1949 NCAA Track and Field Championships

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1949 NCAA Track and Field Championships
DatesJune 1949
Host city Flag of California.svg Los Angeles, California
Venue Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1948
1950

The 1949 NCAA Track and Field Championships were contested at the 28th annual NCAA-hosted track meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate track and field events in the United States. This year's meet was hosted by the University of Southern California at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. [1]

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Hosts USC claimed the team national championship, their thirteenth title (and first since winning nine consecutive titles between 1935 and 1943).

Team Result

RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Southern California (H)5525
Silver medal icon.svg UCLA 31
Bronze medal icon.svg Stanford 30
4 Michigan State 26
5 Penn State 25
6 Seton Hall 23
7 Wisconsin
Yale
22
8 Ohio State 16
9 Brown
Cornell
Missouri
San Diego
Tulane
10
10 Santa Barbara College 9

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References

  1. "NCAA Division I Men's Track and Field Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 19, 2016.