Tournament information | |
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Sport | Collegiate gymnastics |
Location | Chicago, Illinois |
Host(s) | University of Chicago |
Venue(s) | Henry Crown Field House |
Participants | 10 teams |
Final positions | |
Champions | Penn State (1st title) |
1st runners-up | Temple |
2nd runners-up | Illinois |
Tournament statistics | |
All-Around Champion(s) | Ray Sorensen, Penn State |
The 1948 NCAA gymnastics championships were contested at the sixth 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] Due to the interruptions of sporting events caused by World War II, these were the first championships held since 1942.
These championships were contested at the Henry Crown Field House at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
Penn State finished on top of the team standings, thus earning the Nittany Lions their first team gymnastics title.
The individual all-around championship was won by Ray Sorensen from Penn State.
Team results
- (H) = Hosts
- (DC) = Defending champions
- Italics = Debut appearance
Rank | Team | Points |
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Penn State | 55 | |
Temple | 34.5 | |
Illinois (DC) | 22.5 | |
4 | Minnesota | 14 |
5 | California | 12 |
6 | Michigan | 7 |
7 | UCLA | 5.5 |
8 | Nebraska | 1.5 |
9 | Chicago (H) | 1 |
USC |
Individual events
- (H) = Hosts
- (DC) = Defending champions
With the addition of the trampoline event, the 1948 program featured eight individual national championship events:
Event | Champion gymnast | School |
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Pommel Horse | Steve Greene | Penn State |
Vault | Jim Peterson | Minnesota |
Parallel bars | Ray Sorensen | Penn State |
Horizontal bar | Joe Calvetti | Illinois |
Trampoline | Gay Hughes | Illinois |
Tumbling | George Szypula | California |
Rope climbing | Ken Foreman | USC |
Flying rings | George Hayes | Temple |
See also
References
- ↑ "NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 28 November 2023.