1956 NCAA swimming and diving championships

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 among its member programs in the United States.[1]

1956 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host cityConnecticut New Haven, Connecticut
Date(s)March 1956
Venue(s)Kiputh Pool
Payne Whitney Gymnasium
Yale University
Teams23
Events14
1955
1957

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

Program

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  • The 150 yard individual medley was dropped from the program after seven years (1949–1955).
  • The 200 yard individual medley was added to the program.

Team standings

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  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Debut appearance
Rank Team Points
  Ohio State (DC) 68
  Yale (H) 54
  Oklahoma 28
4 Iowa 27
5 NC State 25
6 Indiana 22
7 Stanford 19
8 Cortland State 15
Harvard
10 Northwestern 14
11 Michigan 10.5
12 North Carolina 9.5
13 SMU 8
14 Iowa State 7
15 Army 2
Bowdoin
Miami (OH)
USC
Texas A&M
20 Alleghany 1
Amherst
California
Lehigh

Individual events

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Swimming

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Event Champion Team Time
50 yard freestyle Robin Moore
  Rex Aubrey
Stanford
Yale
22.1
100 yard freestyle Al Kuhn Northwestern 49.3
220 yard freestyle William Woolsey Indiana 2:04.7
440 yard freestyle William Woolsey Indiana 4:31.1
1,500 meter freestyle George Breen Cortland State 18:05.9
100 yard backstroke   Lincoln Hurring Iowa 58.1
200 yard backstroke   Lincoln Hurring Iowa 2:07.5
200 yard breaststroke Richard Fadgen NC State 2:23.1
200 yard butterfly Richard Fadgen NC State 2:16.3
200 yard individual medley Albert Wiggins Ohio State 2:07.5
400 yard freestyle relay Daniel Cornwell
Joseph Robinson
David Armstrong
Hendrik Gideonse
Yale (DC) 3:23.1
300 yard medley relay William Clinton
Daniel Cornwell
  Rex Aubrey
Yale 2:46.3

Diving

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Event Champion Team Score
1 meter diving Frank Fraunfelter Ohio State 514.10
3 meter diving Donald Harper Ohio State 505.35

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.