Toni Puurunen

Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports.

Janne Lahtela, a moguls freestyle skier, was the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Kalle Palander	Men's giant slalom	1:18.22	1:18.60	n/a	2:36.82	9
	Men's slalom	53.38	Disqualified
Tanja Poutiainen	Women's giant slalom	1:01.21	1:08.65	n/a	2:09.86
	Women's slalom	43.05	47.74	n/a	1:30.79	6
Henna Raita	Women's slalom	44.29	48.04	n/a	1:32.33	20
Jukka Rajala	Men's giant slalom	1:20.17	1:21.23	n/a	2:41.40	22
	Men's slalom	Did not finish

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Paavo Puurunen was the only Finnish biathlete who competed in Torino.

Six men and six women participated in the cross-country skiing events, making the cross-country skiing squad the largest squad for any individual sport.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Elina Hietamäki	Women's sprint	2:20.49	42	Did not advance					42
Sami Jauhojärvi	Men's sprint	2:28.42	61	Did not advance					61
Virpi Kuitunen	Women's sprint	2:14.83	7 Q	2:16.2	2 Q	2:16.3	3	Final B 2:18.1	5
Keijo Kurttila	Men's sprint	2:19.94	22 Q	2:25.1	5	Did not advance			23
Lauri Pyykönen	Men's sprint	2:20.21	26 Q	2:28.6	6	Did not advance			27
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Women's sprint	2:15.75	11 Q	2:20.7	6	Did not advance			26
Kati Venäläinen	Women's sprint	2:17.29	24 Q	2:18.1	6	Did not advance			29
Keijo Kurttila Lauri Pyykönen	Men's team sprint	n/a				17:21.5	4 Q	17:39.2	5
Virpi Kuitunen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Women's team sprint	n/a				17:16.8	1 Q	16:39.2

Men's

: Markku Uusipaavalniemi (skip), Wille Mäkelä, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Jani Sullanmaa (alternate)

Finland sent a men's curling team to the Olympics, the same team which finished fifth at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Switzerland (Stöckli)	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	X	7

;Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
United States (Fenson)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3

;Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6
New Zealand (Becker)	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5

;Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	5
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2

;Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	3	0	2	0	0	1	3	2	X	X	11

;Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	8
Canada (Gushue)	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	7

;Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	7
Norway (Trulsen)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3

;Draw 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	7

;Draw 11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	5

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	7	2
2	Canada	Brad Gushue	6	3
3	United States	Pete Fenson	6	3
4	Great Britain	David Murdoch	6	3
5	Norway	Pål Trulsen	5	4
6	Switzerland	Ralph Stockli	5	4
7	Italy	Joel Retornaz	4	5
8	Sweden	Peter Lindholm	3	6
9	Germany	Andy Kapp	3	6
10	New Zealand	Sean Becker	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3

;Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Finland (Uusipavaalniemi)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	x	x	-	5
Canada (Gushue)	0	2	1	1	0	6	0	0	x	x	-	11

Susanna Pöykiö and Kiira Korpi were selected for the women's competition. Pöykiö has won a silver at the 2005 European Figure Skating Championships (held in Torino), while Korpi's best European placing prior to the Olympics was sixth.

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Five Finnish men were entered in the freestyle competition, all in the moguls Since only four entrants were allowed, Tapio Luusua ended up as an alternate.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Janne Lahtela	Men's moguls	23.77	10 Q	22.65	16
Juuso Lahtela	Men's moguls	22.31	19 Q	24.42	8
Sami Mustonen	Men's moguls	21.57	22	Did not advance
Mikko Ronkainen	Men's moguls	23.38	13 Q	26.62

Men's

The Finnish men's team finished atop its Round-robin group, which including beating both previous Olympic gold medalists, the Czech Republic and Canada, and beat the United States and Russia to make the final, where it lost to Sweden to finish in the silver medal position.

15 February 2006 v 15:35

Switzerland

0 – 5 (0–1, 0–4, 0–0)

Finland

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,960

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	Martin Gerber (out 40:00) David Aebischer (in 40:00)	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven
	0 – 1 13:07 - O. Jokinen (Peltonen) (PP) 0 – 2 23:35 - Numminen (Selänne, Lehtinen) (PP) 0 – 3 28:04 - O Jokinen (Peltonen, J. Jokinen) 0 – 4 33:25 - Selänne (S. Koivu) 0 – 5 39:25 - Selänne (Lehtinen, O. Jokinen)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	37

