Gold

• Arsi Harju
  Arsi Harju
  Arsi Ilari Harju is a Finnish shot putter with the team Perhon kiri. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with a distance of 21.29 metres. His personal best is 21.39, which he put in the qualifiers for the same Olympics. Due to his success in the Olympics and elsewhere that year,...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...
  
  , Men's Shot Put

• Jyrki Järvi
  Jyrki Järvi
  Jyrki Heikki Järvi is a Finnish sailor and Olympic champion. Nicknamed "JJ" Järvi won a gold medal in the 49er Class with Thomas Johanson at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:*...
  
   and Thomas Johanson
  Thomas Johanson
  Thomas Johanson is a Finnish sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 49er Class with Jyrki Järvi at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:...
  
   — Sailing
  Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....
  
  , Men's 49er Team Event

Silver

• Juha Hirvi
  Juha Hirvi
  Juha Hirvi is a Finnish sport shooter. He won the silver medal in men's 50 metre rifle three positions at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He has also won two silver medals in ISSF World Shooting Championships...
  
   — Shooting
  Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....
  
  , Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions

Bronze

• Marko Yli-Hannuksela
  Marko Yli-Hannuksela
  Marko Juhani Yli-Hannuksela is a former Finnish wrestler from Ilmajoki. His most notable accomplishments are his two Olympic medals and a world championship in greco-roman wrestling...
  
   — Wrestling
  Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. The freestyle competitions were held from September 28 to October 1, and the...
  
  , Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight (– 76 kg

Archery

Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at Sydney International Archery Park in Sydney, Australia with ranking rounds on 16 September and regular competition held from 17 September to 20 September...

The Finnish archery squad in Sydney consisted of two men and one woman. None of the archers won a match.

Men's individual
	Jari Lipponen Jari Lipponen Jari Matti Lipponen is a former Finnish archer, who participated in three consecutive Olympic competitions, starting in 1992. He won the silver medal in the Men's Team Competition in 1992 alongside Tomi Poikolainen and Ismo Falck.-References:*...			Miika Aulio
1/32 Eliminations	Lost to	Fred van Zutphen  Netherlands	161-155	Lost to	Wietse van Alten Wietse van Alten Wietse Cornelis van Alten is an archer from the Netherlands. Van Alten was born in Zaandam, in the municipality of Zaanstad. He has competed in archery since the age of seven....   Netherlands	163-160

Women's individual
	Katri Suutari
1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Ok Sil Choe  North Korea	161-149

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m

• Tommi Hartonen
  Tommi Hartonen
  Tommi Mikael Hartonen is a Finnish sprinter. He holds the Finnish national records at men's 100 m and 200 m. His personal trainer is Markus Hartonen...
  
  
• Round 1 — 10.53 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m

• Tommi Hartonen
  Tommi Hartonen
  Tommi Mikael Hartonen is a Finnish sprinter. He holds the Finnish national records at men's 100 m and 200 m. His personal trainer is Markus Hartonen...
  
  
• Round 1 — 20.82
• Round 2 — 20.47 NR
• Semifinal — 20.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Arsi Harju
  Arsi Harju
  Arsi Ilari Harju is a Finnish shot putter with the team Perhon kiri. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with a distance of 21.29 metres. His personal best is 21.39, which he put in the qualifiers for the same Olympics. Due to his success in the Olympics and elsewhere that year,...
  
  
• Qualifying — 21.39
• Final — 21.29 (→ Gold Medal)

• Timo Aaltonen
  Timo Aaltonen
  Timo Antero Aaltonen is a 189-cm tall Finnish shot putter who weighs 130 kg and competes for Turun Urheiluliitto, which is the same club that Paavo Nurmi ran for...
  
  
• Qualifying — 20.04
• Final — 18.64 (→ 12th place)

• Ville Tiisanoja
  Ville Tiisanoja
  Ville Johannes Tiisanoja is a 192-cm tall Finnish shot putter who weighs 119 kg and competes for Kenttäurheilijat-58 in Vantaa. His personal best in the men's shot put currently stands at 21.09 m, which he put on July 28, 2002 in the Elite Games in Kuortane, Finland. He is coached by...
  
  
• Qualifying — 19.66 (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Aki Parviainen
  Aki Parviainen
  Aki Uolevi Parviainen is a Finnish Javelin thrower, who won the gold medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics and a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships. His best throw is 93.09 in 1999. His best Olympic placing is 5th in 2000...
  
