1942 NCAA gymnastics championships
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| 1942 | |
 Macdonough Hall, site of the 1942 NCAA gymnastics championships | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Collegiate gymnastics |
| Location | Annapolis, Maryland |
| Date | March 28, 1942 |
| Administrator | National Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Host(s) | United States Naval Academy |
| Venue(s) | Macdonough Hall |
| Participants | 7 teams[a] |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Illinois (4th title) |
| 1st runners-up | Penn State |
| 2nd runners-up | Minnesota |
| Tournament statistics | |
| All-Around Champion | Newt Loken, Minnesota (1233.8) |
The 1942 NCAA gymnastics championships were contested at the fifth annual National Collegiate Athletic Association-sanctioned men's gymnastics championships to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate gymnastics among its member programs in the United States.[1]
The championships were hosted by the United States Naval Academy at Macdonough Hall in Annapolis, Maryland which marked the first time the event wasn't hosted by the University of Chicago at Bartlett Gymnasium in Chicago, Illinois.[2]
Three-time defending champions Illinois, led by coach Hartley Price, successfully defended their title and won the program's 4th straight and 4th overall team championship.
The individual all-around championship went to Newt Loken from Minnesota.
Due to the onset of World War II, this would be the final NCAA men's gymnastics championships until 1948, six years later.
Individual event finals
According to the NCAA record books, Calisthenics (now known as the Floor Exercise) which was added last year, did not note a champion for 1942. Additionally, newspaper reports do not mention the event either.[3][4]
Medalists
| Event[3] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual All-Around | Newt Loken, Minnesota (1233.8) | Caton Cobb, Illinois (1100.5) | Courtney Shanken, Chicago (1094.6) |
| Side Horse[b] | Caton Cobb, Illinois (260) | William Blattman, Navy (247) | Courtney Shanken, Chicago (238) |
| Long Horse[c] | Earl Shanken, Chicago (68.31) | Louis Fina, Illinois (67.58) | Newt Loken, Minnesota (67.21) |
| Parallel Bars | Hal Zimmerman[d], Penn State (270[e]) | Caton Cobb, Illinois (267) | Newt Loken, Minnesota (254) |
| Horizontal Bar | Norm Boardman, Temple (263) | Edwin Trybala, Penn State (246) | George Eberle, Army (245) |
| Tumbling | George Szypula, Temple (285) | Newt Loken, Minnesota (265) | Harold Zimmerman, Penn State (265) |
| Rope Climb | Dale Cox, Navy (4.0 sec.) | George Davis, Navy (4.0 sec.) | E. Leavey, Army (4.3 sec.) |
| Flying Rings | Jim Parker, Navy (153[f]) | W. Hughes, Army (250) | Sydney Rudman, Penn State (239) |