Finland at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

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)

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)

1. 100 metres — 10.94s
2. Long Jump — 7.56m
3. Shot Put — 15.34m
4. High Jump — 1.97m
5. 400 metres — 49.94s
6. 110m Hurdles — 14.25s
7. Discus Throw — 41.86m
8. Pole Vault — 4.80m
9. Javelin Throw — 66.64m
10. 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)

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)

One male fencer represented Finland in 1988.

Men's épée

• Lars Winter

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Petri Suominen
  1. Heat – 1:03.58
  2. B-Final – 1:04.04 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Petri Suominen
  1. Heat – 2:22.01 (→ did not advance, 29th place)