1953 NCAA gymnastics championships

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1953 NCAA gymnastics championships
Tournament information
Sport Collegiate gymnastics
Location Flag of New York.svg Syracuse, New York
Host(s) Syracuse University
Venue(s) Archbold Gymnasium
Participants13 teams
Final positions
Champions Penn State (2nd title)
1st runners-up Illinois
2nd runners-up Syracuse
Tournament statistics
All-Around
Champion(s)
Flag of Sweden.svg Jean Cronstedt, Penn State (1,275 points)
  1952
1954  

The 1953 NCAA gymnastics championships were contested at the 11th annual NCAA-sanctioned gymnastics meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate gymnastics among its member programs in the United States. [1]

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These championships were contested at Archbold Gymnasium at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.

Accumulating the most points across the individual events, Penn State won the team national championship, the Nittany Lions' second and first since 1948.

The individual all-around championship was won by Jean Cronstedt, also from Penn State.

Team results

RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Penn State 91.5
Silver medal icon.svg Illinois 68
Bronze medal icon.svg Syracuse (H)51
4 UCLA 48.5
5 Florida State (DC)43.5
6 Minnesota 40
7 Michigan State 38
8 Army 31.5
9 Iowa 29
10 USC 28
11 Navy 23
12 Ohio State 7
13 California 4

Individual events

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References

  1. "NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 21 January 2024.