1952 NCAA swimming and diving championships

The 1952 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1952 at the pool at Dillon Gymnasium at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey at the 16th 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.

1952 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host cityNew Jersey Princeton, New Jersey
Date(s)March 1952
Venue(s)Dillon Gymnasium
Princeton University
Teams20
Events14
1951
1953

Ohio State once again returned to the top of the team standings, earning the Buckeyes their seventh national title.[1]

Team standings

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  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Debut appearance
Rank Team Points
  Ohio State 94
  Yale (DC) 81
  Michigan 49
4 Michigan State 27
5 Stanford 18
6 Texas 14
7 Princeton (H) 10
8 Iowa 9
9 Georgia 7
Purdue
Rutgers
12 California 4
Indiana
Washington
15 Navy 3
16 Iowa State 2
Wisconsin
18 Harvard 1
Northwestern
USC

Individual events

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Swimming

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Event Champion Team Time
50 yard freestyle Richard Cleveland Ohio State 22.3
100 yard freestyle Clark Scholes (DC) Michigan State 49.9
220 yard freestyle Wayne Moore Yale 2:06.8
440 yard freestyle Ford Konno Ohio State 4:30.3
1,500 meter freestyle Ford Konno Ohio State 18:15.5
100 yard backstroke Jack Taylor Ohio State 57.3
200 yard backstroke Yoshi Oyakawa Ohio State 2:07.3
100 yard butterfly John Davies Michigan 58.8
200 yard butterfly John Davies Michigan 2:12.9
150 yard individual medley Burwell Jones Michigan 1:29.8
400 yard freestyle relay Thomas Benner
Burwell Jones
Donald Hill
Wallace Jeffries
Michigan 3:25.7
300 yard medley relay Dick Thoman
Dennis O’Connor
Don Sheff
Yale 2:48.9

Diving

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Event Champion Team Score
1 meter diving Skippy Browning (DC) Texas 324.20
3 meter diving Skippy Browning (DC) Texas 586.40

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved August 13, 2016.