1914 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.

Few of the championship events were held before the opening of the World War I prompted the federation to cancel them.

Diving

Men

Plain

Competed in Helsinki on 2 August 1914.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Yrjö Valkama	4	103.50 points
	K. Vähämäki	5	103.00 points
	Kalle Kainuvaara	9	97.25 points
4	Wickström	14	93.75 points
5	H. Wasenius	14	93.00 points
6	Hugo Koivuniemi	17	90.00 points
7	W. Alajääski	21	87.25 points
8	O. Nenonen	23	81.75 points
9	V. Nordlund	27	74.75 points

Source: ^[1]

Swimming

Men

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 2 August 1914.

Rank	Name	Time
	Jussi Kahma	1:12.6
	I. Sjöström	1:13.6
	Yrjö Seuderling	1:13.6
4	Uuno Mäkipää	1:14.4
5	L. Heinonen	1:18.4
6	K. Alho	1:20.3

Source: ^[2]

500 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 2 August 1914.

Rank	Name	Time
	Aaro Tynell	8:45.9
	J. Tiiainen	8:55.0

Source:

100 metre backstroke

Competed in Helsinki on 1 August 1914.

Rank	Name	Time
	E. Ahlgren	1:43.8
	Arvo Aaltonen	1:45.9
	I. Löfgren	1:46.7
4	August Lindberg	1:48.7
5	E. Jansson	1:50.9
6	P. Johansson	1:51.8

Source: ^[3]

100 metre breaststroke

Competed in Helsinki on 1 August 1914.

Rank	Name	Time
	Vilhelm Lindgrén	1:25.1
	Arvo Aaltonen	1:25.8
	Martti Sjöholm	1:27.8

Source:

200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Helsinki on 2 August 1914.

Rank	Name	Time
	Vilhelm Lindgrén	3:12.0
	Arvo Aaltonen	3:12.6
	Aaro Tynell	3:13.1
4	Martti Sjöholm	3:27.8

Source:

400 metre breaststroke

Competed in Helsinki on 1 August 1914.

Rank	Name	Time
	Arvo Aaltonen	7:10.1
	Aaro Tynell	7:12.0

Source:

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Helsinki on 2 August 1914.

Rank	Club	Team	Time
	Vaasan Uimaseura	Y. Snellman, Uuno Mäkipää, Jussi Kahma, Artturi Helenius	2:06.8 NR
	Turun Uimaseura	Eino Lähteinen, Väinö Hannula, August Lindberg, Yrjö Seuderling	2:09.8
	Helsingfors Simsällskapet	K. Alho, L. Saastamoinen, H. Wasenius, I. Sjöström	2:11.0
4	Kotkan Uimaseura	O. Granfeldt, Kalle Kainuvaara, Emil Hagelberg, Martti Salokannel	2:22.0

Source: ^[4]

Sources

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

References

Notes and References

1. News: 3 August 1914 . Mästerskapstäflingarna i simning . Dagens Press . sv . Helsinki . Ab Dagens Press . 3 . 7 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
2. News: 5 August 1914 . Suomen Uimaliiton mestaruuskilpailut . Uusi Suometar . fi . Helsinki . Uuden Suomettaren Oy . 3 . 1457-4721 . 8 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
3. News: 4 August 1914 . Suomen Uimaliiton mestaruuskilpailut . Uusi Suometar . fi . Helsinki . Uuden Suomettaren Oy . 4 . 1457-4721 . 8 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
4. News: Aro . Toivo . 7 August 1914 . Suomen Uimaliiton mestaruuskilpailut Helsingissä elokuun 1–2 p:inä . Suomen urheilulehti . fi . 17 . 45 . Helsinki . 811–812 . 0355-6085 . 8 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.