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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bernhard Fredriksson 115.5 points
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rudolf Eriksson 108.5 points
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valborg Florström 101.5 points
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Herman Cederberg 1:26.2 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) K. Salmi 1:29.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Herman Cederberg 17:54.6 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aimo Malmberg 19:21.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Herman Cederberg 3:06.8 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aimo Malmberg 3:16.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elsa Lingonblad 1:51.4 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anna Björkman 1:51.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.

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