1909 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 Vaasa on 24 July 1909.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Jarl Bjelke	3	106.75 points
	Toivo Aro	7	102.25 points
	Oskar Wetzell	8	97.00 points

Source: ^[1]

Platform

Competed in Vaasa on 25 July 1909.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Oskar Wetzell	3	71.38 points
	Toivo Aro	6	62.35 points

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Springboard

Competed in Vaasa on 25 July 1909.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Oskar Wetzell	3	70.50 points
	A. Backman	7	56.85 points
	F. Wester	8	56.60 points

Source:

Women

Platform

Competed in Turku on 1 August 1909.

Rank	Name	Score
	Valborg Florström	104 points
	Anna Björkman	103 points

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Swimming

Men

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 24 July 1909.

Rank	Name	Time
	Artturi Helenius	1:19.6 NR
	Wolter Bremer	1:24.2
	Jussi Kahma	1:24.6
4	E. Johansson	1:29.1

Source: ^[2]

1000 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 24 July 1909.

Rank	Name	Time
	Jarl Wasström	19:09.3
	J. Hietala	21:08.0
	A. Ohls	21:32.2
4	J. Svenn	24:32.2

Source: ^[3]

200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Tampere on 22 August 1909.

Rank	Name	Time
	Arvo Aaltonen	3:08.0
	Kyösti Järvinen
	Herman Cederberg	3:10.5

Source: ^[4]

According to official rules, the competition should have been swam off instead of splitting the championship.^[5]

100 metre life saving

Competed in Tampere on 22 August 1909.

Rank	Name	Time
	Elis Johansson	2:14.2
	K. Siro	2:17.1
	Jarl Wasström	2:32.9

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4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Tampere on 22 August 1909.

Rank	Club	Team	Time
	Vaasan Uimaseura	Wolter Bremer, W. Bjelke, Jussi Kahma, Artturi Helenius	2:17.0 NR
	Tampereen Uimaseura	Väinö Siro, Elis Sivén, Laaksonen, Kalle Aaltonen	2:53.7

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Women

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Turku on 1 August 1909.

Rank	Name	Time
	Anna Björkman	1:46.4 NR
	Regina Kari	1:49.7
	Toini Nurmi	1:54.7
4	Olga Haapanen	1:56.0
5	Hulda Helenius	1:59.0

Source: ^[6]

Water polo

Men

Competed in Turku on 1 August 1909.

Rank	Club	Team
	Helsingfors Simsällskap	?
	Turun Urheilun Ystävät	A. Ek, Yrjö Seuderling, ?

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

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Sources

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

References

Notes and References

1. News: 15 August 1909 . Simmästerskapstäflingarna i Vasa den 24–25 juli . Finskt idrottsblad . sv . Helsinki . Uno Westerholm . 174–175 . 3 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
2. News: 26 July 1909 . Waasan uimaseuran Mestaruuskilpailut . Pohjan Poika . fi . Vaasa . Ossian Ansas . 2 . 2 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
3. News: Aro . Toivo . August 1909 . Uintimestaruuskilpailut Vaasassa heinäk. 24–25 p:nä 1909 . Suomen urheilulehti . fi . 15 . Helsinki . 514–516 . 0355-6085 . 2 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
4. News: 1 September 1909 . Simmästerskapstäflingarna i Tammerfors den 22 augusti . Finskt idrottsblad . sv . Helsinki . Uno Westerholm . 203–204 . 3 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
5. Book: 1956 . Teräsvirta . Paavo . Suomen uimaliitto. Finska simförbundet. 1906–1956 . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Swimming Federation . 24.
6. News: 3 August 1909 . Suomen mestaruuskilpailut uinn ssa . Turun Sanomat . fi . Turku . 2 . 0356-133X . 2 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.