# Finland at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Finland competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It signified the nation's participation in every single edition of the Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1908.
The best placement by a Finnish athlete in the 2024 Games was fifth, attained by three athletes: Pihla Kaivo-oja in women's 50 kg boxing, Silja Kosonen in women's hammer throw, and Heili Sirviö in women's park in skateboarding. The 2024 Games marked the first time in Finnish Olympic history that it failed to win a medal, ending the streak of medalling in 50 consecutive Olympic Games (Summer and Winter).

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Golf | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Judo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sailing | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Shooting | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Skateboarding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 23 | 33 | 56 |

## Archery

Finland qualified one male archer to compete in the individual recurve event, through the final release of the Olympic ranking for Paris 2024.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Antti Tekoniemi | Men's individual | 656 | 41 | Tai Y-h (TPE) L 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 33 |

## 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):

### 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 | Preliminary | Preliminary | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Elmo Lakka | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | — | 13.84 | 7 Re | 13.75 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Topi Raitanen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | — | 8:33.12 | 11 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aku Partanen | Men's 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:22:56 | 32 |
| Lotta Kemppinen | Women's 100 m | Bye | Bye | 11.56 | 7 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eveliina Määttänen | Women's 800 m | — | — | 2:00.02 | 4 Re | 2:00.38 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sara Lappalainen | Women's 1500 m | — | — | 4:08.66 | 12 Re | DNS | – | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nathalie Blomqvist | Women's 5000 metres | — | — | 15:02.75 | 7 Q | — | — | — | — | 14:53.10 | 13 |
| Lotta Harala | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | — | 12.97 | 5 Re | 12.86 | 1 Q | 13.05 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Reetta Hurske | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | — | 12.96 | 6 Re | 12.83 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Viivi Lehikoinen | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | — | 56.67 | 7 Re | 58.04 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ilona Mononen | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | — | 9:22.77 NR | 6 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Camilla Richardsson | Women's marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:38:02 | 65 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Position | Result | Position |
| Urho Kujanpää | Men's pole vault | 5.40 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Oliver Helander | Men's javelin throw | 83.81 | 10 q | 82.68 | 9 |
| Lassi Etelätalo | Men's javelin throw | 82.91 | 12 q | 84.58 | 8 |
| Toni Keränen | Men's javelin throw | 85.27 | 8 Q | 80.92 | 10 |
| Ella Junnila | Women's high jump | 1.83 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wilma Murto | Women's pole vault | 4.55 | 9 q | 4.70 | 6 |
| Elina Lampela | Women's pole vault | 4.55 | 7 q | 4.40 | 14 |
| Senni Salminen | Women's triple jump | DNS | – | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Silja Kosonen | Women's hammer throw | 72.11 | 9 q | 74.04 | 5 |
| Krista Tervo | Women's hammer throw | 74.79 NR | 1 Q | 73.83 | 6 |
| Suvi Koskinen | Women's hammer throw | 67.90 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anni-Linnea Alanen | Women's javelin throw | 55.30 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events - Women's heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Saga Vanninen | Result | 13.61 | 1.74 | 14.19 | 24.74 | 5.85 | 47.00 | 2:14.36 | 6163 | 15 |
| Saga Vanninen | Points | 1034 | 903 | 807 | 911 | 804 | 802 | 902 | 6163 | 15 |

## Badminton

Finland entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Elimination | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Kalle Koljonen | Men's singles | Paul (MRI) W (21–9, 21–10) | Vitidsarn (THA) L (4–21, 0–8) RET | RET | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 38 |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Pihla Kaivo-oja | Women's 50 kg | Tembo (ZAM) W 5–0 | Lozano (USA) W 5–0 | Çakıroğlu (TUR) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |

## Cycling
### Road

Finland entered one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment UCI Nation Ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Anniina Ahtosalo | Women's road race | 4:07:04 | 37 |
| Anniina Ahtosalo | Women's time trial | 45:05.18 | 30 |

### Mountain biking

Finland entered one male rider to compete in the mountain biking event at the Olympic, through the re-allocation of unused quota places.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Joni Savaste | Men's cross-country | DNF | – |

## Equestrian

Finland entered a squad of five equestrianists. 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 | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank |
| Emma Kanerva | Greek Air | Individual | 73.680 | 17 q | — | — | 75.929 | 87.286 | 81.607 | 12 |
| Joanna Robinson | Glamouraline | Individual | 65.637 | 54 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Henri Ruoste | Tiffanys Diamond | Individual | 70.621 | 30 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Emma Kanerva Joanna Robinson Henri Ruoste | See above | Team | 209.938 | 9 Q | 212.036 | 8 | — | — | 212.036 | 8 |
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 | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Final | Final | Final | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Veera Manninen | Sir Greg | Individual | 36.80 | 50 | 18.40 | 55.20 | 39 | 1.20 | 56.40 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 56.40 | 36 |
| Sanna Siltakorpi | Bofey Click | Individual | 35.40 | =43 | 21.80 | 57.20 | 40 | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn |

## Golf

Finland entered three golfers into the Olympic tournament. Sami Välimäki qualified directly for the games in the men's individual competitions, and Ursula Wikström and Noora Komulainen qualified directly for the games in the women's individual competitions based on their 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 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Par | Rank |
| Sami Välimäki | Men's | 67 | 71 | 72 | 75 | 285 | +1 | T45 |
| Tapio Pulkkanen | Men's | 69 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 282 | −2 | T35 |
| Ursula Wikström | Women's | 82 | 72 | 81 | 72 | 307 | +19 | 57 |
| Noora Komulainen | Women's | 84 | 82 | 78 | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn |

## 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 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Luukas Saha | −66 kg | Demirel (TUR) W 01–00 | Vieru (MDA) L 00–01 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Martti Puumalainen | +100 kg | Bye | Kokauri (AZE) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

## 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.

### Elimination events

| Athlete | Event | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Opening rounds | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Net points | Rank | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final rank |
| Jakob Eklund | Men's IQFoil | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 16 | Cancelled | Cancelled | 172 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 20 |

### Medal race events

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Kaarle Tapper | Men's ILCA 7 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 32 | 44 DNC | 44 DNC | 44 DNC | 44 DNC | Cancelled | Cancelled | — | — | EL | 214 | 37 |
| Monika Mikkola | Women's ILCA 6 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 29 | 44 BFD | 18 | 12 | Cancelled | — | — | EL | 127 | 16 |
| Ronja Grönblom Veera Hokka | Women's 49erFX | 8 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 21 DSQ | 11 | 16 | 13 | EL | 116 | 15 |
| Sinem Kurtbay Akseli Keskinen | Mixed Nacra 17 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 97 | 7 |
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.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Aleksi Leppä | Men's 10 m air rifle | 627.8 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aleksi Leppä | Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 586-31x | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eetu Kallioinen | Men's skeet | 117 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Noora Antikainen | Women's trap | 107 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Heili Sirviö | Women's park | 83.42 | 5 Q | 88.89 | 5 |

## 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)):
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Matti Mattsson | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:11.18 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ida Hulkko | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:08.73 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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 | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jonni Sarkkinen | Men's −77 kg | Amoyan (ARM) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Arvi Savolainen | Men's −97 kg | Rouabah (ALG) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Rosillo (CUB) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |