Finnish Athletics Championships 1917

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The Finnish Athletics Championships 1917 , also called Kaleva Games 1917 ( Finnish Kalevan kisat 1917 ), took place on August 18 and 19, 1917 in the Pyynikin kenttä stadium in Tampere . The decathlon championship took place on July 7th and 8th in Helsinki . On July 8th, the championship in the 25,000 meter run was held there.

In addition, further championships in athletic disciplines took place in 1917:

  • March 18th: Finnish Standing Diving Championships in Helsinki
  • May 20th: Finnish Cross Country Championships in Viipuri
  • July 7th and 8th: Finnish Relay Championships and Women's Athletics Championships in Helsinki

Men's athletics championships

Results

discipline gold silver bronze
100 m Axel Kuffschinoff 11.3 s Niilo Nurminen 11.5 s Waldemar Wickholm 11.7 s
200 m Waldemar Wickholm 23.3 s Erkki Kättö 23.5 s Axel Kuffschinoff 23.5 s
400 m Waldemar Wickholm 51.4 s Axel Kuffschinoff 51.5 s Erkki Kättö 52.7 s
800 m Pauli Männistö 2: 02.2 min Nestori Järvelä 2: 02.8 min Matti Torro 2: 03.9 min
1500 m Nestori Järvelä 4: 13.5 min Gosta Malmqvist 4: 15.2 min Erik Schoenberg 4: 17.0 min
5000 m Sameli Tala 15: 24.8 min One of the Rastas 15: 40.6 min Albin Stenroos 15: 53.9 min
10,000 m One of the Rastas 33: 08.1 min Albin Stenroos 33: 15.0 min Jaakko Loukasmäki 33: 32.4 min
25,000 m Lauri Halons 1: 27: 33.6 h Urho Tallgren 1: 31: 07.8 h Gabriel Ruotsalainen 1: 35: 48.7 h
110 m hurdles Waldemar Wickholm 16.5 s Erkki Kättö 17.1 s Atte Vuori 17.7 s
400 m hurdles Waldemar Wickholm 59.1 s Erkki Kättö 60.9 s Erik Wilén 61.0 s
high jump Oiva Linturi 1.76 m Arvo Järvinen 1.71 m Onni Kovero 1.71 m
Pole vault Jussi Ruoho 3.40 m Jalo Kilpinen 3.40 m Arvi Vanonen 3.20 m
Long jump Hugo Lahtinen 6.68 m Börje Lindström 6.55 m Juho Halme 6.54 m
Triple jump Ossian Nylund 13.77 m Arttur Varjonen 13.67 m Vilho Tuulos 13.61 m
Shot put Elmer Niklander 14.02 m Juho Laiho 13.81 m Kalle Hongisto 12.71 m
Shot put combined ( 1 ) Elmer Niklander 25.28 m Juho Laiho 24.38 m Eriksson is different 23.74 m
Discus throwing Elmer Niklander 41.34 m Juho Laiho 39.70 m Harry Alftan 39.33 m
Discus throwing combined ( 1 ) Elmer Niklander 82.60 m Harry Alftan 72.94 m Juho Laiho 69.34 m
Hammer throwing Elmer Niklander 41.75 m Juho Laiho 40.73 m Johan Pettersson 39.96 m
Javelin Jonni Myyra 59.48 m Lauri Kesäjärvi 58.87 m Juho Halme 57.84 m
Javelin throwing combined ( 1 ) Yrjö Ekqvist 102.92 m Hugo Lahtinen 101.86 m Lauri Kesäjärvi 95.64 m
Weight throwing Johan Pettersson 9.10 m Elmer Niklander 8.94 m Erik Eriksson 8.35 m
Pentathlon Hugo Lahtinen 11 Eero Lehtonen 17th Paavi Saarijärvi 19th
Decathlon Juho Laiho 6851,215 Eriksson is different 6761,400 Einari Alho 6537.775

Team ranking

team Points
1. Helsingin Kisa-Veikot 66
2. Helsingfors IFK 59.5
3. Turun Urheiluliitto 20.5

Athletics championship for women

discipline gold silver bronze
100 m Olga Virtanen 13.6 s Helmi Virtanen 13.8 s Martta Dahl 14.4 s

Standing jump championships

discipline gold silver bronze
High jump / stand Pekka Johansson 1.48 m Yrjö Lehtonen 1.45 m Paavo Saarijärvi 1.43 m
Long jump / stand Yrjö Lehtonen 3.11 m Pekka Johansson 3.10 m L. Hakala 3.08 m
Triple jump / stand Pekka Johansson 9.51 m L. Hakala 9.26 m Artturi Niemi 9.145 m

Cross country championships

discipline gold silver bronze
singles Albin Stenroos 31:21 min

Remarks

1 In the combined competitions, the performances with the right and left arm were added.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ arrs.run: National Crosscountry Champions for Finland