Finland at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics

Finland at the
2013 World Championships in Athletics
WA codeFIN
National federationSuomen Urheiluliitto RY
Websitewww.sul.fi
in Moscow
Competitors11
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
World Championships in Athletics appearances
2011
2015

Finland competed at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics from August 10 to August 18 in Moscow, Russia.

Medallists

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The following Finnish competitors won medals at the Championships

Medal Name Event Date
 Silver Tero Pitkämäki Javelin throw 17 August

Team selection

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Finland sends a team consisting of 11 athletes to Moscow. Additional two athletes are reserve.[1][2] Eero Haapala withdrew due to a repeating injury on August 8.[3]

Results

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Men

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Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final
Time
Width
Height
Rank Time
Width
Height
Rank Time
Width
Height
Rank Time
Width
Height
Rank
Jarkko Kinnunen 50 kilometres walk 3:50:56 20
Veli-Matti Partanen 50 kilometres walk 4:04:59 41
Jere Bergius Pole vault 5.40 14 Did not advance
Eero Haapala Long jump DNS Did not advance
Antti Ruuskanen Javelin throw 81.36 6 81.44 6
Tero Pitkämäki Javelin throw 84.39 1 87.07 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Teemu Wirkkala Javelin throw 79.50 18 Did not advance

Women

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Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final
Time
Width
Height
Rank Time
Width
Height
Rank Time
Width
Height
Rank Time
Width
Height
Rank
Hanna-Maari Latvala 100 metres 11.45 26 Did not advance
Hanna-Maari Latvala 200 metres 23.07 20 23.21 19 Did not advance
Nooralotta Neziri 100 metres hurdles 13.23 23 13.04 NR 16 Did not advance
Sandra Eriksson 3000 metres steeplechase 9:45.57 18 Did not advance
Anne Halkivaha 20 kilometres walk 1:36:17 47

References

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  1. ^ "14th IAAF World Championships Athletes -IAAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2013-08-23.
  2. ^ "Suomen joukkue | Yle Urheilu | yle.fi". Archived from the original on 2013-08-10.
  3. ^ "Haapalan testi päättyi katastrofiin - varmalta näyttänyt kisapaikka vaihtui loukkaantumiseen | Yle Urheilu".
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