1963 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

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1963 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
Swimming pictogram.svg
Host city Flag of North Carolina.svg Raleigh, North Carolina
Date(s)March 1963
Venue(s) Willis Casey Natatorium
North Carolina State University
1962

The 1963 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1963 at the Willis Casey Natatorium at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina at the 40th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.

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USC topped the team standings, finishing only four points ahead of challengers Yale, and claimed their second title (and second title in three years).

This was the final combined competition before the establishment of separate championships for the NCAA's University and College Divisions in 1964.

Program changes

Team standings

RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg USC 81
Silver medal icon.svg Yale 77
Bronze medal icon.svg Michigan 52
4 Minnesota 44
5 Ohio State 36
6 Stanford 21
7 Villanova 1912
8 Michigan State
Princeton
15
10 Harvard 12

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References

  1. "NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved August 21, 2016.