1908 Finnish championships in aquatics explained

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 Turku on 26 July 1908.

Rank	Name	Score
	Eino Karjalainen	111.50 points
	Einar Flinkenberg	106.75 points
	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.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Oskar Wetzell	3	227.0 points
	W. Ullström	6	203.0 points
	Leo Suni	9	161.0 points
4	S. Olin	13	156.0 points
5	L. Itkonen	14	142.3 points

Source: ^[2]

Women

Platform

Competed in Tampere on 16 August 1908.

Source:

Swimming

Men

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 8 (heats) and 9 (final) August 1908.

Heats

Three fastest times qualified for the final.

Rank	Name	Time
1	Väinö Vanhala	1:25.2 NR
2	K. Ekholm	1:26.0
3	W. Finnberg	1:26.1
4	Jussi Kahma	1:26.4
5	K. Salmi	1:30.5
6	S. Strömberg	1:31.2

Final

Rank	Name	Time
	W. Finnberg	1:27.3
	K. Ekholm	1:27.4
	Väinö Vanhala	1:28.0

Source:

1000 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 9 August 1908.

Rank	Name	Time
	Jarl Wasström	17:57.4
	Erkki Ojanen	18:32.6
	Kalle Aaltonen	19:06.8
4	Hugo Jonsson	19:22.6

Source: ^[3]

200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Tampere on 16 August 1908.

Rank	Name	Time
	Kalle Aaltonen	3:28.2
	Erkki Ojanen	3:32.3
	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: ^[4]

100 metre life saving

Competed in Vaasa on 1 August 1908.

Rank	Name	Time
	Herman Cederberg	2:16.3
	Hugo Jonsson	2:29.6
	S. Strömberg	2:31.5
4	A. Ohls	3:01.6

Source: ^[5]

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Vaasa on 1 August 1908.

Rank	Club	Team	Time
	Vaasan Uimaseura	Wolter Bremer, Herman Cederberg, Jussi Kahma, John Henriksson	2:34.6
	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.

Rank	Name	Time
	Anna Björkman	1:51.1
	Ragnhild Säll	1:51.8
	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).

Rank	Club	Team
	Helsingfors Simsällskap	Strömberg (6 goals), Jansson (1 goal), ?
	Helsingfors Idrottsklubben	Jarl Wasström (1 goal), ?

Source: ^[8]

Sources

• Book: 1956 . Teräsvirta . Paavo . Suomen uimaliitto. Finska simförbundet. 1906–1956 . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Swimming Federation . 154–159.

References

Notes and References

1. News: 27 July 1908 . Finska mästerskapstäflingarna i simidrott i Åbo . Hufvudstadsbladet . sv . Helsinki . 0356-0724 . 28 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
2. News: 10 August 1908 . Helsingfors Simsällskaps uppvisning och tävlingar . Nya Pressen . sv . Helsinki . Ab Nya Pressen . 6 . 26 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
3. News: Simmare . July 1908 . Helsingfors Simsällskaps mästerskapstäflingar och uppvisningar 8–9 aug . Finskt idrottsblad . sv . 7 . Helsinki . Uno Westerholm . 110–111 . 26 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
4. News: 18 August 1908 . Tampereen Uimaseuran kilpailut . Aamulehti . fi . Tampere . 3 . 0355-6913 . 27 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
5. News: 2 August 1908 . Simfestligheterna . Wasa-Posten . sv . Vaasa . Ab Wasa-Posten . 2 . 28 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
6. News: 3 August 1908 . Mästerskapstävlingarna i simning i Vasa . Åbo Underrättelser . sv . Turku . 3 . 0785-398X . 27 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
7. News: 28 July 1908 . Uuden uimalaitoksen vihkiminen . Turun Sanomat . Turku . 2 . 0356-133X . 28 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
8. News: 10 August 1908 . Simfesten och mästerskapstäflingarna . Hufvudstadsbladet . sv . Helsinki . 0356-0724 . 28 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.