  
• Qualifying — 83.73
• Final — 86.62 (→ 5th place)

• Harri Haatainen
  Harri Haatainen
  Harri Juhani Haatainen is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.63 metres, achieved in August 2001 in Gateshead.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualifying — 79.93 (→ did not advance)

• Harri Hakkarainen
  Harri Hakkarainen
  Harri Tapio Hakkarainen is a retired male javelin thrower from Finland. He set his personal best on June 24, 1995 in Kuortane.-Achievements:-References:**...
  
  
• Qualifying — DNF (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's Hammer Throw

• 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....
  
  
• Qualifying — 69.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Toni Huikuri
  Toni Huikuri
  Toni Olavi Huikuri is a Finnish high jumper.He was born in Helsinki and represented the club HKV Helsinki. He finished sixth at the 1996 World Junior Championships and competed at the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2000 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final...
  
  
• Qualifying — 2.20 (→ did not advance)

• Mika Polku
  Mika Polku
  Mika Petteri Polku is a retired Finnish high jumper.He was born in Virrat and represented the club Virtain Urheilijat. He won the bronze medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships and finished eighth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2001...
  
  
• Qualifying — 2.24 (→ did not advance)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Valentin Kononen
  Valentin Kononen
  Valentin Kononen is a former Finnish race walker. His competitive accomplishments include winning several medals in major competitions, which ranks him as one of the top Finnish performer in his sport....
  
  
• Final — DSQ

Men's Decathlon

• Eduard Hämäläinen
  Eduard Hämäläinen
  Eduard Hämäläinen is a retired decathlete from Finland and Belarus.-Biograpfhy:He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus after the Soviet dissolution, but changed nationality. His great-grandparents were deported from Finland to Turkestan in 1917...
  
  
• 100 m — 11.01
• Long Jump — 7.19
• Shot Put — 14.06
• High Jump — 1.85
• 400 m — 48.14
• 100 m Hurdles — 14.37
• Discus Throw — 35.98
• Pole Vault — 4.80
• Javelin Throw — 47.11
• 1,500 m — 04:54.18
  • Points — 7520.00 (→ 24th place)

• Aki Heikkinen
  Aki Heikkinen
  Aki Heikkinen is a Finnish decathlete. His personal best result was 8188 points, achieved in August 2000 in Lahti.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• 100 m — 11.15
• Long Jump — NM
• Shot Put — 13.37
• High Jump — DNS

Women's Competition

Women's 100 m

• Heidi Hannula
• Round 1 — 11.68 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m

• Johanna Manninen
• Round 1 — 23.40
• Round 2 — 23.41 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Manuela Bosco
• Round 1 — 13.51 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m

• Manuela Bosco, Heidi Hannula, Sanna Kyllönen
  Sanna Kyllönen
  Sanna Kyllönen, née Hernesniemi is a retired Finnish sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  , Johanna Manninen
• Round 1 — 43.66
• Semifinal — 43.50 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Mikaela Ingberg
  Mikaela Ingberg
  Mikaela Johanna Emilia Ingberg is a female javelin thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 64.03 metres, achieved in September 2000 in Berlin. She was nicknamed "Mikke" during her career....
  
  
• Qualifying — 60.85
• Final — 58.56 (→ 9th place)

• Taina Uppa
• Qualifying — 57.39 (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw

• Mia Strömmer
  Mia Strömmer
  Mia Marianne Strömmer is a retired female hammer thrower from Finland. She set her personal best throw on March 24, 2001 in Potchefstroom. That mark still is the national record.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualifying — 59.43 (→ did not advance)

• Sini Pöyry
  Sini Pöyry
  Sini Tuuli Susanne Pöyry is a retired female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.16 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Kaustinen. She was nicknamed "Sintsa".-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualifying — 63.80
• Final — 62.49 (→ 12th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Tiia Hautala
  Tiia Hautala
  Tiia Erika Hautala is a former Finnish heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• 100 m Hurdles — 13.62
• High Jump — 1.78
• Shot Put — 13.31
• 200 m — 25.00
• Long Jump — 6.12
• Javelin Throw — 45.40
• 800 m — 02:14.90
• Points — 6173 (→ 8th place)

• Susanna Rajamäki
• 100 m Hurdles — 13.60
• High Jump — 1.66
• Shot Put — 13.87
• 200 m — 24.03
• Long Jump — 6.36
• Javelin Throw — 37.00
• 800 m — 02:18.47
• Points — 6021 (→ 13th place)

Badminton

Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Badminton was held at The Dome and Exhibition Complex at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney from September 17–23, 2000. The competition included five events ....

