The 1948 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1948 at the Intramural Sports Building at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the 12th 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.
Hosts Michigan topped three-time defending champions, and rivals, Ohio State in the team standings, capturing the Wolverines' sixth national title.
Team standings (H) = Hosts (DC) = Defending champions Italics = Debut appearance
Michigan (H) 44 Ohio State (DC) 41 Michigan State 21 Iowa 20 Stanford 16 Yale 14 Iowa State 10 Northwestern La Salle 7 Purdue Washington 4 USC 3 Temple 2 North Carolina 1 Penn Texas
Individual events Swimming 50-yard freestyle Robert Anderson Stanford 23.3 100-yard freestyle Wally Ris Iowa 51.5 220-yard freestyle Bill Smith Ohio State 2:09.5 440-yard freestyle Bill Smith Ohio State 4:43.8 1,500-meter freestyle Bill Heusner Northwestern 19:28.2 150-yard backstroke Allan Stack Yale 1:31.8 200-yard butterfly Joe Verdeur La Salle 2:14.7 400-yard freestyle relay Abel GilbertGeorge HoogerhydeRobert AllwardtJames Duke Michigan State 3:31.0 300-yard medley relay Harry HolidayRobert SohlDavid Tittle Michigan (DC) 2:54.9
Diving One-meter diving Bruce Harlan Ohio State 163.87 Three-meter diving Miller Anderson (DC) Ohio State 174.34
See also List of college swimming and diving teams
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