1906 Finnish championships in aquatics

From 1906 to 1926, the Finnish Swimming Federation did not arrange a dedicated national competition, but spread out the hosting duties of the championship events to multiple clubs.

Diving

Men

Plain

Competed in Helsinki on 2 September 1906.

Rank Name Score
Bernhard Fredriksson 115.5 points
Rudolf Eriksson 108.5 points
W. Sundman 107.5 points
4 Toivo Aro 107.0 points
5 Bruno Rosenbröijer 106.5 points
6 Gunnar Ahlblad 103.5 points
7 Artur Wetzell 103.0 points
8 Oskar Wetzell 89.5 points
9 E. Martikainen 88.0 points

Source: [1]

Women

Platform

Competed in Helsinki on 2 September 1906.

Rank Name Score
Valborg Florström 101.5 points
Maria Henell 97.5 points

Source:[2][1][3][4][5]

Swimming

Men

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1906.

Rank Name Time
Herman Cederberg 1:26.2 NR
K. Salmi 1:29.4
Aimo Malmberg 1:29.8
4 Wolter Bremer 1:31.0
5 John Henriksson 1:31.3
6 L. Jääskeläinen 1:31.5
7 J. Malmivaara 1:32.7
8 Hugo Jonsson 1:32.8
9 L. Kemiläinen 1:33.3
10 Y. Andersson 1:34.2
11 Gunnar Ahlblad 1:37.8
12 P. Lyly 1:45.2

Sources:[6][7][8]

1000 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 29 July 1906.

Rank Name Time
Herman Cederberg 17:54.6 NR
Aimo Malmberg 19:21.8
Hugo Jonsson 19:34.2
4 J. Malmivaara 19:43.0
5 A. Barsokewitsch 20:14.4
6 A. Lindholm 20:34.4
7 K. Salmi 21:09.4
8 Väinö Siro 22:39.0

Source:[6]

200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1906.

Rank Name Time
Herman Cederberg 3:06.8 NR
Aimo Malmberg 3:16.9
Hugo Jonsson 3:24.5
4 A. Lindholm 3:26.7
5 J. Malmivaara 3:29.1
6 Gunnar Ahlblad 3:31.0
7 John Henriksson 3:31.6
8 Eino Karjalainen 3:37.8
9 Arvid Rydman 3:39.0
10 Y. Andersson 3:41.1
11 A. Kemppainen 3:44.6
12 K. Aaltonen 3:49.2
13 Väinö Siro 3:51.0

Source:[6]

Cederberg's time would have been the world record later when FINA was founded, but they refused to ratify it because he wore swimming briefs instead of a racing suit.[9]

Women

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 22 July 1906.

Rank Name Time
Elsa Lingonblad 1:51.4 NR
Anna Björkman 1:51.4
Elin Westerberg 2:03.4
4 Dagmar Kneckt 2:08.7

Source:[10][11][12][13]

Elsa Lingonblad became the first to win an official Finnish championship in aquatics.[14]

Sources
  • Teräsvirta, Paavo, ed. (1956). Suomen uimaliitto. Finska simförbundet. 1906–1956 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Swimming Federation. pp. 154–159.

References
  1. "Mästerskapstäflingarna i raka trampolinhopp". Måndagen (in Swedish) (36). Helsinki: Karl Gustav Blomberg. 3 September 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  2. "Mästerskapstäflingarna i raka trampolinhopp den 2 sept". Finskt idrottsblad (in Swedish). 3 (9). Helsinki: Uno Westerholm. September 1906. p. 122. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  3. "Mästerskapstäflingarna i raka trampolinhopp". Nya Pressen (in Swedish). Helsinki: Ab Nya Pressen. 3 September 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  4. "Täflingar om finska mästerskapet i raka trampolinhopp". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Helsinki. 3 September 1906. p. 4. ISSN 0356-0724. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  5. "Sport". Åbo Underrättelser (in Swedish). Turku. 5 September 1906. p. 3. ISSN 0785-398X. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  6. "Finska Simförbundets första kongress och mästerskapstäflingarna". Finskt idrottsblad (in Swedish). 3 (8). Helsinki: Uno Westerholm. August 1906. pp. 97–98. Retrieved 10 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  7. "Suuret uimakilpailut t. k. 28–29 p:nä". Pohjan Poika (in Finnish). Vaasa: Ossian Ansas. 30 July 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  8. "Suuret uimakilpailut Waasassa". Otava (in Finnish). Kuopio: V. A. Marjanen. 2 August 1906. p. 3. ISSN 1458-6584. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  9. Mustonen, Pertti (2006). Sata altaassa. Suomen uimaliitto (in Finnish). Helsinki: Edita. p. 37. ISBN 951-37-4490-6.
  10. "Särskilda kortare meddelanden". Finskt idrottsblad (in Swedish). 3 (8). Helsinki: Uno Westerholm. August 1906. p. 105. Retrieved 10 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  11. "Simuppvisning och täflingar". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Helsinki. 23 July 1906. p. 3. ISSN 0356-0724. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  12. "Gårdagens simuppvisning". Nya Pressen (in Swedish). Helsinki: Ab Nya Pressen. 23 July 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  13. "Telefonmeddelanden från hufvufstaden". Vasabladet (in Swedish). Vaasa. 26 July 1906. ISSN 0356-1844. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
  14. Mustonen, Pertti (2006). Sata altaassa. Suomen uimaliitto 1906–2006 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Edita. p. 36. ISBN 951-37-4490-6.
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