NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1940 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion George Downes, Ohio State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1George DownesOHST
  2. 2George ChigaOKST

Championship

Round of 16 · 5 bouts

  1. George Downes, Ohio State over George Chiga (1), Oklahoma State — Dec · View bout
  2. George Hooper, Syracuse (NY) over Forrest 'Butch' Jordan, Michigan — Fall 2:44 · View bout
  3. John Sikich (2), Illinois over Tudor Gardiner, Harvard (MA) — Fall 8:39 · View bout
  4. John Woudenberg Jr., Denver (CO) over John Thomas, Lafayette (PA) — Dec · View bout
  5. Walter Porowski (3), Kent State (OH) over Mulsey 'Mose' Sims, Southwestern Oklahoma — Fall 3:30 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. George Downes, Ohio State over Howard Buck, Iowa State — Fall 6:30 · View bout
  2. George Hooper, Syracuse (NY) over John Woudenberg Jr., Denver (CO) — Dec · View bout
  3. John Sikich (2), Illinois over William Burell, City College (NY) — Fall 8:14 · View bout
  4. Walter Porowski (3), Kent State (OH) over Richard Vaughan, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. George Downes, Ohio State over George Hooper, Syracuse (NY) — Fall 11:24 · View bout
  2. John Sikich (2), Illinois over Walter Porowski (3), Kent State (OH) — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. George Downes, Ohio State over John Sikich (2), Illinois — Dec · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. George Chiga (1), Oklahoma State over Howard Buck, Iowa State — Dec · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

  1. George Chiga (1), Oklahoma State over George Hooper, Syracuse (NY) — Dec · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. George Chiga (1), Oklahoma State over John Sikich (2), Illinois — MFF · View bout

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