1953 NCAA swimming and diving championships

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.

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

Yale 96 Ohio State (H, DC) 73 Michigan 39 Stanford 23 Michigan State 14 North Carolina Illinois 10 Georgia 8 Williams 7 Dartmouth 6 Oklahoma Army 5 NC State Washington Beloit 4 Harvard Springfield Texas Pittsburgh 3 Purdue USC Navy 2 Iowa 1 Wisconsin

Individual events Swimming 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 GoraBurwell JonesThomas BennerDonald Hill Michigan (DC) 3:24.0 300 yard medley relay Yoshi OyakawaGerald HolanDick Cleveland Ohio State 2:47.2

Diving 1 meter diving Jerry Harrison Ohio State 485.75 3 meter diving Bob Clotworthy Ohio State 525.8

See also List of college swimming and diving teams

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