NCAA men's gymnastics championships explained

NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championship
Founded:	1938
Number Of Teams:	15
Current Champions:	Stanford (10)
Most Successful Team:	Penn State, Oklahoma (12)
Website:	NCAA.com

The NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships are a gymnastics competition held each year to determine the best men's college gymnastics team. All schools compete in one National Collegiate division because only 15 schools sponsor NCAA men's gymnastics teams. Three of the 15 teams are not in Division I: Greenville University, Simpson College, Springfield College (Division III).^[1]

NCAA men's gymnastics programs

The 15 teams compete in three conferences.^[1]

• Big Ten Conference

University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of Nebraska, Ohio State University, Penn State University

• Eastern College Athletic Conference

Greenville University, Simpson College, Springfield College, U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, College of William and Mary

• Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

University of California - Berkeley, University of Oklahoma, Stanford University, U.S. Air Force Academy

Events

Individual events

• All-around
• Floor exercise
• Pommel horse (side horse)
• Rings (still)
• Vault (long horse)
• Parallel bars
• Horizontal bar

Discontinued events

• Trampoline (rebound tumbling)
• Tumbling
• Rope climb
• Flying rings

Champions

style= colspan=11	NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships^[2]
Year	Site	Arena		Championship Results					All-Around Champion	Score
				Champion	Points	Runner-Up	Points
1938 Details	Chicago	Bartlett Gymnasium		Chicago	22	Illinois	18		Joe Giallombardo (Illinois)	2509
1939 Details				Illinois	21	Army	17		Joe Giallombardo (Illinois)	2471
1940 Details					20	Navy Temple	17		Joe Giallombardo (Illinois) Paul Fina (Illinois)	2331
1941 Details					68.5	Minnesota	52.5		Courtney Shanken (Chicago)	2832.50
1942 Details	Annapolis, Maryland	Macdonough Hall			39	Penn State	30		Newt Loken (Minnesota)	1233.80
1943	Not held due to World War II
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948 Details	Chicago	Bartlett Gymnasium		Penn State	55	Temple	34.5		Ray Sorensen (Penn State)	1537
1949 Details	Berkeley, California	Gymnasium for Men		Temple	28	Minnesota	18		Joe Kotys (Kent State)	1035
1950 Details	West Point, New York	Gillis Field House			26	Temple	25		Joe Kotys (Kent State)	–
1951	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Yost Field House		Florida State	26	Illinois USC	23.5		Bill Roetzheim (Florida State)	1605
1952	Boulder, Colorado	Balch Fieldhouse		Florida State	89.5	USC	75		Jack Beckner (USC)	1486
1953	Syracuse, New York	Archbold Gymnasium		Penn State	91.5	Illinois	68		Jean Cronstedt (Penn State)	1275
1954	Champaign, Illinois	Huff Hall		Penn State	137	Illinois	68		Jean Cronstedt (Penn State)	1557
1955	Los Angeles	Men's Gym		Illinois	82	Penn State	69		Karl Schwenzfeier (Penn State)	1620
1956	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Woollen Gymnasium		Illinois	123.5	Penn State	67.5		Don Tonry (Illinois)	1493
1957	Annapolis, Maryland	Macdonough Hall		Penn State	88.5	Illinois	80		Armando Vega (Penn State)	1601
1958	East Lansing, Michigan	Jenison Fieldhouse		Illinois Michigan State	79	Penn State	72.5		Abie Grossfeld (Illinois)	511
1959	Berkeley, California	Haas Pavilion		Penn State	152	Illinois	87.5		Armando Vega (Penn State)	551.25
1960	State College, Pennsylvania	Recreation Building		Penn State	112.5	USC	66.5		Jay Werner (Penn State)	547.25
1961	Champaign, Illinois	Huff Hall		Penn State	88.5	Southern Illinois	80.5		Gregor Weiss (Penn State)	54.525