Men's Singles

• Jyri Aalto
• Round of 64: Bye
• Round of 32: Lost to Wong Choong Hann
  Wong Choong Hann
  Wong Choong Hann is a professional Malaysian badminton player.He currently resides in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.-Career:Wong Choong Hann's career began with the 1991 Malaysia Open.The first tournament he won was the 1997 Dutch Open...
  
   of Malaysia

Women's Singles

• Anu Weckström
• Round of 64: Bye
• Round of 32: Lost to Kanako Yonekura
  Kanako Yonekura
  is a female badminton player from Japan.Yonekura won the gold in Women's Singles of Badminton Tournament in 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, by defeating Gong Zhichao of People's Republic of China in the final....
  
   of Japan

Boxing

Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...

Men's Featherweight (– 57kg)

• Joni Turunen
  • Round 1 — Lost to Falk Huste
    Falk Huste
    Falk Huste is a boxer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Featherweight division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland...
    
     of Germany (→ did not advance)

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Kimmo Latvamäki
  Kimmo Latvamäki
  Kimmo Kristian Latvamäki is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m event. Four years later in Athens, Latvamäki was eliminated in the semifinals of the same event.-References:*...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 01:42.535
• Semifinal — 01:41.640 (→ did not advance)

Road Cycling

Women's Road Race

• Pia Sundstedt
  Pia Sundstedt
  Pia Ann-Katrine Sundstedt is a professional cyclist who competes in road bicycle racing and mountain bike racing as well as cross country skiing events. Sundstedt competed in the Summer Olympics for Finland...
  
  
• Final — 3:06:31 (→ 21st place)

Women's Sprint

• Mira Kasslin
• Qualifying — 12.194
• 1/8 Finals — Lost to Félicia Ballanger
  Félicia Ballanger
  Félicia Ballanger was a French racing cyclist.She won five world championships in the sprint and 500 m time trial. She was also a triple Olympic champion. She is tall and weighs .- Biography :...
  
   of France (→ did not advance)
• 1/8 Finals Repechage — Heat 1; 3rd place
• Final 9-12 — (→ 11th place)

Women's 500 m Time Trial

• Mira Kasslin
• Final — 37.145 (→ 17th place)

Diving

Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events...

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Jukka Piekkanen
• Preliminary — 373.41 (→ 20th place, did not advance)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Joona Puhakka
  Joona Puhakka
  Joona Tapio Puhakka is a diver from Finland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country - Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing in 2008. He won the bronze medal in the men's 1-meter springboard at the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Preliminary — 332.58 (→ 30th place, did not advance)

Sailing

Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

Eight men and two woman competed for Finland in the Sailing competition. They won one gold medal.

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Petri Leskinen and Kristian Heinilä
• Race 1 — (25)
• Race 2 — 23
• Race 3 — 10
• Race 4 — 3
• Race 5 — 17
• Race 6 — 4
• Race 7 — 23
• Race 8 — 20
• Race 9 — (28)
• Race 10 — 3
• Race 11 — 24
• Final — 127 (→ 16th place)

Men's Laser

• Roope Suomalainen
• Race 1 — (44) DSQ
• Race 2 — 13
• Race 3 — 5
• Race 4 — 16
• Race 5 — 18
• Race 6 — 3
• Race 7 — 14
• Race 8 — 23
• Race 9 — (25)
• Race 10 — 19
• Race 11 — 16
• Final — 127 (→ 17th place)

Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)

• Erkki Heinonen, Jali Makilä and Sami Tamminen
• Did not advance to round robin.

Women's Mistral

• Minna Aalto
• Race 1 — 9
• Race 2 — 18
• Race 3 — 20
• Race 4 — 12
• Race 5 — (21)
• Race 6 — 7
• Race 7 — 15
• Race 8 — 12
• Race 9 — 17
• Race 10 — 11
• Race 11 — (30) DSQ
• Final — 121 (→ 15th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

• Sari Multala
  Sari Multala
  -Background:Sari Multala is a professional sailor who started sailing at the age 8 in a 24ft keelboat however she soon started racing the Optimist and soon started on the youth program of the Marjaniemen Purjehtijat Sailing Club...
  
