Mixed individual BC1  Fernandes (POR) L 3-4 5 did not advance
 Vaquerizo (ESP) L 2-3
 Zhang Q (CHN) L 2-3
 Leung M Y (HKG) L 2-3
Vesa Koivuniemi Mixed individual BC2  Cordero (ESP) L 0-15 4 did not advance
 Yan Z (CHN) L 1-8
 McLeod (CAN) L 2-9
Timo Ollikka  Uchida (JPN) L 0-6 3 did not advance
 Dukovich (CAN) L 1-4
 Robinson (GBR) W 5-2
Vesa Koivuniemi
Timo Ollikka
Leena Sarela
Mixed team BC1-2  Spain (ESP) L 1-16 3 did not advance
 Ireland (IRL) L 3-7

Cycling

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Men's road

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Jarmo Ollanketo
Marko Törmänen (pilot)
Men's road race B&VI 1-3 2:14:45 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3 33:36.96 9

Equestrian

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Athlete Horse Event Total
Score Rank
Katja Karjalainen Callan Mixed individual championship test grade Ib 65.714 4
Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib 64.999 7

Goalball

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The men's team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 12 teams.

Players

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Tournament

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Quarterfinals
5-8th classification
7/8th classification

Judo

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Athlete Event First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1
Repechage
round 2
Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Jani Kallunki Men's 66kg  Villemont (FRA)
W 1010–0000
 Fujimoto (JPN)
L 0000-0101
Bye  Falcon (VEN)
W 1000-0000
 Golmohammadi (IRI)
W 1000-0000 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rauno Peltoniemi Men's 73kg  Pourabbas (IRI)
L 0000-1011
did not advance

Powerlifting

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Athlete Event Result Rank
Juhani Kokko 52kg 135.0 11
Janne Piipponen 82.5kg 172.5 8

Sailing

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Finland received one national entry to the 2008 Summer Paralympics sailing events:[2]

Men

Shooting

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Men

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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Tapani Merilainen Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 592 37 did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 566 39 did not advance
Veikko Palsamaki Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 596 25 did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 579 30 did not advance
Erkki Pekkala Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 595 29 did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 584 12 did not advance

Women

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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Minna Leinonen Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 598 11 did not advance

Swimming

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Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Antti Latikka S13 100m backstroke 1:08.43 8 Q 1:08.07 7

Table tennis

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Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Esa Miettinen Men's singles C9-10  Leibovitz (USA)
W 3–1
 Heijnen (NED)
W 3–0
1 Q  Ma L (CHN)
L 0–3
did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

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Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Taneli Tenhunen Men's singles  Okur (TUR)
W 7–5, 6–3
 Olsson (SWE)
L 1-6, 1-6
did not advance

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Peking 2008 paralympialaiset - Suomen joukkue" Archived 13 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Finnish), Finnish Paralympic Committee, August 19, 2008
  2. ^ "National Line Up For 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition" Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, International Association for Disabled Sailing, 16 July 2008
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