Eläintarha, Helsinki, July 20, 1925
After mid-July, three international Olympic finalists competed in Finland: Antwerp 100m winner Charley Paddock from America, 800m Olympic finalist and future prominent athletics official Adriaan Paulen from the Netherlands, and 800m Olympic runner-up Paul Martin from Switzerland. They competed in four events in Finland within a week. Paddock was apparently the first American track and field athlete to compete in Finland since 1912. He had already been competing in European events together with Loren Murchison for weeks.
Paddock, Martin, and Paulen held press conferences the day before the competitions, where Finns could admire Paddock's "lively and boyish" character (according to Helsingin Sanomat).
The foreign guests achieved their best results in Helsinki on July 20th, although Paddock was far from his prime (100m in 10.8 at Eläintarha). The Europeans were in better form: Martin ran the 800 in Helsinki in 1:54.2, and Paulen clocked just under 50 seconds for the 400 despite the oppressive weather.