1941 NCAA swimming and diving championships

The 1941 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1941 at Jenison Pool at Michigan State College in East Lansing, Michigan at the fifth 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.

1941 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host city	East Lansing, Michigan
Date	March 1941
Venue(s)	Jenison Pool Michigan State College
Teams	16
Events	11
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For the fifth consecutive year, Michigan topped the team standings, edging out Yale for the second straight year. It was the Wolverines' fifth title in program history and the fifth for coach Matt Mann.

Team standings

• (H) = Hosts
• (DC) = Defending champions
• Italics = Debut appearance

Rank	Team	Points
	Michigan (DC)	61
	Yale	58
	Ohio State	19
	Wayne (MI)
5	Minnesota	10
	Princeton
7	Iowa	6
8	Occidental	5
9	Massachusetts State	3
	Williams
11	Brown	2
	Chicago
	Springfield
	Villanova
15	Dartmouth	1
	Stanford

• DNQ = Michigan State (H)

Individual events

Swimming

Event	Champion	Team	Time
50-yard freestyle	Charles Barker	Michigan	23.0
100-yard freestyle	Bill Prew	Wayne (MI)	52.1
220-yard freestyle	Howard Johnson (DC)	Yale	2:12.5
440-yard freestyle	James Welsh	Michigan	4:51.4
1,500-meter freestyle	Rene Chouteau	Yale	19:43.4
150-yard backstroke	Francis Heydt	Michigan	1:37.7
200-yard butterfly	John Skinner	Michigan	2:25.9
400-yard freestyle relay	Howard Johnson Richard Kelly Edward Pope Thomas Britton	Yale	3:31.3
300-yard medley relay	Francis Heydt John Skinner Clair Morse	Michigan (DC)	2:58.0

Diving

Event	Champion	Team	Score
One-meter diving	Earl Clark	Ohio State	134.80
Three-meter diving	Earl Clark (DC)	Ohio State	165.40

See also

• List of college swimming and diving teams