Finland competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1908. The Finnish Olympic Committee (, SO) sent a total of 56 athletes to the Games, 29 men and 27 women, to compete in 14 sports. There was only a single competitor in artistic gymnastics, taekwondo, weightlifting and tennis.
Notable Finnish athletes included the defending champion Satu Mäkelä-Nummela in women's trap shooting, and Olympic bronze medalist Tero Pitkämäki in men's javelin throw. Badminton player Anu Nieminen, and swimmer Hanna-Maria Seppälä, who finished fourth in the women's freestyle event, made their fourth Olympic appearance as the most experienced athletes. Seppälä also became Finland's first female flag bearer at the Summer Olympics' opening ceremony (in the Winter Olympics, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi had carried the Finnish flag in 1994).
Suomen Olympiakomitea (SO) set a goal of three medals, with at least one gold medal and six point positions in eighth-place finish, to be targeted in the medal standings. At the end of the Games, Finland already had three medals, but reached beyond the medal target by a single point.
Finland, however, left London with two silvers and one bronze medal in sailing and athletics, failing to win a gold medal for the second time in Summer Olympic history since 2004. Antti Ruuskanen only received his silver medal in 2017, due to doping by the original silver medalist Oleksandr Pyatnytsya from Ukraine. Several Finnish athletes who reached finals missed out on the medal standings including Pitkämäki, and taekwondo jin Suvi Mikkonen.
Medalists Medals by sportSportTotalSailing 0 1 1 2Athletics 0 1 0 1Total 0 2 1 3
Medal Name Sport Event Date Sailing Women's sailboard Athletics Men's javelin throw Sailing Elliott 6m
Athletics
Finnish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):
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
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankJonathan Åstrand200 m20.735Did not advanceAntti Kempas50 km walkcolspan=4 4:01:50 41Jukka Keskisalo3000 m steeplechase8:29.134 Qcolspan=2 Jarkko Kinnunen50 km walk colspan=4 3:46:2515Niclas Sandells1500 m3:42.6711Did not advanceJussi UtriainenMarathoncolspan=4 2:26:2569
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionJere BergiusPole vault—Did not advanceAri MannioJavelin throw81.998 q78.6011Tero Pitkämäki83.013 Q82.805Antti Ruuskanen81.7411 q84.12David SöderbergHammer throw71.7626Did not advanceOsku TorroHigh jump2.21=16Did not advance
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeat FinalResultRankResultRankSandra Eriksson3000 m steeplechase9:50.718Did not advanceAnne Halkivaha20 km walk colspan=2 1:38:4954Leena PuotiniemiMarathon colspan=2 2:42:0187
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMinna NikkanenPole vault4.25=26Did not advanceSanni UtriainenJavelin throw—Did not advance
Badminton
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankVille LångMen's singlesL 8–21, 21–14, 11–21 2Did not advanceAnu NieminenWomen's singlesW 21–12, 21–18L 11–21, 14–212Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJenni MikkonenWomen's K-1 200 m42.6563 Q41.8594 FB44.6439Anne RikalaWomen's K-1 500 m1:52.6411 Q1:51.8523 FA1:54.3338 Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankJussi VeikkanenMen's road race5:46:3765Pia SundstedtWomen's road race3:35:5620Women's time trial40:01.6911
Equestrian
Dressage AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverallScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRankEmma KanervaSini SpiritIndividual70.39529 Q71.88922Did not advanceMikaela LindhMas Guapo70.72926 Q69.01630Did not advance
Gymnastics
Artistic Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankAnnika UrvikkoAll-around13.20012.41610.93312.26648.81555Did not advance
Judo
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankValtteri JokinenMen's −60 kgW 0100–0000L 0000–0010Did not advanceJaana SundbergWomen's −52 kgL 0001–0110Did not advanceJohanna YlinenWomen's −63 kgL 0000–1000Did not advance
Sailing
Finland has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Mattias LindforsLaser25282330362220423940EL26333Tapio NirkkoFinn111385312451517169210Joonas LindgrenNiklas Lindgren47022192217121526212118EL16721
Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Tuuli PetäjäRS:X8734448251446Sari MultalaLaser Radial4615419213216520947
Match racing AthleteEventRound RobinRankKnockoutsRankQ-finalS-finalFinalSilja KanervaSilja LehtinenMikaela WulffElliott 6mL W W LLLWWLWW5 QW (3–1)L (1–2)W (3–1)
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112131415M*Kalle BaskLauri Lehtinen49er1918411682211131119112201297 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;
Shooting
Finland has earned four quota places in shooting events;
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankKai Jahnsson50 m pistol55226Did not advance10 m air pistol583 7 Q96.18
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankSatu Mäkelä-NummelaTrap707Did not advanceMira Suhonen10 m air pistol37732Did not advanceMarjo Yli-Kiikka50 m rifle 3 positions57823Did not advance10 m air rifle36516Did not advance
Swimming
Finnish swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMatias Koski200 m freestyle1:49.8431Did not advance400 m freestyle3:54.9622colspan=2 Did not advance1500 m freestyle15:34.8027colspan=2 Did not advanceAri-Pekka Liukkonen50 m freestyle22.5725Did not advanceMatti Mattsson200 m breaststroke2:11.81 NR17Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJenna Laukkanen100 m breaststroke1:09.9234Did not advance200 m breaststroke2:31.2332Did not advanceNoora Laukkanen400 m individual medley4:53.5433colspan=2 Did not advanceEmilia Pikkarainen100 m butterfly59.5529Did not advance200 m butterfly2:13.8127Did not advance200 m individual medley2:17.6633Did not advanceHanna-Maria Seppälä50 m freestyle25.5526Did not advance100 m freestyle54.9318Did not advance200 m freestyle2:04.2133Did not advance
Taekwondo
Finland has qualified 1 athlete.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Bronze MedalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSuvi MikkonenWomen's −57 kgW 9–6L 2–7Did not advanceW 9–4L 2–14Did not advance5
Tennis
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJarkko NieminenMen's singlesW 6–3, 6–1L 2–6, 4–6Did not advance
Weightlifting
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankMiika Antti-RoikoMen's −94 kg140=17180=1732019
Wrestling
Finland has qualified two quota places.
Key - Victory by Fall. - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points. - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJarkko Ala-Huikku−60 kgL 0–3 Did not advance16Rami Hietaniemi−84 kgL 0–3 Did not advance15
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