1953 NCAA swimming and diving championships

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1953 NCAA swimming and diving Championships

Host city	Columbus, Ohio
Date(s)	March 1953
Venue(s)	Ohio State Natatorium Ohio State University
Teams	24
Events	14
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The 1953 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1953 at the Ohio State Natatorium at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio at the 17th 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]

Yale topped hosts, and defending national champions, Ohio State in the team standings to capture the Bulldogs' fourth national title (and second title in three years).

Team standings

(H) = Hosts
(DC) = Defending champions
Italics = Debut appearance

Rank	Team	Points
	Yale	961⁄2
	Ohio State (H, DC)	731⁄2
	Michigan	39
4	Stanford	23
5	Michigan State	14
5	North Carolina	14
7	Illinois	10
8	Georgia	8
9	Williams	7
10	Dartmouth	6
10	Oklahoma	6
12	Army	5
	NC State
	Washington
15	Beloit	4
	Harvard
	Springfield
	Texas
19	Pittsburgh	3
	Purdue
	USC
22	Navy	2
23	Iowa	1
23	Wisconsin	1

Individual events

Swimming

Event	Champion	Team	Time
50 yard freestyle	Don Hill	Michigan	22.4
100 yard freestyle	Reid Patterson	Georgia	50.5
220 yard freestyle	Jimmy McLane	Yale	2:06.9
440 yard freestyle	Wayne Moore	Yale	4:37.0
1,500 meter freestyle	Jimmy McLane	Yale	18:27.5
100 yard backstroke	Yoshi Oyakawa	Ohio State	56.9
200 yard backstroke	Yoshi Oyakawa (DC)	Ohio State	2:05.1
100 yard butterfly	Robert Clemons	Illinois	1:00.7
200 yard butterfly	Gerald Holan	Ohio State	2:14.0
150 yard individual medley	Burwell Jones (DC)	Michigan	1:30.0
400 yard freestyle relay	Ronald Gora Burwell Jones Thomas Benner Donald Hill	Michigan (DC)	3:24.0
300 yard medley relay	Yoshi Oyakawa Gerald Holan Dick Cleveland	Ohio State	2:47.2

Diving

Event	Champion	Team	Score
1 meter diving	Jerry Harrison	Ohio State	485.75
3 meter diving	Bob Clotworthy	Ohio State	525.8

References

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

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References