Finland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Finland participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Finland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	https://www.olympiakomitea.fi/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	25 in 8 sports
Medals Ranked 57th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Eemil Helander	2000m steeplechase	5:46.41PB	4	—		13	6
	Cross country	—		12:15	9(24)
Julius Mäkinen				12:48	14(40)	28	13
	3000m	8:41.41	14	—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank	Total	Rank
Arttu Mattila	High jump	2.09	2	2.07	9	4.16	6
Oskari Lahtinen	Hammer throw	73.71PB	5	70.20	7	143.91	6
Topias Laine	Javelin throw	74.57	3	78.85	1	153.42

Girls

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Johanna Kylmänen	100 m	12.34	12	11.91	12	24.25	11
Alisa Virtanen	800 m	2:16.82	17	2:17.50	16	4:34.32	14
Nathalie Blomqvist	1500 m	4:29.50	7	—		14	6
	Cross country	—		13:38	16
Pinja Kotinurmi				14:04	6(27)	16	8
	2000m steeplechase	6:50.97	10	—
Kia Laisi	400m hurdles	1:03.23	14	DNS		DNS

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank	Total	Rank
Jessica Kähärä	High jump	1.81	3	1.82	4	3.63
Sara Killinen	Hammer throw	67.63	3	57.96	10	125.59	5
Minna Hollanti	Javelin throw	47.11	10	45.53	11	92.64	11

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ronja Rundgren	Girls' 10m platform	336.85	8 Q	329.80	8

Team

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Team 11  Ronja Rundgren (FIN)  Anthony Harding (GBR)	Mixed team	—		299.10	12

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Elina Saksa	Girls' individual	75 (+5)	11	74 (+4)	149	11	76 (+6)	225	19	225	+15	16
Eemil Alajärvi	Boys' individual	77 (+7)	23	78 (+8)	155	26	81 (+11)	236	26	236	+26	26

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 (Fourball)		Round 2 (Foursome)		Round 3 (Individual Stroke)				Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Boy	Girl	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Elina Saksa Eemil Alajärvi	Mixed team	65 (−5)	10	73 (+3)	10	76	74	150 (+10)	22	288	+8	17

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic

Finland qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.^[1]

Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Ada Hautala	Individual	12.791	11.533	12.033 R2	12.000	48.357	11 Q

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Ada Hautala	All-around	12.916	11.966	12.233	12.033	49.148	9
	Balance beam	—

Rhythmic

Finland qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on its performance at the European qualification event.^[2]

• Girls' rhythmic individual all-around – 1 quota

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Aurora Arvelo	All-around	12.950	15.150	14.500	13.200	55.800	12	Did not advance

Multidiscipline

Team	Athlete	Acrobatic	Artistic	Rhythmic	Trampoline	Total points	Rank
Team Anna Bessonova (Gray)	Sophia Imrie-Gale (GBR)  Clyde Gembickas (GBR)	15	—			381	4
	Ward Claeys (BEL)	—	99	—
	Reza Bohloulzade Hajlari (IRI)		65
	Ayan Moldagaliyev (KAZ)		36
	Eglė Stalinkevičiūtė (LTU)		42
	Ada Hautala (FIN)		10
	Giorgia Villa (ITA)		11
	Celia Joseph Noël (FRA)	—		40	—
	Celeste D'arcangelo (ARG)			13
	Tatyana Volozhanina (BUL)			26
	Jérémy Chartier (CAN)	—			15
	Vera Beliankina (RUS)				9
Team Dong Dong (Gray)	Rachel Nell (RSA)  Sidwell Madibeng (RSA)	33	—			389	5
	Daniel Schwed (GER)	—	63	—
	Marcus Stenberg (SWE)		27
	Diogo Soares (BRA)		34
	Beatriz Cardoso (POR)		33
	Ana-Maria Puiu (ROU)		42
	Lee Yunseo (KOR)		46
	Aurora Arvelo (FIN)	—		38	—
	Khrystyna Pohranychna (UKR)			22
	Wang Zilu (CHN)			12
	Nikita Babyonishev (UZB)	—			16
	Yekaterina Lukina (KAZ)				23

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Rep 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Turpal Djoukaev	Boys' −66 kg	Almishri (LBA) W 10–00	Naguchev (RUS) L 00s3–10	Did not advance	Jashari (MKD) W 1–00s1	Nazarov (UZB) L 00s3–10s1	Did not advance		7

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Los Angeles  Soniya Bhatta (NEP)  Ariel Shulman (ISR)  Nahomys Acosta Batte (CUB)  Turpal Djoukaev (FIN)  Saskia Brothers (AUS)  Georgios Balarjishvili (CYP)  Raffaela Igl (GER)  Alin Bagrin (MDA)	Mixed team	Team Seoul (MIX) W 5–3	Team Athens (MIX) L 3–5	Did not advance		5

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Finland qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 European Championships.^[3]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Viivi Natalia Kemppi	Girls' 10m air rifle	621.0	9	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Viivi Natalia Kemppi (FIN)  Facundo Firmapaz (ARG)	Mixed team 10m air rifle	825.9	4Q	Wang (CHN)  Emilov (BUL) W 10–9	Benetti (ITA)  Mahardika (INA) W 10–5	Erdenechuluun (MGL)  Pekler (HUN) L 5–10	Martínez López (MEX)  Wadlegger (AUT) W 10–7

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boyss

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexey Belfer	50 m freestyle	23.67	21	Did not advance
Roni Kallström	50 m backstroke	26.32	8Q	26.79	15	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	57.65	19	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:07.80	21	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nea-Amanda Heinola	50 m freestyle	26.08	12Q	26.49	14	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	57.22	21	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:06.78	27	—		Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	30.27	25	—		Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	28.04	22	—		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:19.01	15	—		Did not advance
Laura Lahtinen	50 m breaststroke	32.01	8Q	32.49	11	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:12.73	34	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	DSQ		Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:02.15	15Q	1:02.00	15	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:14.17	4Q	—		2:13.51	5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexey Belfer Nea-Amanda Heinola Roni Kallström Laura Lahtinen	4×100 m medley relay	4:07.84	22	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Annika Lundström	Girls' singles	Group H  Sawettabut (THA) L 1–4 (11:9, 5:11, 9:11, 5:11, 7:11)	4	Did not advance				25
		Tailakova (RUS) L 0–4 (10:12, 4:11, 5:11, 4:11)
		Lee (HKG) L 1–4 (2:11, 11:6, 10:12, 8:11, 6:11)

Team

Athletes	Event	Group stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Intercontinental 2  Annika Lundström (FIN)  Jann Mari Nayre (PHI)	Mixed international team	Group B Europe 3  Bogdanova (BLR)  Sgouropoulos (GRE) L 0–3	3	Did not advance				17
		Intercontinental 1  Lee (HKG)  Hamdoun (TUN) W 2–1
		Chinese Taipei  Su (TPE)  Lin (TPE) L 0–1

References

1. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
2. "18 nations secure Youth Olympic participation in Rhythmic gymnastics". European Gymnastics Federation. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
3. "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.