1911 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 Tampere on 13 August 1911.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
  Toivo Aro 3 117.05 points
  Kalle Kainuvaara 7 109.60 points
  Gunnar Ahlblad 8 106.75 points
4 Elis Sivén 13 103.25 points
5 Eino Karjalainen 15 103.50 points
6 Artur Wetzell 16 102.00 points
7 Tauno Ilmoniemi 20 99.45 points
8 Oskar Wetzell 23 99.50 points

Source: [1]

Platform edit

Competed in Tampere on 13 August 1911.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
  Oskar Wetzell 5 232.10 points
  Toivo Aro 6 230.65 points
  Kalle Kainuvaara 7 225.80 points

Source: [2][1]

Springboard edit

Competed in Helsinki on 6 August 1911.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
  Albert Nyman 3 220.60 points
  Oskar Wetzell 6 210.70 points
  Leo Suni 9 197.90 points
4 Toivo Einiö 12 169.43 points

Source: [3]

Women edit

Platform edit

Competed in Vaasa on 29 July 1911.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
  Valborg Florström 3 105.75 points
  Ester Laamanen 7 98.50 points
  Senni Aaltonen 8 93.00 points

Source: [4]

Swimming edit

Men edit

100 metre freestyle edit

Competed in Tampere on 12 August 1911.

Rank Name Time
  Artturi Helenius 1:12.4 NR
  Jussi Kahma 1:14.9
  Martti Salokannel 1:17.0
4 Erkki Ojanen 1:18.3
5 Yrjö Seuderling 1:19.2
6 Wolter Bremer 1:20.7

Source: [1]

500 metre freestyle edit

Competed in Vaasa on 30 July 1911.

Rank Name Time
  Martti Salokannel 8:26.0 NR
  Arvo Aaltonen 8:32.5
  G. Hanstén 8:35.4
4 Vilhelm Lindgrén 9:03.7

Source: [5][6]

1000 metre freestyle edit

Competed in Helsinki on 6 August 1911.

Rank Name Time
  Jarl Wasström 17:46.0 NR
  Martti Salokannel 18:17.4
  Lennart Lindroos 18:44.6
4 Arvo Aaltonen 18:45.6
5 G. Hanstén 18:59.4
6 H. Seppänen 20:28.4

Source: [7]

100 metre backstroke edit

Competed in Vaasa on 29 July 1911.

Rank Name Time
  Lennart Lindroos 1:36.6 NR
  Herman Cederberg 1:45.2

Source: [5]

200 metre breaststroke edit

Competed in Tampere on 12–13 August 1911.

Rank Name Time
  Arvo Aaltonen 3:04.9 NR
  Lennart Lindroos 3:05.9
  Herman Cederberg 3:07.0
4 Vilhelm Lindgrén 3:10.7
5 V. Tuukkanen 3:12.7
6 N. Mantere 3:29.1
7 Lauri Aaltonen 3:31.7

Source: [8]

100 metre life saving edit

Competed in Helsinki on 6 August 1911.

Rank Name Time
  Jussi Kahma 1:55.6 NR
  Herman Cederberg 1:56.0
  A. Tschernichin 2:04.8
4 Lennart Lindroos 2:06.5
5 Erkki Ojanen 2:18.7

Source: [9]

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay edit

Competed in Helsinki on 5–6 August 1911.

Rank Club Team Time
  Vaasan Uimaseura Wolter Bremer, V. Bjelke, Jussi Kahma, Artturi Helenius 2:14.2
  Tampereen Uimaseura Erkki Ojanen, Kalle Aaltonen, J. Laaksonen, J. Viklund 2:18.8
  Helsingfors Simsällskapet M. Koroleff, V. Sjöholm, S. Oinila, Toivo Einiö 2:24.7
4 Turun Uimaseura Yrjö Seuderling, Arvid Rydman, Bruno Lindberg, Väinö Hannula 2:26.0

Source: [10]

Women edit

100 metre freestyle edit

Competed in Vaasa on 29 July 1911.

