The 1963 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested at the 27th annual swim meet sanctioned and hosted by the NCAA to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving among its Division I member programs in the United States, culminating the 1962–63 NCAA swimming and diving season.
These championships were hosted by North Carolina State University at the Willis Casey Natatorium in Raleigh, North Carolina during March 1963.
USC finished four points ahead of Yale in the team championship standings and won the national title, the Trojans' second overall and second in three years.
This was the final combined competition before the establishment of separate championships for the NCAA's University and College Divisions in 1964.
Program changes Three events were removed from the event program: 220-yard freestyle 440-yard freestyle 1,500-meter freestyle Four new events were added to the program: 200-yard freestyle 500-yard freestyle 1,650-yard freestyle 400-yard individual medley
Team standings (H) = Hosts (DC) = Defending champions Italics = Debut appearance
USC 81 Yale 77 Michigan 52 Minnesota 44 Ohio State (DC) 36 Stanford 21 Villanova 19.5 Michigan State 15 Princeton Harvard 12 NC State (H) 7 Texas 6 Illinois 5 Oregon SMU California 3 Florida Rutgers Army 2 Cincinnati Oklahoma 1.5 Utah 1
Individual events Swimming 50 yard freestyle Steven Jackman (DC) Minnesota 21.2 100 yard freestyle Per-Ola Lindberg USC 47.1 200 yard freestyle Steve Clark Yale 1:46.3 500 yard freestyle John Konrads USC 4:50.7 1,650 yard freestyle John Konrads USC 17:24.0 100 yard backstroke Bob Bennett USC 53.8 200 yard backstroke Ed Bartsch Michigan 1:57.8 100 yard breaststroke Ron Clark (DC)Gardiner Green MichiganPrinceton 1:02.2 200 yard breaststroke Martin Hull Stanford 2:17.0 100 yard butterfly Walt Richardson Minnesota 51.6 200 yard butterfly Dick McDonough Villanova 1:57.3 200 yard individual medley Harley Mull (DC) Ohio State 2:01.6 400 yard individual medley Ed Townsend Yale 4:22.5 400 yard freestyle relay Charles MussmanDavid LyonsEd TownsendMike Austin Yale 3:09.7 400 yard medley relay Al EricksenVirgil LukenWalt RichardsonSteven Jackman Minnesota 3:35.2
Diving 1 meter diving Lou Vitucci (DC) Ohio State 489.70 3 meter diving Lou Vitucci (DC) Ohio State 496.90
See also 1963 NAIA swimming and diving championships List of college swimming and diving teams
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