NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving championships explained

NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
Founded:	1924
Number Of Teams:	35 (2015)
Current Champions:	Arizona State Sun Devils (1)
Most Successful Club:	Texas Longhorns (15)
Broadcasters:	ESPNU
Website:	NCAA.com

The NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships are annual college championship events in the United States.

The meets take place in a 25-yard pool, except for the Division I meets in 2000 and 2004 which were swum in a 25-meter competition course.

Events

Individual swimming events

• Freestyle events
  • 50-yard Freestyle (1925−present)
  • 100-yard Freestyle (1925−present)
  • 200-yard Freestyle (1963−present)
  • 500-yard Freestyle (1963−present)
  • 1,650-yard Freestyle (1963−present)
• Backstroke events
  • 100-yard Backstroke (1950−present)
  • 200-yard Backstroke (1951−present)
• Breaststroke events
  • 100-yard Breaststroke (1958−present)
  • 200-yard Breaststroke (1958−present)
• Butterfly events
  • 100-yard Butterfly (1950−present)
  • 200-yard Butterfly (1935−present)
• Medley events
  • 200-yard individual medley (1956−present)
  • 400-yard individual medley (1963−present)

Relay swimming events

• Freestyle relay events
  • 200-yard freestyle relay (1927−1930, 1989−present)
  • 400-yard freestyle relay (1931−present)
  • 800-yard freestyle relay (1966−present)
• Medley relay events
  • 200-yard medley relay (1989−present)
  • 400-yard medley relay (1957−present)

Diving events

• Diving events
  • One-meter diving (1924−present)
  • Three-meter diving (1931−present)
  • Platform diving (1990−present)

Short-course events

Individual swimming events

• Freestyle events
  • 50-meter Freestyle (2000, 2004)
  • 100-meter Freestyle (1924, 2000, 2004)
  • 200-meter Freestyle (1924, 2000, 2004)
  • 400-meter Freestyle (1924, 2000, 2004)
  • 1,500-meter Freestyle (1924, 1932−1962, 2000, 2004)
• Backstroke events
  • 100-meter Backstroke (1924, 2000, 2004)
  • 200-meter Backstroke (2000, 2004)
• Breaststroke events
  • 100-meter Breaststroke (2000, 2004)
  • 200-meter Breaststroke (1924, 2000, 2004)
• Butterfly events
  • 100-meter Butterfly (2000, 2004)
  • 200-meter Butterfly (2000, 2004)
• Medley events
  • 200-meter individual medley (2000, 2004)
  • 400-meter individual medley (2000, 2004)

Relay swimming events

• Freestyle relay events
  • 200-meter freestyle relay (2000, 2004)
  • 400-meter freestyle relay (2000, 2004)
  • 800-meter freestyle relay (2000, 2004)
• Medley relay events
  • 200-meter medley relay (2000, 2004)
  • 400-meter medley relay (2000, 2004)

Discontinued events

Individual swimming events

• Freestyle events
  • 220-yard Freestyle (1925–1962)
  • 440-yard Freestyle (1925–1962)
• Backstroke events
  • 150-yard Backstroke (1925–1950)
• Breaststroke events
  • 100-yard Breaststroke (1957)
  • 200-yard Breaststroke (1925–1934, 1955–1974)
• Medley events
  • 150-yard individual medley (1930, 1949–1955)

Relay swimming events

• Medley relay events
  • 300-yard medley relay (1927–1956)

Results

• From inception in 1924 through 1936,^[1] three schools won all of the NCAA unofficial team championships, which were proclaimed in the newspapers of the time.^{[2] [3]}

Pre-team championship (1924−1936)

