NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1940 NCAA Championships

121 lb

Champion Robert Antonacci, Indiana (IN).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Robert AntonacciIND
  2. 2Calvin MehlhornOKST

Championship

Round of 32 · 1 bout

  1. Merle Smith, Wyoming over Robert Levin, City College (NY) — Dec · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Calvin Mehlhorn (3), Oklahoma State over Robert Lungwitz, Dubuque (IA) — Dec · View bout
  2. Casey Fredericks, Purdue (IN) over George Young, Oklahoma — Dec · View bout
  3. Charles Parks, Appalachian State (NC) over Kimbrell Hill, Illinois — Dec · View bout
  4. Delbert Jensen, Northern Iowa over John Cooper, St. Lawrence (NY) — Fall 4:57 · View bout
  5. Farland 'Ed' Fansher, Kansas State over Merle Smith, Wyoming — Dec · View bout
  6. Frank Burgess (1), Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Ray Tyson, West Virginia — Fall 6:25 · View bout
  7. Robert Antonacci (2), Indiana (IN) over Bill Davidson, Ohio — MFF · View bout
  8. Robert Johnson, Southwestern Oklahoma over Carl King, Penn State — Dec · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Calvin Mehlhorn (3), Oklahoma State over Robert Johnson, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec · View bout
  2. Casey Fredericks, Purdue (IN) over Frank Burgess (1), Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec · View bout
  3. Delbert Jensen, Northern Iowa over Farland 'Ed' Fansher, Kansas State — Dec · View bout
  4. Robert Antonacci (2), Indiana (IN) over Charles Parks, Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 5:18 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Delbert Jensen, Northern Iowa over Casey Fredericks, Purdue (IN) — Dec · View bout
  2. Robert Antonacci (2), Indiana (IN) over Calvin Mehlhorn (3), Oklahoma State — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Robert Antonacci (2), Indiana (IN) over Delbert Jensen, Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Charles Parks, Appalachian State (NC) over Bill Davidson, Ohio — Dec · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

  1. Calvin Mehlhorn (3), Oklahoma State over Charles Parks, Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 8:00 · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Calvin Mehlhorn (3), Oklahoma State over Delbert Jensen, Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout

Bouts as the source workbook records them, in round order. No bracket positions or byes are inferred.