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

^ ^a ^b "Mästerskapstäflingarna i raka trampolinhopp". Måndagen (in Swedish). No. 36. Helsinki: Karl Gustav Blomberg. 3 September 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
^ "Mästerskapstäflingarna i raka trampolinhopp den 2 sept". Finskt idrottsblad (in Swedish). Vol. 3, no. 9. Helsinki: Uno Westerholm. September 1906. p. 122. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Finska Simförbundets första kongress och mästerskapstäflingarna". Finskt idrottsblad (in Swedish). Vol. 3, no. 8. Helsinki: Uno Westerholm. August 1906. pp. 97–98. Retrieved 10 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ Mustonen, Pertti (2006). Sata altaassa. Suomen uimaliitto (in Finnish). Helsinki: Edita. p. 37. ISBN 951-37-4490-6.
^ "Särskilda kortare meddelanden". Finskt idrottsblad (in Swedish). Vol. 3, no. 8. Helsinki: Uno Westerholm. August 1906. p. 105. Retrieved 10 September 2018 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ Mustonen, Pertti (2006). Sata altaassa. Suomen uimaliitto 1906–2006 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Edita. p. 36. ISBN 951-37-4490-6.

[måndagen-1] "Mästerskapstäflingarna i raka trampolinhopp". Måndagen (in Swedish). No. 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). Vol. 3, no. 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.

[idrottsblad-6] "Finska Simförbundets första kongress och mästerskapstäflingarna". Finskt idrottsblad (in Swedish). Vol. 3, no. 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). Vol. 3, no. 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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