title: Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
text: # Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  
  Finland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
  
  ## Medalist
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Arsi Harju | Athletics | Men's Shot Put | September 22 |
  | Gold | Jyrki Järvi Thomas Johanson | Sailing | Open 49er | September 25 |
  | Silver | Juha Hirvi | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions | September 23 |
  | Bronze | Marko Yli-Hannuksela | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 76 kg | September 26 |
  
  ## Archery
  
  The Finnish archery squad in Sydney consisted of two men and one woman. None of the archers won a match.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Jari Lipponen | Men's Individual | 622 | 36 | van Zutphen (NED) L 155–161 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Miika Aulio | Men's Individual | 603 | 53 | van Alten (NED) L 160–163 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Katri Suutari | Women's Individual | 608 | 58 | Choe (PRK) L 149–161 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Athletics
  
  ### Track and road events
  
  Men's 100 m
  
  * Tommi Hartonen
     * Round 1 – 10.53 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 200 m
  
  * Tommi Hartonen
     * Round 1 – 20.82
     * Round 2 – 20.47 NR
     * Semifinal – 20.88 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 50 km Walk
  
  * Valentin Kononen
     * Final – DSQ
  
  ### Field events
  
  Men's Shot Put
  
  * Arsi Harju
     * Qualifying – 21.39
     * Final – 21.29 (→ Gold Medal)
  * Timo Aaltonen
     * Qualifying – 20.04
     * Final – 18.64 (→ 12th place)
  * Ville Tiisanoja
     * Qualifying – 19.66 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's Javelin Throw
  
  * Aki Parviainen
     * Qualifying – 83.73
     * Final – 86.62 (→ 5th place)
  * Harri Haatainen
     * Qualifying – 79.93 (→ did not advance)
  * Harri Hakkarainen
     * Qualifying – DNF (→ did not advance, no ranking)
  
  Men's Hammer Throw
  
  * Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
     * Qualifying – 69.64 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's High Jump
  
  * Toni Huikuri
     * Qualifying – 2.20 (→ did not advance)
  * Mika Polku
     * Qualifying – 2.24 (→ did not advance)
  
  ### Combined – Decathlon
  
  * Eduard Hämäläinen
     * 100 m – 11.01
     * Long Jump – 7.19
     * Shot Put – 14.06
     * High Jump – 1.85
     * 400 m – 48.14
     * 100 m Hurdles – 14.37
     * Discus Throw – 35.98
     * Pole Vault – 4.80
     * Javelin Throw – 47.11
     * 1,500 m – 04:54.18
     * Points – 7520.00 (→ 24th place)
  * Aki Heikkinen
     * 100 m – 11.15
     * Long Jump – NM
     * Shot Put – 13.37
     * High Jump – DNS
  
  ### Track
  
  Women's 100 m
  
  * Heidi Hannula
     * Round 1 – 11.68 (→ did not advance)
  
  Women's 200 m
  
  * Johanna Manninen
     * Round 1 – 23.40
     * Round 2 – 23.41 (→ did not advance)
  
  Women's 100 m Hurdles
  
  * Manuela Bosco
     * Round 1 – 13.51 (→ did not advance)
  
  Women's 4 × 100 m
  
  * Manuela Bosco, Heidi Hannula, Sanna Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen
     * Round 1 – 43.66
     * Semifinal – 43.50 (→ did not advance)
  
  ### Field events
  
  Women's Javelin Throw
  
  * Mikaela Ingberg
     * Qualifying – 60.85
     * Final – 58.56 (→ 9th place)
  * Taina Uppa
     * Qualifying – 57.39 (→ did not advance)
  
  Women's Hammer Throw
  
  * Mia Strömmer
     * Qualifying – 59.43 (→ did not advance)
  * Sini Pöyry
     * Qualifying – 63.80
     * Final – 62.49 (→ 12th place)
  
  ### Combined – Heptathlon
  
  Women's Heptathlon
  
  * Tiia Hautala
     * 100 m Hurdles – 13.62
     * High Jump – 1.78
     * Shot Put – 13.31
     * 200 m – 25.00
     * Long Jump – 6.12
     * Javelin Throw – 45.40
     * 800 m – 02:14.90
     * Points – 6173 (→ 8th place)
  * Susanna Rajamäki
     * 100 m Hurdles – 13.60
     * High Jump – 1.66
     * Shot Put – 13.87
     * 200 m – 24.03
     * Long Jump – 6.36
     * Javelin Throw – 37.00
     * 800 m – 02:18.47
     * Points – 6021 (→ 13th place)
  
  ## Badminton
  
  Men's Singles
  
  * Jyri Aalto
     * Round of 64: Bye
     * Round of 32: Lost to Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia
  
  Women's Singles
  
  * Anu Weckström
     * Round of 64: Bye
     * Round of 32: Lost to Kanako Yonekura of Japan
  
  ## Boxing
  
  Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
  
  * Joni Turunen
     * Round 1 – Lost to Falk Huste of Germany (→ did not advance)
  
  ## Canoeing
  
  ### Flatwater
  
  Men's Kayak Singles 500 m
  
  * Kimmo Latvamäki
     * Qualifying Heat – 01:42.535
     * Semifinal – 01:41.640 (→ did not advance)
  
  ## Cycling
  
  ### Road
  
  Women's Road Race
  
  * Pia Sundstedt
     * Final – 3:06:31 (→ 21st place)
  
