# 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 women 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 |