1962 NCAA swimming and diving championships

1962 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host cityOhio Columbus, Ohio
Date(s)March 1962
Venue(s)Ohio State Natatorium
Ohio State University
Teams27
Events16
1961
1963

The 1962 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested at the 26th annual championship swim meet sanctioned and hosted by the NCAA to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving among its Division I member programs in the United States, culminating the 1961–62 NCAA swimming and diving season.

These championships were hosted by Ohio State University at the Ohio State Natatorium in Columbus, Ohio during March 1962.

Hosts Ohio State finished forty-six points ahead of USC in the team championship standings, the Buckeyes' eleventh national title.[1]

Team standings

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  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Debut appearance
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ohio State (H) 92
2nd place, silver medalist(s) USC 46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Minnesota 4112
4 Michigan 32
5 Princeton 29
6 Michigan State 20
7 Cincinnati 19
8 Yale 18
9 SMU 1412
10 Illinois 11
11 Villanova 10
12 Purdue 9
13 Harvard 8
North Carolina
NC State
16 Denver 5
Oklahoma
18 Navy 4
19 Florida State 3
Southern Illinois
21 Bowling Green State 2
Iowa
Washington
24 Florida 1
Kenyon
Texas
Utah

Individual events

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Swimming

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Event Champion Team Time
50 yard freestyle Steven Jackman Minnesota 21.1
100 yard freestyle Steven Jackman (DC) Minnesota 47.5
220 yard freestyle Jim Spreitzer Illinois 2:00.9
440 yard freestyle Australia Murray Rose (DC) USC 4:20.0
1,500 meter freestyle Australia Murray Rose (DC) USC 17:26.7
100 yard backstroke L.B. Schaefer Ohio State 53.9
200 yard backstroke Virgil Luken Minnesota 2:16.8
100 yard breaststroke Richard Nelson (DC) Michigan 1:01.7
200 yard breaststroke Ron Clark (DC) Michigan 2:13.4
100 yard butterfly Ed Spencer NC State 52.5
200 yard butterfly Artie Wolfe Ohio State 1:58.0
200 yard individual medley Harley Mull Ohio State 2:02.3
400 yard freestyle relay Jeff Mattson
Doug Rowe
William Wood
Mike Wood
Michigan State 3:15.8
400 yard medley relay L.B. Schaefer
Tom Kovacs
Artie Wolfe
John Plain
Ohio State (DC) 3:37.6

Diving

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Event Champion Team Score
1 meter diving Lou Vitucci Ohio State 470.50
3 meter diving Lou Vitucci (DC) Ohio State 491.65

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "DIVISION I MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved August 19, 2024.