The 1955 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1955 at Billings Natatorium at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio at the 19th 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.
Ohio State retained the national title, the Buckeyes' ninth, after finishing thirty-nine points ahead of Michigan and Yale in the team standings.
Program The 100 yard butterfly was dropped from the program, although it would be re-added two years later in 1957. The 200 yard breaststroke was added to the program. This would be the first appearance of a breaststroke event at the NCAA championships.
Team standings (H) = Hosts (DC) = Defending champions Italics = Debut appearance
Ohio State (DC) 90 Michigan 51 Yale NC State 20 North Carolina 17 Harvard 15 Iowa 14 Oklahoma Iowa State 13 Stanford 11 Indiana 9 Dartmouth 8 Cortland State 5 Purdue Springfield Georgia 4 Denver 3 Army 2 Cornell La Salle USC Ohio 1 Wisconsin
Individual events Swimming 50 yard freestyle Kerry Donovan Yale 22.8 100 yard freestyle Rex Aubrey Yale 50.7 220 yard freestyle Jack Wardrop (DC) Michigan 2:04.2 440 yard freestyle Ford Konno (DC) Ohio State 4:31.1 1,500 meter freestyle Ford Konno (DC) Ohio State 18:16.1 100 yard backstroke Yoshi Oyakawa (DC) Ohio State 58.0 200 yard backstroke Yoshi Oyakawa (DC) Ohio State 2:07.7 200 yard breaststroke Bob Mattson NC State 2:26.0 200 yard butterfly Phillip Drake North Carolina 2:13.7 150 yard individual medley Albert Wiggins Ohio State 1:26.5 400 yard freestyle relay Rex AubreyHendrik GideonseDaniel CornwellMalcolm Aldrich Yale 3:24.9 300 yard medley relay Yoshi OyakawaAlbert WigginsEd Kawachika Ohio State (DC) 2:42.2
Diving 1 meter diving Fletcher Gilders (DC) Ohio State 535.05 3 meter diving Gerry Harrison Ohio State 590.25
See also List of college swimming and diving teams
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