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.

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Diving

Men

Plain

Competed in Turku on 26 July 1908.

RankNameScore
Gold medal icon.svg Eino Karjalainen 111.50 points
Silver medal icon.svg Einar Flinkenberg 106.75 points
Bronze medal icon.svg Arvid Rydman 100.75 points
4 Gunnar Ahlblad 100.50 points
5 Artur Wetzell 100.25 points

Source: [1]

Springboard

Competed in Helsinki on 8 August 1908.

RankNamePlacing figureScore
Gold medal icon.svg Oskar Wetzell 3227.0 points
Silver medal icon.svgW. Ullström6203.0 points
Bronze medal icon.svg Leo Suni 9161.0 points
4S. Olin13156.0 points
5L. Itkonen14142.3 points

Source: [2]

Women

Platform

Competed in Tampere on 16 August 1908.

RankNameScore
Gold medal icon.svg 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.

RankNameTime
1 Väinö Vanhala 1:25.2 NR
2K. Ekholm1:26.0
3W. Finnberg1:26.1
4 Jussi Kahma 1:26.4
5K. Salmi1:30.5
6S. Strömberg1:31.2
Final
RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svgW. Finnberg1:27.3
Silver medal icon.svgK. Ekholm1:27.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Väinö Vanhala 1:28.0

Source: [4]

1000 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 9 August 1908.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Jarl Wasström 17:57.4
Silver medal icon.svg Erkki Ojanen 18:32.6
Bronze medal icon.svg Kalle Aaltonen 19:06.8
4 Hugo Jonsson 19:22.6

Source: [4]

200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Tampere on 16 August 1908.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Kalle Aaltonen 3:28.2
Silver medal icon.svg Erkki Ojanen 3:32.3
Bronze medal icon.svg Eino Lehtinen 3:32.7
4 Paul Fritsch 3:34.2
5 Kyösti Järvinen 3:39.9
6 Väinö Siro 3:43.2
7 Arvo Aaltonen 3:46.1

Source: [3]

100 metre life saving

Competed in Vaasa on 1 August 1908.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Herman Cederberg 2:16.3
Silver medal icon.svg Hugo Jonsson 2:29.6
Bronze medal icon.svgS. Strömberg2:31.5
4A. Ohls3:01.6

Source: [5]

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Vaasa on 1 August 1908.

RankClubTeamTime
Gold medal icon.svg Vaasan Uimaseura Wolter Bremer, Herman Cederberg, Jussi Kahma, John Henriksson 2:34.6
Silver medal icon.svg Helsingfors Simsällskap K. Salmi, Hugo Jonsson, S. Strömberg, Toivo Aro 2:41.6

Source: [6]

Women

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Turku on 26 July 1908.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Anna Björkman 1:51.1
Silver medal icon.svg Ragnhild Säll 1:51.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Maria Henell 1:57.7
4 Magda Westerholm 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).

RankClubTeam
Gold medal icon.svg Helsingfors Simsällskap Strömberg (6 goals), Jansson (1 goal), ?
Silver medal icon.svg Helsingfors Idrottsklubben Jarl Wasström (1 goal), ?

Source: [8]

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