1912 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 Helsinki on 21 July 1912.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Toivo Aro	4	154.90 points
	Artur Wetzell	9	143.45 points
	Eino Karjalainen	11	137.00 points
4	Leo Suni	?
5	K. Nikula	?
6	Oskar Wetzell	?
7	Elis Sivén	?

Source: ^[1]

Platform

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Toivo Aro	3	203.40 points
	Leo Suni	7	192.43 points
	Oskar Wetzell	8	191.38 points

Source:

Springboard

Competed in Helsinki on 21 July 1912.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Oskar Wetzell	4	325.45 points
	Albert Nyman	8	313.62 points

Source:

Women

Platform

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Senni Aaltonen	3	98.25 points
	Anna Järvinen	7	84.50 points
	Hilda Kuusela	8	82.25 points

Source:

Swimming

Men

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.

Rank	Name	Time
	Jussi Kahma	1:11.5 NR
	Martti Salokannel	1:18.8
	Yrjö Seuderling	1:19.3
4	K. Salmi	1:26.9
5	W. Petroff	1:27.0
6	M. Koroleff	1:29.0

Source: ^[2]

500 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 27 July 1912.

Rank	Name	Time
	Martti Salokannel	8:26.6
	G. Hanstén	8:43.6
	V. Petroff	8:57.8

Source:

1000 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 21 July 1912.

Rank	Name	Time
	Martti Salokannel	18:49.6
	Arvo Aaltonen	19:09.2
	V. Petroff	19:11.3

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100 metre backstroke

Competed in Helsinki on 19 July 1912.

Rank	Name	Time
	Lennart Lindroos	1:36.3 NR
	J. Wiklund	1:37.9

Source: ^[3]

100 metre breaststroke

Competed in Vaasa on 27 July 1912.

Rank	Name	Time
	Arvo Aaltonen	1:23.1 NR
	Lennart Lindroos	1:24.7

Source:

200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.

Rank	Name	Time
	Arvo Aaltonen	3:00.0
	Lennart Lindroos	3:11.0
	Vilhelm Lindgrén	3:13.1
4	H. Wasenius	3:17.5

Source:

Aaltonen's result broke the world record. It could not be ratified, because the track was inspected to be two centimetres too short.^[4]

400 metre breaststroke

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.

Source: ^[5]

100 metre life saving

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.

Rank	Name	Time
	Herman Cederberg	1:52.7 NR
	Jussi Kahma	2:00.3

Source: ^[6]

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Turku on 10 August 1912.

Rank	Club	Team	Time
	Vaasan Uimaseura	Artturi Helenius, Jussi Kahma, Martti Salokannel, Uuno Mäkipää	2:12.9
	Helsingfors Simsällskapet	M. Koroleff, H. Wasenius, H. Bergström, I. Sjöström	2:20.4
	Turun Uimaseura	Väinö Hannula, R. Lönnqvist, Bruno Lindberg, Yrjö Seuderling	2:25.0

Source: ^[7]

Women

50 metre freestyle

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.

Rank	Name	Time
	Lilly Blomster	38.4 NR
	Anna Järvinen	42.4
	Hilda Kuusela	44.1
4	Sofia Gylling	45.9
5	Edit Grönholm	47.3
6	Olga Haapanen	48.3

Source: ^[8]

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.

Rank	Name	Time
	Anna Järvinen	1:39.3 NR
	Lilly Blomster	1:39.5
	Tyyne Järvi	1:41.9

Source:

Water polo

Men

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.

Rank	Club	Team
	Helsingfors Simsällskap	?
	Tampereen Uimaseura	?

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

Sources

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

References

Notes and References

1. News: 22 July 1912 . Simtäflingarna i går . Dagens Tidning . sv . Helsinki . Dagens Tidnings Förlags . 1 . 24 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
2. News: 21 July 1912 . Helsingin Uimaseuran 25-wuotisjuhla . Uusi Suometar . fi . Helsinki . Uuden Suomettaren Oy . 4 . 1457-4721 . 24 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
3. News: 22 July 1912 . Helsingin Uimaseuran 25 wuotisjuhla ja kansainwäliset uimakilpailut . Kaleva . fi . Oulu . 3 . 0356-1356 . 24 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
4. Book: Mustonen . Pertti . 2006 . Sata altaassa. Suomen uimaliitto . fi . Helsinki . Edita . 41–42 . 951-37-4490-6.
5. News: 1 August 1912 . Urheilun alalta . Rauman Lehti . fi . Rauma . Osuuskunta Rauman Lehti . 3 . 1458-2643 . 25 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
6. News: 30 July 1912 . Vasa simsällskaps jubileumstäflingar . Vasabladet . sv . Vaasa . 2 . 0356-1844 . 24 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
7. News: 11 August 1912 . Eiliset uimajuhlat . Uusi Aura . fi . Turku . Uuden Auran Oy . 5 . 1458-0543 . 25 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
8. News: 12 August 1912 . Simfesten . Åbo Underrättelser . sv . Turku . 2 . 0785-398X . 25 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
9. News: 21 July 1912 . Simtäflingarna i går . Dagens Tidning . sv . Helsinki . Dagens Tidnings Förlags . 1 . 26 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.