Finland competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It signifies the nation's participation in every single edition at the Summer Olympics, since the nation's official debut in 1908.
The best placement by a Finnish athlete in the 2024 Games was fifth, attained by three athletes; Pihla Kaivo-oja in women's 50 kg boxing, Silja Kosonen in women's hammer throw, and Heili Sirviö in women's park in skateboarding. Finland marked the first time in Olympic history and the most recent country failed to secure an Olympic medal, ending a streak of medalling in 50 consecutive Olympic Games (Summer and Winter).[1][2]
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Finland qualified one male archer to compete in the individual recurve event, through the final release of the Olympic ranking for Paris 2024.
Finnish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[3]
Finland entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
Finland entered one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment UCI Nation Ranking.[4]
Finland entered one male rider to compete in the mountain biking event at the Olympic, through the re-allocation of unused quota places.[5]
Finland entered a squad of five equestrianists. Finnish equestrians qualified for the team dressage events and individual eventing events, through the establishments of final olympics ranking.
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position
Finland entered three golfers into the Olympic tournament. Sami Välimäki qualified directly for the games in the men's individual competitions, and Ursula Wikström and Noora Komulainen qualified directly for the games in the women's individual competitions based on their world ranking performances, as the top 60 ranked players, on the IGF World Rankings.
Finland entered two judokas into the Olympic tournament subsequent to the conclusion of the qualification window (23 June 2024) of the world ranking list prepared by the International Judo Federation (IJF).
Finnish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.[6][7]
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Finnish shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[8]
Finland entered one skateboarder into the Olympic tournament. Heili Sirviö qualified to compete in the women's park event after being ranked in the top 20 within the Olympic World Skateboarding ranking.
Finnish swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[9]
Finland qualified two wrestlers for the following classes into the Olympic competition. Jonni Sarkkinen qualified for the games by winning the semifinal round at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan; meanwhile Arvi Savolainen qualified for the games through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.
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