1955 NCAA swimming and diving championships

The 1955 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1955 at Billings Natatorium at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio at the 19th 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]

1955 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host cityOhio Oxford, Ohio
Date(s)March 1955
Venue(s)Billings Natatorium
Miami University
Teams23
Events14
1954
1956

Ohio State retained the national title, the Buckeyes' ninth, after finishing thirty-nine points ahead of Michigan and Yale in the team standings.

Program

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  • The 100 yard butterfly was dropped from the program, although it would be re-added two years later in 1957.
  • The 200 yard breaststroke was added to the program. This would be the first appearance of a breaststroke event at the NCAA championships.

Team standings

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  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Debut appearance
Rank Team Points
  Ohio State (DC) 90
  Michigan 51
Yale
4 NC State 20
5 North Carolina 17
6 Harvard 15
7 Iowa 14
Oklahoma
9 Iowa State 13
10 Stanford 11
11 Indiana 9
12 Dartmouth 8
13 Cortland State 5
Purdue
Springfield
16 Georgia 4
17 Denver 3
18 Army 2
Cornell
La Salle
USC
22 Ohio 1
Wisconsin

Individual events

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Swimming

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Event Champion Team Time
50 yard freestyle Kerry Donovan Yale 22.8
100 yard freestyle   Rex Aubrey Yale 50.7
220 yard freestyle     Jack Wardrop (DC) Michigan 2:04.2
440 yard freestyle Ford Konno (DC) Ohio State 4:31.1
1,500 meter freestyle Ford Konno (DC) Ohio State 18:16.1
100 yard backstroke Yoshi Oyakawa (DC) Ohio State 58.0
200 yard backstroke Yoshi Oyakawa (DC) Ohio State 2:07.7
200 yard breaststroke Bob Mattson NC State 2:26.0
200 yard butterfly Phillip Drake North Carolina 2:13.7
150 yard individual medley Albert Wiggins Ohio State 1:26.5
400 yard freestyle relay   Rex Aubrey
Hendrik Gideonse
Daniel Cornwell
Malcolm Aldrich
Yale 3:24.9
300 yard medley relay Yoshi Oyakawa
Albert Wiggins
Ed Kawachika
Ohio State (DC) 2:42.2

Diving

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Event Champion Team Score
1 meter diving Fletcher Gilders (DC) Ohio State 535.05
3 meter diving Gerry Harrison Ohio State 590.25

See also

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References

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