1949 NCAA gymnastics championships
Tournament information
SportCollegiate gymnastics
LocationCalifornia Berkeley, California
Host(s)University of California, Berkeley
Venue(s)Men's Gym
Participants12 teams
Final positions
ChampionsTemple (1st title)
1st runners-upMinnesota
2nd runners-upIllinois
Tournament statistics
All-Around
Champion(s)
Joe Kotys, Kent State
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The 1949 NCAA gymnastics championships were contested at the seventh annual NCAA-sanctioned gymnastics meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate gymnastics among its member programs in the United States.[1]

These championships were contested at the Men's Gym at the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California.

Temple finished on top of the team standings, thus earning the Owls their first team gymnastics title.

The individual all-around championship was won by Joe Kotys from Kent State.

Team results

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Temple 28
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Minnesota 18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Illinois 17.5
4 California (H) 17
Kent State
6 Michigan State 15
7 USC 14.5
8 Army 11
9 Michigan 10
10 UCLA 3
11 Colorado 2
12 Occidental 1

Individual events

The 1949 program featured seven individual national championship events:

Event Champion gymnast School
Pommel Horse Joe Berenato Temple
Parallel bars Joe Kotys
Mel Stout
Kent State
Michigan State
Horizontal bar Bob Stout Temple
Trampoline Edsel Buchanan Michigan
Tumbling Charlie Thompson (DC) California (H)
Rope climbing Ken Foreman (DC) USC
Flying rings Jerry Todd USC

See also

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 5 December 2023.