1962 European Aquatics Championships

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10th European Aquatics Championships
Host city Leipzig
CountryEast Germany
Events23
Opening18 August 1962 (1962-08-18)
Closing25 August 1962 (1962-08-25)

The 1962 European Aquatics Championships were held in Leipzig, East Germany from 18 to 25 August 1962. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men). In the men's swimming program, the 100 m backstroke had been replaced by the 200 m backstroke. Furthermore, the 400 m individual medley and the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay were introduced. In women's swimming, the 400 m individual medley was introduced.

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Medal table

Ingrid Kramer won two gold medals Bundesarchiv Bild 183-A0623-0091-001, Leipzig, X. Schwimm-EM, Ingrid Kramer.jpg
Ingrid Krämer won two gold medals

  *   Host nation (East Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 65516
2Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany *55717
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 44311
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2529
5Flag of France.svg  France 2103
6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2035
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1225
8Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1001
9Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 0101
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 0101
Totals (10 entries)23242269

Medal summary

Diving

Men's events
EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboardFlag of Austria.svg  Kurt Mrkwicka  (AUT)147.21Flag of East Germany.svg  Hans-Dieter Pophal  (GDR)145.70Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Boris Polulyakh  (URS)145.20
10 m platformFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Brian Phelps  (GBR)150.81Flag of East Germany.svg  Rolf Sperling  (GDR)148.24Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Gennadiy Galkin  (URS)143.18
Women's events
EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboardFlag of East Germany.svg  Ingrid Krämer  (GDR)153.57Flag of East Germany.svg  Christiane Lanzke  (GDR)137.78Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Natalya Kuznetsova  (URS)133.78
10 m platformFlag of East Germany.svg  Ingrid Krämer  (GDR)107.96Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ninel Krutova  (URS)95.92Flag of East Germany.svg  Gabriele Schöpe  (GDR)90.88

Swimming

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m freestyleFlag of France.svg  Alain Gottvallès  (FRA)55.0Flag of Sweden.svg  Per-Ola Lindberg  (SWE)55.5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ron Kroon  (NED)55.5
400 m freestyleFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Johan Bontekoe  (NED)4:25.6Flag of Sweden.svg  Hans Rosendahl  (SWE)4:25.8Flag of East Germany.svg  Frank Wiegand  (GDR)4:26.8
1500 m freestyleFlag of Hungary.svg  József Katona  (HUN)17:49.5Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Miguel Torres  (ESP)17:55.6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Richard Campion  (GBR)17:59.8
200 m backstrokeFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Barbier  (URS)2:16.6Flag of East Germany.svg  Wolfgang Wagner  (GDR)2:17.9Flag of Hungary.svg  József Csikány  (HUN)2:18.5
200 m breaststrokeFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Georgy Prokopenko  (URS)2:32.8Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ivan Karetnikov  (URS)2:33.2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Rob van Empel  (NED)2:38.1
200 m butterflyFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valentin Kuzmin  (URS)2:14.2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Brian Jenkins  (GBR)2:15.6Flag of East Germany.svg  Wolfgang Sieber  (GDR)2:18.0
400 m individual medleyFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Gennady Androsov  (URS)5:01.3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Jiskoot  (NED)5:05.5Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Bachmann  (GDR)5:05.9
4×100 m freestyle relayFlag of France.svg  France
Alain Gottvallès
Jean-Pascal Curtillet
Robert Christophe
Gérard Gropaiz
3:43.7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bob McGregor
John Martin-Dye
Peter Kendrew
Stanley Clarke
3:44.7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bengt-Olof Nordvall
Jan Lundin
Mats Svensson
Per-Ola Lindberg
3:45.0
4×200 m freestyle relayFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Hans Rosendahl
Per-Ola Lindberg
Mats Svensson
Lars-Erik Bengtsson
8:18.4Flag of France.svg  France
Gérard Gropaiz
Alain Gottvallès
Jean-Pascal Curtillet
Robert Christophe
8:20.4Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Joachim Herbst
Martin Klink
Frank Wiegand
Volker Frischke
8:24.6
4×100 m medley relayFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Jürgen Dietze
Egon Henninger
Horst-Günter Gregor
Frank Wiegand
4:09.0Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Veliko Siymar
Leonid Kolesnikov
Valentin Kuzmin
Viktor Konoplyov
4:10.3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Jan Weeteling
Wieger Mensonides
Jan Jiskoot
Ron Kroon
4:10.9

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m freestyleFlag of East Germany.svg  Heidi Pechstein  (GDR)1:03.3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Diana Wilkinson  (GBR)1:03.3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ineke Tigelaar  (NED)1:03.3
400 m freestyleFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Adrie Lasterie  (NED)4:52.4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ineke Tigelaar  (NED)4:57.3Flag of Sweden.svg  Elisabeth Ljunggren  (SWE)4:58.1
100 m backstrokeFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Ria van Velsen  (NED)1:10.5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Corrie Winkel  (NED)1:10.7Flag of East Germany.svg  Veronika Holletz  (GDR)1:11.3
200 m breaststrokeFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Anita Lonsbrough  (GBR)2:50.2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Klenie Bimolt  (NED)2:51.2Flag of East Germany.svg  Ursula Küper  (GDR)2:52.2
100 m butterflyFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Ada Kok  (NED)1:09.0Flag of East Germany.svg  Ute Noack  (GDR)1:10.0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marianne Heemskerk  (NED)1:10.3
400 m individual medleyFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Adrie Lasterie  (NED)5:27.8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Anita Lonsbrough  (GBR)5:32.3Flag of Hungary.svg  Márta Egerváry  (HUN)5:33.3
4×100 m freestyle relayFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Cocky Gastelaars
Adrie Lasterie
Erica Terpstra
Ineke Tigelaar
4:15.1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Linda Amos
Adrienne Brenner
Jennifer Thompson
Diana Wilkinson
4:16.3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Maria Frank
Zsuzsa Kovács
Csilla Dobai-madarász
Katalin Takacs
4:17.5
4×100 m medley relayFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Ingrid Schmidt
Barbara Göbel
Ute Noack
Heidi Pechstein
4:40.1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Ria van Velsen
Klenie Bimolt
Ada Kok
Ineke Tigelaar
4:42.9Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Linda Ludgrove
Anita Lonsbrough
Mary-Anne Cotterill
Diana Wilkinson
4:46.2

Water polo

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's competitionFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
none

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