1912 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 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) 9 143.45 points
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 11 137.00 points
4 Leo Suni ?
5 K. Nikula ?
6 Oskar Wetzell ?
7 ?

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]

Women[]

Platform[]

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

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

Source: [2]

Swimming[]

Men[]

100 metre freestyle[]

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1:11.5 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1:18.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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) 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) 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) 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) , , , 2:12.9
2nd place, silver medalist(s) M. Koroleff, H. Wasenius, H. Bergström, I. Sjöström 2:20.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Väinö Hannula, R. Lönnqvist, , 2:25.0

Source: [8]

Women[]

50 metre freestyle[]

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 38.4 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anna Järvinen 42.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 44.1
4 45.9
5 47.3
6 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) 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) ?
2nd place, silver medalist(s) ?

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. ^ 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.
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