1948 NCAA swimming and diving championships explained

1948 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Hostcity: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Dates:March 1948
Venues:Intramural Sports Building
University of Michigan
Teams:16
Events:11
Previous:1947
Next:1949

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

Michigan (H) 44
Ohio State (DC) 41
21
20
16
14
10
Northwestern
7
Purdue
4
3
Temple 2
1
Penn
Texas

Individual events

Swimming

50-yard freestyle Stanford 23.3
100-yard freestyle Iowa 51.5
220-yard freestyle Ohio State 2:09.5
440-yard freestyle Ohio State 4:43.8
1,500-meter freestyle Northwestern 19:28.2
150-yard backstroke Yale 1:31.8
200-yard butterfly La Salle 2:14.7
400-yard freestyle relay Michigan State 3:31.0
300-yard medley relay Michigan (DC) 2:54.9

Diving

One-meter diving Ohio State 163.87
Three-meter diving Miller Anderson (DC) Ohio State 174.34

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship. NCAA. NCAA.org. August 12, 2016. 7–9.