Finnish Athletics Championships 1920

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The Finnish Athletics Championships 1920 , also called Kaleva Games 1920 ( Finnish Kalevan kisat 1920 ), took place on July 3rd and 4th in Eläintarhan kenttä in Helsinki .

In addition, further championships in athletic disciplines took place in 1920:

  • March 21: Finnish Standing Diving Championships in Hamina
  • May 16: Finnish Cross Country Championships in Viipuri
  • June 19 and 20: Finnish Relay Championships and Finnish Women's Athletics Championships in Tampere

Men's athletics championships

Results

discipline gold silver bronze
100 m Lauri Härö 11.8 s Deer Drisin 11.8 s Erik Wilén 11.8 s
200 m Deer Drisin 23.0 s Waldemar Wickholm 23.1 s Lauri Härö 23.1 s
400 m Erik Wilén 50.0 s Waldemar Wickholm 51.3 s Arvi Koskinen 52.2 s
800 m Axel Kuffschinoff 2: 03.6 min Arvi Koskinen 2: 03.9 min Martti Jukola 2: 07.7 min
1500 m Paavo Nurmi 4: 05.5 min Oskari Rissanen 4: 16.5 min Elias Katz 4: 17.0 min
5000 m Paavo Nurmi 15: 00.5 min Ilmari Vesamaa 16:01.5 min Kalle Kytöniemi 16: 26.5 min
10,000 m Heikki Liimatainen 34: 10.1 min Kalle Kytöniemi 34: 33.8 min Tatu Kolehmainen 35.14.0 min
25,000 m Urho Tallgren 1: 46: 07.0 h Aarne Kallberg 1: 48: 16.1 h
110 m hurdles Richard Järvinen 17.2 s Paavo Johansson 17.5 s
400 m hurdles Erik Wilén 56.6 s Erkki Kättö 59.7 s Akseli Neittamo 60.4 s
high jump Uno Gerasimowitsch 1.75 m Bror Kraemer 1.75 m Oskar Hakulin 1.70 m
Pole vault Jussi Ruoho 3.45 m Yrjö Helander 3.45 m Arvo Järvinen 3.45 m
Long jump Eero Lehtonen 7.02 m Reijo Halme 6.73 m Vilho Tuulos 6.67 m
Triple jump Vilho Tuulos 14.48 m Ossian Nylund 13.92 m Ilmari Sandberg 13.89 m
Shot put Elmer Niklander 14.20 m Ville Pörhölä 13.86 m August Takala 12.95 m
Shot put combined ( 1 ) Elmer Niklander 26.12 m Ville Pörhölä 24.90 m Niilo Koskiniemi 24.03 m
Discus throwing Armas Taipale 45.16 m Elmer Niklander 44.14 m Ville Pörhölä 39.87 m
Discus throwing combined ( 1 ) Elmer Niklander 83.92 m Armas Taipale 83.15 m Harry Alfthan 72.00 m
Hammer throwing Johan Pettersson 43.33 m Elmer Niklander 40.98 m Erik Eriksson 40.70 m
Javelin Paavo Johansson 62.52 m Urho Peltonen 62.01 m Julius Saaristo 58.76 m
Javelin throwing combined ( 1 ) Urho Peltonen 108.81 m Julius Saaristo 107.13 m Paavo Johansson 106.60 m
Weight throwing Johan Pettersson 9.52 m Arne Thurman 9.24 m Vilkka Pelkonen 9.16 m
Pentathlon Eero Lehtonen 9 Hugo Lahtinen 12 Vilho Levänen
Decathlon Paavo Johansson 7596.760 Oiva Linturi 6884,925 Arma Kauppila 5798,470

Team ranking

team Points
1. Helsingin Kisa-Veikot 11
2. Helsingfors IFK 7th
3. Tampereen Pyrintö 6th

Athletics championship for women

discipline gold silver bronze
100 m Olga Virtanen 14.8 s H. Pelli 15.2 s Kerttu Vaaja 16.6

Standing jump championships

discipline gold silver bronze
High jump / stand Viljo Vuorio 1.515 m Pekka Johansson 1,475 m Artturi Niemi 1.43 m
Long jump / stand Pekka Johansson 3.205 m Viljo Vuorio 3.12 m Artturi Niemi 3.01 m
Triple jump / stand Pekka Johansson 9.64 m Viljo Vuorio 9.15 m Artturi Niemi 9.08 m

Cross country championships

discipline gold silver bronze
singles Paavo Nurmi 32:19 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