The 1940 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the 19th NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at the University of Minnesota's Memorial Stadium in June 1940. The University of Southern California won its sixth consecutive team title. The meet took place during a two-day downpour that flooded the stadium and forced the field events to be moved indoors at the Minnesota field house.

Team result

Track events

100-yard dash

120-yard high hurdles

220-yard dash

220-yard low hurdles

440-yard dash

880-yard run

One-mile run

Two-mile run

Field events

Long jump

1. Jackie Robinson, UCLA - 24 feet, 10 1/4 inches
2. Billy Brown, LSU
3. Welles Hodgson, Minnesota
4. Pat Turner, UCLA
5. William Lacefield, UCLA

High jump

1. Don Canham, Michigan - 6 feet, 6 3/8 inches
2. John Wilson, USC - 6 feet, 6 3/8 inches
3. Alfred Flechner, Idaho
4. Don Boydston, Oklahoma A&M
5. Joshua Williamson, Xavier of New Orleans
6. Russell Wulff, Stanford

Pole vault

1. Kenny Dills, USC - 13 feet, 10 inches
2. Quinn Smith, California
3. George Hoffman, Fresno State
4. Ralph Ross, Army
5. William Williams, Wisconsin

Discus throw

1. Archie Harris, Indiana - 162 feet, 4 1/2 inches
2. Jack Hughes, Texas - 161 feet, 6 inches
3. Al Blozis, Georgetown - 161 feet, 5 inches
4. A. Cornet, Stanford
5. Edsel Wibbels, Nebraska

Javelin

1. Martin Biles, California - 204 feet, 10 inches
2. Herbert Grote, Nebraska
3. Boyd Brown, Oregon
4. Nick Vukmanic, Penn State
5. Clarence Gehrke, Utah

Shot put

1. Al Blozis, Georgetown - 56 feet, 1/2 inch
2. Stan Anderson, Stanford
3. Herb Michael, California
4. Don McNeil, USC
5. John Mazyk, Pitt