1951 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host city	Austin, Texas
Date(s)	March 1951
Venue(s)	Gregory Gymnasium University of Texas at Austin
Teams	22
Events	14
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The 1951 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1951 at the pool at Gregory Gymnasium at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas at the 15th 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.^[1]

Yale finished on top of the team standings, earning the Bulldogs' their third national title.

• The 150-yard backstroke was eliminated from the championship program this year. Previously included in the program since 1925, it was replaced by the 200-yard backstroke (initially introduced the prior year).

• (H) = Hosts
• (DC) = Defending champions
• Italics = Debut appearance

Rank	Team	Points
	Yale	81
	Michigan State	60
	Ohio State (DC)	58
4	Stanford	25
5	Texas (H)	15
6	Iowa State	14
	Princeton
8	Michigan	12
9	Iowa
	Washington	10
11	Dartmouth	8
12	Purdue	7
13	Indiana	6
	USC
15	Oklahoma	4
	Rutgers
17	Harvard	3
18	Minnesota	2
19	California	1
	Florida State
	Georgia
	Northwestern

Event	Champion	Team	Time
50 yard freestyle	Clark Scholes	Michigan State	22.9
100 yard freestyle	Clark Scholes (DC)	Michigan State	51.0
220 yard freestyle	John Marshall	Yale	2.05.6
440 yard freestyle	John Marshall	Yale	4:30.2
1,500 meter freestyle	John Marshall	Yale	18:18.8
100 yard backstroke	Richard Thoman	Yale	57.5
200 yard backstroke	Jack Taylor	Ohio State	2:07.3
100 yard butterfly	Bob Brawner (DC)	Princeton	1:01.1
200 yard butterfly	Bob Brawner (DC)	Princeton	2:18.6
150 yard individual medley	Peter Salmon	Washington	1:32.4
400 yard freestyle relay	David Hoffman James Quigley Clark Scholes George Hoogerhyde	Michigan State	3:26.7
300 yard medley relay	Jack Taylor Gerald Holan Herbert Kobayashi	Ohio State	2:52.2

• List of college swimming and diving teams