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Finland competed at the ''' 1984 Summer Olympics ''' in Los Angeles, California under the IOC Country Code FIN. It was the seventeenth time that the European nation participated. Finland was represented by a total number of 88 athletes.


MEDALS

Finland finished in 15th position in the final medal rankings


Gold






Silver




Bronze



  • Rauno Bies — Shooting, Rapid-Fire Pistol (Mixed)



  • Pekka Niemi — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (100 kg)


  • Jukka Rauhala — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)






RESULTS BY EVENT


Archery

Defending gold medallist Tomi Poikolainen bettered his performance of four years earlier by one point, but with the return of the United States and Japan , Poikolainen's score was no longer sufficient to earn a medal and he fell to fifth place. Much the same fate befell Päivi Meriluoto , who fell two places even though she shot 60 points better than she had in 1980.

Kyösti Laasonen , in his fourth Olympic archery competition, took 28th place.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:


Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)