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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name=1962 NCAA Track and Field Championships
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|Host city={{flagicon|Oregon}} [[Eugene, Oregon]]
|Optional caption=<br> '''Team Champion:''' [[Oregon Ducks track and field|Oregon]] (1st title)
|Athletes participating=
|Events=
|Dates=June 15−16, 1962
|Stadium=[[Hayward Field]]<br>[[University of Oregon]]
|Previous=[[1961 NCAA Track and Field Championships|1961]]
|Next=[[1963 NCAA University Division Track and Field Championships|1963−UD]]<br>[[1963 NCAA College Division Track and Field Championships|1963−CD]]
}}
The '''1962 [[NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|NCAA Track and Field Championships]]''' were contested June 16−17 at the 40th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate [[track and field]] events in the [[United States]]. This year's meet was hosted by the [[University of Oregon]] at [[Hayward Field]] in [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NCAA Division I Men's Track and Field Championship Results |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/2012-13/2012_d1_motf.pdf |work=NCAA|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=May 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1958 NCAA Track and Field Championship Results |url=http://www.ustfccca.org/infozone/public-meet-single.php?contno=244 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729034159/http://www.ustfccca.org/infozone/public-meet-single.php?contno=244 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |work=USTFCCCA InfoZone: Single-Meet Report |publisher=USTFCCCA |access-date=May 23, 2016 }}</ref> This was first time the event was held at Hayward, which hosted the championship thirteen more times.
This was the last championship before the NCAA split the championship into the two separate classes: the University Division (precursor to Division I) and the College Division (precursor to Divisions II and III).
[[Oregon Ducks track and field|Oregon]] won the team national championship, the Ducks' first team title.
== Team Result ==
* '''Note:''' Top 10 only
* '''(H)''' = Hosts
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank
!  Team
! Points
|-
| {{gold01}}
| align="left" | '''[[Oregon Ducks track and field|Oregon]]''' '''(H)''' || '''65'''
|-
| {{silver02}}
| align="left" | [[Villanova Wildcats track and field|Villanova]] || 40{{frac|3|7}}
|-
| {{bronze03}}
| align="left" | [[USC Trojans track and field|USC]] || 27{{frac|3|7}}
|-
|  {{sort|04|4}}
| align="left" | [[Southern Illinois Salukis track and field|Southern Illinois]] || 26
|-
| {{sort|05|5}}
| align="left" | [[Stanford Cardinal track and field|Stanford]] || 24{{frac|3|7}}
|-
| {{sort|06|6}}
| align="left" | [[San Jose State Spartans track and field|San José State]] || 24
|-
| {{sort|07|7}}
| align="left" | [[California Golden Bears track and field|California]] || 19
|-
| {{sort|08|8}}
| align="left" | [[Maryland Terrapins track and field|Maryland]] || 15
|-
| {{sort|09|9}}
| align="left" | [[Washington State Cougars track and field|Washington State]] || 14{{frac|16|21}}
|-
| {{sort|10|10}}
| align="left" | [[Boston College Eagles track and field|Boston College]] || 14
|}
==References==
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[[Category:NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship]]
[[Category:1962 in sports in Oregon|NCAA Track and Field Championships]]
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[[Category:June 1962 sports events in the United States|NCAA Track and Field Championships]]