  
• Race 1 — 2
• Race 2 — 7
• Race 3 — (16)
• Race 4 — 12
• Race 5 — (20)
• Race 6 — 12
• Race 7 — 9
• Race 8 — 4
• Race 9 — 7
• Race 10 — 2
• Race 11 — 6
• Final — 61 (→ 5th place)

Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

• Thomas Johanson
  Thomas Johanson
  Thomas Johanson is a Finnish sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 49er Class with Jyrki Järvi at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:...
  
   and Jyrki Järvi
  Jyrki Järvi
  Jyrki Heikki Järvi is a Finnish sailor and Olympic champion. Nicknamed "JJ" Järvi won a gold medal in the 49er Class with Thomas Johanson at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:*...
  
  
• Race 1 — 2
• Race 2 — 7
• Race 3 — 2
• Race 4 — (12)
• Race 5 — 3
• Race 6 — 4
• Race 7 — 10
• Race 8 — 6
• Race 9 — 2
• Race 10 — 4
• Race 11 — 7
• Race 12 — 2
• Race 13 — 3
• Race 14 — 1
• Race 15 — 2
• Race 16 — (13)
• Final — 55 (→ Gold Medal)

Swimming

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Jere Hård
  Jere Hård
  Jere Hård is a retired male freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Finland. He twice swam for his native country at the Olympics: in 2000 and 2004....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 51.11 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Jere Hård
  Jere Hård
  Jere Hård is a retired male freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Finland. He twice swam for his native country at the Olympics: in 2000 and 2004....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 53.67
• Semi-final — 53.65 (→ did not advance)

• Tero Välimaa
  Tero Välimaa
  Tero Välimaa is a retired male butterfly swimmer from Finland, who was born in Sweden. He competed for Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:*...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 54.24 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Tero Välimaa
  Tero Välimaa
  Tero Välimaa is a retired male butterfly swimmer from Finland, who was born in Sweden. He competed for Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:*...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:02.46 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Jarno Pihlava
  Jarno Pihlava
  Jarno Pihlava is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from Finland. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 2000 and 2004.-References:*...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:02.21 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Jarno Pihlava
  Jarno Pihlava
  Jarno Pihlava is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from Finland. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 2000 and 2004.-References:*...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:19.76 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Jani Sievinen
  Jani Sievinen
  Jani Nikanor Sievinen is a former medley swimmer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:02.00
• Semi-final — 02:01.46
• Final — 02:02.49 (→ 8th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Jani Sievinen
  Jani Sievinen
  Jani Nikanor Sievinen is a former medley swimmer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:25.16 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Medley

• Jani Sievinen
  Jani Sievinen
  Jani Nikanor Sievinen is a former medley swimmer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  , Jarno Pihlava
  Jarno Pihlava
  Jarno Pihlava is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from Finland. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 2000 and 2004.-References:*...
  
  , Tero Välimaa
  Tero Välimaa
  Tero Välimaa is a retired male butterfly swimmer from Finland, who was born in Sweden. He competed for Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:*...
  
  , and Jere Hård
  Jere Hård
  Jere Hård is a retired male freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Finland. He twice swam for his native country at the Olympics: in 2000 and 2004....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Hanna-Maria Seppälä
• Preliminary Heat — 26.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Hanna-Maria Seppälä
• Preliminary Heat — 56.68 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Marja Pärssinen
  Marja Pärssinen
  Marja Pärssinen is a retired female butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Finland. Nicknamed Marde Pärssinen competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:01.94 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Anu Koivisto
  Anu Koivisto
  Anu Elisa Koivisto is a retire female swimmer from Finland. She has multiple Finnish championships and records....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:03.44 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Anu Koivisto
  Anu Koivisto
  Anu Elisa Koivisto is a retire female swimmer from Finland. She has multiple Finnish championships and records....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:16.23 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Karoliina Lundahl Karoliina Lundahl Satu Karoliina Lundahl is a retired female weightlifter from Finland, who was nicknamed "Kartsi" during her career. She started as a shot putter, competing for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics....	– 75 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg The Women's Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the sixth weight class in women's weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 2000-09-20 in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre...	102.5	102.5	102.5	—	—	—	DNF	—