List of flag bearers for Finland at the Olympics

Finland at the
Olympics
IOC codeFIN
NOCFinnish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish and English)
Medals
Gold
146
Silver
150
Bronze
184
Total
480
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games
2010 Winter Olympics national flag bearers

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Finland at the Olympics.[1][2]

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

# Event year Season Flag bearer Sport
1 1908 Summer Bruno Zilliacusa Athletics [2]
2 1912 Summer Eino Saastamoinen Artistic gymnastics
3 1920 Summer Emil Hagelberg Modern pentathlon
4 1924 Winter Armas Palmros Nordic combined / ski jumping
5 1924 Summer Elmer Niklander Athletics
6 1928 Winter Esko Järvinen Nordic combined / ski jumping
7 1928 Summer Akilles Järvinen Athletics
8 1932 Winter Ossi Blomqvist Speed skating
9 1932 Summer Akilles Järvinen Athletics
10 1936 Winter Sulo Nurmela Cross-country skiing
11 1936 Summer Akilles Järvinen Athletics
12 1948 Winter Pekka Vanninen Cross-country skiing
13 1948 Summer Hannes Sonck Athletics
14 1952 Winter Heikki Hasu Nordic combined
15 1952 Summer Väinö Suvivuo Athletics
16 1956 Winter Antti Hyvärinen Ski jumping
17 1956 Equestrian Erkki Estola Equestrian (did not compete)
18 1956 Summer Eeles Landström Athletics
19 1960 Winter Paavo Korhonen Nordic combined
20 1960 Summer Eeles Landström Athletics
21 1964 Winter Veikko Hakulinen Biathlon[3]
22 1964 Summer Eugen Ekman Artistic gymnastics
23 1968 Winter Veikko Kankkonen Ski jumping
24 1968 Summer Pentti Linnosvuo Shooting sport
25 1972 Winter Juha Mieto Cross-country skiing
26 1972 Summer Ilkka Nummisto Canoe racing
27 1976 Winter Rauno Miettinen Nordic combined
28 1976 Summer Lasse Virén Athletics
29 1980 Winter Heikki Ikola Biathlon
30 1980 Summer Peter Tallberg Sailing
31 1984 Winter Jorma Valtonen Ice hockey
32 1984 Summer Esko Rechardt Sailing
33 1988 Winter Pertti Niittylä Speed skating
34 1988 Summer Jouko Salomäki Greco-Roman wrestling
35 1992 Winter Timo Blomqvist Ice hockey
36 1992 Summer Harri Koskela Greco-Roman wrestling
37 1994 Winter Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Cross-country skiing
38 1996 Summer Mikko Kolehmainen Canoe racing
39 1998 Winter Janne Ahonen Ski jumping
40 2000 Summer Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Athletics
41 2002 Winter Toni Nieminen Ski jumping
42 2004 Summer Thomas Johanson Sailing
43 2006 Winter Janne Lahtela Freestyle skiing
44 2008 Summer Juha Hirvi Shooting sports
45 2010 Winter Ville Peltonen Ice hockey
46 2012 Summer Hanna-Maria Seppälä Swimming
47 2014 Winter Enni Rukajärvi Snowboarding
48 2016 Summer Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén Sailing
49 2018 Winter Janne Ahonen Ski jumping [4]
50 2020 Summer Satu Mäkelä-Nummela Shooting sports [5]
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Swimming
51 2022 Winter Valtteri Filppula Ice hockey [6]
52 2024 Summer Eetu Kallioinen Shooting sports [7]
Sinem Kurtbay Sailing
  • ^a Russian officials told Finland that, because they were a part of Russia at the time, they were not allowed to fly their own flag. They then refused to fly the Russian flag, but still joined the parade.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Finland. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Flagbearers for Finland". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ Hakulinen competed in biathlon during these Olympics, having competed in cross-country skiing in 1952, 1956 and 1960.
  4. ^ "The Flagbearers for the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  5. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  6. ^ "The flagbearers for the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  8. ^ Mallon, Bill and Buchanan, Ian. TO NO EARTHLY KING. September 1999. International Society of Olympic Historians. Accessed 27 October 2011.
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