2008 Finnish Athletics Championships

The 2008 Finnish Athletics Championships were held in the Ratina Stadion in Tampere from July 24 to July 27, 2008. The event served as a qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics staged from August 15 to August 24, 2008 in Beijing, PR China.

Results

2008 FINNISH ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Track Events	Men’s Winners		Women’s Winners
	Name	Mark	Name	Mark
100 metres	Joni Rautanen	10,52	Sari Keskitalo	11,49
200 metres	Visa Hongisto	20,88	Sari Keskitalo	23,59
400 metres	Matti Välimäki	47,17	Karin Storbacka	54,55
800 metres	Mikko Lahtio	1.48,77	Mari Järvenpää	2.07,82
1,500 metres	Robert Rotkirch	3.53,95	Mari Järvenpää	4.26,68
5,000 metres	Jussi Utriainen	14.10,35	Annemari Sandell-Hyvärinen	16.15,47
10,000 metres	Jussi Utriainen	29.46,55	Annemari Sandell-Hyvärinen	34.53,18
110 m/100 m Hurdles	Markus Vilen	14,12	Johanna Halkoaho	13,46
400 m Hurdles	Janne Mäkelä	50,47	Ilona Ranta	58,06
3,000 m Steeplechase	Jukka Keskisalo	8.33,21	Sandra Eriksson	10.15,25
20 km/10 km Race Walk	Jarkko Kinnunen	1:25.56	Marja Penttinen	47.37
Field Event	Men’s Winners		Women’s Winners
	Name	Mark	Name	Mark
High Jump	Oskari Frösén	2.27 m	Hanna Grobler	1.81 m
Pole Vault	Eemeli Salomäki	5.35 m	Vanessa Vandy	4.30 m
Long Jump	Petteri Lax	8.11 m	Noora Pesola	6.46 m
Triple Jump	Aleksi Tammentie	15.93 m	Elina Sorsa	13.40 m
Shot Put	Robert Häggblom	18.88 m	Suvi Helin	15.36 m
Discus Throw	Frantz Kruger	61.59 m	Anita Hietalahti	54.23 m
Hammer Throw	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	77.93 m	Merja Korpela	67.43 m
Javelin Throw	Tero Järvenpää	86.68 m	Kirsi Ahonen	58.86 m
Decathlon	Jaakko Ojaniemi	7517	—	—
Heptathlon	—	—	Niina Kelo	5757

See also

• Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References

• live.time4results

External links

Media related to 2008 Finnish Championships in Athletics at Wikimedia Commons