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1908 Finnish championships in aquatics

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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

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Men

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Plain

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Competed in Turku on 26 July 1908.

Rank Name Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eino Karjalainen 111.50 points
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Einar Flinkenberg 106.75 points
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arvid Rydman 100.75 points
4 Gunnar Ahlblad 100.50 points
5 Artur Wetzell 100.25 points

Source: [1]

Springboard

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Competed in Helsinki on 8 August 1908.

Rank Name Placing figure Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Oskar Wetzell 3 227.0 points
2nd place, silver medalist(s) W. Ullström 6 203.0 points
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leo Suni 9 161.0 points
4 S. Olin 13 156.0 points
5 L. Itkonen 14 142.3 points

Source: [2]

Women

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Platform

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Competed in Tampere on 16 August 1908.

Rank Name Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valborg Florström 112.9

Source: [3]

Swimming

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Men

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100 metre freestyle

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Competed in Helsinki on 8 (heats) and 9 (final) August 1908.

Heats
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Three fastest times qualified for the final.

Rank Name Time
1 Väinö Vanhala 1:25.2 NR
2 K. Ekholm 1:26.0
3 W. Finnberg 1:26.1
4 Jussi Kahma 1:26.4
5 K. Salmi 1:30.5
6 S. Strömberg 1:31.2
Final
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Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) W. Finnberg 1:27.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) K. Ekholm 1:27.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Väinö Vanhala 1:28.0

Source: [4]

1000 metre freestyle

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Competed in Helsinki on 9 August 1908.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jarl Wasström 17:57.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erkki Ojanen 18:32.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kalle Aaltonen 19:06.8
4 Hugo Jonsson 19:22.6

Source: [4]

200 metre breaststroke

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Competed in Tampere on 16 August 1908.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kalle Aaltonen 3:28.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erkki Ojanen 3:32.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eino Lehtinen 3:32.7
4 Paul Fritsch 3:34.2
5 Kyösti Järvinen 3:39.9
6 Väinö Siro 3:43.2
7 Arvo Aaltonen 3:46.1

Source: [3]

100 metre life saving

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Competed in Vaasa on 1 August 1908.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Herman Cederberg 2:16.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hugo Jonsson 2:29.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) S. Strömberg 2:31.5
4 A. Ohls 3:01.6

Source: [5]

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

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Competed in Vaasa on 1 August 1908.

Rank Club Team Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vaasan Uimaseura Wolter Bremer, Herman Cederberg, Jussi Kahma, John Henriksson 2:34.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helsingfors Simsällskap K. Salmi, Hugo Jonsson, S. Strömberg, Toivo Aro 2:41.6

Source: [6]

Women

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100 metre freestyle

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Competed in Turku on 26 July 1908.

Rank Name Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anna Björkman 1:51.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ragnhild Säll 1:51.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maria Henell 1:57.7
4 Magda Westerholm 2:02.0

Source: [7]

Water polo

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Men

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Competed in Helsinki on 9 August 1908. Championship was decided by a single match, won by Helsingfors Simsällskap 7–1 (3–1, 4–0).

Rank Club Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helsingfors Simsällskap Strömberg (6 goals), Jansson (1 goal), ?
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helsingfors Idrottsklubben Jarl Wasström (1 goal), ?

Source: [8]

Sources

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  • Teräsvirta, Paavo, ed. (1956). Suomen uimaliitto. Finska simförbundet. 1906–1956 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Swimming Federation. pp. 154–159.

References

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  1. ^ "Finska mästerskapstäflingarna i simidrott i Åbo". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Helsinki. 27 July 1908. ISSN 0356-0724. Retrieved 28 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  2. ^ "Helsingfors Simsällskaps uppvisning och tävlingar". Nya Pressen (in Swedish). Helsinki: Ab Nya Pressen. 10 August 1908. p. 6. Retrieved 26 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  3. ^ a b "Tampereen Uimaseuran kilpailut". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Tampere. 18 August 1908. p. 3. ISSN 0355-6913. Retrieved 27 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  4. ^ a b Simmare (July 1908). "Helsingfors Simsällskaps mästerskapstäflingar och uppvisningar 8–9 aug". Finskt idrottsblad (in Swedish). No. 7. Helsinki: Uno Westerholm. pp. 110–111. Retrieved 26 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  5. ^ "Simfestligheterna". Wasa-Posten (in Swedish). Vaasa: Ab Wasa-Posten. 2 August 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  6. ^ "Mästerskapstävlingarna i simning i Vasa". Åbo Underrättelser (in Swedish). Turku. 3 August 1908. p. 3. ISSN 0785-398X. Retrieved 27 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  7. ^ "Uuden uimalaitoksen vihkiminen". Turun Sanomat. Turku. 28 July 1908. p. 2. ISSN 0356-133X. Retrieved 28 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  8. ^ "Simfesten och mästerskapstäflingarna". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Helsinki. 10 August 1908. ISSN 0356-0724. Retrieved 28 August 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.