1912 Finnish championships in aquatics

From 1906 to 1926, the Finnish Swimming Federation did not arrange a dedicated national competition, but spread out the hosting duties of the championship events to multiple clubs.

Diving edit

Men edit

Plain edit

Competed in Helsinki on 21 July 1912.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
  Toivo Aro 4 154.90 points
  Artur Wetzell 9 143.45 points
  Eino Karjalainen 11 137.00 points
4 Leo Suni ?
5 K. Nikula ?
6 Oskar Wetzell ?
7 Elis Sivén ?

Source: [1]

Platform edit

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
  Toivo Aro 3 203.40 points
  Leo Suni 7 192.43 points
  Oskar Wetzell 8 191.38 points

Source: [2]

Springboard edit

Competed in Helsinki on 21 July 1912.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
  Oskar Wetzell 4 325.45 points
  Albert Nyman 8 313.62 points

Source: [1]

Women edit

Platform edit

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
  Senni Aaltonen 3 98.25 points
  Anna Järvinen 7 84.50 points
  Hilda Kuusela 8 82.25 points

Source: [2]

Swimming edit

Men edit

100 metre freestyle edit

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
  Jussi Kahma 1:11.5 NR
  Martti Salokannel 1:18.8
  Yrjö Seuderling 1:19.3
4 K. Salmi 1:26.9
5 W. Petroff 1:27.0
6 M. Koroleff 1:29.0

Source: [3]

500 metre freestyle edit

Competed in Vaasa on 27 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
  Martti Salokannel 8:26.6
  G. Hanstén 8:43.6
  V. Petroff 8:57.8

Source: [4]

1000 metre freestyle edit

Competed in Helsinki on 21 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
  Martti Salokannel 18:49.6
  Arvo Aaltonen 19:09.2
  V. Petroff 19:11.3

Source: [1]

100 metre backstroke edit

Competed in Helsinki on 19 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
  Lennart Lindroos 1:36.3 NR
  J. Wiklund 1:37.9

Source: [5]

100 metre breaststroke edit

Competed in Vaasa on 27 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
  Arvo Aaltonen 1:23.1 NR
  Lennart Lindroos 1:24.7

Source: [4]

200 metre breaststroke edit

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
  Arvo Aaltonen 3:00.0
  Lennart Lindroos 3:11.0
  Vilhelm Lindgrén 3:13.1
4 H. Wasenius 3:17.5

Source: [3]

Aaltonen's result broke the world record. It could not be ratified, because the track was inspected to be two centimetres too short.[6]

400 metre breaststroke edit

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
  Arvo Aaltonen 6:33.4 NR

Source: [7]

100 metre life saving edit

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
  Herman Cederberg 1:52.7 NR
  Jussi Kahma 2:00.3

Source: [4]

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay edit

Competed in Turku on 10 August 1912.

Rank Club Team Time
  Vaasan Uimaseura Artturi Helenius, Jussi Kahma, Martti Salokannel, Uuno Mäkipää 2:12.9
  Helsingfors Simsällskapet M. Koroleff, H. Wasenius, H. Bergström, I. Sjöström 2:20.4
  Turun Uimaseura Väinö Hannula, R. Lönnqvist, Bruno Lindberg, Yrjö Seuderling 2:25.0

Source: [8]

Women edit

50 metre freestyle edit

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

Rank Name Time
  Lilly Blomster 38.4 NR
  Anna Järvinen 42.4
  Hilda Kuusela 44.1
4 Sofia Gylling 45.9
5 Edit Grönholm 47.3
6 Olga Haapanen 48.3

Source: [2]

100 metre freestyle edit

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
  Anna Järvinen 1:39.3 NR
  Lilly Blomster 1:39.5
  Tyyne Järvi 1:41.9

Source: [4]

Water polo edit

Men edit

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.

Rank Club Team
  Helsingfors Simsällskap ?
  Tampereen Uimaseura ?

The championship was settled by one match, won by Helsingfors Simsällskap 6–0 (2–0, 4–0).[9]

Sources edit

  • Teräsvirta, Paavo, ed. (1956). Suomen uimaliitto. Finska simförbundet. 1906–1956 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Swimming Federation. pp. 154–159.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Simtäflingarna i går". Dagens Tidning (in Swedish). Helsinki: Dagens Tidnings Förlags. 22 July 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 24 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  2. ^ a b c "Simfesten". Åbo Underrättelser (in Swedish). Turku. 12 August 1912. p. 2. ISSN 0785-398X. Retrieved 25 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  3. ^ a b "Helsingin Uimaseuran 25-wuotisjuhla". Uusi Suometar (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uuden Suomettaren Oy. 21 July 1912. p. 4. ISSN 1457-4721. Retrieved 24 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  4. ^ a b c d "Vasa simsällskaps jubileumstäflingar". Vasabladet (in Swedish). Vaasa. 30 July 1912. p. 2. ISSN 0356-1844. Retrieved 24 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  5. ^ "Helsingin Uimaseuran 25 wuotisjuhla ja kansainwäliset uimakilpailut". Kaleva (in Finnish). Oulu. 22 July 1912. p. 3. ISSN 0356-1356. Retrieved 24 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  6. ^ Mustonen, Pertti (2006). Sata altaassa. Suomen uimaliitto (in Finnish). Helsinki: Edita. pp. 41–42. ISBN 951-37-4490-6.
  7. ^ "Urheilun alalta". Rauman Lehti (in Finnish). Rauma: Osuuskunta Rauman Lehti. 1 August 1912. p. 3. ISSN 1458-2643. Retrieved 25 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  8. ^ "Eiliset uimajuhlat". Uusi Aura (in Finnish). Turku: Uuden Auran Oy. 11 August 1912. p. 5. ISSN 1458-0543. Retrieved 25 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  9. ^ "Simtäflingarna i går". Dagens Tidning (in Swedish). Helsinki: Dagens Tidnings Förlags. 21 July 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 26 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.