1956 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

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1956 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
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Host cityConnecticut New Haven, Connecticut
Date(s)March 1956
Venue(s)Kiputh Pool
Payne Whitney Gymnasium
Yale University
Teams23
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The 1956 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1956 at Kiputh Pool at Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut at the 20th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.

Ohio State once again retained the national title, the Buckeyes' tenth, after finishing fourteen points ahead of hosts Yale in the team standings.

Team standings[]

  • Note: Top 10 only
  • (H) = Hosts
  • Full results[1]
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ohio State 68
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yale (H) 54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oklahoma 28
4 Iowa 27
5 North Carolina State 25
6 Indiana 22
7 Stanford 19
8 SUNY Cortland
Harvard		 15
10 Northwestern 14

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
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