NCAA Collegiate Swimming Championship Meets
width=15%	Year	width=25%	Site	width=30%	Venue	width=35%	Winner
1924 Details	Annapolis, Maryland	Scott Natatorium	Northwestern
1925 Details	Evanston, Illinois	Patten Gymnasium	Navy
1926 Details	Annapolis, Maryland	Scott Natatorium	Navy^[4]
1927 Details	Iowa City, Iowa	Field House Pool	Michigan^[5]
1928 Details	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Hutchinson Gymnasium	Michigan
1929 Details	St. Louis, Missouri	Francis Gymnasium	Northwestern
1930 Details	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Malkin Athletic Center	Northwestern^[6]
1931 Details	Chicago, Illinois	Lake Shore Athletic Club^[7]	Michigan^[8]
1932 Details	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Intramural Sports Building	Michigan
1933 Details	New Haven, Connecticut	Payne Whitney Gymnasium	Northwestern^[9]
1934 Details	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio State Natatorium	Michigan
1935 Details	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Malkin Athletic Center	Michigan
1936 Details	New Haven, Connecticut	Payne Whitney Gymnasium	Michigan

Team championship (1937−present)

NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships^[10] ^[11]
Year	Site	Venue		Team Championship
				width=10%	Winner	width=3%	Points	width=10%	Runner-up	width=3%	Points
1937 Details	Minneapolis, Minnesota	University of Minnesota Armory		Michigan	75	Ohio State	39
1938 Details	New Brunswick, New Jersey	College Avenue Gym		Michigan	46	Ohio State	45
1939 Details	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Intramural Sports Building		Michigan	65	Ohio State	58
1940 Details	New Haven, Connecticut	Kiphuth Pool		Michigan	45	Yale	42
1941 Details	East Lansing, Michigan	Jenison Pool		Michigan	61	Yale	58
1942 Details	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Indoor Athletic Building		Yale	71	Michigan	39
1943 Details	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio State Natatorium		Ohio State	81	Michigan	47
1944 Details	New Haven, Connecticut	Kiphuth Pool		Yale	39	Michigan	38
1945 Details	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Intramural Sports Building		Ohio State	56	Michigan	48
1946 Details	New Haven, Connecticut	Kiphuth Pool		Ohio State	61	Michigan	37
1947 Details	Seattle, Washington	Pavilion Pool		Ohio State	66	Michigan	39
1948 Details	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Intramural Sports Building		Michigan	44	Ohio State	41
1949 Details	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Bowman Gray Pool		Ohio State	49	Iowa	35
1950 Details	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio State Natatorium		Ohio State	64	Yale	43
1951 Details	Austin, Texas	Gregory Gymnasium Pool		Yale	81	Michigan State	60
1952 Details	Princeton, New Jersey	Dillon Pool		Ohio State	94	Yale	81
1953 Details	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio State Natatorium		Yale	96½	Ohio State	73½
1954 Details	Syracuse, New York	Webster Pool		Ohio State	94	Michigan	67
1955 Details	Oxford, Ohio	Billings Natatorium		Ohio State	90	Michigan Yale	51
1956 Details	New Haven, Connecticut	Kiphuth Pool		Ohio State	68	Yale	54
1957 Details	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Bowman Gray Pool		Michigan	69	Yale	61
1958 Details	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Intramural Sports Building		Michigan	72	Yale	63
1959 Details	Ithaca, New York	Teagle Pool		Michigan	137½	Ohio State	44
1960 Details	University Park, Texas	Perkins Natatorium		USC	87	Michigan	73
1961 Details	Seattle	Pavilion Pool		Michigan	85	USC	62
1962 Details	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio State Natatorium		Ohio State	92	USC	46
1963 Details	Raleigh, North Carolina	Willis Casey Natatorium		USC	81	Yale	77
1964 Details	New Haven, Connecticut	Kiphuth Pool		USC	96	Indiana	91
1965 Details	Ames, Iowa	Beyer Hall Pool		USC	285	Indiana	278½
1966 Details	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Cadet Gymnasium		USC	302	Indiana	286
1967 Details	East Lansing, Michigan	McCaffree Pool		Stanford	275	USC	260
1968 Details	Hanover, New Hampshire	Karl Michael Pool		Indiana	346	Yale	253
1969 Details	Bloomington, Indiana	Royer Pool		Indiana	427	USC	306
1970 Details	Salt Lake City, Utah	Ute Natatorium		Indiana	332	USC	235
1971 Details	Ames, Iowa	Beyer Hall Pool		Indiana	351	USC	260
1972 Details	West Point, New York	Crandall Pool		Indiana	390	USC	371
1973 Details	Knoxville, Tennessee	UT Student Aquatic Center		Indiana	358	Tennessee	294