16 February 2006 v 12:05

Finland

6 – 0 (0–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 7,776

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	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Günther Hell	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	Lehtinen (Numminen) (PP) - 21:49 1 – 0 S. Koivu (Numminen) (PP) - 23:51 2 – 0 J. Jokinen (Nummelin, Salo) (PP) - 30:11 3 – 0 Peltonen (Nummelin) (PP) - 38:25 4 – 0 Selänne (S. Koivu, Salo) (PP) - 52:07 5 – 0 Selänne (Lehtinen) - 55:08 6 – 0
	4 min	Penalties	22 min
	51	Shots	16

18 February 2006 v 21:05

Czech Republic

2 – 4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,705

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	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	Židlický (Lang, Hejduk) (PP) - 8:25 1 – 0 1 – 1 14:14 - O. Jokinen (S. Koivu, Peltonen) 1 – 2 35:02 - Lehtinen (Timonen) (PP) Židlický (Lang, Špaček) (PP2) - 38:17 2 – 2 2 – 3 40:30 - Selänne (Lehtinen, S. Koivu) 2 – 4 48:33 - Lehtinen (S. Koivu, Selänne)
	12 min	Penalties	39 min
	28	Shots	37

19 February 2006 v 21:05

Finland

2 – 0 (2–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Canada

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 4,420

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	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Roberto Luongo	Referee: Vladimir Sindler
	Selänne (S. Koivu) - 11:14 1 – 0 Kapanen (Nieminen, Timonen) - 15:02 2 – 0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	24

21 February 2006 v 15:35

Finland

2 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,430

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	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Robert Müller	Referee: Danny Kurmann
	Kapanen (Hagman, S. Koivu) (PP) - 2:35 1 – 0 S. Koivu (Lehtinen, Selänne) - 39:39 2 – 0
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	18

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	10
Switzerland	5	2	1	2	10	12	6
Canada	5	3	2	0	15	9	6
Czech Republic	5	2	3	0	14	12	4
Germany	5	0	3	2	7	16	2
Italy	5	0	3	2	9	23	2

22 February 2006 17:35

Finland

4 – 3 (2-1, 2-1, 0-1)

United States

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 6691

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Paul Devorski
	Peltonen (J. Jokinen, Salo) - 9:33 1 - 0 Salo (SH) - 12:01 2 - 0 2 - 1 13:14 - Knuble (Schnieder, Weight) 2 - 2 21:29 - Schneider (Rafalski, Conroy) (PP) O. Jokinen (Peltonen) (PP) - 25:06 3 - 2 O. Jokinen (PP) - 37:10 4 - 2 4 - 3 55:33 - Gionta (Drury, Cole)
	16 min	Penalties	30 min
	25	Shots	28

24 February 2006 21:05

Finland

4 – 0 (1-0, 2-0, 1-0)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8702

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	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Evgeni Nabokov	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven
	Peltonen (Timonen) (PP) - 6:13 1 - 0 Lydman (S. Koivu) - 29:33 2 - 0 S. Koivu (Timonen, Selänne) (PP) - 33:51 3 - 0 O. Jokinen (Peltonen, Kapanen) - 49:17 4 - 0
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	21

26 February 2006 14:05

Finland

2 – 3 (1-0, 1-2, 0-1)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8274

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	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Paul Devorski
	Timonen (Selänne) (PP) - 14:45 1 - 0 1 - 1 24:42 - Zetterberg (Samuelsson, Bäckman) (PP) 1 - 2 33:24 - Kronwall (Zetterberg) (PP) Peltonen (J. Jokinen, O. Jokinen) - 35:00 2 - 2 2 - 3 40:10 - Lidström (M. Sundin, Forsberg)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	28

Women's

The Finnish women's team finished second to the United States in the round-robin section of the competition, but lost to both North American teams in the medal round to end up in fourth place.

Key: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PIM = Penalty Minutes, GA = Goals Against, GAA = Goals Against Average Sv% = Save Percentage

11 February 2006 v 13:05

Finland

3 – 0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 3,200

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	Maija Hassinen	Goalies	Stephanie Wartosch-Kuerten	Referee: Arina Ustinova
	Pehkonen (Pelttari, Saa. Tuominen) - 8:15 1 – 0 Pelttari (PP) - 17:02 2 – 0 Pälvilä (SH) - 43:13 3 – 0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	24

13 February 2006 v 17:35

Finland

4 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 4,259

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	Noora Räty	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Bianci Walter
	Saa. Tuominen (Pelttari) (PP) - 14:10 1 – 0 Rantamäki - 45:21 2 – 0 Saarinen (Hoikkala, Tallus) - 51:58 3 – 0 Pehkonen (Rantamäki) - 52:50 4 – 0
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	18

