1962 European Aquatics Championships

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 In the men's swimming program, the 100 m backstroke had been replaced by the 200 m backstroke.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.

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

Medal table

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Ingrid Krämer won two gold medals

  *   Host nation (East Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Netherlands65516
2  East Germany*55717
3  Soviet Union44311
4  Great Britain2529
5  France2103
6  Hungary2035
7  Sweden1225
8  Austria1001
9  Spain0101
  Yugoslavia0101
Totals (10 entries)23242269

Medal summary

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Diving

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Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard   Kurt Mrkwicka (AUT) 147.21   Hans-Dieter Pophal (GDR) 145.70   Boris Polulyakh (URS) 145.20
10 m platform   Brian Phelps (GBR) 150.81   Rolf Sperling (GDR) 148.24   Gennadiy Galkin (URS) 143.18
Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard   Ingrid Krämer (GDR) 153.57   Christiane Lanzke (GDR) 137.78   Natalya Kuznetsova (URS) 133.78
10 m platform   Ingrid Krämer (GDR) 107.96   Ninel Krutova (URS) 95.92   Gabriele Schöpe (GDR) 90.88

Swimming

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Men's events

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

Women's events

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

Water polo

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's competition   Hungary   Soviet Union
  Yugoslavia
none

See also

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References

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  • "European Swimming Championships (Men)". GBRSPORTS.COM. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  • "European Swimming Championships (Women)". GBRSPORTS.COM. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.