Finland at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the context of Heili Sirviö

⭐ Core Definition: Finland at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Finland competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It signified the nation's participation in every single edition of the Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1908.

The best placement by a Finnish athlete in the 2024 Games was fifth, attained by three athletes: Pihla Kaivo-oja in women's 50 kg boxing, Silja Kosonen in women's hammer throw, and Heili Sirviö in women's park in skateboarding. The 2024 Games marked the first time in Finnish Olympic history that it failed to win a medal, ending the streak of medalling in 50 consecutive Olympic Games (Summer and Winter).

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Finland at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the context of Finland at the Olympics

Finland first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games and every Winter Olympic Games since then. Finland was also the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Finnish athletes have won a total of 305 medals at the Summer Games, mostly in athletics and wrestling. Finland has also won 175 medals at the Winter Games, mostly in nordic skiing events.

The National Olympic Committee for Finland is the Finnish Olympic Committee, and was created and recognized in 1907, when Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland as part of the Russian Empire. Finland earned medals at 50 straight Olympics Games between 1908 and 2022 until the country's first-ever Olympics without a medal 2024. Its neighbouring country Sweden has a longer medalling streak, with one or more medals at every Olympic event since 1908 so far.

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