1962	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Johnson Gymnasium		USC	95.5	Southern Illinois	75		Robert Lynn (USC)	54.775
1963	Pittsburgh	Fitzgerald Field House		Michigan	129	Southern Illinois	73		Gil Larose (Michigan)	55.90
1964	Los Angeles	–		Southern Illinois	84.5	USC	69.5		Ron Barak (USC)	54.85
1965	Carbondale, Illinois	SIU Arena		Penn State	68.5	Washington	51.5		Mike Jacobson (Penn State)	54.75
1966	State College, Pennsylvania	Recreation Building		Southern Illinois	187.200	California	185.100		Steve Cohen (Penn State)	55.75
1967	Carbondale, Illinois	SIU Arena		Southern Illinois	189.550	Michigan	187.400		Steve Cohen (Penn State)	55.75
1968	Tucson, Arizona	Men's Gymnasium		California	188.250	Southern Illinois	188.150		Makoto Sakamoto (USC)	110.45
1969	Seattle	Hec Edmundson Pavilion		Iowa	161.175	Penn State	160.450		Mauno Nissinen (Washington)	108.200
1970	Philadelphia	McGonigle Hall		Michigan	164.150	Iowa State	164.050		Yoshi Hayasaki (Washington)	108.25
1971	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Yost Field House		Iowa State	319.075	Southern Illinois	316.650		Yoshi Hayasaki (Washington)	107.9
1972	Ames, Iowa	Hilton Coliseum		Southern Illinois	315.925	Iowa State	312.325		Steve Hug (Stanford)	107.75
1973	Eugene, Oregon	McArthur Court		Iowa State	325.150	Penn State	323.025		Steve Hug (Stanford) Marshall Avener (Penn State)	110.05
1974	State College, Pennsylvania	Recreation Building		Iowa State	328.675	Arizona State	324.900		Steve Hug (Stanford)	108.95
1975	Terre Haute, Indiana	Hulman Center		California	437.325	LSU	433.700		Wayne Young (BYU)	109.65
1976	Philadelphia	McGonigle Hall		Penn State	432.075	LSU	425.125		Peter Kormann (So. Conn. St.)	108.95
1977	Tempe, Arizona	ASU Activity Center		Indiana State Oklahoma	434.475	So. Connecticut St.	425.125		Kurt Thomas (Indiana State)	111.15
1978	Eugene, Oregon	McArthur Court		Oklahoma	439.350	Arizona State	437.075		Bart Conner (Oklahoma)	112.65
1979	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Pete Maravich Assembly Center		Nebraska	448.275	Oklahoma	446.625		Kurt Thomas (Indiana State)	111.15
1980	Lincoln, Nebraska	Bob Devaney Sports Center		Nebraska	563.300	Iowa State	557.650		Jim Hartung (Nebraska)	115.02
1981				Nebraska	284.600	Oklahoma	281.950		Jim Hartung (Nebraska)	115.90
1982				Nebraska	285.500	UCLA	281.050		Peter Vidmar (UCLA)	116.30
1983	State College, Pennsylvania	Recreation Building		Nebraska	287.800	UCLA	283.900		Peter Vidmar (UCLA)	116.95
1984	Los Angeles	Pauley Pavilion		UCLA	287.300	Penn State	281.250		Mitch Gaylord (UCLA)	116.95
1985	Lincoln, Nebraska	Bob Devaney Sports Center		Ohio State	285.350	Nebraska	284.550		Wes Suter (Nebraska)	58.27
1986				Arizona State	283.900	Nebraska	283.600		Jon Louis (Stanford)	57.60
1987	Los Angeles	Pauley Pavilion		UCLA	285.300	Nebraska	284.750		Tom Schlesinger (Nebraska)	113.25
1988	Lincoln, Nebraska	Bob Devaney Sports Center		Nebraska	288.150	Illinois	287.150		Miguel Rubio (Houston Baptist)	114.150
1989				Illinois	283.400	Nebraska	282.300		Patrick Kirksey (Nebraska)	112.600
1990	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Sports Pavilion		Nebraska	287.400	Minnesota	287.300		Mike Racanelli (Ohio State)	114.750
1991	State College, Pennsylvania	Recreation Building		Oklahoma	288.025	Penn State	285.500		John Roethlisberger (Minnesota)	115.450
1992	Lincoln, Nebraska	Bob Devaney Sports Center		Stanford	289.575	Nebraska	288.950		John Roethlisberger (Minnesota)	116.075
1993	Albuquerque, New Mexico	The Pit		Stanford	276.500	Nebraska	275.500		John Roethlisberger (Minnesota)	58.075
1994	Lincoln, Nebraska	Bob Devaney Sports Center		Nebraska	288.250	Stanford	285.925		Dennis Harrison (Nebraska)	58.200
1995	Columbus, Ohio	St. John Arena		Stanford	232.400	Nebraska	231.525		Richard Grace (Nebraska)	58.325
