1962 European Aquatics Championships
Host city | Leipzig |
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Country | East Germany |
Events | 23 |
Opening | 18 August 1962 (1962-08-18) |
Closing | 25 August 1962 (1962-08-25) |
← Budapest 1958 Utrecht 1966 → |
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 In the men's swimming program, the 100 m backstroke had been replaced by the 200 m backstroke.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.
Medal table
* Host nation (East Germany)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Netherlands | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
2 | East Germany* | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
3 | Soviet Union | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
4 | Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
5 | France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Sweden | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
8 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 23 | 24 | 22 | 69 |
Medal summary
Diving
- Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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 | |||
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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
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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
Water polo
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's competition | Hungary | Soviet Union Yugoslavia | none |
See also
References
- "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.
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