| 1956 NCAA swimming and diving championships | |
| Hostcity: | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Dates: | March 1956 |
| Venues: | Kiputh Pool Payne Whitney Gymnasium Yale University |
| Teams: | 23 |
| Events: | 14 |
| Previous: | 1955 |
| Next: | 1957 |
The 1956 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1956 at Kiputh Pool at Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut at the 20th 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]
Ohio State once again retained the national title, the Buckeyes' tenth, after finishing fourteen points ahead of hosts Yale in the team standings.
| Ohio State (DC) | 68 | |
| Yale (H) | 54 | |
| 28 | ||
| 27 | ||
| 25 | ||
| 22 | ||
| 19 | ||
| 15 | ||
| 14 | ||
| 10.5 | ||
| 9.5 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 2 | ||
| Bowdoin | ||
| Miami (OH) | ||
| USC | ||
| Texas A&M | ||
| 1 | ||
| Amherst | ||
| California | ||
| Lehigh |
| 50 yard freestyle | Stanford Yale | 22.1 | ||
| 100 yard freestyle | Northwestern | 49.3 | ||
| 220 yard freestyle | Indiana | 2:04.7 | ||
| 440 yard freestyle | Indiana | 4:31.1 | ||
| 1,500 meter freestyle | Cortland State | 18:05.9 | ||
| 100 yard backstroke | Iowa | 58.1 | ||
| 200 yard backstroke | Iowa | 2:07.5 | ||
| 200 yard breaststroke | NC State | 2:23.1 | ||
| 200 yard butterfly | NC State | 2:16.3 | ||
| 200 yard individual medley | Ohio State | 2:07.5 | ||
| 400 yard freestyle relay | Yale (DC) | 3:23.1 | ||
| 300 yard medley relay | Yale | 2:46.3 |
| 1 meter diving | Ohio State | 514.10 | ||
| 3 meter diving | Ohio State | 505.35 |