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.

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Diving

Men

Plain

Competed in Helsinki on 21 July 1912.

RankNamePlacing figureScore
Gold medal icon.svg Toivo Aro 4154.90 points
Silver medal icon.svg Artur Wetzell 9143.45 points
Bronze medal icon.svg Eino Karjalainen 11137.00 points
4 Leo Suni  ?
5K. Nikula ?
6 Oskar Wetzell  ?
7 Elis Sivén  ?

Source: [1]

Platform

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

RankNamePlacing figureScore
Gold medal icon.svg Toivo Aro 3203.40 points
Silver medal icon.svg Leo Suni 7192.43 points
Bronze medal icon.svg Oskar Wetzell 8191.38 points

Source: [2]

Springboard

Competed in Helsinki on 21 July 1912.

RankNamePlacing figureScore
Gold medal icon.svg Oskar Wetzell 4325.45 points
Silver medal icon.svg Albert Nyman 8313.62 points

Source: [1]

Women

Platform

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

RankNamePlacing figureScore
Gold medal icon.svg Senni Aaltonen 398.25 points
Silver medal icon.svg Anna Järvinen 784.50 points
Bronze medal icon.svg Hilda Kuusela 882.25 points

Source: [2]

Swimming

Men

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Jussi Kahma 1:11.5 NR
Silver medal icon.svg Martti Salokannel 1:18.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Yrjö Seuderling 1:19.3
4K. Salmi1:26.9
5W. Petroff1:27.0
6M. Koroleff1:29.0

Source: [3]

500 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 27 July 1912.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Martti Salokannel 8:26.6
Silver medal icon.svgG. Hanstén8:43.6
Bronze medal icon.svgV. Petroff8:57.8

Source: [4]

1000 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 21 July 1912.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Martti Salokannel 18:49.6
Silver medal icon.svg Arvo Aaltonen 19:09.2
Bronze medal icon.svgV. Petroff19:11.3

Source: [1]

100 metre backstroke

Competed in Helsinki on 19 July 1912.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Lennart Lindroos 1:36.3 NR
Silver medal icon.svgJ. Wiklund1:37.9

Source: [5]

100 metre breaststroke

Competed in Vaasa on 27 July 1912.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Arvo Aaltonen 1:23.1 NR
Silver medal icon.svg Lennart Lindroos 1:24.7

Source: [4]

200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Arvo Aaltonen 3:00.0
Silver medal icon.svg Lennart Lindroos 3:11.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Vilhelm Lindgrén 3:13.1
4H. Wasenius3:17.5

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.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Arvo Aaltonen 6:33.4 NR

Source: [7]

100 metre life saving

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Herman Cederberg 1:52.7 NR
Silver medal icon.svg Jussi Kahma 2:00.3

Source: [4]

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Turku on 10 August 1912.

RankClubTeamTime
Gold medal icon.svg Vaasan Uimaseura Artturi Helenius, Jussi Kahma, Martti Salokannel, Uuno Mäkipää 2:12.9
Silver medal icon.svg Helsingfors Simsällskapet M. Koroleff, H. Wasenius, H. Bergström, I. Sjöström2:20.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Turun Uimaseura Väinö Hannula, R. Lönnqvist, Bruno Lindberg, Yrjö Seuderling 2:25.0

Source: [8]

Women

50 metre freestyle

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Lilly Blomster 38.4 NR
Silver medal icon.svg Anna Järvinen 42.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Hilda Kuusela 44.1
4 Sofia Gylling 45.9
5 Edit Grönholm 47.3
6 Olga Haapanen 48.3

Source: [2]

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Anna Järvinen 1:39.3 NR
Silver medal icon.svg Lilly Blomster 1:39.5
Bronze medal icon.svg Tyyne Järvi 1:41.9

Source: [4]

Water polo

Men

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.

RankClubTeam
Gold medal icon.svg Helsingfors Simsällskap  ?
Silver medal icon.svg Tampereen Uimaseura  ?

The championship was settled by one match, won by Helsingfors Simsällskap 6–0 (2–0, 4–0). [9]

Sources

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