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

Plain

Competed in Helsinki on 21 July 1912.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Toivo Aro 4 154.90 points
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Artur Wetzell 9 143.45 points
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eino Karjalainen 11 137.00 points
4 Leo Suni  ?
5 K. Nikula  ?
6 Oskar Wetzell  ?
7 Elis Sivén  ?

Source: [1]

Platform

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Toivo Aro 3 203.40 points
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leo Suni 7 192.43 points
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oskar Wetzell 8 191.38 points

Source: [2]

Springboard

Competed in Helsinki on 21 July 1912.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Oskar Wetzell 4 325.45 points
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Albert Nyman 8 313.62 points

Source: [1]

Platform

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Senni Aaltonen 3 98.25 points
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anna Järvinen 7 84.50 points
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hilda Kuusela 8 82.25 points

Source: [2]

Swimming

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jussi Kahma 1:11.5 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martti Salokannel 1:18.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

Competed in Vaasa on 27 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martti Salokannel 8:26.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) G. Hanstén 8:43.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) V. Petroff 8:57.8

Source: [4]

1000 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 21 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martti Salokannel 18:49.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arvo Aaltonen 19:09.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) V. Petroff 19:11.3

Source: [1]

100 metre backstroke

Competed in Helsinki on 19 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lennart Lindroos 1:36.3 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) J. Wiklund 1:37.9

Source: [5]

100 metre breaststroke

Competed in Vaasa on 27 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arvo Aaltonen 1:23.1 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lennart Lindroos 1:24.7

Source: [4]

200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arvo Aaltonen 3:00.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lennart Lindroos 3:11.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arvo Aaltonen 6:33.4 NR

Source: [7]

100 metre life saving

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Herman Cederberg 1:52.7 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jussi Kahma 2:00.3

Source: [4]

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Turku on 10 August 1912.

Rank Club Team Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vaasan Uimaseura Artturi Helenius, Jussi Kahma, Martti Salokannel, Uuno Mäkipää 2:12.9
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helsingfors Simsällskapet M. Koroleff, H. Wasenius, H. Bergström, I. Sjöström 2:20.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Turun Uimaseura Väinö Hannula, R. Lönnqvist, Bruno Lindberg, Yrjö Seuderling 2:25.0

Source: [8]

50 metre freestyle

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lilly Blomster 38.4 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anna Järvinen 42.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hilda Kuusela 44.1
4 Sofia Gylling 45.9
5 Edit Grönholm 47.3
6 Olga Haapanen 48.3

Source: [2]

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anna Järvinen 1:39.3 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lilly Blomster 1:39.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tyyne Järvi 1:41.9

Source: [4]

Water polo

Men

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.

Rank Club Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helsingfors Simsällskap  ?
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tampereen Uimaseura  ?

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

Sources

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

References

  1. "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. "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. "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. "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.
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