1907 Finnish championships in aquatics explained

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 Vaasa on 20–21 August 1907.

Rank	Name	Score
	Toivo Aro	115.50 points
	Jarl Bjelke	109.50 points
	Rudolf Eriksson	110.75 points
4	Einar Flinkenberg	103.50 points
5	Gunnar Ahlblad	101.00 points
6	Artur Wetzell	98.25 points
7	Eino Karjalainen	91.00 points

Source: ^[1]

Women

Platform

Competed in Vaasa on 20–21 August 1907.

Rank	Name	Score
	Valborg Florström	81.0 points
	Ebba Gisico	77.5 points
	Anna Ahlfors	78.0 points

Source: ^[2]

Swimming

Men

100 metre freestyle

Competed on in Helsinki on 16 August 1907.

Rank	Name	Time
	Herman Cederberg	1:29.2
	Hugo Jonsson	1:31.2
	Toivo Aro	1:31.8
4	John Henriksson	1:32.4
5	K. Salmi	1:32.6
	K. Ekholm
7	Wolter Bremer	1:35.0
8	Väinö Vanhala	1:35.6
9	Jarl Wasström	1:41.4

Source: ^[3]

1000 metre freestyle

Competed in Helsinki on 18 August 1907.

Rank	Name	Time
		19:59.2
	Hugo Jonsson	20:47.4
	Jarl Wasström	21:33.4
4	Salomon Rakewitsch	21:37.0

Source: ^[4]

200 metre breaststroke

Competed in Vaasa on 20–21 August 1907.

Rank	Name	Time
		3:19.0
	Hugo Jonsson	3:29.2
	Gunnar Ahlblad	3:52.3

Source: ^[5]

100 metre life saving

Competed in Helsinki on 17 August 1907.

Rank	Name	Time
	Aimo Malmberg	2:03.4
	Herman Cederberg	2:09.4
	Hugo Jonsson	2:27.4
4	Väinö Siro	2:39.6
5	Eino Karjalainen	2:43.4
6	Elis Sivén	3:04.6

Source:

4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Competed in Helsinki on 18 August 1907.

Rank	Club	Team	Time
	Helsingfors Simsällskap	K. Salmi, Hugo Jonsson, K. Ekholm, Toivo Aro	2:33.2
	Kotkan Uimaseura	Väinö Vanhala, Siikanen, E. Finberg, W. Finberg	2:44.8
	Vaasan Uimaseura	Wolter Bremer, Jarl Bjelke, Herman Cederberg, John Henriksson	2:45.0
4	Tampereen Uimaseura	W. Ullström, Elis Sivén, Väinö Siro, Kalle Aaltonen	2:52.4

Source: ^[6]

Women

100 metre freestyle

Competed in Vaasa on 20–21 August 1907.

Rank	Name	Time
	Elsa Lingonblad	1:55.1
	Hanna Björkman	1:55.1
	Ebba Gisico	2:06.7

Source: ^[7]

Sources

• Book: 1956 . Teräsvirta . Paavo . Suomen uimaliitto. Finska simförbundet. 1906–1956 . fi . Helsinki . Finnish Swimming Federation . 154–159.

References

Notes and References

1. News: 22 August 1907 . Waasasta . Vaasa . fi . Vaasa . 2 . 0789-0745 . 17 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
2. News: 22 August 1907 . Sport . Nya Pressen . sv . Helsinki . 3 . 18 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
3. News: Westerholm . Uno . September 1907 . Helsingfors Simsällskaps 20-års jubileum och internationella simfest . Finskt idrottsblad — officiellt organ för Helsingfors gymnastikklubb . sv . Helsinki . 134 . 17 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland . 9/1907.
4. News: Westerholm . Uno . September 1907 . Helsingfors Simsällskaps 20-års jubileum och internationella simfest . Finskt idrottsblad — officiellt organ för Helsingfors gymnastikklubb . sv . Helsinki . 136 . 16 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland . 9/1907.
5. News: 22 August 1907 . Simfesten . Vasabladet . sv . Vaasa . 2 . 0356-1844 . 16 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
6. News: 19 August 1907 . Internationella simfesten . Nya Pressen . sv . Helsinki . 3 . 16 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
7. News: 22 August 1907 . Urheilua . Helsingin Sanomat . fi . Helsinki . 4 . 0355-2047 . 17 August 2018 . Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.