Finnish Athletics Championships 1918

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The Finnish Athletics Championships 1918 , also called Kaleva Games 1918 ( Finnish Kalevan kisat 1918 ), took place on August 31 and September 1 at the Eläintarhan kenttä stadium in Helsinki . The championship in the decathlon took place in Helsinki on September 14th and 15th.

In addition, further championships in athletic disciplines took place in 1918:

  • September 14th and 15th: Finnish Relay Championships and Athletics Championships for Women in Helsinki
  • December 8th: Finnish Standing Diving Championships in Helsinki

The standing jump championships were postponed to December due to the civil war . Only four athletes took part in the three competitions. The cross country championship was canceled because of the civil war.

Men's athletics championships

Results

discipline gold silver bronze
100 m Valentin Bergman 11.6 s Axel Kuffschinoff 11.8 s Erik Wilén 11.9 s
200 m Valentin Bergman 23.3 s Erik Wilén 23.8 s Axel Kuffschinoff 24.7 s
400 m Valentin Bergman 51.8 s Axel Kuffschinoff 52.6 s Erik Wilén 54.8 s
800 m Erik Schoenberg 2: 02.1 min Axel Kuffschinoff 2: 02.1 min Gosta Malmqvist 2: 06.4 min
1500 m Sameli Tala 4: 16.3 min Erik Schoenberg 4: 16.5 min Gosta Malmqvist 4: 22.6 min
5000 m Sameli Tala 15: 44.1 min Einar Stenman 15: 49.2 min Heikki Liimatainen 15: 50.0 min
10,000 m Heikki Liimatainen 32: 58.2 min Albin Stenroos 33: 07.1 min August Mäkilä 33: 35.5 min
110 m hurdles Lars Hornborg 16.8 s Paavo Johansson 16.8 s Waldemar Wickholm 16.9 s
400 m hurdles Erik Wilén 60.1 s Waldemar Wickholm 61.1 s Lars Hornborg 62.3 s
high jump Hubert Gädda 1.70 m Sulho Petander 1.70 m Lauri Tamminen 1.70 m
Pole vault Yrjö Helander 3.30 m Jussi Ruoho 3.20 m Runar Wahlbäck 3.10 m
Long jump Emil Liljeberg 6.32 m Jussi Ruoho 6.31 m Eero Lehtonen 6.23 m
Triple jump Emil Liljeberg 13.19 m Väinö Rainio 13.14 m Ossian Nylund 12.87 m
Shot put Elmer Niklander 13.45 m Kalle Hongisto 12.14 m Paavo Johansson 11.85 m
Shot put combined ( 1 ) Elmer Niklander 24.94 m Paavo Johansson 22.51 m Kalle Hongisto 21.94 m
Discus throwing Elmer Niklander 41.28 m Vilho Niittymaa 38.17 m Eero Lehtonen 34.50 m
Discus throwing combined ( 1 ) Elmer Niklander 78.53 m Vilho Niittymaa 70.09 m Juho Laiho 59.23 m
Hammer throwing Elmer Niklander 40.63 m Erik Eriksson 37.24 m Johan Pettersson 34.03 m
Javelin Jonni Myyra 59.14 m Paavo Johansson 56.89 m Yrjö Ekqvist 53.25 m
Javelin throwing combined ( 1 ) Paavo Johansson 99.76 m Yrjö Ekqvist 95.18 m Sulho Petander 87.91 m
Weight throwing Elmer Niklander 8.73 m Vilkka Pelkonen 8.72 m K. Blommendahl 8.46 m
Pentathlon Paavo Johansson 12 Eero Lehtonen 14th Waldemar Wickholm 17th
Decathlon Paavo Johansson 7051.730 Sergei Andersson 6740,600

Team ranking

team Points
1. Helsingfors IFK 70.5
2. Helsingin Kisa-Veikot 67.5
3. Kalevan Veikot Helsinki 23.5
4th AIK Turku 15th
5. Tampereen Pyrintö 13
6th Ekenäs IF 11
6th Turun Urheiluliitto 11
8th. SLU Mikkeli 10.5
9. Jalasjärven Jalas 10
10. Porvoon Akilles 8th

Athletics championship for women

discipline gold silver bronze
100 m Lisie Nyström 14.8 s L. Mauritsson 16.0 s

Standing jump championships

discipline gold silver bronze
High jump / stand Pekka Johansson 1.45 m Ossian Roschier 1.40 m Hubert Gädda 1.25 m
Long jump / stand Pekka Johansson 3.13 m Ossian Roschier 3.06 m Emil Liljeberg 3.02 m
Triple jump / stand Pekka Johansson 9.38 m Emil Liljeberg 9.23 m Ossian Roschier 8.94 m

Remarks

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