Finland at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

Finland at the
2015 World Championships in Athletics

IAAF code

FIN

Website

www.yleisurheilu.fi

in Beijing

Competitors

Medals
Ranked 32nd

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	0	1	1

Finland competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015.

Medalists

The following Finnish competitors won medals at the Championships

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
03 ! Bronze	Tero Pitkämäki	Javelin throw	26 August

Results

(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Henri Manninen	Marathon	N/A				2:30:21 SB	35
Jarkko Kinnunen	50 kilometres walk	N/A				4:02:07 SB	32
Aku Partanen		N/A				3:54:28	18
Aleksi Ojala		N/A				DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tuomas Seppänen	Hammer throw	74.74 SB	11 q	73.18	10
David Söderberg	Hammer throw	75.96	6 q	76.92 SB	6
Tero Pitkämäki	Javelin throw	83.43	5 Q	87.64	03 !
Antti Ruuskanen		82.20	9 q	87.12	5
Ari Mannio		80.19	14	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nooralotta Neziri	100 metres hurdles	13.13	6	Did not advance
Anne-Mari Hyryläinen	Marathon	N/A				2:41:59	29
Sandra Eriksson	3000 metres steeplechase	9:39.64	8	N/A		Did not advance
Camilla Richardsson	3000 metres steeplechase	9:53.13	8	N/A		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kristiina Mäkelä	Triple jump	13.83	13	Did not advance
Minna Nikkanen	Pole vault	4.55	6 q	4.60 =NR	10
Sanna Kämäräinen	Discus throw	56.68	27	Did not advance
Sanni Utriainen	Javelin throw	55.56	31	Did not advance

Sources

Finnish team

Nations at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

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Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

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