1996	Stanford, California	Maples Pavilion		Ohio State	232.150	California	231.775		Blaine Wilson (Ohio State)	58.625
1997	Iowa City, Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena		California	233.825	Oklahoma	232.725		Blaine Wilson (Ohio State)	58.625
1998	State College, Pennsylvania	Rec Hall		California	231.200	Iowa	229.675		Travis Romagnoli (Illinois)	58.225
1999	Lincoln, Nebraska	Bob Devaney Sports Center		Michigan	232.500	Ohio State	230.850		Jason Hardabura (Nebraska)	58.050
2000	Iowa City, Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena		Penn State	231.975	Michigan	231.850		Jamie Natalie (Ohio State)	58.375
2001	Columbus, Ohio	St. John Arena		Ohio State	218.125	Oklahoma	217.775		Jamie Natalie (Ohio State)	55.700
2002	Norman, Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center		Oklahoma	219.300	Ohio State	218.650		Raj Bhavsar (Ohio State)	55.875
2003	Philadelphia	Liacouras Center		Oklahoma	222.600	Ohio State	220.700		Daniel Furney (Oklahoma)	56.100
2004	Champaign, Illinois	Assembly Hall		Penn State	223.350	Oklahoma	222.300		Luis Vargas (Penn State)	56.475
2005	West Point, New York	Christl Arena		Oklahoma	225.675	Ohio State	225.450		Luis Vargas (Penn State)	57.175
2006	Norman, Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center		Oklahoma	221.400	Illinois	220.975		Jonathan Horton (Oklahoma)	56.000
2007	State College, Pennsylvania	Rec Hall		Penn State	221.000	Oklahoma	220.200		Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons (Oklahoma)	55.750
2008	Stanford, California	Maples Pavilion		Oklahoma	363.200	Stanford	362.750		Casey Sandy (Penn State)	91.350
2009	Minneapolis	Sports Pavilion		Stanford	362.800	Michigan	361.500		Steven Legendre (Oklahoma)	90.500
2010 Details	West Point, New York	Christl Arena		Michigan	360.500	Stanford	359.800		Chris Cameron (Michigan)	90.500
2011 Details	Columbus, Ohio	St. John Arena		Stanford	363.450	Oklahoma	361.600		Sam Mikulak (Michigan)	90.750
2012 Details	Norman, Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center	Illinois	358.850	Oklahoma	357.450	Jacob Dalton (Oklahoma)	91.000
2013 Details	State College, Pennsylvania	Rec Hall	Michigan	443.200	Oklahoma	440.100	Sam Mikulak (Michigan)	91.150
2014 Details	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Crisler Center	Michigan	445.050	Oklahoma	441.650	Sam Mikulak (Michigan)	91.100
2015 Details	Norman, Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center	Oklahoma	447.050	Stanford	440.450	Akash Modi (Stanford)	90.450
2016 Details	Columbus, Ohio	St. John Arena	Oklahoma	443.400	Stanford	434.050	Yul Moldauer (Oklahoma)	89.100
2017 Details	West Point, New York	Christl Arena	Oklahoma	431.950	Ohio State	423.700	Akash Modi (Stanford)	87.900
2018 Details	Chicago, Illinois	UIC Pavilion	Oklahoma	414.858	Minnesota	411.923	Yul Moldauer (Oklahoma)	87.298
2019 Details	Champaign, Illinois	State Farm Center	Stanford	415.222	Oklahoma	414.556	Brody Malone (Stanford)	85.832
2020	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Crisler Center	Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Details	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Maturi Pavilion	Stanford	414.521	Oklahoma	411.591		Brody Malone (Stanford)	85.064
2022 Details	Norman, Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center	Stanford	423.628	Oklahoma	414.555		Paul Juda (Michigan)	85.298
2023 Details	State College, Pennsylvania	Rec Hall	Stanford	422.458	Michigan	419.889		Fred Richard (Michigan)	85.998
2024 Details	Columbus, Ohio	Covelli Center	Stanford	425.324	Michigan	419.689		Khoi Young (Stanford)	86.098
2025 Details	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Crisler Center
2026 Details	Champaign, Illinois	State Farm Center

