1953 NCAA gymnastics championships

Tournament information
Sport	Collegiate gymnastics
Location	Syracuse, New York
Host(s)	Syracuse University
Venue(s)	Archbold Gymnasium
Participants	13 teams
Final positions
Champions	Penn State (2nd title)
1st runners-up	Illinois
2nd runners-up	Syracuse
Tournament statistics
All-Around Champion(s)	Jean Cronstedt, Penn State (1,275 points)
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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]

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.

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

Rank	Team	Points
	Penn State	91.5
	Illinois	68
	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

• Pre-NCAA Gymnastics Champions