2008 Finnish Athletics Championships

The 2008
2008 in athletics (track and field)
-International events:*2008 Summer Olympic Games, held in Beijing, China*African Championships, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia*European Cup, super league held in Annecy, France*World Indoor Championships, held in Valencia, Spain...

Finnish Athletics Championships
Finnish Championships in Athletics
The Finnish Championships in Athletics, which are known as Kalevan kisat in Finnish, were first held in Tampere in 1907. Since then, they have been held in a different location every year...

were held in the Ratina Stadion

Ratina Stadion

Ratina Stadion, built in 1965, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampere, Finland, with a seating capacity of 17,000 people, and up to 32,000 people for concerts....

in Tampere

Tampere

Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

from July 24 to July 27, 2008. The event served as a qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...

staged from August 15 to August 24, 2008 in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, PR China.

Results

2008 FINNISH ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Track Events	Men’s Winners		Women’s Winners
Track Events	Name	Mark	Name	Mark
100 metres	Joni Rautanen	10,52	Sari Keskitalo	11,49
200 metres	Visa Hongisto Visa Hongisto Visa Veli Hongisto is a Finnish sprinter. His club team is Valkealan Kajo. He is the son of Eeva Haimi.Hongisto represented Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 200 metres and placed fourth in his first round heat in a time of 20.62 seconds...	20,88	Sari Keskitalo	23,59
400 metres	Matti Välimäki	47,17	Karin Storbacka	54,55
800 metres	Mikko Lahtio	1.48,77	Mari Järvenpää	2.07,82
1,500 metres	Robert Rotkirch	3.53,95	Mari Järvenpää	4.26,68
5,000 metres	Jussi Utriainen	14.10,35	Annemari Sandell-Hyvärinen Annemari Sandell-Hyvärinen Annemari Birgitta Sandell-Hyvärinen is Finnish long-distance runner. Her best achievement in track running is 9th place at World Championships 1995 in 10,000 meters....	16.15,47
10,000 metres	Jussi Utriainen	29.46,55	Annemari Sandell-Hyvärinen Annemari Sandell-Hyvärinen Annemari Birgitta Sandell-Hyvärinen is Finnish long-distance runner. Her best achievement in track running is 9th place at World Championships 1995 in 10,000 meters....	34.53,18
110 m/100 m Hurdles Hurdling Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...	Markus Vilen	14,12	Johanna Halkoaho Johanna Halkoaho Johanna Miia Maria Halkoaho is a Finnish 100m hurdler and long jumper. She is 165 cm tall, and weighs 55 kg , and trains with Suodenniemen Urheilijat. Her highest honours include two medals at the 1996 World Junior Championships, a bronze in long jump and a silver in heptathlon...	13,46
400 m Hurdles Hurdling Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...	Janne Mäkelä	50,47	Ilona Ranta	58,06
3,000 m Steeplechase Steeplechase (athletics) The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics, which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing.-Rules:The length of the race is usually 3000 m; junior events are 2000 m, as women's events formerly were. The circuit has four ordinary barriers and one water jump. Over 3000 m, each...	Jukka Keskisalo Jukka Keskisalo Jukka Pekka Sakari Keskisalo is a Finnish athlete competing in 3000 m steeplechase and 1500 m. He won 3000 m steeplechase at the European Championships in Gothenburg, 2006.-Career:...	8.33,21	Sandra Eriksson Sandra Eriksson Sandra Elisabet Eriksson is a Finnish middle distance runner, who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Her personal best is 9:45.50, achieved in September 2009 in Paris....	10.15,25
20 km/10 km Race Walk	Jarkko Kinnunen Jarkko Kinnunen Jarkko Juhani Kinnunen is a Finnish race walker. His trainer is Kari Ahonen since 1999.-Achievements:-References:...	1:25.56	Marja Penttinen	47.37
Field Event	Men’s Winners		Women’s Winners
Field Event	Name	Mark	Name	Mark
High Jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Oskari Frösén Oskari Frösén Oskari Frösén is a Finnish high jumper, who won a total of five national titles in the men's high jump event....	2.27 m	Hanna Grobler Hanna Grobler Hanna Emilia Grobler is a Finnish high jumper.She competed at the World Championships in 2005 and in 2009 without reaching the final....	1.81 m
Pole Vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Eemeli Salomäki Eemeli Salomäki Eemeli Niko Antero Salomäki is a Finnish pole vaulter.He competed at the World Junior Championships in 2006 and at the World Championships in 2009 without reaching the final....	5.35 m	Vanessa Vandy	4.30 m
Long Jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Petteri Lax Petteri Lax Petteri Lax is a Finnish long jumper..-Achievements:-References:...	8.11 m	Noora Pesola	6.46 m
Triple Jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Aleksi Tammentie	15.93 m	Elina Sorsa	13.40 m
Shot Put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Robert Häggblom Robert Häggblom Robert Markus Häggblom is a Finnish shot putter.He won the gold medal at the 1999 World Youth Championships and finished fourth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships...	18.88 m	Suvi Helin	15.36 m
Discus Throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Frantz Kruger Frantz Kruger Frantz Kruger is a South African born Finnish discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2000. He is also a double African champion...	61.59 m	Anita Hietalahti	54.23 m
Hammer Throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Olli-Pekka Karjalainen is a Finnish hammer thrower.The 1998 World Junior Champion, Karjalainen is the world junior record holder with 78.33 metres . His personal best throw is 83.30, achieved in July 2004 in Lahti....	77.93 m	Merja Korpela Merja Korpela Merja Tuulikki Korpela is a female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.56 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Belgrade.She finished fourth at the 2000 World Junior Championships...	67.43 m
Javelin Throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Tero Järvenpää Tero Järvenpää Tero Mikael Järvenpää is a Finnish javelin thrower. He represents Tampereen Pyrintö on club-level and his coach is his father Pentti Järvenpää.His personal best throw is 86.68 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Tampere....	86.68 m	Kirsi Ahonen	58.86 m
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Jaakko Ojaniemi Jaakko Ojaniemi Jaakko Ojaniemi is a Finnish decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...	7517	—	—
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	—	—	Niina Kelo	5757

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