Finnish Athletics Championships 1916

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The Finnish Athletics Championships 1916 , also called Kaleva Games 1916 ( Finnish Kalevan kisat 1916 ), took place on August 19 and 20, 1916 in the Eläintarhan kenttä stadium in Helsinki . The championship in the 25,000 meter run took place on July 2nd in Tampere , the decathlon championship on July 1st and 2nd also in Tampere.

In addition, further championships in athletic disciplines took place in 1916:

  • March 19th: Finnish Standing Diving Championships in Tampere
  • May 21: Finnish Cross Country Championships in Hämeenlinna
  • July 1st and 2nd: Finnish Relay Championship in Tampere
  • July 1st and 2nd: Finnish Women's Athletics Championships in Tampere

Men's athletics championships

Results

discipline gold silver bronze
100 m Hannes Sula 12.2 s Axel Kuffschinoff 12.3 s Kurt Pilack 12.3 s
200 m Aarni Nyström 23.6 s Erkki Kättö 23.6 s Erik Wilén 23.8 s
400 m Erkki Kättö 52.4 s Janne Seppälä 53.0 s Einari Anttila 53.1 s
800 m Einari Anttila 1: 57.6 min Nestori Järvelä 2: 00.6 min Erik Schoenberg 2: 01.9 min
1500 m Einari Anttila 4: 03.6 min Erik Schoenberg 4: 06.0 min Nestori Järvelä 4: 12.0 min
5000 m Albin Stenroos 15: 38.1 min ( 1 ) Sameli Tala 15: 38.1 min ( 1 ) Alfred Merisalo 15: 42.8 min
10,000 m Albin Stenroos 33: 15.4 min Teodor Koskenniemi 33: 16.4 min Tatu Kolehmainen 33: 25.0 min
25,000 m Albin Stenroos 1: 32: 12.3 h Aarne Kallberg 1: 35: 07.0 h Leonard Tikkanen 1: 36: 53.0 h
110 m hurdles Erkki Kättö 17.2 s Viljo Kainulainen 17.2 s Atte Vuori 17.3 s
400 m hurdles Erkki Kättö 59.3 s Erik Wilén 62.5 s Kurt Pilack 64.2 s
high jump Oiva Linturi 1.76 m Artturi Niemi 1.74 m V. Kontula 1.68 m
Pole vault Yrjö Helander 3.35 m Jussi Ruoho 3.30 m Väinö icons 3.20 m
Long jump Otto Tuomikoski 6.40 m Viljo Kainulainen 6.33 m Paavo Saarijärvi 6.24 m
Triple jump Ossian Nylund 13.58 m Jussi Ruoho 13.38 m Ilmo Linturi 13.28 m
Shot put Elmer Niklander 14.17 m Juho Laiho 14.16 m Run Roni 12.98 m
Shot put combined ( 2 ) Elmer Niklander 26.06 m Juho Laiho 25.04 m Run Roni 24.36 m
Discus throwing Elmer Niklander 41.30 m Run Roni 37.96 m Juho Laiho 36.59 m
Discus throwing combined ( 2 ) Elmer Niklander 81.93 m Run Roni 71.71 m Eriksson is different 66.33 m
Hammer throwing Elmer Niklander 44.83 m Juho Laiho 44.32 m Johan Pettersson 39.52 m
Javelin Urho Peltonen 60.30 m Lauri Kesäjärvi 55.70 m Juho Halme 53.76 m
Javelin throwing combined ( 2 ) Urho Peltonen 106.65 m Paavo Johansson 96.66 m Antti Jaakkola 94.89 m
Weight throwing Johan Pettersson 9.98 m Elmer Niklander 9.51 m Erik Eriksson 8.69 m
Pentathlon Juho Halme 10 Einari Alho 11 Johannes Leino 12
Decathlon Sergei Andersson 7173,500 Juho Laiho 6804.985

Team ranking

team Points
1. Helsingin Kisa-Veikot 96.5
2. Helsingfors IFK 37.5
3. Mäntsälän Veli 13

Athletics championship for women

discipline gold silver bronze
100 m Olga Virtanen 14.1 s Karin Salenius 14.2 s Alma Lindholm 14.2 s

Standing jump championships

discipline gold silver bronze
High jump / stand Artturi Niemi 1.41 m Pekka Johansson 1.385 m Yrjö Lehtonen 1.36 m
Long jump / stand Artturi Niemi 3.05 m Yrjö Lehtonen 3.01 m Pekka Johansson 3.005 m
Triple jump / stand Pekka Johansson 9.20 m Artturi Niemi 9.11 m Yrjö Lehtonen 8.82 m

Cross country championships

discipline gold silver bronze
singles Albin Stenroos 33:55 min

Remarks

1 Since Stenroos and Tala crossed the finish line at the same time in the first run, a jump-off was held on August 21st, which Stenroos won with a margin of two meters.
2 In the combined competitions, the performances with the right and left arm were added.

Individual evidence

  1. arrs.run: National Crosscountry Champions for Finland