Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (Finnish) (Swedish)
in Turin
Competitors	102 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Janne Lahtela (opening)[1] Markku Uusipaavalniemi (closing)[2]
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 6 3 9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports.^[3]

Janne Lahtela, a moguls freestyle skier, was the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
02 ! Silver	Poutiainen, TanjaTanja Poutiainen	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
02 ! Silver	Uusipaavalniemi, MarkkuMarkku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Kalle Kiiskinen Teemu Salo Jani Sullanmaa	Curling	Men's
02 ! Silver	Ronkainen, MikkoMikko Ronkainen	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls
02 ! Silver	men's national ice hockey team, FinlandFinland men's national ice hockey team Aki Berg   Niklas Hagman   Jere Lehtinen Lasse Kukkonen   Jukka Hentunen   Ville Nieminen Toni Lydman   Olli Jokinen   Ville Peltonen Antti-Jussi Niemi   Jussi Jokinen   Jarkko Ruutu Petteri Nummelin   Niko Kapanen   Teemu Selänne Teppo Numminen   Saku Koivu   Niklas Bäckström Sami Salo   Mikko Koivu   Antero Niittymäki Kimmo Timonen   Antti Laaksonen   Fredrik Norrena	Ice hockey	Men's competition
02 ! Silver	Hautamäki, MattiMatti Hautamäki	Ski jumping	Normal hill
02 ! Silver	Ahonen, JanneJanne Ahonen Janne Happonen Matti Hautamäki Tami Kiuru	Ski jumping	Men's team
03 ! Bronze	Saarinen, Aino-KaisaAino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen	Cross country skiing	Women's team sprint
03 ! Bronze	Kuisma, AnttiAntti Kuisma Anssi Koivuranta Jaakko Tallus Hannu Manninen	Nordic combined	Team
03 ! Bronze	Koski, MarkkuMarkku Koski	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe

Alpine skiing

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Kalle Palander	Men's giant slalom	1:18.22	1:18.60	n/a	2:36.82	9
	Men's slalom	53.38	Disqualified
Tanja Poutiainen	Women's giant slalom	1:01.21	1:08.65	n/a	2:09.86
	Women's slalom	43.05	47.74	n/a	1:30.79	6
Henna Raita	Women's slalom	44.29	48.04	n/a	1:32.33	20
Jukka Rajala	Men's giant slalom	1:20.17	1:21.23	n/a	2:41.40	22
	Men's slalom	Did not finish

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Paavo Puurunen was the only Finnish biathlete who competed in Torino.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Paavo Puurunen	Men's sprint	28:57.3	2	46
	Men's pursuit	38:01.28	3	22
	Men's mass start	47:43.7	0	4
	Men's individual	56:38.9	1	12

Cross-country skiing

Six men and six women participated in the cross country skiing events,^[5] making the cross country skiing squad the largest squad for any individual sport.

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Sami Jauhojärvi	15 km classical	39:15.3	9
	30 km pursuit	1:17:58.1	20
Teemu Kattilakoski	50 km freestyle	2:09:26.2	43
Ville Nousiainen	50 km freestyle	Did not finish
Olli Ohtonen	15 km classical	41:47.4	48
	30 kilometre pursuit	Did not start
	50 km freestyle	2:11:54.7	52
Lauri Pyykönen	15 km classical	42:10.4	55
Tero Similä	15 km classical	40:44.5	32
	30 km pursuit	1:20:04.5	34
Sami Jauhojärvi Tero Similä Olli Ohtonen Teemu Kattilakoski	4 x 10 km relay	40:44.5	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Elina Hietamäki	15 km pursuit	46:20.5	33
Virpi Kuitunen	10 km classical	28:51.4	9
	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Riitta-Liisa Lassila	10 km classical	30:28.4	35
	15 km pursuit	44:06.1	13
	30 km freestyle	1:26:55.4	23
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	10 km classical	28:29.6	7
	30 km freestyle	1:25:41.8	17
Kirsi Välimaa	15 km pursuit	46:25.6	34
Kati Venäläinen	10 km classical	31:04.9	43
	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Lassila Kati Venäläinen	4 x 5 km relay	55:55.8	7

