1909 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 Vaasa on 24 July 1909.

RankNamePlacing figureScore
Gold medal icon.svg Jarl Bjelke 3106.75 points
Silver medal icon.svg Toivo Aro 7102.25 points
Bronze medal icon.svg Oskar Wetzell 897.00 points

Source: [1]

Platform

Competed in Vaasa on 25 July 1909.

RankNamePlacing figureScore
Gold medal icon.svg Oskar Wetzell 371.38 points
Silver medal icon.svg Toivo Aro 662.35 points

Source: [1]

Springboard

Competed in Vaasa on 25 July 1909.

RankNamePlacing figureScore
Gold medal icon.svg Oskar Wetzell 370.50 points
Silver medal icon.svgA. Backman756.85 points
Bronze medal icon.svgF. Wester856.60 points

Source: [1]

Women

Platform

Competed in Turku on 1 August 1909.

RankNameScore
Gold medal icon.svg Valborg Florström 104 points
Silver medal icon.svg Anna Björkman 103 points

Source: [2] [3]

Swimming

Men

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 24 July 1909.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Artturi Helenius 1:19.6 NR
Silver medal icon.svg Wolter Bremer 1:24.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Jussi Kahma 1:24.6
4E. Johansson1:29.1

Source: [4]

1000 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 24 July 1909.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Jarl Wasström 19:09.3
Silver medal icon.svgJ. Hietala21:08.0
Bronze medal icon.svgA. Ohls21:32.2
4J. Svenn24:32.2

Source: [2]

200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Tampere on 22 August 1909.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Arvo Aaltonen 3:08.0
Kyösti Järvinen
Bronze medal icon.svg Herman Cederberg 3:10.5

Source: [5]

According to official rules, the competition should have been swam off instead of splitting the championship. [6]

100 metre life saving

Competed in Tampere on 22 August 1909.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Elis Johansson 2:14.2
Silver medal icon.svgK. Siro2:17.1
Bronze medal icon.svg Jarl Wasström 2:32.9

Source: [5]

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Tampere on 22 August 1909.

RankClubTeamTime
Gold medal icon.svg Vaasan Uimaseura Wolter Bremer, W. Bjelke, Jussi Kahma, Artturi Helenius 2:17.0 NR
Silver medal icon.svg Tampereen Uimaseura Väinö Siro, Elis Sivén, Laaksonen, Kalle Aaltonen 2:53.7

Source: [5]

Women

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Turku on 1 August 1909.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Anna Björkman 1:46.4 NR
Silver medal icon.svg Regina Kari 1:49.7
Bronze medal icon.svg Toini Nurmi 1:54.7
4 Olga Haapanen 1:56.0
5 Hulda Helenius 1:59.0

Source: [3]

Water polo

Men

Competed in Turku on 1 August 1909.

RankClubTeam
Gold medal icon.svg Helsingfors Simsällskap  ?
Silver medal icon.svg Turun Urheilun Ystävät A. Ek, Yrjö Seuderling, ?

Championship was decided by a single match, won by Helsingfors Simsällskap 6–0 (1–0, 5–0).

Source: [2]

Sources

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