200 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 1962 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Leipzig GDR
Held 21 – 22 August 1962
Status Medal
Competitors 24
Countries 18
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Leonid Barbiyer URS 2:20.6
(1 h3)
2:16.6
(1 F)
🥈 Wolfgang Wagner GDR 2:22.8
(3 h1)
2:17.9
(2 F)
🥉 József Csikány HUN 2:20.6
(1 h4)
2:18.5
(3 F)
4 Jan Weeteling NED 2:20.9
(1 h1)
2:19.5
(4 F)
5 Claude Raffy FRA 2:21.8
(2 h1)
2:21.9
(5 F)
6 Roland Kunze GDR 2:22.6
(2 h4)
2:22.1
(6 F)
7 Herman Verbauwen BEL 2:22.3
(2 h3)
2:23.0
(7 F)
8 Bengt-Olov Almstedt SWE 2:23.0
(3 h4)
2:23.5
(8 F)
9 Graham Sykes GBR 2:23.6
(3 h3)
10 Andrzej Werner POL 2:23.7
(4 h4)
=11 Viktor Mazanov URS 2:24.3
(1 h2)
=11 Julio Cabrera ESP 2:24.3
(4 h3)
=13 József Szabó HUN 2:24.6
(2 h2)
=13 Henri van Osch NED 2:24.6
(5 h4)
15 Ivan Ferák TCH 2:25.0
(5 h3)
16 Manfred Depta POL 2:26.3
(4 h1)
17 Christian Schollmeier ITA 2:26.5
(3 h2)
18 Jesús Cabrera ESP 2:27.0
(5 h1)
19 Mihovil Dorčić YUG 2:27.3
(6 h3)
20 Gerhard Wieland AUT 2:27.6
(6 h4)
21 Lars Kraus Jensen DEN 2:28.6
(7 h4)
22 Bozhidar Dimitrov BUL 2:34.5
(4 h2)
23 António Bessone Basto POR 2:35.2
(5 h2)
24 Rudy Muller LUX 2:39.0
(7 h3)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jan Weeteling NED 2:20.9
2 Claude Raffy FRA 2:21.8
3 Wolfgang Wagner GDR 2:22.8
4 Manfred Depta POL 2:26.3
5 Jesús Cabrera ESP 2:27.0

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Viktor Mazanov URS 2:24.3
2 József Szabó HUN 2:24.6
3 Christian Schollmeier ITA 2:26.5
4 Bozhidar Dimitrov BUL 2:34.5
5 António Bessone Basto POR 2:35.2

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Leonid Barbiyer URS 2:20.6
2 Herman Verbauwen BEL 2:22.3
3 Graham Sykes GBR 2:23.6
4 Julio Cabrera ESP 2:24.3
5 Ivan Ferák TCH 2:25.0
6 Mihovil Dorčić YUG 2:27.3
7 Rudy Muller LUX 2:39.0

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 József Csikány HUN 2:20.6
2 Roland Kunze GDR 2:22.6
3 Bengt-Olov Almstedt SWE 2:23.0
4 Andrzej Werner POL 2:23.7
5 Henri van Osch NED 2:24.6
6 Gerhard Wieland AUT 2:27.6
7 Lars Kraus Jensen DEN 2:28.6

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Leonid Barbiyer URS 2:16.6
2 Wolfgang Wagner GDR 2:17.9
3 József Csikány HUN 2:18.5
4 Jan Weeteling NED 2:19.5
5 Claude Raffy FRA 2:21.9
6 Roland Kunze GDR 2:22.1
7 Herman Verbauwen BEL 2:23.0
8 Bengt-Olov Almstedt SWE 2:23.5