1974 Details	Long Beach, California	Belmont Plaza Pool		USC	339	Indiana	338
1975 Details	Cleveland, Ohio	CSU Natatorium		USC	344	Indiana	274
1976 Details	Providence, Rhode Island	Smith Swimming Center		USC	398	Tennessee	237
1977 Details	Cleveland	CSU Natatorium		USC	385	Alabama	204
1978 Details	Long Beach, California	Belmont Plaza Pool		Tennessee	307	Auburn	185
1979 Details	Cleveland, Ohio	CSU Natatorium		California	287	USC	227
1980 Details	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Blodgett Pool		California	234	Texas	220
1981 Details	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center		Texas	259	UCLA	189
1982 Details	Brown Deer, Wisconsin	Schroeder Swimming Center		UCLA	219	Texas	210
1983 Details	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium		Florida	238	SMU	227
1984 Details	Cleveland	CSU Natatorium		Florida	287½	Texas	277
1985 Details	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center		Stanford	403½	Florida	329
1986 Details	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium		Stanford	404	California	335
1987 Details	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center		Stanford	374	USC	296
1988 Details	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium		Texas	424	USC	369½
1989 Details				Texas	424	Stanford	396
1990 Details				Texas	506	USC	423
1991 Details	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center		Texas	476	Stanford	420
1992 Details	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium		Stanford	632	Texas	356
1993 Details				Stanford	520½	Michigan	396
1994 Details	Minneapolis	University Aquatic Center		Stanford	566½	Texas	445
1995 Details	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium		Michigan	561	Stanford	475
1996 Details	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center		Texas	479	Auburn	443½
1997 Details	Minneapolis	University Aquatic Center		Auburn	496½	Stanford	340
1998 Details	Auburn, Alabama	James E. Martin Aquatics Center		Stanford	599	Auburn	394½
1999 Details	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium	Auburn	467½	Stanford	414½
2000 Details	Minneapolis	University Aquatic Center	Texas	538	Auburn	385
2001 Details	College Station, Texas	Student Recreation Center Natatorium	Texas	597½	Stanford	457½
2002 Details	Athens, Georgia	Gabrielsen Natatorium	Texas	512	Stanford	501
2003 Details	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center	Auburn	609½	Texas	413
2004 Details	East Meadow, New York	Nassau County Aquatic Center	Auburn	634	Stanford	377½
2005 Details	Minneapolis	University Aquatic Center	Auburn	491	Stanford	414
2006 Details	Atlanta	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center	Auburn	480	Arizona	440½
2007 Details	Minneapolis	Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center	Auburn	566	Stanford	397
2008 Details	Federal Way, Washington	Weyerhaeuser Aquatic Center	Arizona	500½	Texas	406
2009 Details	College Station, Texas	Student Recreation Center Natatorium	Auburn	526	Texas	487
2010 Details	Columbus, Ohio	McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion	Texas	500	California	469½
2011 Details	Minneapolis	Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center	California	493	Texas	470½
2012 Details	Federal Way, Washington	Weyerhaeuser Aquatic Center	California	535½	Texas	491
2013 Details	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium	Michigan	480	California	406½
2014 Details	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center	California	468½	Texas	417½
2015 Details	Iowa City, Iowa	Iowa Natatorium	Texas	528	California	399
2016 Details	Atlanta	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center	Texas	541½	California	351
2017 Details	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium	Texas	542	California	349
2018 Details	Minneapolis	Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center	Texas	449	California	437.5
2019 Details	Austin, Texas	Texas Swimming Center	California	560	Texas	475
2020			Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Details	Greensboro, NC	Greensboro Aquatic Center	Texas	595	California	568
2022 Details	Atlanta	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center	California	487.5	Texas	436.5
2023 Details	Minneapolis	Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center	California	482	Arizona State	430
2024 Details	Indianapolis	Indiana University Natatorium	Arizona State	523.5	California	444.5

