1921 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.

Artistic swimming

Men

Competed in Helsinki on 6 (technical routine) and 7 (free routine) August 1921.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Eino Karjalainen	3	395.66 points
	Onni Salonius	6	388.66 points

Source: ^[1]

Women

Competed in Vyborg on 23 (technical routine) and 24 (free routine) July 1921.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Magda Odén	3	450.05 points
	Meeri Statschkun	6	424.10 points

Source: ^[2]

Diving

Men

Plain

Competed in Helsinki on 29 (qualification) and 31 (final) July 1921.

Final

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Yrjö Valkama	3	111.50 points
	J. Elo	6	107.75 points
	Kalle Kainuvaara	9	101.25 points
4	Hugo Koivuniemi	10	99.50 points
5	J. Nieminen	15	93.50 points

Source:

Platform

Competed in Helsinki on 30 and 31 July 1921.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Kalle Kainuvaara	6	235.75 points
	L. Kyöstilä	8	239.65 points
	E. Ovaskainen	11	231.90 points
4	A. Nyman	?
5	Oskar Wetzell	?

Source: ^[3]

Springboard

Competed in Helsinki on 29 and 30 July 1921.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Oskar Wetzell	4	147.60 points
	A. Lindqvist	7	140.93 points
	L. Kyöstilä	8	141.90 points
4	A. Nyman	12	129.62 points
5	Kalle Kainuvaara	15	131.38 points
6	U. Mulli	17	112.33 points
7	H. Petas	21	82.10 points

Source: ^[4]

Women

Platform

Competed in Vyborg on 24 July 1921.

Rank	Name	Placing figure	Score
	Helga Markelin	5.5	99.25 points
	Liisa Lehmus	6.5	98.25 points
	Aini Ohlsson	7	98.25 points
4	Kerttu Kainuvaara	10	89.25 points

Source: ^[5]

Swimming

Men

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 31 July 1921.

Rank	Name	Time
	Jussi Kahma	1:11.8
	G. Wasastjerna	1:12.9
	A. Eklund	1:15.8
4	H. Belevicz	1:17.7
5	V. Lahtinen	1:28.9

Source:

200 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 30 July 1921.

Rank	Name	Time
	Armas Koskinen	3:00.0
	Jaakko Tiiainen	3:00.0
	Jussi Kahma	3:01.0
4	Emil Koskinen	3:07.7
5	A. Viklund	3:11.6
6	Reino Mallenius	3:15.2
7	A. Eklund	3:17.7

Source: ^[6]

500 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 6 August 1921.

Rank	Name	Time
	Armas Koskinen	9:39.1
	Emil Koskinen	9:40.7
	Jaakko Tiiainen	9:48.4
4	Reino Mallenius	9:53.3
5	Viljo Viklund	9:54.2

Source: ^[7]

1000 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 7 August 1921.

Rank	Name	Time
	Jaakko Tiiainen	19:39.8
	Emil Koskinen	20:03.5
	Viljo Viklund	20:54.1
4	Reino Mallenius	20:59.7

Source: ^[8]

100 metre backstroke

Competed in Turku on 24 July 1921.

Rank	Name	Time
	Viljo Viklund	1:35.3
	L. Heinonen	1:36.2
	Reino Mallenius	1:36.3
4	V. Lahtinen	1:39.8
5	E. Vatanen	?

Source: ^[9]

200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Turku on 24 July 1921.

Rank	Name	Time
	Arvo Aaltonen	3:07.1
	Viljo Viklund	3:07.5
	V. Lehtinen	3:29.0
4	Reino Mallenius	3:29.5
5	K. Lundstedt	?

Source:

100 metre life saving

Competed in Turku on 24 July 1921.

Rank	Name	Time
	Jussi Kahma	1:24.0
	A. Eklund	1:26.4
	L. Heinonen	1:30.8

Source:

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Helsinki on 29 July 1921.

Club	Team	Time
Vaasan Uimaseura	Ketola, Hellman, Jussi Kahma, A. Enegrén	2:03.3
Helsingfors Simsällskap	H. Salmi, A. Belewitcz, H. Belewitcz, G. Wasastjerna	2:06.6
Helsingin Uimarit	Jaakko Tiiainen, Kunnas, L. Saastamoinen, Armas Koskinen	2:07.4

Source: ^[10]

4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Helsinki on 30 July 1921.

Club	Team	Time
Vaasan Uimaseura	Aaltonen, Ketola, A. Enegrén, Jussi Kahma	4:59.4
Helsingfors Simsällskap	W. Belewitsch, A. Belewitsch, H. Salmi, G. Wasastjerna	5:09.7
Helsingin Uimarit	Jaakko Tiiainen, A. Järvinen, Vihavainen, Armas Koskinen	5:10.0

Source: ^[11]

Women

50 metre freestyle

Competed in Vyborg on 24 July 1921 (heats and final).

Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Anna Järvinen	40.2
	Elin Väkevä	41.0
	Elvi Väkevä	43.8
4	Helmi Mäkinen	45.0

Source: ^[12]

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Vyborg on 23 July 1921.

Rank	Name	Time
	Elin Väkevä	1:32.3
	Anna Järvinen	1:35.0
	Elina Savelainen	1:47.0

Source:

500 metre freestyle

Competed in Vyborg on 23 July 1921.

Rank	Name	Time
	Liisa Lehmus	9:45.3 NR
	Mary Lindberg	10:11.3
	Inkeri Kaltto	10:37.6

Source:

100 metre breaststroke

Competed in Vyborg on 24 July 1921.

Rank	Name	Time
	Liisa Lehmus	1:40.7
	Mary Lindberg	1:47.0
	Ester Lehmus	1:50.0
4	Hilda Kuusela	?

Source:

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Vyborg on 23 July 1921.

Club	Team	Time
Viipurin Uimaseura (I)	Arla Salonius, Elvi Väkevä, Liisa Lehmus, Elin Väkevä	2:39.0 NR
Helsingin Uimarit	Hellin Kahila, Hilda Kuusela, Helvi Mäkinen, Anna Järvinen	2:44.1
Viipurin Uimaseura (II)	Markkanen, Inkeri Kaltto, Elina Savelainen, Uimi	3:07.2

Source: ^[13]

Water polo

Men

semi-finals:
- Helsinki, 3 August 1921: Helsingfors Simsällskap–Helsingin Uimarit 6–2^[14]
- Tampere, 14 August 1921: Tampereen Uimaseura–Viipurin Uimaseura 6–1^[15]
final:
- Helsinki, 21 August 1921: Helsingfors Simsällskap–Tampereen Uimaseura 8–0^[16]

Sources

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

References

Notes and References

News: 9 August 1921 . Simmästerskapen . Västra Finland . sv . Turku . Åbo Tryckeri och Tidnings Ab . 3 . 19 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: 26 July 1921 . Suomen naisuintimestaruuskilpailut . Karjala . fi . Vyborg . 4 . 0782-7024 . 16 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: 1 August 1921 . Mästerskapstävlingarna i simning . Dagens Press . sv . Helsinki . Ab Dagens Press . 4 . 23 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: 31 July 1921 . Mästerskapen i simning och simhopp . Hufvudstadsbladet . sv . Helsinki . 7 . 0356-0724 . 21 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: 26 July 1921 . Naisten uintimestaruuskilpailut . Karjalan Aamulehti . fi . Vyborg . Karjalan Aamulehti Oy . 3 . 17 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: 2 August 1921 . Suomen uintimestaruuskilpailut . Uusi Suomi . fi . Helsinki . 5 . 0355-5461 . 23 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: 8 August 1921 . Suomen uintimestaruuskilpailut . Iltalehti . fi . Helsinki . Oy Uusi Suomi . 4 . 18 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: Aape . 11 August 1921 . Uintimestaruuskilpailut . Suomen urheilulehti . fi . Helsinki . 386 . 0355-6085 . 18 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: 28 July 1921 . Söndagens simfest . Västra Finland . sv . Turku . Åbo Tryckeri och Tidnings Ab . 3 . 26 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: 30 July 1921 . Suomen uintimestaruuskilpailut . Uusi Suomi . fi . Helsinki . 6 . 0355-5461 . 2 October 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: 31 July 1921 . Mestaruuskilpailut uinnissa Helsingissä . Helsingin Sanomat . fi . Helsinki . 7 . 0355-2047 . 22 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: 25 July 1921 . De finländska mästerskapen i simning . Hufvudstadsbladet . sv . Helsinki . 4 . 0356-0724 . 1 October 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: 24 July 1921 . Naisten uintimestaruuskilpailut . Karjalan Aamulehti . fi . Vyborg . Karjalan Aamulehti Oy . 5 . 15 September 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: Aape . 11 August 1921 . Välierä Suomen mestaruudesta vesipalloilussa . Suomen urheilulehti . fi . Helsinki . 389 . 0355-6085 . 2 October 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: Sp . 15 August 1921 . Intressanta idrottsevenemang i går . Tammerfors Aftonblad . sv . Tampere . 2 . 1458-8579 . 2 October 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
News: 22 August 1921 . En simsporttens högtidstag i siminrättningen vid Ursins klippa . Hufvudstadsbladet . sv . Helsinki . 3 . 0356-0724 . 2 October 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.