Finland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Finland at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Finland at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	FIN
NPC	Finnish Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympia.fi/en
in Beijing
Competitors	30 in 13 sports
Medals; Ranked 40th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Finland competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Athletes were selected by the Finnish Paralympic Committee on July 2, 2008.^[1]

Medalists

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

Archery


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	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	Men's individual compound standing	627	4	—	Bye	Murphy (CAN) W 111-97	Drahoninsky (CZE) L 97-99	Fabry (USA) L 101-111	4

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leo-Pekka Tähti	T54	100m	13.76 WR	1 Q	13.81
Leo-Pekka Tähti	T54	200m	24.92	2 Q	25.17

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Markku Niinimaki	F53-54	Javelin throw	29.33 WR	1112
Markku Niinimaki	F53-54	Shot put	9.92 WR	1021

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	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

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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
Vesa Koivuniemi Timo Ollikka Leena Sarela	Mixed team BC1-2	Ireland (IRL)	L 3-7	3	did not advance

Cycling

Men's road

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

Equestrian

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

Goalball

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

Players

Tournament

7 September 2008

Finland	2 - 7	Slovenia

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

8 September 2008

Lithuania	15 - 5	Finland

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

9 September 2008

Finland	4 - 11	Denmark

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

10 September 2008

Belgium	5 - 8	Finland

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

11 September 2008

Finland	7 - 3	Spain

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Quarterfinals

12 September 2008

China	7 - 6	Finland

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

5-8th classification

13 September 2008

Finland	5 - 6	Canada

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

7/8th classification

14 September 2008

Slovenia	5 - 6	Finland

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Judo

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	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
Rauno Peltoniemi	Men's 73kg	Pourabbas (IRI) L 0000-1011	did not advance

Powerlifting

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

Sailing

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

Men

Juhani Mattila (Single-Person Keelboat - 2.4mR)

Shooting

Men

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

Women

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

Swimming

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

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	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