1912 Finnish championships in aquatics


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.
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Platform

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.
RankNamePlacing figureScore
Toivo Aro3203.40 points
Leo Suni7192.43 points
Oskar Wetzell8191.38 points

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Springboard

Competed in Helsinki on 21 July 1912.
RankNamePlacing figureScore
Oskar Wetzell4325.45 points
Albert Nyman8313.62 points

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Women

Platform

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.
RankNamePlacing figureScore
Senni Aaltonen398.25 points
Anna Järvinen784.50 points
Hilda Kuusela882.25 points

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Swimming

Men

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.
RankNameTime
Jussi Kahma1:11.5 NR
Martti Salokannel1:18.8
Yrjö Seuderling1:19.3
4K. Salmi1:26.9
5W. Petroff1:27.0
6M. Koroleff1:29.0

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500 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 27 July 1912.
RankNameTime
Martti Salokannel8:26.6
G. Hanstén8:43.6
V. Petroff8:57.8

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1000 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 21 July 1912.
RankNameTime
Martti Salokannel18:49.6
Arvo Aaltonen19:09.2
V. Petroff19:11.3

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100 metre backstroke

Competed in Helsinki on 19 July 1912.
RankNameTime
Lennart Lindroos1:36.3 NR
J. Wiklund1:37.9

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100 metre breaststroke

Competed in Vaasa on 27 July 1912.
RankNameTime
Arvo Aaltonen1:23.1 NR
Lennart Lindroos1:24.7

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200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.
RankNameTime
Arvo Aaltonen3:00.0
Lennart Lindroos3:11.0
Vilhelm Lindgrén3:13.1
4H. Wasenius3:17.5

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

400 metre breaststroke

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.
RankNameTime
Arvo Aaltonen6:33.4 NR

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100 metre life saving

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.
RankNameTime
Herman Cederberg1:52.7 NR
Jussi Kahma2:00.3

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4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Turku on 10 August 1912.
RankClubTeamTime
Vaasan UimaseuraArtturi Helenius, Jussi Kahma, Martti Salokannel, Uuno Mäkipää2:12.9
Helsingfors SimsällskapetM. Koroleff, H. Wasenius, H. Bergström, I. Sjöström2:20.4
Turun UimaseuraVäinö Hannula, R. Lönnqvist, Bruno Lindberg, Yrjö Seuderling2:25.0

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Women

50 metre freestyle

Competed in Turku on 11 August 1912.
RankNameTime
Lilly Blomster38.4 NR
Anna Järvinen42.4
Hilda Kuusela44.1
4Sofia Gylling45.9
5Edit Grönholm47.3
6Olga Haapanen48.3

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100 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1912.
RankNameTime
Anna Järvinen1:39.3 NR
Lilly Blomster1:39.5
Tyyne Järvi1:41.9

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Water polo

Men

Competed in Helsinki on 20 July 1912.
RankClubTeam
Helsingfors Simsällskap?
Tampereen Uimaseura?

The championship was settled by one match, won by Helsingfors Simsällskap 6–0.