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1962 NCAA swimming and diving championships
1962 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host city	Columbus, Ohio
Date(s)	March 1962
Venue(s)	Ohio State Natatorium; Ohio State University
Teams	27
Events	16
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The 1962 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested at the 26th annual championship 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 1961–62 NCAA swimming and diving season.

These championships were hosted by Ohio State University at the Ohio State Natatorium in Columbus, Ohio during March 1962.

Hosts Ohio State finished forty-six points ahead of USC in the team championship standings, the Buckeyes' eleventh national title.^[1]

Team standings

Event	Champion	Team	Time
50 yard freestyle	Steven Jackman	Minnesota	21.1
100 yard freestyle	Steven Jackman (DC)	Minnesota	47.5
220 yard freestyle	Jim Spreitzer	Illinois	2:00.9
440 yard freestyle	Murray Rose (DC)	USC	4:20.0
1,500 meter freestyle	Murray Rose (DC)	USC	17:26.7
100 yard backstroke	L.B. Schaefer	Ohio State	53.9
200 yard backstroke	Virgil Luken	Minnesota	2:16.8
100 yard breaststroke	Richard Nelson (DC)	Michigan	1:01.7
200 yard breaststroke	Ron Clark (DC)	Michigan	2:13.4
100 yard butterfly	Ed Spencer	NC State	52.5
200 yard butterfly	Artie Wolfe	Ohio State	1:58.0
200 yard individual medley	Harley Mull	Ohio State	2:02.3
400 yard freestyle relay	Jeff Mattson Doug Rowe William Wood Mike Wood	Michigan State	3:15.8
400 yard medley relay	L.B. Schaefer Tom Kovacs Artie Wolfe John Plain	Ohio State (DC)	3:37.6

Event	Champion	Team	Score
1 meter diving	Lou Vitucci	Ohio State	470.50
3 meter diving	Lou Vitucci (DC)	Ohio State	491.65