1913 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 Hanko on 10 August 1913.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	O. Nenonen	4	98.75 points
	Leo Suni	5	97.50 points
	Yrjö Valkama	9	86.25 points
4	H. Henriksson	12	76.25 points

Source:^[1]

Platform

Competed in Helsinki on 2 August 1913.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Oskar Wetzell	4	313.60 points
	Leo Suni	8	295.40 points
	O. Nenonen	12	275.83 points

Source:

Springboard

Competed in Helsinki on 3 August 1913.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Oskar Wetzell	4	310.24 points
	Albert Nyman	8	288.68 points
	O. Nenonen	12	254.18 points

Source:

Women

Platform

Competed in Helsinki on 3 August 1913.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Vieno Lind	5	173.0 points
	Anna Järvinen	14	157.5 points
	Senni Aaltonen	14	156.0 points
4	Julia Leibovitsch	17	146.0 points
5	Hilda Kuusela	25	135.5 points

Source:^[2]

Swimming

Men

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 27 July 1913.

Rank	Name	Time
	Jussi Kahma	1:11.0 NR
	Yrjö Seuderling	1:14.6

Source:^[3]

500 metre freestyle

Competed in Turku on 10 August 1913.

Rank	Name	Time
	Martti Salokannel	8:03.5
	Arvo Aaltonen	8:22.2
	B. Lilius	8:57.1

Source:^[4]

1000 metre freestyle

Competed in Tampere on 25 August 1913.

Rank	Name	Time
	Martti Salokannel	17:38.0 NR
	Vilhelm Lindgrén	18:56.8
	Aaro Tynell	19:27.0
4	J. Valovuori	19:51.7

Source:^[5]

100 metre backstroke

Competed in Pori on 16 August 1913.

Rank	Name	Time
	W. Sjöholm	1:43.1
	J. Viklund	1:49.2

Source:^[6]

100 metre breaststroke

Competed in Tampere on 24 August 1913.

Rank	Name	Time
	Vilhelm Lindgrén	1:22.5 NR
	Martti Sjöholm	1:24.1
	A. Viklund	1:24.1
4	Väinö Warelius	1:24.9
5	Herman Cederberg	1:27.3
6	Mantere	1:34.1
7	Aaro Tynell	1:35.4

Source:

200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Turku on 10 August 1913.

Rank	Name	Time
	Arvo Aaltonen	3:01.6 NR
	Vilhelm Lindgrén	3:11.4

Source:

400 metre breaststroke

Competed in Pori on 16 August 1913.

Rank	Name	Time
	Arvo Aaltonen	6:25.4
	Martti Sjölholm	7:28.9
	Lauri Aaltonen	8:00.1

Arvo Aaltonen's time broke the Finnish record, but could not be ratified because it was swum in a river.

Source:

100 metre life saving

Competed in Pori on 17 August 1913.

Rank	Name	Time
	Yrjö Seuderling	1:46.8
	Herman Cederberg	1:53.0
	Arvo Aaltonen	2:12.2
4	V. Sjöholm	2:32.0

Seuderling's time broke the Finnish record, but could not be ratified because it was swum in a river.

Source:^[7]

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Vaasa on 27 July 1913.

Rank	Club	Team	Time
	Vaasan Uimaseura	Martti Salokannel, Uuno Mäkipää, Jussi Kahma, Artturi Helenius	2:07.3 NR
	Helsingfors Simsällskapet	H. Vasenius, V. Sjöholm, L. Stenij, F. Sjöström	2:17.2

Source:^[8]

Women

50 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 2 August 1913.

Rank	Name	Time
	Lilly Blomster	41.3
	Hilda Kuusela	42.0
	Anna Järvinen	45.0
4	Sofia Gylling	45.3
5	Edith Johansson	46.4
6	Greta Lind	46.7
7	Vieno Lind	47.6
8	Laura Laaksonen	48.7
9	Olga Koistinen	49.2
10	Eva Brander	50.0
11	Helmi Ojander	50.4

Source:^[9]

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 3 August 1913.

Rank	Name	Time
	Anna Järvinen	1:43.0
	Hilda Kuusela	1:44.9
	Lilly Blomster	1:46.8
4	Olga Koistinen	2:03.1
5	Sofia Gylling	2:11.4
6	Edith Grönholm	2:12.2

Source:

Water polo

Men

Competed in Tampere.

Rank	Club	Team
	Helsingfors Simsällskap	?
AC	Hämeenlinnan Uimaseura	?
	Tampereen Uimaseura	?
	Turun Uimaseura	Eero Ek, ?

Matches:

• on 24 August 1913:
  • Tampereen Uimaseura won Hämeenlinnan Uimaseura 5–0
• on 25 August 1913:
  • Helsingfors Simsällskap won Turun Uimaseura 1–0 (1–0, 0–0)
  • Helsingfors Simsällskap won Tampereen Uimaseura by forfeit
  • Turun Uimaseura won Tampereen Uimaseura by forfeit

Source:^[10]

Sources

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

References

Notes and References

1. News: 13 August 1913 . Uintiurheilun alalta . Uusi Suometar . fi . Helsinki . Uuden Suomettaren Oy . 4 . 1457-4721 . 31 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
2. News: 5 August 1913 . Suomen Uimaliiton mestaruuskilpailut . Uusi Suometar . fi . Helsinki . Uuden Suomettaren Oy . 3–4 . 1457-4721 . 29 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
3. News: Civis . 29 July 1913 . Simmästerskapstäflingarna I Vasa . Hufvudstadsbladet . sv . Helsinki . 4 . 0356-0724 . 1 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
4. News: 5 September 1913 . Årets simmästerskapstäflingar . Finskt idrottsblad . sv . Helsinki . Uno Westerholm . 251 . 31 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
5. News: 26 August 1913 . Suomen uintimestaruuskilpailut Tampereella . Aamulehti . fi . Tampere . 6 . 0355-6913 . 29 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
6. News: -r -n . 19 August 1913 . Suomen uintimestaruuskilpailut . Satakunta . fi . Pori . Oy Satakunta . 2 . 1458-2740 . 30 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
7. News: 19 August 1913 . Suumen Uimaliiton kongressi ja uintimestaruuskilpailut Porissa . Turun Sanomat . fi . Turku . 6 . 0356-133X . 30 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
8. News: 29 July 1913 . Mästerskapstävlingarna i simning . Åbo Underrättelser . sv . Turku . 2 . 0785-398X . 30 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
9. News: 3 August 1913 . Mästerskapstäflingarna i simning . Dagens Tidning . sv . Helsinki . Dagens Tidnings Förlags . 6 . 29 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
10. News: 26 August 1913 . Mestaruuskilpailut uinnissa Tampereella . Turun Sanomat . fi . Turku . 5 . 0356-133X . 1 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.