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
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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]

Results

Men

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

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

  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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