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Elina Hietamäki	Women's sprint	2:20.49	42	Did not advance					42
Sami Jauhojärvi	Men's sprint	2:28.42	61	Did not advance					61
Virpi Kuitunen	Women's sprint	2:14.83	7 Q	2:16.2	2 Q	2:16.3	3	Final B 2:18.1	5
Keijo Kurttila	Men's sprint	2:19.94	22 Q	2:25.1	5	Did not advance			23
Lauri Pyykönen	Men's sprint	2:20.21	26 Q	2:28.6	6	Did not advance			27
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Women's sprint	2:15.75	11 Q	2:20.7	6	Did not advance			26
Kati Venäläinen	Women's sprint	2:17.29	24 Q	2:18.1	6	Did not advance			29
Keijo Kurttila Lauri Pyykönen	Men's team sprint	n/a				17:21.5	4 Q	17:39.2	5
Virpi Kuitunen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Women's team sprint	n/a				17:16.8	1 Q	16:39.2

Curling

Men's

: Markku Uusipaavalniemi (skip), Wille Mäkelä, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Jani Sullanmaa (alternate)

Finland sent a men's curling team to the Olympics,^[6] the same team which finished fifth at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.

Round-robin

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Switzerland (Stöckli)	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	X	7

;Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
United States (Fenson)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3

;Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6
New Zealand (Becker)	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5

;Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	5
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2

;Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	3	0	2	0	0	1	3	2	X	X	11

;Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	8
Canada (Gushue)	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	7

;Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	7
Norway (Trulsen)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3

;Draw 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	7

;Draw 11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	5

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	7	2
2	Canada	Brad Gushue	6	3
3	United States	Pete Fenson	6	3
4	Great Britain	David Murdoch	6	3
5	Norway	Pål Trulsen	5	4
6	Switzerland	Ralph Stockli	5	4
7	Italy	Joel Retornaz	4	5
8	Sweden	Peter Lindholm	3	6
9	Germany	Andy Kapp	3	6
10	New Zealand	Sean Becker	0	9

Playoffs

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3

;Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Finland (Uusipavaalniemi)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	x	x	-	5
Canada (Gushue)	0	2	1	1	0	6	0	0	x	x	-	11

Figure skating

Susanna Pöykiö and Kiira Korpi were selected for the women's competition. Pöykiö has won a silver at the 2005 European Figure Skating Championships (held in Torino), while Korpi's best European placing prior to the Olympics was sixth.^[7]

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kiira Korpi	Ladies'	n/a		44.84	20 Q	92.36	14	137.20	16
Susanna Pöykiö	Ladies'	n/a		53.74	12 Q	89.48	15	143.22	13

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Five Finnish men were entered in the freestyle competition, all in the moguls^[8] Since only four entrants were allowed, Tapio Luusua ended up as an alternate.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Janne Lahtela	Men's moguls	23.77	10 Q	22.65	16
Juuso Lahtela	Men's moguls	22.31	19 Q	24.42	8
Sami Mustonen	Men's moguls	21.57	22	Did not advance
Mikko Ronkainen	Men's moguls	23.38	13 Q	26.62

Ice hockey

Men's

The Finnish men's team finished atop its Round-robin group, which including beating both previous Olympic gold medalists, the Czech Republic and Canada, and beat the United States and Russia to make the final, where it lost to Sweden to finish in the silver medal position.

