The 1949 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1949 at the Bowman Gray Pool at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the 13th 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.
After finishing second in 1948, Ohio State once again topped the team standings, claiming their fourth title in five years and their fifth title overall.
Program changes One event, 150-yard individual medley, was re-added to the NCAA championships program this year; it was contested once before, in 1930.
Team standings (H) = Hosts (DC) = Defending champions Italics = Debut appearance
Ohio State 49 Iowa 35 Michigan (DC) 32 Yale 18 La Salle 12 Purdue 11 Michigan State 10 Northwestern North Carolina (H) 7 Rutgers 6 USC Dartmouth 4 Stanford Washington Harvard 3 Cincinnati 2 Duke Penn Texas Iowa State 1
Individual events Swimming 50-yard freestyle Richard Weinberg Michigan 23.1 100-yard freestyle Wally Ris (DC) Iowa 50.4 220-yard freestyle Bill Smith (DC) Ohio State 2:08.5 440-yard freestyle Bill Smith (DC) Ohio State 4:42.6 1,500-meter freestyle Bill Heusner (DC) Northwestern 19:04.8 150-yard backstroke Bob deGroot Ohio State 1:34.0 200-yard butterfly Keith Carter Purdue 2:14.8 150-yard individual medley Joe Verdeur La Salle 1:30.8 400-yard freestyle relay Paul GirdesBill FarnsworthLarry MunsonRay Reid Yale 3:27.0 300-yard medley relay Duane DravesBowen StassforthErvin Straub Iowa 2:54.1
Diving One-meter diving Bruce Harlan (DC) Ohio State 142.41 Three-meter diving Bruce Harlan Ohio State 152.37
See also List of college swimming and diving teams
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