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
1955
1957

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]
RankTeamPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s)Ohio State68
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Yale (H)54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Oklahoma28
4Iowa27
5North Carolina State25
6Indiana22
7Stanford19
8SUNY Cortland
Harvard
15
10Northwestern14

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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