FINLAND AT THE 1984 SUMMER OLYMPICS

'Finland' competed at the '1984 Summer Olympics' in Los Angeles, United States.

Contents

Medals

Results by event

Medals

Finland finished in 15th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and twelve medals overall.
=== Gold===

★ Juha Tiainen — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw

★ Arto Härkönen — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw

★ Pertti Karppinen — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls

★ Jouko Salomäki — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
=== Silver===

★ Tiina Lillak — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw

★ Tapio Sipilä — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
=== Bronze===

★ Arto Bryggare — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles

★ Joni Nyman — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

★ Rauno Bies — Shooting, Rapid-Fire Pistol (Mixed)

★ Jouni Grönman — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (67½ kg)

★ Pekka Niemi — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (100 kg)

★ Jukka Rauhala — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)

Results by event

===Archery===
Defending gold medallist Tomi Poikolainen bettered his performance of four years earlier by one point, but with the return of the United States and Japan, Poikolainen's score was no longer sufficient to earn a medal and he fell to fifth place. Much the same fate befell Päivi Meriluoto, who fell two places even though she shot 60 points better than she had in 1980.
Kyösti Laasonen, in his fourth Olympic archery competition, took 28th place.
'Women's Individual Competition:'

★ Päivi Meriluoto — 2509 points (→ 5th place)

★ Ama Rantal — 2460 points (→ 15th place)
'Men's Individual Competition:'

★ Tomi Poikolainen — 2538 points (→ 5th place)

★ Kyösti Laasonen — 2443 points (→ 28th place)

★ Markku Syrjälä — 2333 points (→ 49th place)
===Athletics===
'Men's Marathon'

★ Pertti Tiainen — 2:17:43 (→ 27th place)

★ Martti Vainio — did not finish (→ no ranking)
'Men's Pole Vault'

★ Kimmo Pallonen
:
★ Final — 5.45m (→ 5th place)
'Men's Javelin Throw'

★ Arto Harkonen
:
★ Final — 86.76m (→ 'Gold Medal')
'Men's Hammer Throw'

★ Juha Tiainen
:
★ Final — 78.08m (→ 'Gold Medal')

★ Harri Huhtala
:
★ Final — 75.28m (→ 6th place)
===Boxing===
'Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)'

★ Jarmo Eskelinen

★ # First Round — Defeated Yao Gaitor (Togo), 5-0

★ # Second Round — Lost to Juan Molina (Puerto Rico), 0-5
===Swimming===
'Men's 100m Breaststroke'

★ Martti Järventaus
:
★ Heat — 1:06.21 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
'Men's 200m Breaststroke'

★ Martti Järventaus
:
★ Heat — 2:26.96 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
'Women's 100m Freestyle'

★ Maarit Sihvonen-Vähäsaari
:
★ Heat — 58.51 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
'Women's 200m Individual Medley'

★ Maarit Sihvonen-Vähäsaari
:
★ Heat — 2:21.05
:
★ B-Final — 2:19.27 (→ 9th place)