1942 NCAA swimming and diving championships

1942 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host city	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date(s)	March 27, 1942
Venue(s)	Indoor Athletic Building Harvard University
Teams	16
Events	11
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The 1942 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested March 27, 1942 at the Indoor Athletic Building at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the sixth 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.

Yale topped the team standings, claiming the Bulldogs' first title in program history. Yale topped five-time defending champions Michigan by 32 points to take the team championship.

Team standings

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

Rank	Team	Points
	Yale	71
	Michigan (DC)	39
	Ohio State	34
4	Princeton	9
5	Rutgers	8
6	Dartmouth	7
	Northwestern
7	Massachusetts State	6
8	Occidental	5
9	Harvard (H)	4
	Iowa
11	Minnesota	2
	North Carolina
	Williams
14	Amherst	1
	Penn
	Wayne (MI)

Individual events

Swimming

Event	Champion	Team	Time
50-yard freestyle	Bob Amundsen	Northwestern	23.4
100-yard freestyle	Howard Johnson	Yale	52.4
220-yard freestyle	Howard Johnson (DC)	Yale	2:12.5
440-yard freestyle	Rene Chouteau	Yale	4:46.4
1,500-meter freestyle	Rene Chouteau (DC)	Yale	19:23.9
150-yard backstroke	Daniel Dannenbaum	Yale	1:36.3
200-yard butterfly	John Skinner (DC)	Michigan	2:23.7
400-yard freestyle relay	William Burton Louis Divi John Patten John Sharemet	Michigan	3:27.8
300-yard medley relay	Daniel Dannenbaum Edwin Davidge Edward Pope	Yale	2:54.8

Diving

Event	Champion	Team	Score
One-meter diving	Frank Dempsey	Ohio State	134.80
Three-meter diving	Frank Dempsey	Ohio State	151.20

See also

• List of college swimming and diving teams