Individual champions

Current events

Year	Floor exercise	Pommel horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar
1938 Details		Erwin Beyer		Erwin Beyer	Erwin Beyer	Bob Sears
1939 Details		Erwin Beyer		Marv Forman	Bob Sears	Adam Walters
1940 Details		Harry Koehnemann		Earl Shanken	Bob Hanning	Norm Boardman
1941 Details	Ed Danser	Caton Cobb		Earl Shanken	Caton Cobb
1942 Details		Caton Cobb		Earl Shanken	Hal Zimmerman	Norm Boardman
1943	Not held due to World War II
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948 Details		Steve Greene		Jim Peterson		Joe Calvetti
1949 Details		Joe Berenato			Joe Kotys Mel Stout
1950 Details		Gene Rabbitt
1951
1952				Dick Gutting
1953	Bob Sullivan	Carlton Rintz				Hal Lewis
1954		Robert Lawrence
1955	Don Faber	Carlton Rintz			Carlton Rintz	Carlton Rintz
1956	Jamile Ashmore	James Bown				Ronnie Amster
1957	Norman Marks	John Davis
1958		Bill Buck			Ted Muzyczko
1959
1960	Ray Hadley	James Fairchild	Sam Garcia		Robert Lynn
1961	Robert Lynn	James Fairchild			Fred Tijerina Jeff Cardinalli	Bruno Klaus
1962	Robert Lynn	Mike Aufrecht	Dale Cooper	Bruno Klaus	Robert Lynn	Robert Lynn
1963	Tom Seward Mike Henderson	Russ Mills	Dale Cooper	Gil Larose	Arno Lascari	Gil Larose
1964	Rusty Mitchell	Russ Mills	Chris Evans	Sidney Oglesby
1965		Bob Elsinger	Glenn Gailis		Jim Curzi	Jim Curzi Mike Jacobsen
1966		Gary Hoskins	Ed Gunny		Jim Curzi	Rusty Rock
1967	Dave Jacobs	Keith McCanless	Josh Robison	Paul Mayer		Rich Grigsby
1968		Jack Ryan	Pat Arnold	Bruce Colter
1969		Keith McCanless	Paul Vexler Ward Maythaler	Dan Bowles Jack McCarthy	Ron Rapper	Bob Manna
1970	Tom Proulx	Russ Hoffman John Russo	Dave Seal	Doug Boger	Ron Rapper	Yoshi Hayasaki
1971	Stormy Eaton	Russ Hoffman	Charles Ropiequet	Pat Mahoney	Brent Simmons Tom Dunn	Brent Simmons
1972	Odess Lovin	Russ Hoffman	Dave Seal	Gary Morava	Dennis Mazur	Tom Lindner
1973	Odess Lovin	Ed Slezak	Bob Mahorney			Jon Aitken
1974	Doug Fitzjarrell	Ted Marcy	Keith Heaver	Greg Goodhue		Rick Danley
1975	Kent Brown	Ted Marcy	Keith Heaver		Yoichi Tomita	Rich Larsen
1976	Bob Robbins	Ted Marcy	Doug Wood	Sam Shaw	Gene Whelan
1977		Chuck Walter	Doug Wood	Steve Wejmar		John Hart
1978	Curt Austin	Mike Burke	Scott McEldowney		John Corritore	Mel Cooley
1979		Mike Burke	Kirk Mango	Leslie Moore
1980	Steve Elliott	David Stoldt				Phil Cahoy Darrell Kerbe
1981	James Yuhashi	Mark Bergman Steve Jennings		Randall Wickstrom