Roster

Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2005–06 team
G	Backstrom, NiklasNiklas Bäckström	187	89	000000001978-02-13-000013 February 1978	Helsinki	Karpat !Kärpät
G	Niittymaki, AnteroAntero Niittymäki	183	85	000000001980-06-18-000018 June 1980	Turku	Philadelphia Flyers
G	Norrena, FredrikFredrik Norrena	183	85	000000001973-11-29-000029 November 1973	Jakobstad	Linkopings HC !Linköpings HC
D	Berg, AkiAki Berg	193	97	000000001977-07-28-000028 July 1977	Turku	Toronto Maple Leafs
D	Kukkonen, LasseLasse Kukkonen	183	85	000000001981-09-18-000018 September 1981	Oulu	Karpat !Kärpät
D	Lydman, ToniToni Lydman	185	90	000000001977-09-25-000025 September 1977	Lahti	Buffalo Sabres
D	Niemi, Antti-JussiAntti-Jussi Niemi	184	87	000000001977-09-22-000022 September 1977	Vantaa	Frolunda HC !Frölunda HC
D	Nummelin, PetteriPetteri Nummelin	178	83	000000001972-11-25-000025 November 1972	Turku	Lugano !HC Lugano
D	Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	186	90	000000001968-07-03-00003 July 1968	Tampere	Buffalo Sabres
D	Salo, SamiSami Salo	192	98	000000001974-09-02-00002 September 1974	Turku	Vancouver Canucks
D	Timonen, KimmoKimmo Timonen	178	88	000000001975-03-18-000018 March 1975	Kuopio	Nashville Predators
F	Hagman, NiklasNiklas Hagman	183	91	000000001979-12-05-00005 December 1979	Espoo	Dallas Stars
F	Hentunen, JukkaJukka Hentunen	178	88	000000001974-05-03-00003 May 1974	Joroinen	Lugano !HC Lugano
F	Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen	181	86	000000001983-04-01-00001 April 1983	Kalajoki	Dallas Stars
F	Jokinen, OlliOlli Jokinen	188	90	000000001978-12-05-00005 December 1978	Kuopio	Florida Panthers
F	Kapanen, NikoNiko Kapanen	177	80	000000001978-04-29-000029 April 1978	Hattula	Dallas Stars
F	Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu	188	85	000000001983-03-12-000012 March 1983	Turku	Minnesota Wild
F	Koivu, SakuSaku Koivu	179	82	000000001974-11-23-000023 November 1974	Turku	Montreal Canadiens
F	Laaksonen, AnttiAntti Laaksonen	183	85	000000001973-10-03-00003 October 1973	Tammela	Colorado Avalanche
F	Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen	182	89	000000001973-06-24-000024 June 1973	Espoo	Dallas Stars
F	Nieminen, VilleVille Nieminen	181	93	000000001977-04-06-00006 April 1977	Tampere	New York Rangers
F	Peltonen, VilleVille Peltonen	180	84	000000001973-05-24-000024 May 1973	Vantaa	Lugano !HC Lugano
F	Ruutu, JarkkoJarkko Ruutu	188	93	000000001975-08-23-000023 August 1975	Vantaa	Vancouver Canucks
F	Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selänne – C	183	93	000000001970-07-03-00003 July 1970	Helsinki	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

Results

Round-robin

15 February 2006 15:35

Switzerland

0 – 5 (0–1, 0–4, 0–0)

Finland

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,960

Game reference
	Martin Gerber (out 40:00) David Aebischer (in 40:00)	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven
	0 – 1 13:07 - O. Jokinen (Peltonen) (PP) 0 – 2 23:35 - Numminen (Selänne, Lehtinen) (PP) 0 – 3 28:04 - O Jokinen (Peltonen, J. Jokinen) 0 – 4 33:25 - Selänne (S. Koivu) 0 – 5 39:25 - Selänne (Lehtinen, O. Jokinen)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	37

16 February 2006 12:05

Finland

6 – 0 (0–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 7,776

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Günther Hell	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	Lehtinen (Numminen) (PP) - 21:49 1 – 0 S. Koivu (Numminen) (PP) - 23:51 2 – 0 J. Jokinen (Nummelin, Salo) (PP) - 30:11 3 – 0 Peltonen (Nummelin) (PP) - 38:25 4 – 0 Selänne (S. Koivu, Salo) (PP) - 52:07 5 – 0 Selänne (Lehtinen) - 55:08 6 – 0
	4 min	Penalties	22 min
	51	Shots	16

18 February 2006 21:05

Czech Republic

2 – 4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,705

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	Židlický (Lang, Hejduk) (PP) - 8:25 1 – 0 1 – 1 14:14 - O. Jokinen (S. Koivu, Peltonen) 1 – 2 35:02 - Lehtinen (Timonen) (PP) Židlický (Lang, Špaček) (PP2) - 38:17 2 – 2 2 – 3 40:30 - Selänne (Lehtinen, S. Koivu) 2 – 4 48:33 - Lehtinen (S. Koivu, Selänne)
	12 min	Penalties	39 min
	28	Shots	37

19 February 2006 21:05

Finland

2 – 0 (2–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Canada

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 4,420

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Roberto Luongo	Referee: Vladimir Sindler
	Selänne (S. Koivu) - 11:14 1 – 0 Kapanen (Nieminen, Timonen) - 15:02 2 – 0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	24

21 February 2006 15:35

Finland

2 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,430

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Robert Müller	Referee: Danny Kurmann
	Kapanen (Hagman, S. Koivu) (PP) - 2:35 1 – 0 S. Koivu (Lehtinen, Selänne) - 39:39 2 – 0
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	18

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	10
Switzerland	5	2	1	2	10	12	6
Canada	5	3	2	0	15	9	6
Czech Republic	5	2	3	0	14	12	4
Germany	5	0	3	2	7	16	2
Italy	5	0	3	2	9	23	2

Medal round

Quarterfinal

22 February 2006 17:35

Finland

4 – 3 (2-1, 2-1, 0-1)

