Finland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 78 competitors, 59 men and 19 women, took part in 66 events in 15 sports.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Medalists
Archery
The Finnish team did not fare as well at the 1988 Olympic archery competition as they had previously, though the men's team was almost able to capture a medal. Only one archer placed in the top eight in individual competition.
Women's Individual Competition: Päivi Aaltonen — 1/8 Final (→ 20th place) Jutta Poikolainen — Preliminary Round (→ 55th place) Minna Heinonen — Preliminary Round (→ 56th place)
Men's Individual Competition: Pentti Vikström — Final (→ 7th place) Tomi Poikolainen — Semifinal (→ 11th place) Ismo Falck — Preliminary Round (→ 27th place)
Women's Team Competition: Aaltonen, Poikolainen, and Heinonen — Preliminary Round (→ 13th place)
Men's Team Competition: Vikstrom, Poikolainen, and Falck — Final (→ 4th place)
Athletics
Men's Long Jump
Jarmo Kärnä
Qualification — 7.90m
Final — 7.82m (→ 10th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
Harri Huhtala
Qualification — 77.34m
Final — 75.38m (→ 9th place) Juha Tiainen Qualification — 73.24m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
Tapio Korjus
Qualification — 81.42m
Final — 84.28m (→ Gold Medal) Seppo Räty Qualification — 81.62m Final — 83.26m (→ Bronze Medal) Kimmo Kinnunen Qualification — 80.24m Final — 78.04m (→ 10th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
Reima Salonen
Final — 3'51:36 (→ 18th place)
Men's Decathlon
Petri Keskitalo — 8143 points (→ 11th place) 100 metres — 10.94s Long Jump — 7.56m Shot Put — 15.34m High Jump — 1.97m 400 metres — 49.94s 110m Hurdles — 14.25s Discus Throw — 41.86m Pole Vault — 4.80m Javelin Throw — 66.64m 1.500 metres — 4:55.89s
Women's Marathon
Tuija Jousimaa
Final – 2:43:00 (→ 41st place) Sinikka Keskitalo Final – 2:43:00 (→ 42nd place)
Women's Javelin Throw
Päivi Alafrantti
Qualification – 62.82m
Final – 58.20m (→ 10th place) Tiina Lillak Qualification – 60.06m (→ did not advance) Tuula Laaksalo Qualification – 60.64m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
Satu Ruotsalainen
Final Result — 6101 points (→ 15th place) Ragne Kytölä Final Result — 5686 points (→ 21st place)
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Four cyclists, three men and one woman, represented Finland in 1988.
Men's road race
Jari Lähde
Men's 1 km time trial
Mika Hämäläinen
Men's individual pursuit
Jyrki Tujunen
Women's road race
Tea Vikstedt-Nyman — 2:00:52 (→ 43rd place)
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing
One male fencer represented Finland in 1988.
Men's épée
Lars Winter
Judo
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Petri Suominen
Heat – 1:03.58
B-Final – 1:04.04 (→ 14th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Petri Suominen
Heat – 2:22.01 (→ did not advance, 29th place)