Finland_at_the_2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics

Finland at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
Finland at the; 2009 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	FIN
National federation	Suomen Urheiluliitto RY
Website	http://www.sul.fi/index.php?Lang=ENG
in Berlin
Competitors	20
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
World Championships in Athletics appearances
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Finland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Sporting event delegation

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]

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Pitkämäki leads Finland team at the Berlin World Championships. European Athletic Association (2009-08-03).

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https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-5477702 (in Finnish)

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Event	Athletes	Heat round 1		Heat round 2		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	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

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	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
Hammer throw	David Söderberg	73.69	18	did not advance

Event	Athletes	Heat round 1		Heat round 2		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
3000 m steeplechase	Sandra Eriksson	9:46.62 PB	31	did not advance

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	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

Finland_at_the_2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics

Finland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Team selection

Results

Men

Women

See also

References

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