United States

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 6691

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Paul Devorski
	Peltonen (J. Jokinen, Salo) - 9:33 1 - 0 Salo (SH) - 12:01 2 - 0 2 - 1 13:14 - Knuble (Schnieder, Weight) 2 - 2 21:29 - Schneider (Rafalski, Conroy) (PP) O. Jokinen (Peltonen) (PP) - 25:06 3 - 2 O. Jokinen (PP) - 37:10 4 - 2 4 - 3 55:33 - Gionta (Drury, Cole)
	16 min	Penalties	30 min
	25	Shots	28

Semifinal

24 February 2006 21:05

Finland

4 – 0 (1-0, 2-0, 1-0)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8702

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Evgeni Nabokov	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven
	Peltonen (Timonen) (PP) - 6:13 1 - 0 Lydman (S. Koivu) - 29:33 2 - 0 S. Koivu (Timonen, Selänne) (PP) - 33:51 3 - 0 O. Jokinen (Peltonen, Kapanen) - 49:17 4 - 0
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	21

Final

26 February 2006 14:05

Finland

2 – 3 (1-0, 1-2, 0-1)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8274

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Paul Devorski
	Timonen (Selänne) (PP) - 14:45 1 - 0 1 - 1 24:42 - Zetterberg (Samuelsson, Bäckman) (PP) 1 - 2 33:24 - Kronwall (Zetterberg) (PP) Peltonen (J. Jokinen, O. Jokinen) - 35:00 2 - 2 2 - 3 40:10 - Lidström (M. Sundin, Forsberg)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	28

Women's

The Finnish women's team finished second to the United States in the round-robin section of the competition, but lost to both North American teams in the medal round to end up in fourth place.

Players

No	Player	G	A	Pts	PIM
25	Mari Pehkonen	3	0	3	2
22	Saara Tuominen	1	2	3	0
29	Karoliina Rantamäki	1	2	3	2
4	Heidi Pelttari	1	2	3	6
12	Mari Saarinen	1	1	2	0
24	Kati Kovalainen	1	0	1	0
27	Marja-Helena Pälvilä	1	0	1	0
15	Satu Hoikkala	0	1	1	2
18	Nora Tallus	0	1	1	2
3	Emma Laaksonen	0	1	1	8
11	Oona Parviainen	0	0	0	0
21	Eveliina Similä	0	0	0	0
9	Terhi Mertanen	0	0	0	2
22	Satu Tuominen	0	0	0	2
10	Sari Fisk	0	0	0	4
2	Hanna Kuoppala	0	0	0	4
20	Saija Sirviö	0	0	0	6

No	Goaltender	Mins	GA	GAA	Sv%
1	Noora Räty	60	0	0.00	1.000
30	Maija Hassinen	120	7	3.50	.873

Key: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PIM = Penalty Minutes, GA = Goals Against, GAA = Goals Against Average Sv% = Save Percentage

Results

Round-robin

11 February 2006 13:05

Finland

3 – 0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 3,200

Game reference
	Maija Hassinen	Goalies	Stephanie Wartosch-Kuerten	Referee: Arina Ustinova
	Pehkonen (Pelttari, Saa. Tuominen) - 8:15 1 – 0 Pelttari (PP) - 17:02 2 – 0 Pälvilä (SH) - 43:13 3 – 0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	24

13 February 2006 17:35

Finland

4 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 4,259

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Bianci Walter
	Saa. Tuominen (Pelttari) (PP) - 14:10 1 – 0 Rantamäki - 45:21 2 – 0 Saarinen (Hoikkala, Tallus) - 51:58 3 – 0 Pehkonen (Rantamäki) - 52:50 4 – 0
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	18

14 February 2006 20:35

United States

7 – 3 (1–2, 1–1, 5–0)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 7,697

Game reference
	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Maija Hassinen	Referee: Stephanie Norman
	0 – 1 00:13 - Pehkonen (Rantamäki) Parsons (Wendell, Potter) (PP) - 8:08 1 – 1 1 – 2 11:26 - Laaksonen (Saa. Tuominen) (PP) 1 – 3 32:01 - Kovalainen (Saarinen) (PP) Parsons (Chu) - 38:54 2 – 3 Ka. King - 41:28 3 – 3 Ruggiero - 50:16 4 – 3 Darwitz (Wall) (PP) - 51:01 5 – 3 Wendell (Parsons, Ruggiero) - 52:18 6 – 3 Ruggiero (Darwitz, Stephens) - 55:36 7 – 3
	38 min	Penalties	22 min
	31	Shots	15