Rank Name Time
  Tyyne Järvi 1:43.2
  Regina Kari 1:46.8
  Helga Lehtonen 1:47.6
4 Eva Branders 1:48.0
5 Lilli Blomster 1:48.5
6 Aino Tillikainen 1:53.9
7 Anni Ström 1:55.2
8 Edla Lehto 1:58.6

Source: [6]

Water polo edit

Men edit

Competed in Tampere.

Rank Club Team[11]
  Helsingfors Simsällskap Hugo Jonsson, Väinö Warelius, Jarl Wasström, H. Bergström, V. Petroff, V. Sjöholm, A. Haavisto
  Turun Uimaseura R. Lönnqvist, J. Ek, Väinö Hannula, V. Pikanen, O. Gylling, Yrjö Seuderling, Eero Ek
  Tampereen Uimaseura Y. Halme, V. Viklund, Erkki Ojanen, G. Helsingius, N. Salin, A. Viklund, K. Koivisto

Two matches were played:

  • 12 August 1911: Helsingfors Simsällskap–Turun Uimaseura 5–2 (0–1, 2–1, 3–0), after extra time
  • 13 August 1911: Helsingfors Simsällskap–Tampereen Uimaseura 9–0 (3–0, 6–0)

Second prize went to Turun Uimaseura.[12][2]

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 S. (14 August 1911). "Finska Mästerskapstäflingarne i Simning i Tammerfors den 12 och 13 augusti". Tammerfors Nyheter (in Swedish). Tampere: Ab Tammerfors Nyheter. p. 2. ISSN 1458-8560. Retrieved 21 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  2. ^ a b "Finska Simförbundets mästerskapstävlingar och årskongress i Tammerfors". Åbo Underrättelser (in Swedish). Turku. 15 August 1911. p. 3. ISSN 0785-398X. Retrieved 21 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  3. ^ "Gårdagens simfest och mästerskapstäflingar". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Helsinki. 7 August 1911. p. 3. ISSN 0356-0724. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  4. ^ "Finska mästerskapstäflingarna i simning". Finskt idrottsblad. Officiellt organ för Helsingfors gymnastikklubb (in Swedish). Helsinki: Uno Westerholm. September 1911. p. 146. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  5. ^ a b "Vaasan uimaseuran uintikilpailut". Vapaa Sana (in Finnish). Vaasa: Oy Kirjapaino Ab. 31 July 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 23 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  6. ^ a b "Uimamestaruuskilpailut Vaasassa 29–30 p:nä". Pohjalainen (in Finnish). Vaasa: Pohjalaisen kirjapaino. 31 July 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 23 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  7. ^ Aro, Toivo (August 1911). "Uintimestaruuskilpailut Helsingissä 5 ja 6 p:nä elokuuta". Suomen urheilulehti (in Finnish). No. 8. Helsinki. p. 368. ISSN 0355-6085. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  8. ^ "Finska mästerskapstäflingarna i simning". Finskt idrottsblad. Officiellt organ för Helsingfors gymnastikklubb (in Swedish). No. 20. Helsinki: Uno Westerholm. 31 October 1911. p. 177. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  9. ^ "Voimistelu ja urheilu". Savon Sanomat (in Finnish). Kuopio. 9 August 1911. p. 3. ISSN 0356-3510. Retrieved 23 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  10. ^ Aro, Toivo (August 1911). "Uintimestaruuskilpailut Helsingissä 5 ja 6 p:nä elokuuta". Suomen urheilulehti (in Finnish). No. 8. Helsinki. p. 367. ISSN 0355-6085. Retrieved 21 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  11. ^ "Finska mästerskapstäflingarna i simning". Finskt idrottsblad. Officiellt organ för Helsingfors gymnastikklubb (in Swedish). No. 20. Helsinki: Uno Westerholm. 31 October 1911. p. 178. Retrieved 21 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  12. ^ "Suomen uintimestaruuskilpailut". Kansan Lehti (in Finnish). Tampere: Tampereen Työväen Sanomalehti Oy. 14 August 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 21 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.