Team titles

Team	Number	Years won (official)
Texas	15	1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021
Michigan	12	1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1995, 2013
Ohio State	11	1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1962
USC	9	1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
Stanford	8	1967, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998
Auburn	8	1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
California	8	1979, 1980, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023
Indiana	6	1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
Yale	4	1942, 1944, 1951, 1953
Florida	2	1983, 1984
Tennessee	1	1978
UCLA	1	1982
Arizona	1	2008
Arizona State	1	2024

Venues

Natatorium	City	University	Events	Years
			12	1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2013, 2017, 2024
			8	1981, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2003, 2014, 2019
			8	1994, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2018, 2023
			7	1933, 1935, 1940, 1944, 1946, 1956, 1964
			5	1934, 1943, 1950, 1953, 1962
			5	1932, 1939, 1945, 1948, 1958
			4	1975, 1977, 1979, 1984
			3	1930, 1935, 1942
			3	2006, 2016, 2022
		None	2	2008, 2012
			2	2001, 2009
			2	1974, 1978
			2	1965, 1971
			2	1947, 1961
			2	1949, 1957
			2	1925, 1931
			2	1924, 1926
		None	1	2021
			1	2015
			1	2010
		None	1	2004
			1	2002
			1	1998
		None	1	1982
			1	1980
			1	1976
			1	1973
			1	1972
			1	1970
			1	1969
			1	1968
			1	1967
			1	1966
			1	1963
			1	1960
			1	1959
			1	1955
			1	1954
			1	1952
			1	1951
			1	1941
			1	1938
			1	1937
			1	1929
			1	1928
			1	1927

Championship records

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See also

• NCAA men's swimming and diving championships (Division II, Division III)
• NCAA women's swimming and diving championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
• NAIA men's swimming and diving championships
• List of college swimming and diving teams

Notes and References

1. Web site: Division I Men's Swimming and Diving History. 2010-05-03.
2. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/swimming_champs_records/2012-13/2012md1_swim.pdf
3. Web site: Michigan Men's Swimming and Diving Year-by-Year Results. 2010-05-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20100808052526/http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/052209aac.html. 2010-08-08. dead.
4. News: Navy took honors in several sports, but bowed to Army in four of their five clashes – boxers had a fine year. New York Times, July 11, 1926 . 2010-05-03 . The New York Times . 1926-07-11.
5. Web site: University of Michigan Athletics National Championships. 2010-05-03. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100806182505/http://www.mgoblue.com/trads/national-champions.html. 2010-08-06.
6. News: Northwestern Wins National Tank Laurels, Michigan Second--Kojac's Great Work Gives Rutgers Third Place, The Hartford Courant, Mar 30, 1930., p. C1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026135022/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/813458502.html?dids=813458502:813458502&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+30,+1930&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Northwestern+Wins+National+Tank+Laurels&pqatl=google. dead. October 26, 2012. 2010-05-03 . The Hartford Courant . 1930-03-30.
7. News: College Swim Title Is Won by Michigan. 25 (Part Two, p 1) . 2010-05-03 . Chicago Sunday Tribune . March 29, 1931.
8. News: College Swim Title Is Won by Michigan, Chicago Daily Tribune, Mar 29, 1931, p. A1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026135004/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/457643722.html?dids=457643722:457643722&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+29,+1931&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=College+Swim+Title+Is+Won+by+Michigan&pqatl=google . dead . October 26, 2012 . 2010-05-03 . Chicago Daily Tribune . 1931-03-29.
9. News: Western Swimmers and Wrestlers Dominated N.C.A.A. Title Meets; Captured All Eight Mat Crowns and Took Five of Nine Tank Championships -- Wiget, Stanford, Only Double Winner in New Haven Pool -- Thompson, Navy, Ended Brilliant Season, New York Times, March 27, 1933. 2010-05-04 . The New York Times . Arthur J. . Daley . 1933-03-27.
10. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/swimming_champs_records/2013-14/2013wd1_swim.pdf
11. Web site: Men's Swimming & Diving Championship History. ncaa.com. March 17, 2016. March 17, 2016.