The 1962 European Aquatics Championships were held in Leipzig

Leipzig

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, East Germany from 18 to 25 August 1962. Titles were contested in swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

, diving

Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...

 and water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

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 In the men's swimming program, the 100 m backstroke had been replaced by the 200 m backstroke.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

1		6	5	5	16
2		5	6	7	18
3		4	4	4	12
4		2	4	2	8
5		2	1	0	3
6	Hungary	2	0	2	4
7		1	2	2	5
8		1	0	0	1
9	Spain	0	1	0	1
10		0	1	0	1
Total		23	24	22	69

Diving

Men's events

3 m springboard		147.21		145.70		145.20
10 m platform		150.81		148.24		143.18

Women's events

3 m springboard		153.57		137.78		133.78
10 m platform		107.96		95.92		90.88

Men's events

100 m freestyle		55.0		55.5		55.5
400 m freestyle		4:25.6		4:25.8		4:26.8
1500 m freestyle		17:49.5		17:55.6		17:59.8
200 m backstroke		2:16.6		2:17.9		2:18.5
200 m breaststroke		2:32.8		2:33.2		2:38.1
200 m butterfly		2:14.2		2:15.6		2:18.0
400 m individual medley		5:01.3		5:05.5		5:05.9
4×100 m freestyle relay	Alain Gottvallès Alain Gottvallès Alain Gottvallès was a French swimmer, born in Casablanca, Morocco. He was world record holder in 100 metres freestyle in 1964, the first swimmer to complete the distance in less than 53 seconds.... Jean-Pascal Gurtillet Robert Christophe Gérard Gropaiz	3:43.7	Robert Mcgregor Robert McGregor Robert McGregor may refer to:* Robert Roy MacGregor , Scottish folk hero and outlaw*Robert MacGregor * Bob McGregor , Scottish swimmer* Robert Henry McGregor , Canadian parliamentarian*Robbie McGregor, actor... John Martin-dye Peter Kendrew Stanley Clarke	3:44.7	Bengt-olof Nordvall Jan Lundin Mats Svensson Per-Ola Lindberg	3:45.0
4×200 m freestyle relay	Hans Rosendahl Per-Ola Lindberg Mats Svensson Lars-erik Bengtsson	8:18.4	Gérard Gropez Alain Gottvallès Alain Gottvallès Alain Gottvallès was a French swimmer, born in Casablanca, Morocco. He was world record holder in 100 metres freestyle in 1964, the first swimmer to complete the distance in less than 53 seconds.... Jean-pascal Curtillet Robert Christophe	8:20.4	Joachim Herbst Martin Klink Frank Wiegand Frank Wiegand Frank Wiegand is a German former swimmer, Olympic medalist and previous world record holder. He was born in Annaberg... Volker Frischke	8:24.6
4×100 m medley relay	Jürgen Dietze Egon Henninger Horst-Günter Gregor Frank Wiegand Frank Wiegand Frank Wiegand is a German former swimmer, Olympic medalist and previous world record holder. He was born in Annaberg...	4:09.0	Veliko Siymar Leonid Kolesnikov Valentin Kuzmin Viktor Konoplyov	4:10.3	Jan Weeteling Wieger Mensonides Wieger Mensonides Wieger Emile Mensonides is a former Dutch swimmer, who won the bronze medal in the 200 Metres Breaststroke at the 1960 Summer Olympics. For forty years he was the only Dutch swimmer to have won an Olympic medal... Jan Jiskoot Ronald Kroon	4:10.9

Women's events

100 m freestyle		1:03.3		1:03.3		1:03.3
400 m freestyle		4:52.4		4:57.3		4:58.1
100 m backstroke		1:10.5		1:10.7		1:11.3
200 m breaststroke		2:50.2		2:51.2		2:52.2
100 m butterfly		1:09.0		1:10.0		1:10.3
400 m individual medley		5:27.8		5:32.3		5:33.3
4×100 m freestyle relay	Cockie Gastelaars Adrie Lasterie Erica Terpstra Erica Terpstra Erica Georgine Terpstra is a retired Dutch freestyle swimmer, theosopher, sports journalist, state secretary and member of parliament. Between late 2003 and 18 May 2010 she was chairperson of the NOC*NSF... Ineke Tigelaar	4:15.1	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	Ingrid Schmidt Barbara Göbel Ute Noack Heidi Pechstein	4:40.1	Ria van Velsen Klena Bimolt Ada Kok Ada Kok Aagje Kok is a former swimmer who ranked among the world's best in the butterfly stroke category during the 1960s.... Ineke Tigelaar	4:42.9	Linda Ludgrove Linda Ludgrove Linda Ludgrove was an English backstroke swimmer.Raised in Sydenham, Ludgrove won individual gold medals at 110 yards backstroke and 220 yards backstroke at both the 1962 and 1966 Commonwealth Games... Anita Lonsbrough Mary-Anne Cotterill Diana Wilkinson	4:46.2

Water polo

Men's competition

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