1972 NCAA University Division swimming and diving championships

The 1972 NCAA University Division swimming and diving championships were contested at the 36th 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 University Division member programs in the United States, culminating the 1971–72 NCAA University Division swimming and diving season.

These championships were hosted by the United States Military Academy at Crandall Pool on its campus in West Point, New York.

Four-time defending champions Indiana again topped the team championship standings, the Hoosiers' fifth NCAA national title.

Team standings (H) = Hosts (DC) = Defending champions Italics = Debut appearance

Indiana (DC) 390 USC 371 Tennessee 170 UCLA 168 SMU 121 Washington 109 Florida 99 Stanford 91 Ohio State 89 Michigan 47 Southern Illinois 42 Yale 35 Princeton 33 Minnesota 29 Cornell 27 NC State 26 Oregon 25 Pacific 16 Michigan State 14 BYU 13 Long Beach State 10 LSU 4 Penn Texas Villanova Wisconsin Johns Hopkins 5 Harvard 2 UC Santa Barbara 1

Individual events Swimming 50 yard freestyle David Edgar (DC) Tennessee 20.442 100 yard freestyle David Edgar (DC) Tennessee 45.003 200 yard freestyle Jerry Heidenreich SMU 1:38.357 500 yard freestyle John Kinsella (DC) Indiana 4:24.496 1,650 yard freestyle John Kinsella (DC) Indiana 15:33.582 100 yard backstroke Paul Gilbert Yale 51.293 200 yard backstroke Charles Campbell Princeton 1:50.557 100 yard breaststroke Tom Bruce UCLA 56.998 200 yard breaststroke Brian Job (DC) Stanford 2:02.592 100 yard butterfly Mark Spitz (DC) Indiana 47.988 200 yard butterfly Mark Spitz (DC) Indiana 1:46.898 200 yard individual medley Gary Hall Sr. (DC) Indiana 1:51.507 400 yard individual medley Gary Hall Sr. (DC) Indiana 3:58.717 400 yard freestyle relay Thomas LutzKenneth KnoxDavid EdgarJohn Trembley Tennessee 3:01.118 800 yard freestyle relay Edward McCleskeyStephen TyrrellTom McBreenJim McConica USC (DC) 6:38.635 400 yard medley relay Bruce KocsisDavid MayekawaFrank HecklMichael Weston USC 3:23.118

Diving 1 meter diving Todd Smith Ohio State 503.25 3 meter diving Craig Lincoln Minnesota 545.4

See also 1972 NCAA College Division swimming and diving championships 1972 NAIA swimming and diving championships List of college swimming and diving teams

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