Finland at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics

Finland at the
2013 World Championships in Athletics
Finland at the; 2013 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	FIN
National federation	Suomen Urheiluliitto RY
Website	www.sul.fi
in Moscow
Competitors	11
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
World Championships in Athletics appearances
	1976; 1980; 1983; 1987; 1991; 1993; 1995; 1997; 1999; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2022; 2023;
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Finland competed at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics from August 10 to August 18 in Moscow, Russia.

Medallists

The following Finnish competitors won medals at the Championships

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Silver	Tero Pitkämäki	Javelin throw	17 August

Team selection

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]

Track and road events

Event	Athletes
Event	Men	Women
100m		Hanna-Maari Latvala
200m		Hanna-Maari Latvala
100m hurdles		Nooralotta Neziri
3000m steeplechase		Sandra Eriksson Oona Kettunen (reserve)
20 km race walk		Anne Halkivaha
50 km race walk	Jarkko Kinnunen Veli-Matti Partanen

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes
Event	Men	Women
Pole vault	Jere Bergius
Long jump	~~Eero Haapala~~
Javelin throw	Tero Pitkämäki Antti Ruuskanen Teemu Wirkkala Ari Mannio (reserve)

Results

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Teemu Wirkkala	Javelin throw	79.50	18					Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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

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

External links

IAAF World Championships – Finland

[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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