1911 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 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

Competed in Tampere on 13 August 1911.

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

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

Platform

Competed in Vaasa on 29 July 1911.

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

Men

100 metre freestyle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

100 metre freestyle

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

Men

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

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

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References

1 2 3 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.
1 2 "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
1 2 "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.
1 2 "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.
↑ 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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ 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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.

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[tammerfors-1] 1 2 3 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.

[åbo-2] 1 2 "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.

[vapaa-5] 1 2 "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.

[pohjalainen-6] 1 2 "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.

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1911 Finnish championships in aquatics

Contents

Diving

Men

Plain

Platform

Springboard

Women

Platform

Swimming

Men

100 metre freestyle

500 metre freestyle

1000 metre freestyle

100 metre backstroke

200 metre breaststroke

100 metre life saving

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Women

100 metre freestyle

Water polo

Men

Sources

Related Research Articles

References