1982	Steve Elliott	Peter Vidmar Steve Jennings		Randall Wickstrom Steve Elliott
1983	Scott Johnson David Branch Donnie Hinton	Doug Kieso	Alex Schwartz	Chris Riegel Mark Oates
1984	Kevin Ekburg			Chris Riegel
1985			Mark Diab	Derrick Cornelius	Dan Hayden Noah Riskin Seth Riskin	Dan Hayden Wes Suter
1986			Mark Diab	Chad Fox
1987	Chad Fox	Li Xiao Ping		Chad Fox	Kevin Davis Tom Schlesinger	David Moriel
1988	Chris Wyatt	† Mark Sohn		Chad Fox		†
1989	Jody Newman			Chad Fox	†	†
1990		Mark Sohn	Wayne Cowden	Brad Hayashi	Patrick Kirksey
1991	Brad Hayashi	Mark Sohn	Adam Carton	Adam Carton
1992	Brian Winkler	Che Bowers		Jason Hebert	Dom Minicucci
1993	Richard Grace		Chris LaMorte	Steve Wiegel		Steve McCain
1994	Mark Booth	Jason Bertram	Chris LaMorte	Steve McCain	Richard Grace	Jim Foody
1995	Jay Thornton	Drew Durbin	Dave Frank	Ian Bachrach	Richard Grace	Rick Kieffer
1996	Ian Bachrach	Drew Durbin		Jay Thornton		Carl Imhauser
1997	Jeremy Killen	Drew Durbin			Marshall Nelson	Marshall Nelson
1998	Darin Gerlach	Josh Birckelbaw	Dan Fink	Travis Romagnoli	Marshall Nelson	Todd Bishop
1999	Jason Hardabura	Brandon Stefaniak	Cortney Bramwell		Justin Toman	Todd Bishop
2000		Don Jackson Brandon Stefaniak	Cortney Bramwell		Justin Toman Kris Zimmerman	Michael Ashe
2001			Chris Lakeman	Daren Lynch		Michael Ashe
2002			Marshall Erwin		Cody Moore	Daniel Diaz-Luong
2003	Josh Landis	Josh Landis		Andrew DiGiore	Daniel Furney	Linas Gaveika
2004		Bob Rogers			Ramon Jackson
2005			David Henderson	Michael Reavis		Ronald Ferris
2006		Tim McNeill			Justin Spring Dylan Carney	Justin Spring Dylan Carney
2007		Tim McNeill	Alex Schorsch	David Sender Pejman Ebrahimi	Tim McNeill
2008		Tim McNeill			Tim McNeill
2009		Daniel Ribeiro	Evan Roth
2010				Eddie Penev	Ryan Lieberman	Ryan McCarthy
2011						Alex Buscaglia
2012	Eddie Penev	Glen Ishino
2013	Trevor Howard	Michael Newburger	Michael Squires	Fred Hartville
2014	Alec Robin	Ellis Mannon	Michael Squires	Alec Robin		Jordan Valdez
2015	Thad Lawson	Michael Reid	Michael Squires	Sean Senters	Brian Knott
2016	Colin Van Wicklen	Brandon Ngai	Dennis Zaremski	Anthony McCallum		Akash Modi Alex Johnson
2017				Anthony McCallum
2018
2019				Anthony McCallum
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Gage Dyer	Ian Skirkey		Gage Dyer
2022	Bryan Perla
2023	Nick Kuebler	Ian Skirkey	Ashton Anaya
2024		Patrick Hoopes				Tate Costa

