The 1941 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1941 at Jenison Pool at Michigan State College in East Lansing, Michigan at the fifth 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.
For the fifth consecutive year, Michigan topped the team standings, edging out Yale for the second straight year. It was the Wolverines' fifth title in program history and the fifth for coach Matt Mann.
Team standings (H) = Hosts (DC) = Defending champions Italics = Debut appearance
Michigan (DC) 61 Yale 58 Ohio State 19 Wayne (MI) Minnesota 10 Princeton Iowa 6 Occidental 5 Massachusetts State 3 Williams Brown 2 Chicago Springfield Villanova Dartmouth 1 Stanford
DNQ = Michigan State (H)
Individual events Swimming 50-yard freestyle Charles Barker Michigan 23.0 100-yard freestyle Bill Prew Wayne (MI) 52.1 220-yard freestyle Howard Johnson (DC) Yale 2:12.5 440-yard freestyle James Welsh Michigan 4:51.4 1,500-meter freestyle Rene Chouteau Yale 19:43.4 150-yard backstroke Francis Heydt Michigan 1:37.7 200-yard butterfly John Skinner Michigan 2:25.9 400-yard freestyle relay Howard JohnsonRichard KellyEdward PopeThomas Britton Yale 3:31.3 300-yard medley relay Francis HeydtJohn SkinnerClair Morse Michigan (DC) 2:58.0
Diving One-meter diving Earl Clark Ohio State 134.80 Three-meter diving Earl Clark (DC) Ohio State 165.40
See also List of college swimming and diving teams
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