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.
RankNameScore
Bernhard Fredriksson115.5 points
Rudolf Eriksson108.5 points
W. Sundman107.5 points
4Toivo Aro107.0 points
5Bruno Rosenbröijer106.5 points
6Gunnar Ahlblad103.5 points
7Artur Wetzell103.0 points
8Oskar Wetzell89.5 points
9E. Martikainen88.0 points

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Women

Platform

Competed in Helsinki on 2 September 1906.
RankNameScore
Valborg Florström101.5 points
Maria Henell97.5 points

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Swimming

Men

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1906.
RankNameTime
Herman Cederberg1:26.2 NR
K. Salmi1:29.4
Aimo Malmberg1:29.8
4Wolter Bremer1:31.0
5John Henriksson1:31.3
6L. Jääskeläinen1:31.5
7J. Malmivaara1:32.7
8Hugo Jonsson1:32.8
9L. Kemiläinen1:33.3
10Y. Andersson1:34.2
11Gunnar Ahlblad1:37.8
12P. Lyly1:45.2

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1000 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 29 July 1906.
RankNameTime
Herman Cederberg17:54.6 NR
Aimo Malmberg19:21.8
Hugo Jonsson19:34.2
4J. Malmivaara19:43.0
5A. Barsokewitsch20:14.4
6A. Lindholm20:34.4
7K. Salmi21:09.4
8Väinö Siro22:39.0

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200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Vaasa on 28 July 1906.
RankNameTime
Herman Cederberg3:06.8 NR
Aimo Malmberg3:16.9
Hugo Jonsson3:24.5
4A. Lindholm3:26.7
5J. Malmivaara3:29.1
6Gunnar Ahlblad3:31.0
7John Henriksson3:31.6
8Eino Karjalainen3:37.8
9Arvid Rydman3:39.0
10Y. Andersson3:41.1
11A. Kemppainen3:44.6
12K. Aaltonen3:49.2
13Väinö Siro3:51.0

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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.
RankNameTime
Elsa Lingonblad1:51.4 NR
Anna Björkman1:51.4
Elin Westerberg2:03.4
4Dagmar Kneckt2:08.7

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