Silver

• Marko Kemppainen
  Marko Kemppainen
  Marko Kemppainen is an athlete from Finland. He competes in skeet shooting.Kemppainen won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championship in Cairo. He represented Finland at the 2004 Summer Olympics. By winning the silver medal in men's skeet event he took the first medal for Finland in the Athens...
  
   — Shooting, Men's Skeet

• 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, Men's Greco-Roman (– 74 kg)

Archery

Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, Greece with ranking rounds on 12 August and regular competition held from 15 August to 21 August...

• Mari Piuva
  Mari Piuva
  Mari Piuva is an archer from Finland.Piuva represented Finland in the 2002 European Archery Championship where she placed 40th. Two years later in the European Championship she improved her result and placed 8th....
  
   – 25th place

Athletics

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

• Johanna Manninen – Round 1, 11.45 s (did not advance)

• Johanna Manninen – Round 1: 23.45 s

• Kirsi Mykkänen – Round 1: 52.53 s

• Kirsi Valasti – Round 1: 15:33.78

• Jaakko Ojaniemi
  Jaakko Ojaniemi
  Jaakko Ojaniemi is a Finnish decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   – 8006 points (16th place)

• Tiia Hautala
  Tiia Hautala
  Tiia Erika Hautala is a former Finnish heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   – DNF

• Janne Holmen
  Janne Holmén
  Janne Sven-Åke Holmén is a former Finnish long-distance runner.Holmén's biggest achievement was winning the marathon event in the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich, Germany, finishing in 2:12:04. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Holmén finished in 22nd place, with...
  
   – 2:17:50 (22nd place)
• Jussi Utriainen – DNF

• Jani Lehtinen – 4:05:35 (28th place)

• Heli Koivula-Kruger – Round 1: 6.50 metres

• Heli Koivula-Kruger – Round 1: 13.98 metres

• Oskari Frosen
  Oskari Frösén
  Oskari Frösén is a Finnish high jumper, who won a total of five national titles in the men's high jump event....
  
   – Round 1, 2.20 metres (did not advance)

• Matti Mononen
  Matti Mononen
  Matti Mononen is a Finnish pole vaulter.He finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool, despite equalling his personal best vault of 5.65 metres.Currently his personal best is 5.70 metres,...
  
   – Round 1, 5.65 metres (did not advance)
• Vesa Rantanen
  Vesa Rantanen
  Vesa Rantanen is a Finnish pole vaulter.He competed at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999, the 2002 European Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games without ever reaching the final....
  
   – Round 1, 5.50 metres (did not advance)

• Tepa Reinikainen
  Tepa Reinikainen
  Tepa Reinikainen is a Finnish shot putter. His personal best put is 20.88 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Lapinlahti.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   – Round 1, 19.74 metres (did not advance)
• 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...
  
   – Round 1, 19.50 metres (did not advance)

• Tero Pitkämäki
  Tero Pitkämäki
  Tero Kristian Pitkämäki is a Finnish javelin thrower and the former World Champion. Pitkämäki is known for his rivalry with Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen. The two are very close friends, however...
  
   – Final, 83.01 metres (8th place)
• Matti Närhi
  Matti Närhi
  Juha Matti Närhi is a Finnish javelin thrower.His personal best throw is 88.24 metres, achieved in July 1997 in Soini.World indoor best holder at javelin; March 3, 1996 he threw 85.78 in Kajaani, Finland.-Achievements:...
  
   – Final, 80.28 metres (10th place)
• Esko Mikkola
  Esko Mikkola
  Esko Olavi Mikkola is a Finnish javelin thrower.He won a silver medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu and finished eleventh at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens...
  
   – Final, 79.43 metres (11th place)

• Taina Kolkkala
  Taina Kolkkala
  Taina Maria Kolkkala, née Uppa is a retired female javelin thrower from Finland. Her personal best is 64.06 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Pihtipudas. She is nicknamed "Taikku".-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   – Round 1: 61.16 metres, Final: 60.72 metres (10th place)
• 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....
  
   – Round 1: 60.80 metres
• Paula Huhtaniemi – Round 1: 56.88 metres

• 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....
  
   – Round 1, 76.11 metres (did not advance)
• David Söderberg
  David Söderberg
  David Söderberg is a male hammer thrower from Finland. His personal best throw is 78.83 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Lahti....
  
   – Round 1, 74.14 metres (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:*...
  
   – Round 1: 66.05 metres

Badminton

Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from August 14 through August 21. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed doubles event....

• Kasperi Salo
  Kasperi Salo
  Kasperi Salo is a male badminton player from Finland.Salo played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the first round.-References:...
  
  

1. Round of 32 – Lost to Björn Joppien
   Björn Joppien
   Björn Joppien is a male badminton player from Langenfeld, Germany.-Career:Joppien played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Kasperi Salo of Finland in the first round...
   
    of Germany
   Germany
   Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
   
    (17 – 14, 7 – 15, 11 – 15)

• Antti Viitikko
  Antti Viitikko
  Antti Viitikko is a male badminton player from Finland. Viitikko played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Shon Seung-mo of Korea.-External links:*...
  
