NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1940 NCAA Championships

Unlimited

Champion George Downes, Ohio State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1George DownesOHST
  2. 2George ChigaOKST

Second place was decided in a separate bout after the final.

Connected 1940 Unlimited-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

13 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 5 bouts

    3 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. George Downes, Ohio State over George Chiga (1), Oklahoma State — Dec (no score) · 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 (no score) · 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 (no score) · 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 (no score) · 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 (no score) · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. George Downes, Ohio State over John Sikich (2), Illinois — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1. George Chiga (1), Oklahoma State over Howard Buck, Iowa State — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

      1. George Chiga (1), Oklahoma State over George Hooper, Syracuse (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

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