1908 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 Turku on 26 July 1908. Rank Name Score Eino Karjalainen 111.50 points Einar Flinkenberg 106.75 points Arvid Rydman 100.75 points 4 Gunnar Ahlblad 100.50 points 5 Artur Wetzell 100.25 points Source:

Springboard Competed in Helsinki on 8 August 1908. Rank Name Placing figure Score Oskar Wetzell 3 227.0 points W. Ullström 6 203.0 points Leo Suni 9 161.0 points 4 S. Olin 13 156.0 points 5 L. Itkonen 14 142.3 points Source:

Women

Platform Competed in Tampere on 16 August 1908. Rank Name Score Valborg Florström 112.9 Source:

Swimming

Men

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

Heats 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 Rank Name Time W. Finnberg 1:27.3 K. Ekholm 1:27.4 Väinö Vanhala 1:28.0 Source:

1000 metre freestyle Competed in Helsinki on 9 August 1908. Rank Name Time Jarl Wasström 17:57.4 Erkki Ojanen 18:32.6 Kalle Aaltonen 19:06.8 4 Hugo Jonsson 19:22.6 Source:

200 metre breaststroke Competed in Tampere on 16 August 1908. Rank Name Time Kalle Aaltonen 3:28.2 Erkki Ojanen 3:32.3 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:

100 metre life saving Competed in Vaasa on 1 August 1908. Rank Name Time Herman Cederberg 2:16.3 Hugo Jonsson 2:29.6 S. Strömberg 2:31.5 4 A. Ohls 3:01.6 Source:

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay Competed in Vaasa on 1 August 1908. Rank Club Team Time Vaasan Uimaseura Wolter Bremer, Herman Cederberg, Jussi Kahma, John Henriksson 2:34.6 Helsingfors Simsällskap K. Salmi, Hugo Jonsson, S. Strömberg, Toivo Aro 2:41.6 Source:

Women

100 metre freestyle Competed in Turku on 26 July 1908. Rank Name Time Anna Björkman 1:51.1 Ragnhild Säll 1:51.8 Maria Henell 1:57.7 4 Magda Westerholm 2:02.0 Source:

Water polo

Men 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 Helsingfors Simsällskap Strömberg (6 goals), Jansson (1 goal), ? Helsingfors Idrottsklubben Jarl Wasström (1 goal), ? Source:

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