  ### Track
  
  Women's Sprint
  
  * Mira Kasslin
     * Qualifying – 12.194
     * 1/8 Finals – Lost to Félicia Ballanger of France (→ did not advance)
     * 1/8 Finals Repechage – Heat 1; 3rd place
     * Final 9-12 – (→ 11th place)
  
  Women's 500 m Time Trial
  
  * Mira Kasslin
     * Final – 37.145 (→ 17th place)
  
  ## Diving
  
  Men's 3 Metre Springboard
  
  * Jukka Piekkanen
     * Preliminary – 373.41 (→ 20th place, did not advance)
  
  Men's 3 Metre Springboard
  
  * Joona Puhakka
     * Preliminary – 332.58 (→ 30th place, did not advance)
  
  ## Sailing
  
  Eight men and two woman competed for Finland in the Sailing competition. They won one gold medal.
  
  Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
  
  * Petri Leskinen and Kristian Heinilä
     * Race 1 – (25)
     * Race 2 – 23
     * Race 3 – 10
     * Race 4 – 3
     * Race 5 – 17
     * Race 6 – 4
     * Race 7 – 23
     * Race 8 – 20
     * Race 9 – (28)
     * Race 10 – 3
     * Race 11 – 24
     * Final – 127 (→ 16th place)
  
  Men's Laser
  
  * Roope Suomalainen
     * Race 1 – (44) DSQ
     * Race 2 – 13
     * Race 3 – 5
     * Race 4 – 16
     * Race 5 – 18
     * Race 6 – 3
     * Race 7 – 14
     * Race 8 – 23
     * Race 9 – (25)
     * Race 10 – 19
     * Race 11 – 16
     * Final – 127 (→ 17th place)
  
  Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)
  
  * Erkki Heinonen, Jali Makilä and Sami Tamminen
     * Did not advance to round robin.
  
  Women's Mistral
  
  * Minna Aalto
     * Race 1 – 9
     * Race 2 – 18
     * Race 3 – 20
     * Race 4 – 12
     * Race 5 – (21)
     * Race 6 – 7
     * Race 7 – 15
     * Race 8 – 12
     * Race 9 – 17
     * Race 10 – 11
     * Race 11 – (30) DSQ
     * Final – 121 (→ 15th place)
  
  Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
  
  * Sari Multala
     * Race 1 – 2
     * Race 2 – 7
     * Race 3 – (16)
     * Race 4 – 12
     * Race 5 – (20)
     * Race 6 – 12
     * Race 7 – 9
     * Race 8 – 4
     * Race 9 – 7
     * Race 10 – 2
     * Race 11 – 6
     * Final – 61 (→ 5th place)
  
  Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
  
  * Thomas Johanson and Jyrki Järvi
     * Race 1 – 2
     * Race 2 – 7
     * Race 3 – 2
     * Race 4 – (12)
     * Race 5 – 3
     * Race 6 – 4
     * Race 7 – 10
     * Race 8 – 6
     * Race 9 – 2
     * Race 10 – 4
     * Race 11 – 7
     * Race 12 – 2
     * Race 13 – 3
     * Race 14 – 1
     * Race 15 – 2
     * Race 16 – (13)
     * Final – 55 (→ Gold Medal)
  
  ## Swimming
  
  Men's 100 m Freestyle
  
  * Jere Hård
     * Preliminary Heat – 51.11 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 100 m Butterfly
  
  * Jere Hård
     * Preliminary Heat – 53.67
     * Semi-final – 53.65 (→ did not advance)
  * Tero Välimaa
     * Preliminary Heat – 54.24 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 200 m Butterfly
  
  * Tero Välimaa
     * Preliminary Heat – 02:02.46 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 100 m Breaststroke
  
  * Jarno Pihlava
     * Preliminary Heat – 01:02.21 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 200 m Breaststroke
  
  * Jarno Pihlava
     * Preliminary Heat – 02:19.76 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 200 m Individual Medley
  
  * Jani Sievinen
     * Preliminary Heat – 02:02.00
     * Semi-final – 02:01.46
     * Final – 02:02.49 (→ 8th place)
  
  Men's 400 m Individual Medley
  
  * Jani Sievinen
     * Preliminary Heat – 04:25.16 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 4 × 100 m Medley
  
  * Jani Sievinen, Jarno Pihlava, Tero Välimaa, and Jere Hård
     * Preliminary Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)
  
  Women's 50 m Freestyle
  
  * Hanna-Maria Seppälä
     * Preliminary Heat – 26.21 (→ did not advance)
  
  Women's 100 m Freestyle
  
  * Hanna-Maria Seppälä
     * Preliminary Heat – 56.68 (→ did not advance)
  
  Women's 100 m Butterfly
  
  * Marja Pärssinen
     * Preliminary Heat – 01:01.94 (→ did not advance)
  
  Women's 100 m Backstroke
  
  * Anu Koivisto
     * Preliminary Heat – 01:03.44 (→ did not advance)
  
  Women's 200 m Backstroke
  
  * Anu Koivisto
     * Preliminary Heat – 02:16.23 (→ did not advance)
  
  ## Weightlifting
  
  | Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Rank |
  | Karoliina Lundahl | Women's 75 kg | 102.5 | 102.5 | 102.5 | — | — | — | Did not finish | Did not finish |
  