Finnish Athletics Championships 1919

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The Finnish Athletics Championships 1919 , also called Kaleva Games 1919 ( Finnish Kalevan kisat 1919 ), took place on August 16 and 17, 1919 in the Turun urheilupuisto stadium in Turku . The championship in the decathlon took place on July 5th and 6th in Helsinki , the championship in the 25,000 meter race on July 6th also in Helsinki.

In addition, further championships in athletic disciplines took place in 1919:

  • March 16: Finnish Standing Diving Championships in Viipuri
  • May 18th: Finnish Cross Country Championships in Tampere
  • July 5th and 6th: Finnish Relay Championships and Athletics Championships for Women in Helsinki

Men's athletics championships

Results

discipline gold silver bronze
100 m Erik Wilén 11.0 s Waldemar Wickholm 11.1 s Niilo Nurminen 11.2 s
200 m Erik Wilén 23.3 s Waldemar Wickholm 23.4 s Rafael Nyström 23.9 s
400 m Erik Wilén 50.9 s Waldemar Wickholm 51.7 s Axel Kuffschinoff 51.8 s
800 m Axel Kuffschinoff 1: 59.9 min Gosta Malmqvist 2: 02.3 min Nestori Järvelä 2: 06.6 min
1500 m Gosta Malmqvist 4: 08.0 min Nestori Järvelä 4: 12.4 min Fredrik Tuulos 4: 13.2 min
5000 m Teodor Koskenniemi 15: 29.3 min Heikki Liimatainen 15: 38.9 min One of the Rastas 16: 07.8 min
10,000 m Heikki Liimatainen 32: 35.5 min One of the Rastas 33: 44.3 min Paavo Nurmi 33: 56.4 min
25,000 m Tatu Kolehmainen 1: 31: 01.9 h Aarne Kallberg 1: 35: 08.9 h
110 m hurdles Waldemar Wickholm 16.2 s Paavo Johansson 16.3 s Olof of Troil 16.7 s
400 m hurdles Erik Wilén 58.0 s Waldemar Wickholm 58.1 s Bengt Bengström 59.7 s
high jump Hubert Gädda 1.75 m Oiva Linturi 1.75 m Una Gerasimovich 1.70 m
Pole vault Armas Rauhamaa 3.55 m Yrjö Helander 3.55 m Jussi Ruoho 3.45 m
Long jump Ossian Nylund 6.71 m Vilho Tuulos 6.56 m Waldemar Wickholm 6.39 m
Triple jump Vilho Tuulos 14.85 m Ossian Nylund 13.75 m Väinö Rainio 13.73 m
Shot put Armas Taipale 13.35 m Kalle Hongisto 12.53 m Oiva Linturi 12.48 m
Shot put combined ( 1 ) Armas Taipale 24.69 m Oiva Linturi 23.78 m Paavo Johansson 23.39 m
Discus throwing Armas Taipale 42.98 m Vilho Niittymaa 37.58 m Run Roni 36.48 m
Discus throwing combined ( 1 ) Armas Taipale 82.05 m Vilho Niittymaa 70.89 m Run Roni 68.05 m
Hammer throwing Erik Eriksson 41.62 m Johan Pettersson 40.13 m Vilho Niittymaa 37.13 m
Javelin Paavo Johansson 61.38 m Urho Peltonen 60.18 m Julius Saaristo 59.04 m
Javelin throwing combined ( 1 ) Julius Saaristo 111.46 m Urho Peltonen 109.11 m Paavo Johansson 106.80 m
Weight throwing Johan Pettersson 9.77 m Erik Eriksson 9.71 m Arne Thurman 9.47 m
Pentathlon Hugo Lahtinen 13 Vilho Tuulos 16 Hjalmar Stenström 17th
Decathlon Paavo Johansson Artturi Niemi

Team ranking

team Points
1. Helsingfors IFK 91
2. Helsingin Kisa-Veikot 55
3. Tampereen Pyrintö 44

Athletics championship for women

discipline gold silver bronze
100 m Olga Virtanen 14.6 s Lyyli Porthán 15.0 s Vilma Vainio 15.0

Standing jump championships

Only four athletes participated in the decisions.

discipline gold silver bronze
High jump / stand Pekka Johansson 1,475 m Artturi Niemi 1,375 m V. Ruutiainen 1.20 m
Long jump / stand Pekka Johansson 3.18 m Artturi Niemi 2.97 m E. Repo 2.52 m
Triple jump / stand Pekka Johansson 9.44 m Artturi Niemi 9.21 m V. Ruutiainen 7.17 m

Cross country championships

discipline gold silver bronze
singles Hannes Miettinen 35:09 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