Tournament information | |
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Sport | Collegiate gymnastics |
Location | Berkeley, California |
Host(s) | University of California, Berkeley |
Venue(s) | Men's Gym |
Participants | 12 teams |
Final positions | |
Champions | Temple (1st title) |
1st runners-up | Minnesota |
2nd runners-up | Illinois |
Tournament statistics | |
All-Around Champion(s) | Joe Kotys, Kent State |
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.
Rank | Team | Points |
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Temple | 28 | |
Minnesota | 18 | |
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 |
The 1949 program featured seven individual national championship events:
Event | Champion gymnast | School |
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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 |