1962 European Aquatics Championships

Host City Leipzig
Country GDR
Held 18 – 25 August 1962
Competitors 463
Countries 23

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard Men 21 – 22 August 1962 Medal 22 15
10 m Platform Men 24 – 25 August 1962 Medal 22 15
3 m Springboard Women 19 – 20 August 1962 Medal 11 6
10 m Platform Women 23 August 1962 Medal 8 5
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men 19 – 20 August 1962 Medal 30 16
400 m Freestyle Men 21 – 23 August 1962 Medal 22 13
1,500 m Freestyle Men 24 – 25 August 1962 Medal 22 15
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Men 23 – 24 August 1962 Medal 45 11
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men 21 – 22 August 1962 Medal 46 10
200 m Backstroke Men 21 – 22 August 1962 Medal 24 18
200 m Breaststroke Men 23 – 24 August 1962 Medal 22 14
200 m Butterfly Men 22 – 23 August 1962 Medal 24 17
400 m Individual Medley Men 19 – 20 August 1962 Medal 19 12
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men 20 – 21 August 1962 Medal 56 12
100 m Freestyle Women 19 – 20 August 1962 Medal 26 17
400 m Freestyle Women 21 – 22 August 1962 Medal 22 14
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women 24 – 25 August 1962 Medal 41 9
100 m Backstroke Women 19 – 21 August 1962 Medal 19 13
200 m Breaststroke Women 20 – 21 August 1962 Medal 18 13
100 m Butterfly Women 23 – 24 August 1962 Medal 21 14
400 m Individual Medley Women 24 – 25 August 1962 Medal 18 15
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Women 22 – 23 August 1962 Medal 46 10
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men 19 – 25 August 1962 Medal 125 11

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Netherlands NED 6 5 5 16
2 East Germany GDR 5 5 7 17
3 Soviet Union URS 4 4 3 11
4 Great Britain GBR 2 5 2 9
5 France FRA 2 1 0 3
6 Hungary HUN 2 0 3 5
7 Sweden SWE 1 2 2 5
8 Austria AUT 1 0 0 1
9 Spain ESP 0 1 0 1
= Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 0 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
3 m Springboard, Men Kurt Mrkwicka AUT Hans-Dieter Pophal GDR Boris Polulyakh URS
10 m Platform, Men Brian Phelps GBR Rolf Sperling GDR Gennady Galkin URS
3 m Springboard, Women Ingrid Krämer GDR Christiane Lanzke GDR Nataliya Kuznetsova URS
10 m Platform, Women Ingrid Krämer GDR Ninel Krutova URS Gabriele Schöpe GDR
100 m Freestyle, Men Alain Gottvallès FRA Per-Ola Lindberg SWE Ron Kroon NED
400 m Freestyle, Men Johan Bontekoe NED Hans Rosendahl SWE Frank Wiegand GDR
1,500 m Freestyle, Men József Katona HUN Miguel Torres ESP Richard Campion GBR
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men France FRA Great Britain GBR Sweden SWE
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men Sweden SWE France FRA East Germany GDR
200 m Backstroke, Men Leonid Barbiyer URS Wolfgang Wagner GDR József Csikány HUN
200 m Breaststroke, Men Georgy Prokopenko URS Ivan Karetnikov URS Rob van Empel NED
200 m Butterfly, Men Valentin Kuzmin URS Brian Jenkins GBR Wolfgang Sieber GDR
400 m Individual Medley, Men Gennady Androsov URS Jan Jiskoot NED Jürgen Bachmann GDR
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Netherlands NED
100 m Freestyle, Women Heidi Pechstein GDR Diana Wilkinson GBR Ineke Tigelaar NED
400 m Freestyle, Women Adrie Lasterie NED Ineke Tigelaar NED Elisabeth Ljunggren SWE
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women Netherlands NED Great Britain GBR Hungary HUN
100 m Backstroke, Women Ria van Velsen NED Corrie Winkel NED Veronika Holletz GDR
200 m Breaststroke, Women Anita Lonsbrough GBR Klenie Bimolt NED Ursula Küper GDR
100 m Butterfly, Women Ada Kok NED Ute Noack GDR Marianne Heemskerk NED
400 m Individual Medley, Women Adrie Lasterie NED Anita Lonsbrough GBR Márta Egerváry HUN
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women East Germany GDR Netherlands NED Great Britain GBR
Water Polo, Men Hungary HUN Yugoslavia
Soviet Union 		YUG
URS