† ^[3]

Discontinued events

Year	Trampoline	Tumbling	Rope Climb	Flying Rings
1938 Details		Bob Sears
1939 Details			Ray Belardi	Ron Hall
1940 Details			Stan Ellison	Bill Butler
1941 Details		John Adkins	Courtney Shanken	Del Daly
1942 Details			Dale Cox	Jim Parker
1948 Details	Gay Hughes	Charlie Thompson	Ken Foreman	George Hayes
1949 Details	Edsel Buchanan	Charlie Thompson	Ken Foreman	Jerry Todd
1949 Details	Edsel Buchanan		Leo Minotti	Bob Schneider
1951	Edsel Buchanan	Bob Sullivan	Leo Minotti	Mel Stout
1952	Dick Gutting	Bob Sullivan	John Claybrook	Jack Sharp
1953	Bob Hazlett	James Sebbo	Don Perry	Ken Bartlett
1954	James Norman	Dick Browning	Don Perry	Manuel Procopio
1955	Richard Albershardt	Lloyd Coahran	Robert Hammond	George Wikler
1956	Donald Harper	Dan Lirot	Philip Mullen	Fred Hoerner
1957	Glenn Wilson	Frank Hailand	Garvin Smith	Thomas Darling
1958	Donald Harper	Frank Hailand	Garvin Smith	Thomas Darling
1959	Ed Cole	Dave Dulaney	Don Littlewood	Jay Werner
1960	Larry Snyder	Alvin Barasch	Nelson Hulme	John Aaronsohn Jay Werner
1961	Tom Gompf	Jack Ryder	Paul Davis	Frank Snay
1962	Steve Johnson	Rusty Mitchell	Paul Davis	rowspan="9"
1963	Gary Erwin	Hal Holmes	rowspan="8"
1964	Gary Erwin	Rusty Mitchell
1965		rowspan="6"
1966	Wayne Miller
1967	Dave Jacobs
1968	George Huntzicker
1969	Dave Jacobs
1970	George Huntzicker

Team titles

Team	Record	Years won
Penn State	12	1948, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1976, 2000, 2004, 2007
Oklahoma	12	1977, 1978, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Illinois	10	1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1989, 2012
Stanford	10	1992, 1993, 1995, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Nebraska	8	1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1994
Michigan	6	1963, 1970, 1999, 2010, 2013, 2014
California	4	1968, 1975, 1997, 1998
Southern Illinois	4	1964, 1966, 1967, 1972
Iowa State	3	1971, 1973, 1974
Ohio State	3	1985, 1996, 2001
Florida State	2	1951, 1952
UCLA	2	1984, 1987
Arizona State	1	1986
USC	1	1962
Indiana State	1	1977
Chicago	1	1938
Temple	1	1949
Iowa	1	1969
Michigan State	1	1958

See also

• NCAA Division II Men's Gymnastics Championships (1968–82)
• NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships (1982–present)
• Pre-NCAA Gymnastics Champions
• List of gymnastics terms

External links

• NCAA men's gymnastics homepage
• NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championship Records through 2023
• Division II NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championship Records 1968-84
• Schools that Sponsor Men's Gymnastics at USA Gymnastics
• Division I Men's Gymnastics Institutions at NCAA

Notes and References

1. https://usagym.org/pages/home/college/meninfo.html Schools that Sponsor Men's Gymnastics
2. Web site: NATIONAL COLLEGIATE MEN'S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS . NCAA . April 23, 2024 . pdf . 2023.
3. Web site: Mike. Reilley. Men's Gymnastics Barely Making the Cut in the NCAA : Championships: Budget problems make them one of the first trims, but the women's meet is holding its own.. April 19, 1990. The Los Angeles Times.