| 1951 NCAA swimming and diving championships | |
| Hostcity: | Austin, Texas |
| Dates: | March 1951 |
| Venues: | Gregory Gymnasium University of Texas at Austin |
| Teams: | 22 |
| Events: | 14 |
| Previous: | 1950 |
| Next: | 1952 |
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.
| Yale | 81 | |
| 60 | ||
| Ohio State (DC) | 58 | |
| 25 | ||
| Texas (H) | 15 | |
| 14 | ||
| Princeton | ||
| 12 | ||
| Iowa | ||
| 10 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 6 | ||
| Oklahoma | 4 | |
| 3 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 1 | ||
| Florida State | ||
| Georgia | ||
| Northwestern |
| 50 yard freestyle | Michigan State | 22.9 | ||
| 100 yard freestyle | Clark Scholes (DC) | Michigan State | 51.0 | |
| 220 yard freestyle | Yale | 2.05.6 | ||
| 440 yard freestyle | Yale | 4:30.2 | ||
| 1,500 meter freestyle | Yale | 18:18.8 | ||
| 100 yard backstroke | Yale | 57.5 | ||
| 200 yard backstroke | 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 | Washington | 1:32.4 | ||
| 400 yard freestyle relay | Michigan State | 3:26.7 | ||
| 300 yard medley relay | Ohio State | 2:52.2 |
| 1 meter diving | Texas | 131.43 | ||
| 3 meter diving | Texas | 144.75 |