1959 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host city	Ithaca, New York
Date(s)	March 26−28, 1959
Venue(s)	Teagle Pool Cornell University
Teams	63
Athletes participating	273
Events	16
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The 1959 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested on March 26−28, 1959 at Teagle Pool at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York at the 23rd annual NCAA-sponsored 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. Including the pre-NCAA championships from before 1937, these were the 36th overall collegiate swimming and diving championships.^[1]

The program featured sixteen individual events, fourteen in swimming and two for diving. Teams earned points based on their placement in individual events, with the highest-earning team receiving the national title.

Michigan once again retained the national title, the Wolverines' ninth (and third consecutive), after finishing a record ninety-three points ahead of Ohio State in the team standings.^[2]

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

Rank	Team	Points
	Michigan	1371⁄2
	Ohio State	44
	Indiana	41
4	Yale	351⁄2
5	Michigan State	35
6	Stanford	29
7	Iowa	16
8	Oklahoma	12
9	Miami (OH)	7
	Ohio
	Wisconsin
12	Cal Poly	6
	Illinois
14	California	4
15	Harvard	3
16	SMU	2
17	Florida State	1
	Knox
	Navy

Event	Champion	Team	Time
50 yard freestyle	Fred Westphal	Wisconsin	22.3
100 yard freestyle	Frank Legacki	Michigan	49.6
220 yard freestyle	Dick Hanley	Michigan	2:04.3
440 yard freestyle	Billy Steuart (DC)	Michigan State	18:26.2
1,500 meter freestyle	Billy Steuart (DC)	Michigan State	4:31.9
100 yard backstroke	Frank McKinney	Indiana	56.1
200 yard backstroke	Frank McKinney	Indiana	2:01.4
100 yard breaststroke	Gordon Collet	Oklahoma	1:03.2
200 yard breaststroke	William Muliken	Miami (OH)	2:21.3
100 yard butterfly	Dave Gillanders	Michigan	54.1
200 yard butterfly	Dave Gillanders	Michigan	2:02.5
200 yard individual medley	George Harrison	Stanford	2:06.7
400 yard freestyle relay	John McGuire Carl Woolley Dick Hanley Frank Legacki	Michigan	3:21.6
400 yard medley relay	John Smith Ronald Clark Dave Gillanders Dick Hanley	Michigan	3:46.8

• NAIA men's swimming and diving championships
• List of college swimming and diving teams