1948 NCAA swimming and diving championships

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1948 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Swimming pictogram.svg
Host city Flag of Michigan.svg Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date(s)March 1948
Venue(s) Intramural Sports Building
University of Michigan
Teams16
Events11
1947
1949

The 1948 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1948 at the Intramural Sports Building at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the 12th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving among its member programs in the United States.

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Hosts Michigan topped three-time defending champions, and rivals, Ohio State in the team standings, capturing the Wolverines' sixth national title. [1]

Team standings

RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Michigan (H)44
Silver medal icon.svg Ohio State (DC)41
Bronze medal icon.svg Michigan State 21
4 Iowa 20
5 Stanford 16
6 Yale 14
7 Iowa State 10
Northwestern
9 La Salle 7
Purdue
11 Washington 4
12 USC 3
13 Temple 2
14 North Carolina 1
Penn
Texas

Individual events

Swimming

EventChampionTeamTime
50-yard freestyle Robert Anderson Stanford23.3
100-yard freestyle Wally Ris Iowa51.5
220-yard freestyle Bill Smith Ohio State2:09.5
440-yard freestyle Bill Smith Ohio State4:43.8
1,500-meter freestyle Bill Heusner Northwestern19:28.2
150-yard backstroke Allan Stack Yale1:31.8
200-yard butterfly Joe Verdeur La Salle2:14.7
400-yard freestyle relay Abel Gilbert
George Hoogerhyde
Robert Allwardt
James Duke
Michigan State3:31.0
300-yard medley relay Harry Holiday
Robert Sohl
David Tittle
Michigan (DC)2:54.9

Diving

EventChampionTeamScore
One-meter diving Bruce Harlan Ohio State163.87
Three-meter diving Miller Anderson (DC)Ohio State174.34

See also

References

  1. "NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved August 12, 2016.