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Jani Sievinen has competed for Finland Jani Sievinen has won 1 silver medal at the Olympic Games 

Jani Sievinen is a swimmer who has competed for Finland. He competed at the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympic Games.

At his first Olympics in 1992, Sievinen entered the final as the fastest swimmer with a Finnish record time (2:01.18) from the heats, but he narrowly missed the podium by 0.28 seconds behind the bronze medalist Attila Czene.

Four years later in Atlanta, Sievinen returned to his second Games as the current world record holder, the reigning world champion, and the top medal contender in the 200 metres individual medley. The fastest entrant for the final, he faced an intense pressure against his rivals, including Czene, towards the freestyle leg, ending the race with a first silver for the Finnish swimming team in history.

Sievinen has continued to be a member of the Finnish swimming team at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, but he struggled to repeat a podium feat from Atlanta in any of his races.

Olympic Results[]

Year Event Rank
1992 Men's 200m backstroke DNS
Men's 100m butterfly 13th
Men's 200m individual medley 4th
Men's 4x100m freestyle relay 14th
Men's 4x200m freestyle relay 12th
Men's 4x100m medley relay 20th
1996 Men's 200m freestyle 17th
Men's 100m backstroke DNS
Men's 200m backstroke DNS
Men's 200m individual medley Silver
Men's 400m individual medley 17th
Men's 4x100m freestyle relay 12th
2000 Men's 200m individual medley 8th
Men's 400m individual medley 27th
Men's 4x100m medley relay DQ
2004 Men's 200m individual medley 20th
Men's 4x100m medley relay 11th

1992[]

Discipline Round Time
200 metres backstroke Heats DNS
Final Did not advance
100 metres butterfly Heats 54.57
B Final 54.93
200 metres individual medley Heats 2:01.18 NR
A Final 2:01.28
4x100 metres freestyle relay Heats 3:25.47
(51.53 split)
Final Did not advance
4x200 metres freestyle relay Heats 7:28.71
(1:52.10 split)
Final Did not advance
4x100 metres medley relay Heats 4:06.18
(1:13.02 split)
Final Did not advance

1996[]

Discipline Round Time
200 metres freestyle Heats 1:49.05
Swim-off 1:48.89
B Final Withdrew
100 metres backstroke Heats DNS
Final Did not advance
200 metres backstroke Heats DNS
Final Did not advance
200 metres individual medley Heats 2:01.05
A Final 2:00.13
400 metres individual medley Heats 4:23.13
B Final Withdrew
4x100 metres freestyle relay Heats 3:22.99
(50.04 split)
Final Did not advance

2000[]

Discipline Round Time
200 metres individual medley Heats 2:02.00
Semifinal 2:01.46
Final 2:02.49
400 metres individual medley Heats 4:25.16
Final Did not advance
4x100 metres medley relay Heats DQ
(56.49 split)
Final Did not advance

2004[]

Discipline Round Time
200 metres individual medley Heats 2:02.79
Semifinal Did not advance
Final
4x100 metres medley relay Heats 3:41.64
(56.84 split)
Final Did not advance
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