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.

References

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  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.
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  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. 1 2 3 "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.
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  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.
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