Finland at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Gold • Heli Rantanen — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw Silver • Jani Sievinen — Swimming, Men's 200 metres Individual Medley • Marko Asell — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight (74 kg) Bronze • Seppo Räty — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw ==Archery==

The Finnish team sent only men to the 1996 archery tournament. Each won his first match, while two were defeated in the second round. Tomi Poikolainen was the only Finn to reach the third round, where he was defeated. The squad won its first match in the team round, but was soundly defeated in the quarterfinal. '''Men's Individual Competition:''' • Tomi Poikolainen → Round of 16, 12th place (2-1) • Jari Lipponen → Round of 32, 20th place (1-1) • Tommi Tuovila → Round of 32, 32nd place (1-1) '''Men's Team Competition:''' • Poikolainen, Lipponen, and Tuovila → Quarterfinal, 8th place (1-1) ==Athletics==

'''Men's 110 metres Hurdles''' • Antti Haapakoski '''Men's Marathon''' • Harri Hänninen — 2:18.41 (→ 32nd place) • Risto Ulmala — did not finish (→ no ranking) '''Men's 50 km Walk''' • Valentin Kononen — 3:47:40 (→ 7th place) • Antero Lindman — 4:07:58 (→ 30th place) • Jani Lehtinen — did not finish (→ no ranking) '''Men's Pole Vault''' • Heikki Vääräniemi '''Men's Shot Put''' • Mika Halvari • Arsi Harju '''Men's Javelin Throw''' • Seppo Räty • Kimmo Kinnunen • Harri Hakkarainen '''Men's Hammer Throw''' • Marko Wahlman • Qualification — 73.50m (→ did not advance) '''Women's 100 metres''' • Sanna Kyllönen '''Women's 200''' metres • Sanna Kyllönen '''Women's 10.000 metres''' • Annemari Sandell • Qualification — 31:40.42 • Final — 32:14.66 (→ 12th place) '''Women's 4 × 100 m Relay''' • Johanna Manninen • Sanna Kyllönen • Heidi Suomi • Anu Pirttimaa '''Women's Javelin Throw''' • Heli Rantanen • Qualification — 66.54 m • Final — 67.94 m (→ Gold Medal) • Mikaela Ingberg • Qualification — 60.46 m • Final — 61.52 m (→ 7th place) • Taina Uppa • Qualification — 57.74 m (→ did not advance) '''Women's Shot Put''' • Karoliina Lundahl • Qualification — 17.14m (→ did not advance) '''Women's Long Jump''' • Heli Koivula • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance) '''Women's Triple Jump''' • Heli Koivula • Qualification — 13.25 m (→ did not advance) '''Women's Heptathlon''' • Tiia Hautala • Final Result — 5887 points (→ 21st place) '''Women's Marathon''' • Kirsi Rauta — did not finish (→ no ranking) '''Women's 10 km Walk''' • Sari Essayah — 45:02 (→ 16th place) ==Badminton==

'''Men's Singles''' • Pontus Jäntti • Robert Liljequist ==Canoeing==

'''Men's Kayak Singles, 500 metres''' • Mikko Kolehmainen '''Men's Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres''' • Mikko Kolehmainen ==Cycling==

Road Competition '''Men's Individual Road Race''' • Joona Laukka • Kari Myyryläinen '''Women's Individual Road Race''' • Tea Vikstedt-Nyman • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 34th place) '''Women's Individual Time Trial''' • Tea Vikstedt-Nyman • Final — 38:24 (→ 6th place) Track Competition '''Men's Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres''' • Jukka Heinikainen '''Women's Sprint, 1,000 metres''' • Mira Kasslin '''Women's Points Race''' • Tea Vikstedt-Nyman ==Equestrianism==

Individual Mixed Dressage • Kyra Kyrklund ==Fencing==

One female fencer represented Finland in 1996. ;Women's épée • Minna Lehtola ==Judo==

'''Men's Half-Lightweight''' • Pasi Lauren ==Rhythmic gymnastics==

'''Women's Individual Rhythmic Gymnastics''' • Katri Kalpala ==Rowing==

'''Men's Single Sculls''' • Tomas Söderblom '''Women's Single Sculls''' • Laila Finska-Bezerra ==Sailing==

'''Men's 50 m Freestyle''' • Janne Blomqvist • Heat — 23.61 (→ did not advance, 37th place) '''Men's 100 m Freestyle''' • Kalle Varonen • Heat — 52.00 (→ did not advance, 44th place) '''Men's 200 m Freestyle''' • Jani Sievinen • Heat — 1:49.05 • Swim-off for 8th — 1:48.89 (→ scratched second swim-off) • Antti Kasvio • Heat — 1:50.55 (→ did not advance, 18th place) '''Men's 100 m Butterfly''' • Vesa Hanski • Heat — 54.73 (→ did not advance, 25th place) '''Men's 200 m Butterfly''' • Vesa Hanski • Heat — 1:59.73 • B-Final — 1:59.64 (→ 10th place) '''Men's 200 m Individual Medley''' • Jani Sievinen • Heat — 2:01.05 • Final — 2:00.13 (→ Silver Medal) • Petteri Lehtinen • Heat — 2:05.51 (→ did not advance, 19th place) '''Men's 400 m Individual Medley''' • Jani Sievinen • Heat — 4:23.13 • Final — scratched '''Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay''' • Jani Sievinen, Antti Kasvio, Janne Blomqvist, and Kalle Varonen • Heat — 3:22.99 (→ did not advance, 12th place) '''Women's 50 m Freestyle''' • Minna Salmela • Heat — 26.72 (→ did not advance, 34th place) '''Women's 100 m Freestyle''' • Minna Salmela • Heat — 57.15 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) '''Women's 200 m Freestyle''' • Paula Harmokivi • Heat — 2:03.54 (→ did not advance, 18th place) '''Women's 400 m Freestyle''' • Paula Harmokivi • Heat — 4:23.84 (→ did not advance, 33rd place) '''Women's 100 m Backstroke''' • Anu Koivisto • Heat — 1:05.26 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) '''Women's 200 m Backstroke''' • Anu Koivisto • Heat — 2:19.58 (→ did not advance, 25th place) '''Women's 100 m Breaststroke''' • Mia Hagman • Heat — 1:13.01 (→ did not advance, 32nd place) '''Women's 200 m Breaststroke''' • Mia Hagman • Heat — 2:36.11 (→ did not advance, 25th place) '''Women's 100 m Butterfly''' • Marja Pärssinen • Heat — 1:02.53 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) '''Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay''' • Minna Salmela, Paula Harmokivi, Marja Pärssinen, and Marja Heikkilä • Heat — 3:50.33 (→ did not advance, 16th place) '''Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay''' • Anu Koivisto, Mia Hagman, Marja Pärssinen, and Minna Salmela • Heat — 4:14.14 (→ did not advance, 14th place) ==Weightlifting==

'''Men's Lightweight''' • Jouni Grönman '''Men's Heavyweight''' • Janne Kanerva ==Wrestling==

'''Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman''' • Marko Yli-Hannuksela '''Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman''' • Marko Asell '''Men's Middleweight, Greco-Roman''' • Tuomo Karila '''Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman''' • Harri Koskela '''Men's Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman''' • Juha Ahokas ==Notes==