Finland competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1908. The Finnish Olympic Committee sent a total of 56 athletes to the Games, 29 men and 27 women, to compete in 14 sports. There was only a single competitor in artistic gymnastics, taekwondo, weightlifting and tennis. Notable Finnish athletes included the defending champion Satu Mäkelä-Nummela in women's trap shooting, and Olympic bronze medalistTero Pitkämäki in men's javelin throw. Badminton playerAnu Nieminen, and swimmer Hanna-Maria Seppälä, who finished fourth in the women's freestyle event, made their fourth Olympic appearance as the most experienced athletes. Seppälä also became Finland's first female flag bearer at the Summer Olympics' opening ceremony. Suomen Olympiakomitea set a goal of three medals, with at least one gold medal and six point positions in eighth-place finish, to be targeted in the medal standings. At the end of the Games, Finland already had three medals, but reached beyond the medal target by a single point. Finland, however, left London with two silvers and one bronze medal in sailing and athletics, failing to win a gold medal for the second time in Summer Olympic history since 2004. Antti Ruuskanen only received his silver medal in 2017, due to doping by the original silver medalistOleksandr Pyatnytsya from Ukraine. Several Finnish athletes who reached finals missed out on the medal standings including Pitkämäki, and taekwondo jin Suvi Mikkonen.
Medalists
Medal
Name
Sport
Event
Date
Sailing
Women's sailboard
Athletics
Men's javelin throw
Sailing
Elliott 6m
Athletics
Finnish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events : ;Key
Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
in men's marathon in women's marathon ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events
Badminton
Canoeing
Sprint
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final ; FB = Qualify to final B
Cycling
Road
Equestrian
Dressage
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Women
Judo
Sailing
Finland has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events ;Men ;Women ;Match racing ;Open M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;
Shooting
Finland has earned four quota places in shooting events; ;Men ;Women
Swimming
Finnish swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events, and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time ): ;Men ;Women