14 February 2006 v 20:35

United States

7 – 3 (1–2, 1–1, 5–0)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 7,697

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	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Maija Hassinen	Referee: Stephanie Norman
	0 – 1 00:13 - Pehkonen (Rantamäki) Parsons (Wendell, Potter) (PP) - 8:08 1 – 1 1 – 2 11:26 - Laaksonen (Saa. Tuominen) (PP) 1 – 3 32:01 - Kovalainen (Saarinen) (PP) Parsons (Chu) - 38:54 2 – 3 Ka. King - 41:28 3 – 3 Ruggiero - 50:16 4 – 3 Darwitz (Wall) (PP) - 51:01 5 – 3 Wendell (Parsons, Ruggiero) - 52:18 6 – 3 Ruggiero (Darwitz, Stephens) - 55:36 7 – 3
	38 min	Penalties	22 min
	31	Shots	15

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
United States	3	3	0	0	18	3	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	10	7	4
Germany	3	1	2	0	2	9	2
Switzerland	3	0	3	0	1	12	0

17 February 2006 v 21:05

Canada

6 – 0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 5,654

Game reference
	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Maija Hassinen (22:59 out) Noora Räty (22:59 in)	Referee: Joy Tottman
	Weatherston (Sostorics) (PP) - 17:33 1 – 0 Apps (Kingsbury, Goyette) (PP) - 19:15 2 – 0 Wickenheiser (Apps) (PP) - 34:59 3 – 0 Ouellette (Sunohara) (PP) - 36:26 4 – 0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) - 47:49 5 – 0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) (PP) - 54:47 6 – 0
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	17

20 February 2006 v 16:35

Finland

0 – 4 (0–3, 0–1, 0–0)

United States

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 5,150

Game reference
	Noora Räty (38:16 out) Maija Hassinen (38:16 in)	Goalies	Chanda Gunn	Referee: Joy Tottman
	0 – 1 2:32 - Stephens (Chu, Darwitz) (PP) 0 – 2 8:09 - Ka. King (Resor) 0 – 3 11:05 - Ka. King (Potter) 0 – 4 21:44 - Ka. King (Chu, Kr. King)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	14	Shots	20

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Anssi Koivuranta	Sprint	121.5	3	0:17	19:17.7 +48.7	11
	Individual Gundersen	220.5	18	2:48	43:37.3 +3:52.7	25
Antti Kuisma	Individual Gundersen	217.5	22	3:00	42:33.8 +2:49.2	17
Hannu Manninen	Sprint	108.3	16	1:10	19:21.0 +52.0	12
	Individual Gundersen	238.0	8	1:38	41:20.2 +1:35.6	9
Janne Ryynänen	Sprint	102.5	29	1:33	20:47.6 +2:18.6	37
Jaakko Tallus	Sprint	120.9	4	0:19	18:58.1 +29.1	4
	Individual Gundersen	257.0	3	0:22	40:01.9 +17.3	5
Anssi Koivuranta Antti Kuisma Hannu Manninen Jaakko Tallus	Team	878.6	4	0:35	50:19.4 +26.8

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Janne Ahonen	Normal hill	133.5	3 PQ	134.5	2 Q	127.0	261.5	6
	Large hill	136.3	2 PQ	112.3	9 Q	121.8	234.1	9
Janne Happonen	Normal hill	114.0	23 Q	116.0	26 Q	109.0	225.0	28
Matti Hautamäki	Normal hill	130.0	5 PQ	131.0	6 Q	134.5	265.5
	Large hill	129.6	5 PQ	117.3	7 Q	125.1	242.4	5
Risto Jussilainen	Large hill	97.2	10 Q	91.7	35	Did not advance		35
Tami Kiuru	Normal hill	125.0	8 Q	113.0	31	Did not advance		31
	Large hill	95.3	12 Q	108.6	13 Q	105.4	214.0	18
Tami Kiuru Janne Happonen Janne Ahonen Matti Hautamäki	Team	n/a		467.2	2 Q	509.4	976.6

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Antti Autti	Men's halfpipe	43.5	2 Q	n/a		(28.2)	39.1	9
Janne Korpi	Men's halfpipe	9.2	42	33.5	14	Did not advance		20
Markku Koski	Men's halfpipe	20.2	28	40.6	3 Q	41.5	(31.4)
Risto Mattila	Men's halfpipe	40.8	5 Q	n/a		(31.6)	35.8	10

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

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