| 1942 NCAA gymnastics championships | |
| Sport: | Collegiate gymnastics |
| Year: | 1942 |
| Location: | Annapolis, Maryland |
| Date: | March 28, 1942 |
| Administrator: | National Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Host: | United States Naval Academy |
| Venues: | Macdonough Hall |
| Participants: | 7 teams |
| Champions: | Illinois (4th title) |
| Runners-Up1: | Penn State |
| Runners-Up2: | Minnesota |
| Stat1 Label: | All-Around Champion |
| Stat1: | Newt Loken, Minnesota (1233.8) |
| Previous: | 1941 |
| Next: | 1948 |
The 1942 NCAA gymnastics championships were contested at the fifth 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]
The championships were hosted by the United States Naval Academy at Macdonough Hall in Annapolis, Maryland which marked the first time the event wasn't hosted by the University of Chicago at Bartlett Gymnasium in Chicago, Illinois.[2]
Three-time defending champions Illinois, led by coach Hartley Price, successfully defended their title and won the program's 4th straight and 4th overall team championship.
The individual all-around championship went to Newt Loken from Minnesota.
Due to the onset of World War II, this would be the final NCAA men's gymnastics championships until 1948, six years later.
The table below reflects the official NCAA record books. However, newspaper recaps of the event reported participation by Maryland who scored 0 points.[3] [4]
| Illinois | 39 | ||
| 30 | |||
| 23 | |||
| 20 | |||
| 17 | |||
| 13 | |||
| 12 |
According to the NCAA record books, Calisthenics (now known as the Floor Exercise) which was added last year, did not note a champion for 1942. Additionally, newspaper reports do not mention the event either.[3] [4]
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Newt Loken, Minnesota (1233.8) | Caton Cobb, Illinois (1100.5) | Courtney Shanken, Chicago (1094.6) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Caton Cobb, Illinois (260) | William Blattman, Navy (247) | Courtney Shanken, Chicago (238) | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Earl Shanken, Chicago (68.31) | Louis Fina, Illinois (67.58) | Newt Loken, Minnesota (67.21) | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Hal Zimmerman, Penn State (270) | Caton Cobb, Illinois (267) | Newt Loken, Minnesota (254) | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Norm Boardman, Temple (263) | Edwin Trybala, Penn State (246) | George Eberle, Army (245) | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | George Szypula, Temple (285) | Newt Loken, Minnesota (265) | Harold Zimmerman, Penn State (265) | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Dale Cox, Navy (4.0 sec.) | George Davis, Navy (4.0 sec.) | E. Leavey, Army (4.3 sec.) | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Jim Parker, Navy (153) | W. Hughes, Army (250) | Sydney Rudman, Penn State (239) |