# Finland at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Jouko Törmänen | Ski jumping | Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m) |
| Silver | Juha Mieto | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km |
| Silver | Juha Mieto | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Silver | Hilkka Riihivuori | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 km |
| Silver | Hilkka Riihivuori | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
| Silver | Jouko Karjalainen | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
| Bronze | Harri Kirvesniemi Juha Mieto Matti Pitkänen Pertti Teurajärvi | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Bronze | Helena Takalo | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
| Bronze | Jari Puikkonen | Ski jumping | Men's large hill (K120 individual 90m) |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Keijo Kuntola | 5 | 37:15.28 | 35 |
| 10 km Sprint | Arto Sutinen | 3 | 36:01.06 | 24 |
| 10 km Sprint | 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 |
| 20 km | Heikki Ikola | 1'10:02.16 | 5 | 1'15:02.16 | 18 |
| 20 km | Erkki Antila | 1'07:32.32 | 4 | 1'11:32.32 | 5 |

### Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | 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 | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Pertti Teurajärvi | 43:59.08 | 20 |
| 15 km | Kari Härkönen | 43:50.31 | 19 |
| 15 km | Harri Kirvesniemi | 43:02.01 | 8 |
| 15 km | Juha Mieto | 41:57.64 | |
| 30 km | Jorma Aalto | 1'32:48.10 | 26 |
| 30 km | Harri Kirvesniemi | 1'31:35.13 | 18 |
| 30 km | Juha Mieto | 1'29:45.08 | 7 |
| 30 km | Matti Pitkänen | 1'29:35.03 | 6 |
| 50 km | Pertti Teurajärvi | 2'36:44.08 | 18 |
| 50 km | Matti Pitkänen | 2'34:09.04 | 11 |
| 50 km | Asko Autio | 2'32:25.57 | 9 |
| 50 km | Juha Mieto | 2'30:30.52 | |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Harri Kirvesniemi Pertti Teurajärvi Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto | 2'00:00.18 | |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km | Marja Auroma | 16:18.44 | 25 |
| 5 km | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 15:58.27 | 19 |
| 5 km | Helena Takalo | 15:32.12 | 8 |
| 5 km | Hilkka Riihivuori | 15:11.96 | |
| 10 km | Ulla Maaskola | 33:22.19 | 32 |
| 10 km | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | 32:22.88 | 18 |
| 10 km | Helena Takalo | 30:45.25 | |
| 10 km | Hilkka Riihivuori | 30:35.05 | |

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 10 |
| Finland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 6 |
| Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 6 |
| Poland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 3 |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 1 |
All times are local (UTC-5).

### 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 2 |
| Finland 4th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
Carried over group match:
* Finland 2–4 USSR

### Leading scorers

| Rank | Player | GP | G | A | Pts |
| 5th | Jukka Porvari | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
* Team roster
** Antero Kivelä
** Jorma Valtonen
** Kari Eloranta
** Hannu Haapalainen
** Lasse Litma
** Tapio Levo
** Olli Saarinen
** Seppo Suoraniemi
** Markku Hakulinen
** Markku Kiimalainen
** Jukka Koskilahti
** Hannu Koskinen
** Jari Kurri
** Mikko Leinonen
** Reijo Leppänen
** Jarmo Mäkitalo
** Esa Peltonen
** Jukka Porvari
** Timo Susi
** Ismo Villa
* Head coach: Kalevi Numminen

## Nordic combined

Events:
* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Individual | 72.0 | 79.5 | 192.6 | 14 | 50:02.4 | 199.315 | 15 | 391.915 | 13 |
| Jouko Karjalainen | Individual | 79.0 | 81.0 | 209.5 | 7 | 47:44.5 | 220.000 | 1 | 429.500 | |
| Jukka Kuvaja | Individual | 68.5 | 68.5 | 155.0 | 31 | 48:32.2 | 212.845 | 7 | 367.845 | 22 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Kari Ylianttila | Normal hill | 76.0 | 105.8 | 72.0 | 97.4 | 203.2 | 32 |
| Jari Puikkonen | Normal hill | 81.0 | 115.8 | 80.0 | 111.7 | 227.5 | 16 |
| Jouko Törmänen | Normal hill | 83.0 | 119.0 | 85.5 | 124.5 | 243.5 | 8 |
| Pentti Kokkonen | Normal hill | 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 | Large hill | 105.0 | 115.2 | 105.0 | 115.7 | 230.9 | 12 |
| Jari Puikkonen | Large hill | 110.5 | 126.4 | 108.5 | 122.1 | 248.5 | |
| Jouko Törmänen | Large hill | 114.5 | 133.5 | 117.0 | 137.5 | 271.0 | |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Esa Puolakka | 39.76 | 25 |
| 500 m | Pertti Niittylä | 39.54 | 22 |
| 500 m | Jukka Salmela | 39.32 | 18 |
| 1000 m | Esa Puolakka | 1:23.54 | 35 |
| 1000 m | Jukka Salmela | 1:21.78 | 30 |
| 1000 m | 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 | Race |
| Event | Athlete | 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 |