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:

Women

Platform Competed in Helsinki on 2 September 1906. Rank Name Score Valborg Florström 101.5 points Maria Henell 97.5 points Source:

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:

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:

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:

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.

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:

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

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