1908 Finnish championships in aquatics

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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[]

Men[]

Plain[]

Competed in Turku on 26 July 1908.

Rank Name Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) 111.50 points
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 106.75 points
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arvid Rydman 100.75 points
4 100.50 points
5 100.25 points

Source: [1]

Springboard[]

Competed in Helsinki on 8 August 1908.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Oskar Wetzell 3 227.0 points
2nd place, silver medalist(s) W. Ullström 6 203.0 points
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leo Suni 9 161.0 points
4 S. Olin 13 156.0 points
5 L. Itkonen 14 142.3 points

Source: [2]

Women[]

Platform[]

Competed in Tampere on 16 August 1908.

Rank Name Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valborg Florström 112.9

Source: [3]

Swimming[]

Men[]

100 metre freestyle[]

Competed in Helsinki on 8 (heats) and 9 (final) August 1908.

Heats[]

Three fastest times qualified for the final.

Rank Name Time
1 1:25.2 NR
2 K. Ekholm 1:26.0
3 W. Finnberg 1:26.1
4 1:26.4
5 K. Salmi 1:30.5
6 S. Strömberg 1:31.2
Final[]
Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) W. Finnberg 1:27.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) K. Ekholm 1:27.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1:28.0

Source: [4]

1000 metre freestyle[]

Competed in Helsinki on 9 August 1908.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 17:57.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 18:32.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 19:06.8
4 Hugo Jonsson 19:22.6

Source: [4]

200 metre breaststroke[]

Competed in Tampere on 16 August 1908.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3:28.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3:32.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eino Lehtinen 3:32.7
4 Paul Fritsch 3:34.2
5 Kyösti Järvinen 3:39.9
6 3:43.2
7 Arvo Aaltonen 3:46.1

Source: [3]

100 metre life saving[]

Competed in Vaasa on 1 August 1908.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Herman Cederberg 2:16.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hugo Jonsson 2:29.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) S. Strömberg 2:31.5
4 A. Ohls 3:01.6

Source: [5]

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay[]

Competed in Vaasa on 1 August 1908.

Rank Club Team Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) , Herman Cederberg, , John Henriksson 2:34.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) K. Salmi, Hugo Jonsson, S. Strömberg, Toivo Aro 2:41.6

Source: [6]

Women[]

100 metre freestyle[]

Competed in Turku on 26 July 1908.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1:51.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1:51.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1:57.7
4 2:02.0

Source: [7]

Water polo[]

Men[]

Competed in Helsinki on 9 August 1908. Championship was decided by a single match, won by Helsingfors Simsällskap 7–1 (3–1, 4–0).

Rank Club Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Strömberg (6 goals), Jansson (1 goal), ?
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (1 goal), ?

Source: [8]

Sources[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "Finska mästerskapstäflingarna i simidrott i Åbo". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Helsinki. 27 July 1908. ISSN 0356-0724. Retrieved 28 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  2. ^ "Helsingfors Simsällskaps uppvisning och tävlingar". Nya Pressen (in Swedish). Helsinki: Ab Nya Pressen. 10 August 1908. p. 6. Retrieved 26 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  3. ^ a b "Tampereen Uimaseuran kilpailut". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Tampere. 18 August 1908. p. 3. ISSN 0355-6913. Retrieved 27 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  4. ^ a b Simmare (July 1908). "Helsingfors Simsällskaps mästerskapstäflingar och uppvisningar 8–9 aug". Finskt idrottsblad (in Swedish) (7). Helsinki: Uno Westerholm. pp. 110–111. Retrieved 26 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  5. ^ "Simfestligheterna". Wasa-Posten (in Swedish). Vaasa: Ab Wasa-Posten. 2 August 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  6. ^ "Mästerskapstävlingarna i simning i Vasa". Åbo Underrättelser (in Swedish). Turku. 3 August 1908. p. 3. ISSN 0785-398X. Retrieved 27 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  7. ^ "Uuden uimalaitoksen vihkiminen". Turun Sanomat. Turku. 28 July 1908. p. 2. ISSN 0356-133X. Retrieved 28 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  8. ^ "Simfesten och mästerskapstäflingarna". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Helsinki. 10 August 1908. ISSN 0356-0724. Retrieved 28 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
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