1948 NCAA swimming and diving championships

1948 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host cityMichigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date(s)March 1948
Venue(s)Intramural Sports Building
University of Michigan
Teams16
Events11
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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.

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

Team standings

  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Debut appearance
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michigan (H) 44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ohio State (DC) 41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

Event Champion Team Time
50-yard freestyle Robert Anderson Stanford 23.3
100-yard freestyle Wally Ris Iowa 51.5
220-yard freestyle Bill Smith Ohio State 2:09.5
440-yard freestyle Bill Smith Ohio State 4:43.8
1,500-meter freestyle Bill Heusner Northwestern 19:28.2
150-yard backstroke Allan Stack Yale 1:31.8
200-yard butterfly Joe Verdeur La Salle 2:14.7
400-yard freestyle relay Abel Gilbert
George Hoogerhyde
Robert Allwardt
James Duke		 Michigan State 3:31.0
300-yard medley relay Harry Holiday
Robert Sohl
David Tittle		 Michigan (DC) 2:54.9

Diving

Event Champion Team Score
One-meter diving Bruce Harlan Ohio State 163.87
Three-meter diving Miller Anderson (DC) Ohio State 174.34

See also

References

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