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
United States	3	3	0	0	18	3	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	10	7	4
Germany	3	1	2	0	2	9	2
Switzerland	3	0	3	0	1	12	0

Medal round

Semifinal

17 February 2006 21:05

Canada

6 – 0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 5,654

Game reference
	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Maija Hassinen (22:59 out) Noora Räty (22:59 in)	Referee: Joy Tottman
	Weatherston (Sostorics) (PP) - 17:33 1 – 0 Apps (Kingsbury, Goyette) (PP) - 19:15 2 – 0 Wickenheiser (Apps) (PP) - 34:59 3 – 0 Ouellette (Sunohara) (PP) - 36:26 4 – 0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) - 47:49 5 – 0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) (PP) - 54:47 6 – 0
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	17

Bronze medal game

20 February 2006 16:35

Finland

0 – 4 (0–3, 0–1, 0–0)

United States

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 5,150

Game reference
	Noora Räty (38:16 out) Maija Hassinen (38:16 in)	Goalies	Chanda Gunn	Referee: Joy Tottman
	0 – 1 2:32 - Stephens (Chu, Darwitz) (PP) 0 – 2 8:09 - Ka. King (Resor) 0 – 3 11:05 - Ka. King (Potter) 0 – 4 21:44 - Ka. King (Chu, Kr. King)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	14	Shots	20

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Anssi Koivuranta	Sprint	121.5	3	0:17	19:17.7 +48.7	11
	Individual Gundersen	220.5	18	2:48	43:37.3 +3:52.7	25
Antti Kuisma	Individual Gundersen	217.5	22	3:00	42:33.8 +2:49.2	17
Hannu Manninen	Sprint	108.3	16	1:10	19:21.0 +52.0	12
	Individual Gundersen	238.0	8	1:38	41:20.2 +1:35.6	9
Janne Ryynänen	Sprint	102.5	29	1:33	20:47.6 +2:18.6	37
Jaakko Tallus	Sprint	120.9	4	0:19	18:58.1 +29.1	4
	Individual Gundersen	257.0	3	0:22	40:01.9 +17.3	5
Anssi Koivuranta Antti Kuisma Hannu Manninen Jaakko Tallus	Team	878.6	4	0:35	50:19.4 +26.8

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Janne Ahonen	Normal hill	133.5	3 PQ	134.5	2 Q	127.0	261.5	6
	Large hill	136.3	2 PQ	112.3	9 Q	121.8	234.1	9
Janne Happonen	Normal hill	114.0	23 Q	116.0	26 Q	109.0	225.0	28
Matti Hautamäki	Normal hill	130.0	5 PQ	131.0	6 Q	134.5	265.5
	Large hill	129.6	5 PQ	117.3	7 Q	125.1	242.4	5
Risto Jussilainen	Large hill	97.2	10 Q	91.7	35	Did not advance		35
Tami Kiuru	Normal hill	125.0	8 Q	113.0	31	Did not advance		31
	Large hill	95.3	12 Q	108.6	13 Q	105.4	214.0	18
Tami Kiuru Janne Happonen Janne Ahonen Matti Hautamäki	Team	n/a		467.2	2 Q	509.4	976.6

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Antti Autti	Men's halfpipe	43.5	2 Q	n/a		(28.2)	39.1	9
Janne Korpi	Men's halfpipe	9.2	42	33.5	14	Did not advance		20
Markku Koski	Men's halfpipe	20.2	28	40.6	3 Q	41.5	(31.4)
Risto Mattila	Men's halfpipe	40.8	5 Q	n/a		(31.6)	35.8	10

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Niina Sarias	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:24.96	24	Did not advance				24

Speed skating

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Janne Hänninen	Men's 500 m	35.58	35.67	1:11.25	15
	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:10.83	25
Pekka Koskela	Men's 500 m	35.58	35.51	1:11.09	10
	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:11.45	31
Mika Poutala	Men's 500 m	35.91	35.83	1:11.74	22
	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:11.03	26
Risto Rosendahl	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:12.60	37
	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:49.51	24

Notes and references

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1. ↑ "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 22 February 2009. 
2. ↑ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Retrieved 22 February 2009. 
3. ↑ (Finnish) Torino-Kisavisut - Joukkue lajeittain, from Suomen Olympiakomitea (Finnish Olympic Committee), retrieved 26 January 2006.
4. ↑ (Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Ampumahiihto, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
5. ↑ (Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Maastohiihto, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
6. ↑ (Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Curling, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
7. ↑ (Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Taitoluistelu, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.
8. ↑ .(Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Freestylehiihto, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.

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