| 1941 NCAA gymnastics championships | |
| Sport: | Collegiate gymnastics |
| Year: | 1941 |
| Location: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Date: | April 12, 1941 |
| Administrator: | National Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Host: | University of Chicago |
| Venues: | Bartlett Gymnasium |
| Participants: | 4 teams |
| Champions: | Illinois (3rd title) |
| Runners-Up1: | Minnesota |
| Runners-Up2: | Chicago |
| Stat1 Label: | All-Around Champion |
| Stat1: | Courtney Shanken, Chicago (2832.50) |
| Previous: | 1940 |
| Next: | 1942 |
The 1941 NCAA gymnastics championships were contested at the fourth annual National Collegiate Athletic Association-sanctioned men's gymnastics championships to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate gymnastics among its member programs in the United States.[1]
For the fourth year, the championships were hosted by the University of Chicago at Bartlett Gymnasium in Chicago, Illinois.
Two-time defending champions Illinois, led by coach Hartley Price, successfully defended their title and won the program's 3rd straight and 3rd overall team championship.
The individual all-around championship went to Courtney Shanken from Chicago.
The table below reflects the official NCAA record books. However, a recap of the event reported Illinois's score as 68 and Minnesota's score as 52.[2]
| Illinois | 68.5 | ||
| 52.5 | |||
| 39.5 | |||
| 15.5 |
After the addition of the Calisthenics (now known as the Floor Exercise) to the 1941 program, eight individual national championship events were held in addition to the All-Around. The champion is reflected in the official NCAA record books, but a newspaper report does not mention the event.[2]
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Courtney Shanken, Chicago (2832.50) | Newt Loken, Minnesota (2790.33) | Louis Fina, Illinois (2786.62) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Ed Danser, Temple (271) | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Caton Cobb, Illinois (555) | Harry Koehnemann, Illinois (550) | Ed Danser, Temple (534) | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Earl Shanken, Chicago (797.7) | Jim Baley, Illinois (774.4) | Courtney Shanken, Chicago (769.5) | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Caton Cobb, Illinois (544) | Paul Fina, Illinois (527) | Bob Hanning, Minnesota (522) | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Newt Loken, Minnesota (555.5) | Louis Fina, Illinois (518) | Courtney Shanken, Chicago (514) | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | John Adkins, Illinois (574) | Newt Loken, Minnesota (564) | George Szypula, Temple (549) | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Courtney Shanken, Chicago (7.5 sec.) | Harold Brown, Illinois Frank Grossman, Minnesota (8.1 sec.) | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Del Daly, Minnesota (537.5) | Louis Fina, Illinois (533.25) | Paul Fina, Illinois (526.25) |