The 1946 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1946 at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut at the 10th 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 topped the team standings for the second consecutive year, capturing the Buckeyes' third national title.
Team standings (H) = Hosts (DC) = Defending champions Italics = Debut appearance
Ohio State (DC) 61 Michigan 37 Michigan State 18 Navy 14 Williams Army 11 North Carolina Cincinnati 9 Iowa State 6 Stanford Purdue 5 Dartmouth 3 Harvard Illinois Minnesota 1 Wayne (MI) Yale (H)
Individual events Swimming 50-yard freestyle Robbie Anderson Stanford 23.1 100-yard freestyle Halo Hirose Ohio State 52.1 220-yard freestyle Jack Hill Ohio State 2:11.3 440-yard freestyle Jack Hill Ohio State 4:47.2 1,500-meter freestyle Dave Maclay Williams 20:26.2** 150-yard backstroke Bob Cowell Navy 1:35.6 200-yard butterfly Charles Keating Cincinnati 2:26.2 400-yard freestyle relay Zigmund IndykeJohn DeMondJames QuigleyRobert Allwardt Michigan State 3:27.2 300-yard medley relay Richard FettermanJames CounsilmanTed Hobert Ohio State 2:57.0
Diving One-meter diving Miller Anderson Ohio State 101.96 Three-meter diving Miller Anderson Ohio State 118.10
See also List of college swimming and diving teams
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