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
Yale 71 Michigan (DC) 39 Ohio State 34 Princeton 9 Rutgers 8 Dartmouth 7 Northwestern Massachusetts State 6 Occidental 5 Harvard (H) 4 Iowa Minnesota 2 North Carolina Williams Amherst 1 Penn Wayne (MI)
Individual events Swimming 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 BurtonLouis DiviJohn PattenJohn Sharemet Michigan 3:27.8 300-yard medley relay Daniel DannenbaumEdwin DavidgeEdward Pope Yale 2:54.8
Diving 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
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