Finland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
Sporting event delegation
Finland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics | |
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WA code | FIN |
National federation | Suomen Urheiluliitto RY |
Website | http://www.sul.fi/index.php?Lang=ENG |
in Berlin | |
Competitors | 20 |
Medals |
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World Championships in Athletics appearances | |
← 2007 2011 → |
Finland competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, 15–23 August 2009. A team of 20 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. The selected athletes had achieved at least one of the competition's qualifying standards. The team failed to win any medals; defending world champion javelin thrower Tero Pitkämäki managed only a fifth-place finish.[1]
Team selection
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Results
Men
- Track and road events
Event | Athletes | Heat round 1 | Heat round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
400 m hurdles | Jussi Heikkilä | 51.42 | 25 | did not advance | |||||
3000 m steeplechase | Jukka Keskisalo | 8:22.00 | 13 | 8:14.47 | 8 | ||||
50 km walk | Jarkko Kinnunen | 3:47:36 PB | 9 |
- Field events
Event | Athletes | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Long jump | Tommi Evilä | 801 | 14 | did not advance | |
High jump | Oskari Frösén | 224 | 20 | did not advance | |
Pole vault | Eemeli Salomäki | 540 | 22 | did not advance | |
Discus throw | Frantz Kruger | 62.29 | 12 | 59.77 | 12 |
Javelin throw | Tero Järvenpää | 79.48 | 10 | 75.57 | 11 |
Tero Pitkämäki | 81.65 | 4 | 81.90 | 5 | |
Antti Ruuskanen | 78.69 | 12 | 81.87 | 6 | |
Teemu Wirkkala | 79.84 | 7 | 79.82 | 9 | |
Hammer throw | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | 74.09 | 16 | did not advance | |
David Söderberg | 73.69 | 18 | did not advance |
Women
- Track and road events
Event | Athletes | Heat round 1 | Heat round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
3000 m steeplechase | Sandra Eriksson | 9:46.62 PB | 31 | did not advance |
- Field and combined events
Event | Athletes | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
High jump | Hanna Grobler | 189 | 21 | did not advance | |
Pole vault | Minna Nikkanen | 4.40 | 20 | did not advance | |
Javelin throw | Mikaela Ingberg | 57.88 | 14 | did not advance | |
Hammer throw | Merja Korpela | 68.34 | 20 | did not advance |
See also
References
- ^ Pitkämäki leads Finland team at the Berlin World Championships. European Athletic Association (2009-08-03).
- ^ https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-5477702 (in Finnish)
External links
- Official competition website
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Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
- Algeria
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