1968 NCAA University Division swimming and diving championships

The 1968 NCAA University Division swimming and diving championships were contested at the 32nd 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 1967–68 NCAA University Division swimming and diving season.

These championships were hosted by Dartmouth College at the Karl Michael Pool on its campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Indiana topped the team championship standings, the Hoosiers' first national title.

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

Indiana 346 Yale 253 USC 231 Stanford (DC) 205 SMU 93 Michigan 92 Texas−Arlington 89 UCLA 74 Colorado State 60 Wisconsin 55 Dartmouth (H) 40 Long Beach State Michigan State 38 Princeton 34 Southern Illinois 31 Arizona State 28 Illinois 27 Florida 26 NC State 24 Ohio State Ohio 15 Villanova 13 BYU 12 Iowa State 11 Wesleyan (CT) Miami (OH) 10 Purdue North Carolina 9 Minnesota 8 California 5 UC Santa Barbara 4 Maryland Texas Army 3 Cornell (NY) Oklahoma 2 Colgate 1

Individual events Swimming 50 yard freestyle Zac Zorn (DC) UCLA 20.99 100 yard freestyle Zac Zorn UCLA 45.45 200 yard freestyle Don Schollander Yale 1:42.04 500 yard freestyle Greg Charlton USC 4:38.24 1,650 yard freestyle Mike Burton (DC) UCLA 15:59.34 100 yard backstroke Charlie Hickcox (DC) Indiana 52.18 200 yard backstroke Charlie Hickcox (DC) Indiana 1:54.66 100 yard breaststroke Dick Nesbit Texas–Arlington 59.11 200 yard breaststroke Phil Long Yale 2:11.72 100 yard butterfly Doug Russell Texas–Arlington 49.57 200 yard butterfly Phil Houser USC 1:52.55 200 yard individual medley Charlie Hickcox Indiana 1:52.56 400 yard individual medley Bill Utley Indiana 4:10.85 400 yard freestyle relay Steve JobJohn NelsonBob WaplesDon Schollander Yale 3:04.09 800 yard freestyle relay Dick SchneiderJohn NelsonDave JohnsonDon Schollander Yale 6:50.77 400 yard medley relay Doug RussellDick NesbitChuck SmithErnie Siefert Texas–Arlington 3:31.53

Diving 1 meter diving Jim Henry Indiana 512.05 3 meter diving Keith Russell Arizona State 494.55

See also 1968 NCAA College Division swimming and diving championships 1968 NAIA swimming and diving championships List of college swimming and diving teams

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