  

1. Round of 32 – Lost to Shon Seung-mo
   Shon Seung-mo
   Shon Seung-mo is a male badminton player from South Korea.Shon played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men' singles, defeating Antti Viitikko of Finland and Richard Vaughan of Great Britain in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Shon defeated Chen Hong of People's Republic of...
   
    of South Korea
   South Korea
   The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
   
    (12 – 15, 3 – 15)

• Anu Weckström

1. Round of 32 – Lost to Kaori Mori
   Kaori Mori
   is a female badminton player from Japan.Mori played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, defeating Anu Weckström of Finland in the first round but losing to Zhou Mi of China in the round of 16.-Link:*...
   
    of Japan
   Japan
   Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
   
    (5 – 11, 4 – 11)

Canoeing

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines....

• Kimmo Latvamaki
  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:*...
  
   – semifinal, 13th place

• Jenni Honkanen
  Jenni Honkanen
  Jenni Honkanen-Mikkonen is a Finnish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 200 m event at the 2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged....
  
   – final, 8th place

Diving

Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, eight diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olympic Aquatic Centre, from 20 to 28 August , comprising a total of 125 divers from 30 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:-Participating nations:Here are listed the nations that...

• 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...
  
   – Prelim: 414.69, Semifinal: 209.91 (total of 624.60 for 14th place)
• Jukka Piekkanen – Prelim: 359.22 (29th place)

Judo

Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and featured 368 judoka competing for 14 gold medals with seven different weight categories in both the men's and women's competitions. Japan dominated the event by taking 8 gold and 2 silver medals.Gold and silver medals...

• Timo Hannu Tapani Peltola

1. Round of 32 – Defeated José Eugenio Vasquez de Jesus of Dominican Republic
   Dominican Republic
   The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
   
   
2. Round of 16 – Lost to Ihar Makarau
   Ihar Makarau
   Ihar Makarau is a Belarusian judoka. He won the gold medal in the half-heavyweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
   
    of Belarus
   Belarus
   Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
   
   

Sailing

Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre with eleven events being contested.The events were split into four classes for men, four for women, and three mixed classes that were open to both men and women...

• 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...
  
   – 85.0 (5th place)

• Roope Suomalainen – 160.0 (19th place)

• 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 Jukka Piirainen – 111.0 (8th place)

Shooting

Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....

• 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...
  
   – 1160 points (15th place)

• Juha Hirvi – 594 points (9th place)

• Juha Hirvi – 580 points (45th place)

• Petri Nummela – 117 points (14th place)

• Joonas Olkkonen – 118 points (25th)

• Marko Kemppainen – 149 points (silver medal)

• Marjo Yli-Kiikka – 392 points (22nd place)

• Marjo Yli-Kiikka – 571 points (20th place)

• Maarit Lepomaki – 67 points (9th place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

• 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....
  
  
• Heat — 23.33 (→ did not advance)

• Matti Rajakylä
  Matti Rajakylä
  Matti Rajakylä is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Finland. He has hold several Finnish national records in both long course and short course...
  
  
• Heat — 50.67 (→ did not advance)

• Jere Hård
• Heat — 54.02 (→ did not advance)

• Matti Mäki
  Matti Mäki
  Matti Mäki is a male backstroke swimmer from Finland. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 57.57 (→ did not advance)

• Matti Mäki
• Heat — 2:06.29 (→ did not advance)

• 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:*...
  
  
• Heat — 1:01.99
• Semifinal — 1:01.86 (→ did not advance)

• Jarno Pihlava
• Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

• Jere Hård, Jarno Pihlava, Matti Rajakylä, and 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...
  
  
• Heat — 3:41.64 (→ did not advance)

• Hanna-Maria Seppälä
• Heat — 26.01 (→ did not advance)

• Hanna-Maria Seppälä
• Heat — 56.01
• Semifinal — 55.59 (→ did not advance)

• Hanna-Maria Seppälä
• Heat — 1:05.55 (→ did not advance)

• Eeva Saarinen
  Eeva Saarinen
  Eeva Kuusela née Saarinen is a female breaststroke swimmer from Finland. She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:**...
  
  
• Heat — 1:11.39 (→ did not advance)

• Eeva Saarinen
• Heat — 2:34.17 (→ did not advance)

Taekwondo

Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex where 124 competitors competed in eight events, four each for men and women....

• Teemu Heino

1. Round of 16 – Lost to Nguyen Van Hung
   Nguyen Van Hung (martial artist)
   Nguyễn Văn Hùng is a Vietnamese martial artist. He is a three-time gold medalist in Taekwondo at the Southeast Asian Games. He also represented his country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in taekwondo. For his accomplishments in sport, his government granted him the Honourable First Class Labour...
   
    of Vietnam
   Vietnam
   Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
   
    (Points 5 – 8)

Tennis

Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on ten separate courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre. The surface was hardcourt, specifically DecoTurf....

• Jarkko Nieminen
  Jarkko Nieminen
  Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen is a professional tennis player from Finland.His highest ranking is 13th, which was achieved on July 10, 2006. He has won one ATP singles title and two doubles titles in his career so far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarter-finals...
  
  

1. First Round – Defeated Yen Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei
   Chinese Taipei
   Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
   
    (6 – 3, 6 – 3)
2. Second Round – Lost to Max Mirnyi
   Max Mirnyi
   Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...
   
    of Belarus
   Belarus
   Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
   
    (3 – 6, 4 – 6)

Wrestling

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18...

• Marko Yli-Hannuksela – silver medal

1. Elimination Pool B – (2 – 0)
2. Semifinal – Defeated Reto Bucher of Switzerland
   Switzerland
   Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
   
    (3 – 0)
3. Final – Lost to Alexandr Dokturishivili of Uzbekistan
   Uzbekistan
   Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
   
   (1 – 3)

Officials

• President: Tapani Ilkka
• Secretary General: Jouko Purontakanen